Doctor Data to Be Disclosed Va. Web Site to List Training, Disciplinary Information March 8, 2001 By Avram Goldstein ...

To get a doctor's appointment in the U.K. these days, you have to entrust large swathes of your data to private companies.

The federal government has a database to catch bad doctors. Why don’t NY and NJ check it more often?

The National Practitioner Data Bank contains the most comprehensive information about doctor malpractice, but the law prevents patients from seeing it.

The data bank is supposed to prevent bad doctors from moving around but is not viewable to the public. The only public database is on the Federation of State Medical Boards’ website.

In one request, the news organization asked for data dealing with the number of medical marijuana certifications issued by a specific doctor who faced discipline from the health department.