Three primary models for monitoring physician health exist in Canada, characterized by
different relationships between the medical regulatory authority, the physician health …

Physician health is strongly connected to patient health outcomes such that barriers to
seeking help and medical care for impaired physicians may compromise patient safety and …

Despite news headlines publicising the analysis of data from several large-scale studies by
a Johns Hopkins University physician that medical errors (about 250,000 each year) are the …

This paper will identify existing models of professional regulatory reform that could ensure a
single licensing process that results in multi-jurisdictional licensure. The paper will also …

In the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, the medical profession is
accountable to the public for the delivery and quality of care provided to patients …

During the 2017 legislative session Texas lawmakers voted to approve Senate bill (SB)
1148 entitled “Relating to Maintenance of Certification by a Physician or an Applicant for a …

As medical professionals, physicians in Canada have among the greatest extent of self-
regulatory powers internationally. They have gained what can be described in neo …

In “Beyond Medical Licensure”(Spring 2015), Shirley Svorny cogently criticizes the
effectiveness of state occupational licensing boards, and specifically the licensing of …

An analysis of the National Practitioner Data Bank Public Use File for 1990-2009 found that
of a total of 10,672 physicians in the data bank with one or more clinical privilege actions …

IN BRIEF The authors provide a report summarizing progress to date in the Federation of
State Medical Boards' long-term Maintenance of Licensure (MOL) initiative.