NPDB was established under which act?

NPDB was established under which act?

• A. Health Care Quality Improvement Act
• B. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
• C. Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act
• D. Occupational Safety and Health Act

Answer: (A)

The NPDB was created by the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 to strengthen professional peer review and improve patient safety by providing a centralized repository of information about practitioners’ competence and conduct. The act encourages reporting of adverse actions by hospitals, boards, and other reviewing bodies and makes that information available to credentialing and disciplinary bodies to help prevent substandard practitioners from moving unchecked between facilities. The other options don’t fit: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act focuses on expanding health insurance and patient protections, not establishing a data bank; the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act promotes health IT adoption and privacy/security related to electronic health records; and the Occupational Safety and Health Act addresses workplace safety rather than professional credentialing information.

The NPDB was created by the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 to strengthen professional peer review and improve patient safety by providing a centralized repository of information about practitioners’ competence and conduct. The act encourages reporting of adverse actions by hospitals, boards, and other reviewing bodies and makes that information available to credentialing and disciplinary bodies to help prevent substandard practitioners from moving unchecked between facilities. The other options don’t fit: the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act focuses on expanding health insurance and patient protections, not establishing a data bank; the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act promotes health IT adoption and privacy/security related to electronic health records; and the Occupational Safety and Health Act addresses workplace safety rather than professional credentialing information.