Medical Malpractice
Monday, September 8th, 2008
By Staff
Published: September 8, 2008
The choices we make regarding the right doctor and course of treatment cannot be taken lightly. Therefore, North Carolinians must have access to as much information as possible.
That's why new malpractice disclosure rules developed by the N.C. Medical Board will improve medical care in this state and, we hope, increase the confidence that patients can place in their caregivers. Physicians, understandably, are concerned that the new openness will cause them unfair harm, but this is where a widening of the available of information will certainly improve their situations, also.
The 2007 General Assembly decided that patients should have greater access to the malpractice histories of North Carolina physicians and physician assistants. In the legislation, the medical board was authorized to write rules to put that law into effect. The rules have now cleared the N.C. Rules Review Commission and are on the brink of becoming effective. (more…)
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