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... > Information Science > Informatics > Medical Informatics > Medical Informatics Applications > Information Systems > Databases as Topic > Databases, Factual > National Practitioner Data Bank
... > Information Science > Informatics > Medical Informatics > Medical Informatics Applications > Information Storage and Retrieval > Databases as Topic > Databases, Factual > National Practitioner Data Bank

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National Practitioner Data Bank  

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Definition

  • A databank established by the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 authorizing the Department of Health and Human Services to collect and release information on the professional competence and conduct of physicians, dentists, nurses, and other health care practitioners. The data include adverse actions on physicians' malpractice, licensure, hospital privileges, concealing of pertinent information, and the like.

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  • National Practitioner Databank

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-BRXHPKX1-C

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