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How to rein in docs gone wild
A physician who threatened to use an AK-47, a sexually harassing doctor who looked at porn on work computers and a specialist who used to cause nurses to draw straws with the loser having to interact
Supervisor training needed to curb employee substance abuse
Supervisors should be trained to deal with employee substance use and intoxication, according to research from the University of Buffalo, released yesterday. "Contact with a supervisor, no matter how
JAMA: Physicians behave badly online
Hospitals need to implement strong ethical rules for physicians' online behavior--and now. That's the upshot of a study published recently in Journal of the American Medical Association. The study
Even on Twitter, physician professionalism a must
Physicians need to be more careful when using Twitter, according to a review of 5,156 tweets sent by 260 self-identified U.S. physicians. Each had 500 or more followers. The research, presented in a
Misbehaving docs use CME to learn from mistakes
State licensing boards, hospitals and medical groups are assigning continuing medical education (CME) courses to curb physician misconduct. As disciplinary tools, CME courses help doctors learn from
Joint Commission issues rules designed to stop bad behavior by doctors
The Joint Commission has issued a safety alert announcing new requirements for preventing intimidating behavior by doctors. In its statement, the Joint Commission noted that physician threats,
