Outcomes of notifications to health practitioner boards: A retrospective cohort study

MJ Spittal; DM Studdert; R Paterson; MM Bismark

Journal article

Outcomes of notifications to health practitioner boards: A retrospective cohort study

MJ Spittal, DM Studdert, R Paterson, MM Bismark

BMC Medicine | BMC | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1186/s12916-016-0748-6

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Abstract

Background: Medical boards and other practitioner boards aim to protect the public from unsafe practice. Previous research has examined disciplinary actions against doctors, but other professions (e.g., nurses and midwives, dentists, psychologists, pharmacists) remain understudied. We sought to describe the outcomes of notifications of concern regarding the health, performance, and conduct of health practitioners from ten professions in Australia and to identify factors associated with the imposition of restrictive actions. Methods: We conducted a retrospective cohort study of all notifications lodged with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency over 24months. Notifications were..

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Funding Acknowledgements

This study was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council (1092933) and the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency. The funders had no role in the design and conduct of the study, the collection, analysis, interpretation of results or preparation of the manuscript.