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Massachusetts Gets Tougher with Problem Doctors, Consumer Group Rankings Show.
Byline: Alice Dembner
Apr. 10--The Massachusetts panel that disciplines doctors received its highest enforcement rating in more than a decade from a Washington-based consumer group yesterday, reflecting a near-doubling of the board's "serious disciplinary actions" against doctors who violate ethical or professional standards.
The Massachusetts Board of Registration in Medicine tied with Missouri for 27th place among states, according to the annual rankings issued by Public Citizen's Health Research Group. Public Citizen computed the rankings based on the number of serious disciplinary actions per 1,000 doctors. In 2001, the Massachusetts board took 87 serious disciplinary actions compared to just 45 such actions in 2000. Serious disciplinary actions were defined as surrender, suspension or revocation of a license; restrictions on a license, or probation. The state has 28,851 licensed physicians.
"They should be given credit for doing better, but they're still in the bottom half of the states," said Dr. Sidney Wolfe, director of the Health Research Group. "Massachusetts has a long way to go to protect the people who live in the state."
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