MedPage Today November 12, 2024
— Editorialists say sanctions should be rare and discipline may be better left to other agencies
Being disciplined for spreading misinformation made up less than 1% of medical board sanctions, making it the least common reason for physician discipline, a cross-sectional study found.
Among 3,128 medical board disciplinary proceedings involving physicians in the top five most populous states, sanctions for spreading misinformation to the community only occurred six times (0.1% of offenses) and spreading misinformation to patients under treatment occurred 21 times (0.3%), reported Richard Saver, JD, of the University of North Carolina School of Law in Chapel Hill.
Conversely, physician negligence (28.7%), problematic record-keeping (14.9%), and inappropriate prescribing (13.5%) were the most common reasons for discipline, Saver reported in...
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