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Physician disciplinary actions: States may have details
Author(s)Logan Lutton , Richard Payerchin
Robert E. Oshel, PhD, an adviser to the Public Citizen Health Research Group, discusses state-level information about physician disciplinary actions.
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In August 2023, Public Citizen, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit consumer advocacy group, published the report, “Ranking of the Rate of State Medical Boards’ Serious Disciplinary Actions, 2019-2021.” Report coauthor Robert E. Oshel, PhD, discusses physician disciplinary action maintained by state medical boards and possibly open to the public.
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