Increasing "Fair But Firm" Disciplinary Decisions Improves Patient Safety

Doctors face Texas Medical Board's watchful eye:

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/stories/2006/07/10/focus1.html

More doctors are being called before the Texas Medical Board, and there has been a dramatic jump in disciplinary decisions. The number of investigations increased from 1,775 in 2003 to 2,131 in 2005. The number of disciplinary decisions rose from 187 in 2002 to 304 in 2005, according to online statistics provided by the board.
Houston Business Journal - July 12, 2006

North Carolina medical board may toughen up:

http://www.newsobserver.com/722/story/459749.html

The N.C. Medical Board, criticized for failing to aggressively police the state's 21,000 physicians, will have more firepower under a bill adopted this week by the General Assembly. Raleigh News & Observer - July 12, 2006