Wisconsin: prison system provides refuge for disciplined docs

The Capital Times reports that 17% of the physicians employed by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections have been disciplined by the Medical Examining Board. By comparison, the board’s director says that less that 2% of the state’s licensed physicians have been disciplined. Among those disciplined while in private practice is the doctor now in charge of medical care at the prison system's infirmary. He was twice disciplined for providing inadequate medical care. Read more.