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Mar 31 2016

North Carolina Medical Board website ranked in top 5 by Consumer Reports

Consumer Reports and the Informed Patient Institute have ranked the North Carolina Medical Board website in the top 5 of all medical board websites across the U.S. Sites were ranked based on transparency, ease of finding information, and ease of use from the public’s perspective.  You can find a .pdf of the rankings report is here

Consumer Reports recognized the North Carolina Medical Board website for the amount of information provided in its licensee information pages, noting, “Only four medical board websites had at least some information from all five categories [disciplinary actions, malpractice, hospital actions, criminal convictions, and federal actions]: California, New York, North Carolina and Virginia.”

NCMB was also recognized for its efforts in transparency using social media. Consumer Reports writes: “Some medical boards use social media to convey information to the public. For example, medical boards in Alabama, California, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island and Washington have Twitter accounts. Facebook is also used by states such as California, Iowa, Maryland, North Carolina and Tennessee. North Carolina in particular is an active user of social media and posts meeting minutes and other announcements on Facebook. Boards should explore using social media to reach people interested in their work and to inform the public about disciplinary actions taken and board operations.”

You can find the full article here.