DoD Implementation of the National Practitioner Data Bank Guidelines
Abstract
The National Practitioner Data Bank (NPDB) is a Federal database that collects and releases information relating to the professional competence and conduct of physicians, dentists, and other health care practitioners and providers. It is intended to improve the quality of health care by restricting the ability of incompetent health care practitioners and providers to move from State to State without disclosure or discovery of their previous damaging or incompetent performance. The primary evaluation objective was to determine the Military Departments' overall effectiveness in implementing the NPDB program guidelines. In addition, we assessed the DoD programs, policies, procedures, and practices for identifying, processing, and reporting to the NPDB those health care practitioners and providers associated with malpractice payments or subjected to adverse privileging actions. We reviewed the management control program as it applied to the implementation of NPDB guidelines in DoD.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jun 26, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA367857
Entities
Organizations
- Office of the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Defense