Why is anyone surprised by this? Of course they won't reveal their names. That would be damaging to one of their biggest contributors. The medical industry.

Typical protect the wealth good old boys and throw the general public to the wolves.

Buyer Beware - You Are NOT allowed to be AWARE !!! How can a patient 'shop around' for a good doctor or surgeon if his/her (mal)performance record isn't publicly available?

Shame I can get more info on a used car I might buy than on a doctor that's will operate on me.

Show me the Docfax!

It just seems that this is a poorly hidden excuse to give doctors protections that other service providers do not have. I can check the better business bureau to see if they guy cleaning my carpets has had complaints, that they mechanic that is working on my car has been accused of price gouging, or to see if my resturant has had health departnement violations but I cannot find out if my doctor has been touching women at his practice, lost surgical instruments in patients or if he had killed people due to sheer negligence. It is absurd that we don't have access to this information. The only reason is that the doctors have the money and influence to effect this travesty.

If a doctor has been sued for malpractice i want to know. It could mean the difference between life and death depending on what the suit was about.