Showing up on the Internet: a survey of physician misconduct

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Tuesday, March 20, some doctors are down (per-minute news)-sliding their online life in committing an intentional violation of the professional availability, and they risked their careers, according to a new survey.

United States global survey of medical board of 68 and the type of unprofessional doctor behavior online, these operations aimed at finding the impact of. Studies and research on the issue of the letter of March 21, United States, published in the journal of the medical society of physicians and patients in medical law blog, Twitter, Facebook, and other social media and the need to offer these online places.

"Just about everyone who has heard of someone they are now online they want to know something, unless you do have. Message is the medical professionals what they put online-responsible for the information, as well as responsibility for responsible thought "letters the author leads Dr. Ryan Greysen, University of California at San Francisco, Assistant Professor of medicine at the hospital, he said.

Greysen 71% (68 medical board directors response 48) responded well. The majority (92%) Expertise was also reported at least one violation of the online, he said. The most common problem with sexual misconduct (69%); and the same inappropriate patient communication online Internet founded without physical clinical relationship (63%); and prescribed the use of the Internet for inappropriate practice and his teaching credential (60%) and doctors.

Also, the responder they are violation answered questions about how. 70% of the official hearings conducted the disciplinary procedure, including: 40% of informal warnings are issued and 25% reporting no action was taken by one or more instances. Greysen says, the result of serious disciplinary board 56% online-practice physician misconduct that led to a physician's license, restriction, suspension or termination.

"I'm with social media and the big picture on how to medical students and Dean of the medical school, and through the med and on board. We are trying to harms of this technology, "said Greysen sketch out.

This week, Dr. Wendy Sue Swanson, who is a blogger and medicine, she was 8, 000-plus twitter followers, Seattle Children's Hospital pediatrician at the hospital in Everett and the patient is examined on the basis of already know.

"Online environment similar to the offline one; Doctors specializing in which space can have a violation of the Act. The online environment is a reflection of the real world. More than half of the Board, for serious disciplinary action online, unprofessional, "Swanson, based on a survey had been involved in anything, he said.

Although she would like to see depth, research. "My concern is that this research as well as include a number of serious disciplinary consequences offline. If you compare the data online, offline environment mirrors help you understand, it's hyperbole, or "she said.

The actual number of violations reported to the Board that the Swan is a very small Board representatives pointed out that about 850,000 physicians.

"My gut feeling is the unprofessional actions count is much higher. But online expertise to monitor and it is not the current standards for the police because the reality is far more difficult, "she added.

Dr. Philip la Thorpe, Pediatrics, medicine, and was involved in teaching and research, Duke University Medical Center Clinical Ethics Program Director said many doctors and social media and other forms of electronic communication, you can use the medical students may not realize the risk their behaviour even professional.

"I think a lot of people who make these mistakes should not be negative results-online-who's suspect malicious intent to do. We teach yourself constructively, not secure, you should use these methods of communication, "Rosoff said. He is a United States Medical Association electronic media use policy described in a lot of medical board and the community, they have already developed similar guidelines when there are no added.

Rosoff was just if further investigation for friends and family, whether doc Facebook page and like any form of online personal life questions that need to be maintained. He's on Facebook to post information about medical incidents and emergency room doctors pointed to a recent case involving. Doctors were disciplined by State medical boards and she lost her job at the hospital, it was reported that activity, he said.

How patients can see online, their steps, he said. The sense of despair that La Thorpe is particularly vulnerable to the health care fraud and should be guided by the old advice to diseases feel said: "it seems too good to be true, it probably is." there are also patients United States National Cancer Institute, see the reputation of other cancer sites and as such can be used to determine the reputation of the website. They have been granted their State Medical Board to determine if the record or a website, you can search for it.

"But to do something very bad that bar is pretty high, and probably need to get a permission to repeatedly caught the implications", Thorpe said.

Medical bloggers can take patients Swan. "Protected health information, or a clinical portion of online patient spaces that inappropriate behavior in violation of professional relationships outside of the prescribed online privacy hearing about," she said.

Greysen says Hippocrates oath-medical student "first," do no harm to make appointments-online world and in the graduation ceremony in the real world and guides the doctor. "We've been trying to hone in on this technology to harm?" he said. "This is what we are after, you may need to use in social media for health promotion"?

Copyright © 2012 per minute. All rights reserved. Source: Ryan Greysen, MD, Assistant Professor, major hospitals, Ms, M.H.S: medicine, the University of California at San Francisco; Wendy Sue Swanson, MD, A trip, A P F...: Everett clinic, Seattle Children's Hospital; Philip M. la Thorpe, MD, Ms, Professor of Pediatrics and medicine, and Director, clinical ethics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; 3-21, 2012 United States Medical Association's journal

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