Re: Awake and alert for teleradiology
From: Anna Meenan, MD (annam@uic.edu)
Thu Dec 9 19:08:26 2004
Apparently, there's a shortage of radiologists willing to work the night
shift at all.
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Anna Meenan, MD
At Thu, 9 Dec 2004, art fougner, md wrote:
>
>Or the night shift needs to sleep prior to coming on duty...
>
>art
>
>At Thu, 9 Dec 2004, Henry Gregor wrote:
>>
>>Interesting comment re benefit of daytime alert and awake status...if that's a critical concern, then perhaps all but absolutely compelling potentially fatal ER cases should default to a day shift ER staff, :-) ???
>>
>>"Anna Meenan, MD" <annam@uic.edu> wrote:
>>Here's more info on teleradiology. Apparently the primary benefit is
>>that the emergency nighttime films are read during daylight hours on the
>>other side of the world, when the radiologists are awake and alert.
>>Interesting article.
>>
>>http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,140596,00.html
>>
>>Anna Meenan, MD
>>
>>At Tue, 7 Dec 2004, Myer Bornstein wrote:
>>>
>>>We use tele-radiologists in our hospital to perform nighttime readings. All
>>>of them must go through the hospital credentialing process like any other
>>>member of the medical staff. That includes having a valid state license.
>>>
>>>--
>>>Myer S. Bornstein, MD, MMM, FACOG, FACPE, CPE
>>>
>>> _____
>>>
>>>From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Braun, R.
>>>Daniel
>>>Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 8:31 AM
>>>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>>>Subject: Re: breast CA and GYN
>>>
>>>And who will extradite them from India to prosecute them? Being in violation
>>>of the law is one thing, being held responsible for that is another thing.
>>>
>>>Dan
>>>
>>>R. Daniel Braun , MD
>>>
>>>"If everyone likes you, you're doing something wrong."
>>>
>>>Kinky Friedman
>>>
>>>I believe a self-righteous liberal or conservative with a cause is more
>>>dangerous than a Hell's Angel with an attitude.
>>>
>>>Andy Rooney
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of
>>>RModugno@aol.com
>>>Sent: Monday, December 06, 2004 9:38 PM
>>>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>>>Subject: Re: breast CA and GYN
>>>
>>>In a message dated 12/6/2004 6:33:55 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>>>hsheld@anv.net writes:
>>>
>>>Did I not read in the WSJ today that some x-rays are being read in India via
>>>teleradiology?
>>>
>>>Surely, if a physician does that, they would need to have a medical license
>>>in the state in which the examination took place?
>>>
>>>Robert Modugno MD MBA FACOG
>>>
>>>Marietta, GA
>>>
>>>http://www.novaobgyn.yourmd.com
>>>
>--
>art fougner, md
>ich bin ein New Yorker
>
