Medical Economics November 13, 2024
Study finds spreading medical misinformation is low on the list of reasons for disciplinary actions against physicians in recent years.
The spread of medical misinformation during the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in much hand-wringing by physicians, patients, public health experts and policymakers.
But there was little hand-slapping by state medical boards when doctors made unsubstantiated claims about that disease, vaccines or other medical treatments, and their health effects, according to a new study.
“Medical Board Discipline of Physicians for Spreading Medical Misinformation” analyzed 3,128 publicly reported disciplinary actions in the five most populous states – California, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania and Texas. The result: “The frequency of misinformation conduct was exponentially lower than more common reasons for discipline,” such as physician...
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