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| 01 | Measuring Continuing Competence of Health Care Practitioners: Where Are We Now - Where Are We Headed? |
| 02 | A Model Act to Improve Reporting of Adverse Actions by Health Care Organizations to State Health Professionals and Occupational Licensing Authorities |
| 03 | Promoting Patient Safety: Collaboration Between Regulators and Health Care Organizations |
| 04 | Consumer and Enrollee Participation in Managed Care Plan Governance, Policymaking and Operations: A Survey of Health Plans and Legal Requirements |
| 05 | Removing Barriers/Improving Care: Report from a Consensus Development Project to Promote Regulatory Change That Removes Unnecessary Barriers to the Full Use of Competent Health Care Professionals in Nursing Homes |
| 06 | Forum on the Regulatory Management of Chemically Dependent Health Care Practitioners: Conference Proceedings |
| 07 | Hospital Reporting to State Regulators and To The National Practitioner Data Bank: What Can Be Learned to Improve Compliance with Mandatory Reporting Requirements? |
| 08 | Continuing Professional Competence: Can We Assure It? (Conference Proceedings) |
| 09 | The Role of Licensing in Assuring the Continuing Competence of Health Care Professionals |
| 10 | Peer Review Organizations: A Survey of Organizational and Public Representation Information |
| 11 | Public Representation on Health Care Regulatory, Governing, and Oversight Bodies: Strategies for Success |
| 12 | The Use of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) by Health Professional Licensing Boards |
| 13 | Inter-Agency Cooperation in Resolving Quality of Care Complaints in Long-Term Care Facilities |
| 14 | Licensing Board Policies for Prioritizing Complaints - Results of a Survey by the Citizen Advocacy Center |
| 15 | Allocation of Decision-Making Authority Between Board Members and Staff - Ten Case Studies by the Citizen Advocacy Center |
| 16 | Selecting Public Members for Health Licensing Boards - Qualities Appointment Secretaries and Public Members Consider Important - Results of a Survey by the Citizen Advocacy Center |
| 17 | Should the Public Have a Right to Comment on Proposed Licensing Board Consent Orders? |
| 18 | Questions Medical, Nursing and Nursing Home Administrator Boards Ask at the Time of License Renewal - A Preliminary Report from the Citizen Advocacy Center |
| 19 | Recommendations for Minimum Requirements for Information to be Included in Annual Reports for Nursing Home Administrator Licensing Boards |
| 20 | Public Information Programs of State Boards of Nursing - Results of a Survey by the Citizen Advocacy Center |
| 21 | Medicare Peer Review Organization Outreach Programs - Results of a Survey by the Citizen Advocacy Center |
| 22 | Information Exchange Between Peer Review Organizations and Medical Licensing Boards |
| 23 | A Resource Guide for Responding to Attempts to Weaken State Licensing Boards by Legislating a Higher Standard of Evidence |
| 24 | A Resource Guide for Medical Boards Seeking to Limit Judicial Stays of Board Disciplinary Orders |
| 25 | Release of Information to the Public by State Boards of Medicine and Nursing |