National Practitioners Data Bank
The NPDB is primarily an alert or flagging system intended to facilitate a comprehensive review of health care practitioners' professional credentials. The information contained in the NPDB is intended to direct discrete inquiry into, and scrutiny of, specific areas of a practitioner's licensure, professional society memberships, medical malpractice payment history, and record of clinical privileges.
Common uses:
- Used in all Health Care industries
- To review health care practitioners' professional credentials
- To confirm practitioner's licensure, professional society memberships, medical malpractice
payment history, and record of clinical privileges