National Practitioner Data Bank

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National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB)

a computerized information system that contains a record of malpractice claims, privileges actions, and other disciplinary actions. It was created to ensure that incompetent health care professionals do not move from one state to another.

A database established by the Congress to facilitate professional peer review and restrict incompetent physicians' and dentists' ability to move from state to state, and elude discovery of previous substandard performance or unprofessional conduct

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adverse action bank Corporate Shield Loophole Data Bank			The Health Care Quality Improvement Act, passed in 1986, not only created the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) but it also designated reporting and oversight responsibilities for physicians to a variety of healthcare agencies and committees. Disruptive physicians: sound more familiar than you thought? by Sataloff, Robert T. / Ear, Nose and Throat Journal Health Resources and Services Administration to operate the agency's national practitioner data bank. Federal contractors set sights on health care business by Crank, Chad / National Defense Health Care Quality Improvement Act Congress enacted the HCQIA in 1986 to restrict the ability of incompetent physicians of moving from state to state without disclosure or discovery of prior damaging or incompetent medical performance by establishing the National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB). Peer review immunity? Think again: recent developments in federal and ... by Spevak, Christopher / Physician Executive			National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences National Institute of General Medical Sciences National Institute of Mental Health National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke National Institute of Nursing Research National Institute of Standards & Technology National Institute of Standards and Technology National Institute on Aging National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders National Institute on Drug Abuse National Institutes of Health National League for Nursing National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission National Library of Medicine National Male Nurses Association National Marrow Donor Program National Nutrition Monitoring and Related Research Act National Office of Animal Health (NOAH) National Organization of Victim Assistance National Polyp Study National Practitioner Data Bank National Provider Identifier National Research Council National Residue Program National Society of Critical-Care Nurses of Canada National Student Nurses Association National Surgical Adjuvant Breast Project National Surveillance Unit (NUS) National Toxicology Program nationalization natis native Native American Diet Native American medicine native immunity Native tissue harmonic imaging nativism natremia natriferic natrium natriuresis natriuretic natriuretic peptides test Natrum muriaticum natural natural antibody			National Postsecondary Student Aid Study National Potato Chip Institute National Potato Council National Potato Promotion Board National Potato Research Program National Poultry and Food Distributors Association National Poultry Development Board National Poultry Improvement Plan National Poultry News National Poverty Center National Poverty Elimination Strategy and Action Plan National Poverty Eradication Programme National Poverty Reduction Action Plan National Poverty Reduction Action Programme National Poverty Reduction Strategy National Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper National Power Company National Power Corporation National Power Equipment, Inc. National Power Grid Company National Power Loading Agreement National Power Training Institute National Powerboat Association National Practical Shooting Association National Practitioner Data Bank National Practitioners Network for Fathers and Families National Prayer Breakfast National Prayer Network National Pre-School Development Foundation National Precast Concrete Association National Precast Concrete Association Australia National Precipitation Prediction Unit National Prefabricated Building Association National Preferred Employer Program National Preferred Provider Network National Premier Youth Lacrosse League National Premium Finance Association National Prep Baseball Association National Prep School Invitational National Prepared Frozen Food Association National Preparedness Directorate National Preparedness for Response Exercise Program National Preparedness Leadership Initiative National Preparedness Month National Preparedness Task Force National Preretirement Education Association National Prescribing Centre National Prescribing Service Limited National Prescription Audit

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