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THE DATA BANK (719 words) |
 | Data and Maddox cross paths again in 2365, when one of the most important events in Data`s career has a lasting influence on Starfleet, a redefinition of the rules concerning artificial life, which is forced by Data`s attempts to resign from Starfleet rather than undergo experiments which could cause permenant damage. |
| Data finds the orginization`s entrance exams elementary, but in his freshman year at the Academy he discovers his biggest problem to be that of social interaction. |
| Data is rarely placed in command even of small away missions, even though on the occasions when he does take charge he acquits himself admirably. |
| National Practitioner Data Bank (1133 words) |
| The National Practitioner Data Bank was created in response to the requirements of the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 and began operation in September 1990 under the most difficult of circumstances. |
| However, it is the data bank managers' opinion that the key is not in the data itself, but in how it is used. |
| A query of the Data Bank then verifies the information about malpractice payments and adverse actions for the hospital, or it discloses information to the hospital which the practitioner may have failed to include in the application. |
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