Comments on: How to get yourself in hot water in Medicine: lie for someone famous http://gruntdoc.com/2008/12/how-to-get-yourself-in-hot-water-in-medicine-lie-for-someone-famous.html Ramblings of an Emergency Physician in Texas Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:40:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jim in Texas http://gruntdoc.com/2008/12/how-to-get-yourself-in-hot-water-in-medicine-lie-for-someone-famous.html/comment-page-1#comment-15089 Jim in Texas Sun, 07 Dec 2008 15:43:47 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2008/12/how-to-get-yourself-in-hot-water-in-medicine-lie-for-someone-famous.html#comment-15089 <blockquote cite="If this New York Post report is true..."> Seems like that's a cautionary line that almost any news story could carry.

Seems like that’s a cautionary line that almost any news story could carry.

]]> By: Did privacy laws get in the way of the Plaxico Burress case? | Telecom News http://gruntdoc.com/2008/12/how-to-get-yourself-in-hot-water-in-medicine-lie-for-someone-famous.html/comment-page-1#comment-15060 Did privacy laws get in the way of the Plaxico Burress case? | Telecom News Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:21:25 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2008/12/how-to-get-yourself-in-hot-water-in-medicine-lie-for-someone-famous.html#comment-15060 [...] 17th Precinct, citing federal privacy statutes.” If this New York Post report is true (via GruntDoc), then the situation will get worse for the emergency staff who allegedly, “recognized [...] [...] 17th Precinct, citing federal privacy statutes.” If this New York Post report is true (via GruntDoc), then the situation will get worse for the emergency staff who allegedly, “recognized [...]

]]> By: scalpel http://gruntdoc.com/2008/12/how-to-get-yourself-in-hot-water-in-medicine-lie-for-someone-famous.html/comment-page-1#comment-15031 scalpel Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:47:47 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2008/12/how-to-get-yourself-in-hot-water-in-medicine-lie-for-someone-famous.html#comment-15031 I make sure that the charge nurse notifies the police so that an officer comes to the bedside and creates a report for every GSW, either prior to disposition for the minor ones or less urgently for the admitted/expired ones. I don't think it's a medical issue that would jeopardize anyone's license if notification were not performed; the state medical board wouldn't care. It's more of a <a href="http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/docs/HS/content/htm/hs.002.00.000161.00.htm" rel="nofollow">legal issue</a>: § 161.041. MANDATORY REPORTING OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS. A physician who attends or treats, or who is requested to attend or treat, a bullet or gunshot wound, or the administrator, superintendent, or other person in charge of a hospital, sanitorium, or other institution in which a bullet or gunshot wound is attended or treated or in which the attention or treatment is requested, shall report the case at once to the law enforcement authority of the municipality or county in which the physician practices or in which the institution is located. Failure to report appears to be a Class C Misdemeanor. I make sure that the charge nurse notifies the police so that an officer comes to the bedside and creates a report for every GSW, either prior to disposition for the minor ones or less urgently for the admitted/expired ones. I don’t think it’s a medical issue that would jeopardize anyone’s license if notification were not performed; the state medical board wouldn’t care. It’s more of a legal issue:

§ 161.041. MANDATORY REPORTING OF GUNSHOT WOUNDS. A
physician who attends or treats, or who is requested to attend or
treat, a bullet or gunshot wound, or the administrator,
superintendent, or other person in charge of a hospital,
sanitorium, or other institution in which a bullet or gunshot wound
is attended or treated or in which the attention or treatment is
requested, shall report the case at once to the law enforcement
authority of the municipality or county in which the physician
practices or in which the institution is located.

Failure to report appears to be a Class C Misdemeanor.

]]> By: Derrick L http://gruntdoc.com/2008/12/how-to-get-yourself-in-hot-water-in-medicine-lie-for-someone-famous.html/comment-page-1#comment-15029 Derrick L Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:47:46 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2008/12/how-to-get-yourself-in-hot-water-in-medicine-lie-for-someone-famous.html#comment-15029 I would be interested to see if a clever attorney argues that federal HIPAA law supercedes the state requirements. Hmm... I am now guilty though of doing what so many people do and that is throw around the "hipaa" trump card without ever actually reading the relevant passages. I would be interested to see if a clever attorney argues that federal HIPAA law supercedes the state requirements. Hmm… I am now guilty though of doing what so many people do and that is throw around the “hipaa” trump card without ever actually reading the relevant passages.

]]> By: GruntDoc http://gruntdoc.com/2008/12/how-to-get-yourself-in-hot-water-in-medicine-lie-for-someone-famous.html/comment-page-1#comment-15025 GruntDoc Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:02:38 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2008/12/how-to-get-yourself-in-hot-water-in-medicine-lie-for-someone-famous.html#comment-15025 Yes, it depends on how the investigation goes, who is actually responsible for the notification, etc. I know that I've seen a ton of GSW's and have never personally reported any of them; I know there's a policy and that it's someone elses' job at the hospital to report these things (I think it's our charge nurse). This hospital also just opened themselves up to as many intrusive investigations the State can think of, and for what? To try and cover up for someone famous? Why? Yes, it depends on how the investigation goes, who is actually responsible for the notification, etc. I know that I’ve seen a ton of GSW’s and have never personally reported any of them; I know there’s a policy and that it’s someone elses’ job at the hospital to report these things (I think it’s our charge nurse).

This hospital also just opened themselves up to as many intrusive investigations the State can think of, and for what? To try and cover up for someone famous? Why?

]]> By: Strong One http://gruntdoc.com/2008/12/how-to-get-yourself-in-hot-water-in-medicine-lie-for-someone-famous.html/comment-page-1#comment-15024 Strong One Mon, 01 Dec 2008 22:00:26 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2008/12/how-to-get-yourself-in-hot-water-in-medicine-lie-for-someone-famous.html#comment-15024 It never ceases to amaze me how professional athletes can and continually circumvent the law. Since when did your performance in a sport make you above the law? It never ceases to amaze me how professional athletes can and continually circumvent the law.
Since when did your performance in a sport make you above the law?

]]> By: shadowfax http://gruntdoc.com/2008/12/how-to-get-yourself-in-hot-water-in-medicine-lie-for-someone-famous.html/comment-page-1#comment-15022 shadowfax Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:08:24 +0000 http://gruntdoc.com/2008/12/how-to-get-yourself-in-hot-water-in-medicine-lie-for-someone-famous.html#comment-15022 Holy crap. A whole bunch of people, possibly including the treating physician, are going to lose their jobs, licenses, and may go to jail (though I doubt the last). And I don't think I feel particularly sorry for them. Holy crap. A whole bunch of people, possibly including the treating physician, are going to lose their jobs, licenses, and may go to jail (though I doubt the last). And I don’t think I feel particularly sorry for them.

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