The role of the National Practitioner Data Bank in the credentialing process

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 30-39

  Waters, Teresa M ^a   Warnecke, Richard B ^b   Parsons, Jennifer ^b   Almagor, Orit ^c   Budetti, Peter P ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Credentialing; Hospital reporting; National Practitioner Data Bank; NPDB; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NATIONAL PRACTITIONER DATA BANK; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

CREDENTIALING; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; NATIONAL PRACTITIONER DATA BANK; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 32044434909     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860605283644     Document Type: Article

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