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Descriptor English: National Practitioner Data Bank
Descriptor Spanish: National Practitioner Data Bank
Descriptor National Practitioner Data Bank
Scope note: Banco de datos establecido por la Ley de Mejora de la Calidad de la Atención a la Salud (Health Care Quality Improvement Act) de 1986 que autoriza al Departamento de Salud y Servicios Humanos (Department of Health and Human Services) a recolectar y liberar información sobre la competencia profesional y conducta de médicos, dentistas, enfermeras y otros practicantes de cuidados de salud. Los datos incluyen acciones adversas relativas a falta de ética profesional de los médicos, inmoralidades, privilegios hospitalarios, ocultamiento de información pertinente, etc.
Descriptor Portuguese: National Practitioner Data Bank
Descriptor French: National practitioner data bank (USA)
Entry term(s): Databank, National Practitioner
Databanks, National Practitioner
National Practitioner Databank
National Practitioner Databanks
Practitioner Databank, National
Practitioner Databanks, National
Tree number(s): L01.313.500.750.300.188.400.600
L01.470.750.750.600
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016749
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: add UNITED STATES; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry
Allowable Qualifiers: EC economics
HI history
LJ legislation & jurisprudence
SN statistics & numerical data
Previous Indexing: Information Systems (1989-1991)
Malpractice (1989-1991)
Public MeSH Note: 92
History Note: 92
DeCS ID: 29942
Unique ID: D016749
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1992/01/01
Date of Entry: 1991/04/29
Revision Date: 2018/06/29
National Practitioner Data Bank - Preferred
Concept UI M0025506
Scope note 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.
Preferred term National Practitioner Data Bank
Entry term(s) Databank, National Practitioner
Databanks, National Practitioner
National Practitioner Databank
National Practitioner Databanks
Practitioner Databank, National
Practitioner Databanks, National



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