Night shift hospitalists more likely to make fun of other physicians to colleagues

Actual title of the study: Three-center study identifies main causes of unprofessional behavior among hospitalists

From the Journal of Hospital Medicine:

Unprofessional behavior among hospitalists is rare, but those who do behave poorly share common features, according to research published in the Journal of Hospital Medicine.American researchers spoke to 77 Illinois hospitalists – doctors who provide care tailored to the needs of hospitalized patients as a general internist, rather than focusing on an organ, disease or a specific patient age-group.

The three-center study found four key factors or patterns underlying unprofessional behavior: making fun of others, conduct in the learning environment (i.e. texting during educational conferences), workload management (i.e. celebrating transferring a patient) and time pressures (i.e. signing out early).

Telemedicine brings emergency help to rural areas

From News8000:

Patients in rural areas are now finding better access to their doctors.

Advanced technology is allowing them to connect from far away even in some emergency situations.

Just this week, Gundersen Lutheran began incorporating “telemedicine,” or videoconferencing, to help treat patients who need emergency care.

Doctors say this new technique is cost-efficient and a great way of getting patients immediate help.

“It’s the next best thing to actually being truly face-to-face,” said Dr. Eric Voter, medical director at Gundersen Lutheran Medical Emergency Services

Doctors at Gundersen Lutheran now have a way of providing emergency help to patients long distance.

“Hooking up with telemedicine, we may be able to help them through a procedure or help with some diagnostic work on a patient and allow them to do the treatment there locally and they may not even have to transport the patient,” said Voter.

Telemedicine Improves Emergency Services in Rural Areas

From YouTube (KELO-TV):

Farming is a dangerous occupation and when accidents occur its critical to have good emergency services in rural areas. Through the use of telemedicine even remote hospitals and ERs can provide the best specialists in the region in minutes to improve the outcome for the patient.

Shooting at Buffalo Hospital Prompts Lockdown and search

From JEMS:

A police SWAT team Wednesday searched a building on the grounds of a Buffalo hospital for a person suspected of fatally shooting a 33-year-old woman, authorities said.

Police Commissioner Daniel Derenda said the morning shooting that prompted a lockdown of Erie County Medical Center wasn’t a random act. Police searched the building adjacent to the hospital’s main building for the shooter more than four hours after the victim was gunned down inside.