MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'board of medicine'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:00:39 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4309666&cid=t_372596_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2011%2F01%2F04%2Fwhy-doctors-oversell-benefits-undersell-risks-and-side-effects%2F Virtually across the board of medicine and psychiatry, doctors will constantly and consistently oversell the benefits of a given treatment, and undersell the risks and side effects of it. This may not be as surprising when you look at some of the key factors into how medical and psychiatric treatment is learned and then conducted on patients. Why do doctors often oversell the benefits of a given treatment, and minimize the risks and side effects of it? 1. Treatment is rarely experienced first-hand. While you don’t need to undergo surgery to understand the benefits of surgery or how to do surgery, you will surely have a great appreciation to the patient’s perspective if every surgeon was required to get an appendectomy before being allowed to practice. Surgeons know, in most ca... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4309666 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 20:24:09 +0100 4309666 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3678588&cid=t_372596_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.emrandhipaa.com%2Femr-and-hipaa%2F2010%2F06%2F14%2Fflorida-board-member-recommends-statewide-warning-on-emr-errors%2F Here’s an interesting story from Florida: A Florida Board of Medicine member wants the board to issue a statewide warning about EMRs, following an incident in which an OB-GYN missed an abnormal Pap smear and blamed the EMR. The OB-GYN punished the EMR by replacing it, while the Board of Medicine punished the OB-GYN with a $20,000 fine, a risk management review, and 100 hours of community service. The board member, a dermatologist, said “”I think the Department of Health needs to put out a warning to physicians that they need to look at their programs’ default settings. This year we have seen as many if not more medical records violations from electronic medical records as we saw from hand-written records violations.” I’m not sure what benefit the Department of Hea... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3678588 Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:05:17 +0100 3678588 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3632331&cid=t_372596_114_f&fid=34646&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wvbom.wv.gov%2Fcollnurse.pdf On May 10, 2010, the West Virginia Board of Medicine has issued a new Policy Statement - Guidelines for Physicians in Collaborative Relationships with Advanced Nurse Practitioners or Certified Nurse Midwives; Standard of Practice.The new Policy Statement provide West Virginia physicians with guidance on the role and responsibility they play in the collaborative relationship with advanced nurse practitioners and certified nurse-midwifes. In summary, the guidance provides:A. The physician must be permanently and fully licensed in West Virginia without restriction or limitation.B. There should be a written collaborative agreement should should include certain specific provisions as outlined in the Policy Statement.C. Other considerations that are outlined in the Policy StatementThe Policy Sta... Health Care Law Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3632331 Fri, 04 Jun 2010 20:09:36 +0100 3632331