The National Practitioner Data Bank and the quality of peer review.
2000
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MeSH Term
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D011787
Quality of Health Care
The levels of excellence which characterize the health service or health care provided based on accepted standards of quality.
Pharmacy Audit,Quality of Care,Quality of Healthcare,Audit, Pharmacy,Care Quality,Health Care Quality,Healthcare Quality,Pharmacy Audits
D006761
Hospitals
Institutions with an organized medical staff which provide medical care to patients.
Hospital
D014481
United States
A country in NORTH AMERICA between CANADA and MEXICO.
D016749
National Practitioner Data Bank
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.
National Practitioner Databank,Databank, National Practitioner,Databanks, National Practitioner,National Practitioner Databanks,Practitioner Databank, National,Practitioner Databanks, National
D018024
Peer Review, Health Care
The concurrent or retrospective review by practicing physicians or other health professionals of the quality and efficiency of patient care practices or services ordered or performed by other physicians or other health professionals (From The Facts On File Dictionary of Health Care Management, 1988).