National Practitioner Data Bank--incomplete and future cloudy.

J Lapinski

PubMed · 10119252

National Practitioner Data Bank--incomplete and future cloudy.

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Nearly six years after the National Practitioner Data Bank was authorized by Congress in the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, and more than a year after its actual creation, the device is still only partially operational. What is more, the success of even those limited efforts is being questioned, and the timetable for future developments remains to be firmed up. Also, the costs are much higher than estimated.

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Confidentiality Costs and Cost Analysis Fraud Malpractice National Practitioner Data Bank Physicians Program Development Program Evaluation Quality of Health Care Software United States United States Dept. of Health and Human Services Journal Article

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