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New push to reform state doctors' investigations

For years, legislators have been trying to reform the state's system of investigating and disciplining doctors.

Patients' groups said it overlooked bad doctors. Doctors' groups said it unfairly penalized good ones. But attempts to correct these problems through legislation have failed, bogged down in politics and lacking a consensus among advocates on both sides.

As legislators prepare...

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