What research has been done to characterize the outcomes of disciplinary action or fitness-
to-practice cases for regulated health professionals? To answer this research question …

Medical practice acts and state medical boards have evolved since their conception in the
mid-19th century. Today, state medical boards are usually responsible for a variety of …

Background The identification of health care professionals who are incompetent, impaired,
uncaring or have criminal intent has received increasing attention in recent years. These …

Background Medical boards and other practitioner boards aim to protect the public from
unsafe practice. Previous research has examined disciplinary actions against doctors, but …

Objectives To examine the association between doctors' sex and receiving sanctions on
their medical registration, while controlling for other potentially confounding variables …

Background: Our objective is to compare legal difficulties that psychiatrists encounter in
regulatory agency and malpractice (insurance) settings. Methods: Data sources included a …

Background The identification of health care professionals who are incompetent, impaired,
exploitative or have criminal intent is important for public safety. It is unclear whether …

Background Outcomes of processes questioning a physician's ability to practise—eg
disciplinary or regulatory—may strongly impact their career and provided care. However, it is …

Objective: Concerns about liability from clinical errors have been cited as a barrier
preventing greater adoption of practice change. Our objective was to determine the most …

Modern medicine is one of humankind's greatest achievements. Yet today, frequent medical
errors and irreproducibility in biomedical research suggest that tremendous challenges …