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Here's Where You Can Check Your Local Doctors' Background, Disciplinary Information Online
State's new Patients' Right to Know Act restores database for doctors' educational background and malpractice suits.
If you are looking for a new doctor or chiropractor or want to check up on your current health care provider, a public database is back online, thanks to a new state law. The Physician Profile is available on the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation's website, and allows patients to see whether a physician or chiropractor has been disciplined here or in another state. The available information includes whether the physician has been fired, convicted of a crime or has made a medical malpractice payment in the last five years. The searchable database includes about 46,000 doctors and 4,500 chiropractors. "Information is power, and we want to make sure that people get the information they need to make informed …
