Physician Background Search

Background searches are mostly used when one wishes to find more information about a new relation, or by employers on their would-be employees, or when one is going into a new business transaction with a previously unknown individual. One does these background searches because it\'s always better to be safe.

In the same way, one should take care about their and their family\'s safety while choosing a doctor or a hospital. Almost 200,000 people die every year because of doctor-induced injuries. Specific physician background searches are available, where one can get a host of information about doctors and physicians.

Generally, Physician Background Searches will give information about any doctor of medicine (MD) in the USA. Physician Background Searches can be also run on plastic surgeons, dentists, veterinarians and chiropractors.

A Physicians Background Search searches for: the doctor\'s full name, current address of doctor\'s practice, academic background, awards and honors received by the doctor, any state where the doctor is allowed to practice or has ever held a license, specialties and certificates in those specialties, year of national board certification, his professional activity history, residency training history (which includes hospital names, date of training and specialty), DEA registration status, Medicare or Medicaid sanctions against him, any actions taken against him by the state medical disciplinary boards, a civil court records search, his address history, a real property search, any aliases used, complaints of

sexual abuse or sexual misconduct with a patient, citations for criminal convictions, mis-prescribing or overprescribing of drugs, citations or convictions for drug or alcohol abuse, citations for sub-standard care, incompetence or negligence, practicing without a license, professional misconduct, falsifying medical records, loss or reduction of hospital privileges, and lawsuits.