From iHealthBeat: Nevada’s Board of Medical Examiners has recently added more information on physicians’ malpractice history online.

They have included the names of physicians listed in malpractice cases that ended in a settlement, award or judgment.

Modern Health Care: The Nevada Board of Medical Examiners is reconsidering a plan to add more information about doctors' records on its Web site.

Drennan "Tony" Clark acknowledged the issue of putting more data on the site has been revived after the hepatitis C outbreak at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas. In June, the board is expected to take up the issue.

The following is a summary of legislation by state regarding the disclosure by hospitals of their hospital infection rates.

Arkansas

HealthDecisions.org tracks 7 states movement towards improving health care quality and transparency thorugh legislation or executive order and their advance towards the promise of a value-driven health care system for more Americans. This report focuses on initiatives undertaken by Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia, Nevada, Arkansas, Utah and Oklahoma.

A law recently passed in Nevada continues a national trend to require hospitals to submit information on the quality and cost of care to the state. The new law that went into effect on July 1st, will provide consumers with details of hospitals' quality of care and the cost of treatment. This information will be available on a Web site, by 2009.

Currently, Nevada Hospital Association provides basic, facility-specific information about services and charges via their Website (www.nvpricepoint.net), but does not report on quality of care.

Under this new legislation, hospitals wil be required to report patients' average length of stay, the average charge for the 50 most frequent diagnosed illnesses and methods employed to improve patients' recovery.