tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post7806735017658829868..comments2024-03-26T00:25:34.026-04:00Comments on Not Running a Hospital: A hijacking in MainePaul Levyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-81805951284721523552014-07-07T09:57:50.809-04:002014-07-07T09:57:50.809-04:00
The request to record a TV promo for this session...<br />The request to record a TV promo for this session on our campus was only denied because prior arrangements were not made. Our policy is whenever media are onsite they must escorted by someone from Community Relations. This is a direct effort to protect patient privacy – HIPAA! We can’t have media taking pictures for broadcast without oversight. Since they showed up unannounced, and because CR staff was already out on prior assignments, and I was alone in the office on a long-scheduled and lengthy conference call, I requested the promo be recorded at the TV station or that they make arrangements to return at a time when we could accommodate. We voiced our concerns with Quality Counts, including that TV videotaping was scheduled on our campus without first checking to see if we could staff it. I worried at the time this would come back on us as being disagreeable. Our only role was to be a host site for this timely and important event. We offered our facilities and staffed the event. Quality Counts assured me that they and the involved parties understood our concern for patient privacy and apologized for not making prior arrangements. They assured me that our only role was to be a volunteer host site, a role we embraced for this timely and important event. It is unfortunate that our good efforts in a session devoted to patient safety have come back on us because of our focus on patient confidentiality. <br /><br />As for the robot video being inserted in the promo, EMHS did not have a role in that. The TV station has reams of news footage from our hospitals, including robotic surgery, and often will insert file video as cover for interviews. They did not ask for our opinion or permission, and they do not have to since it was footage from prior newscasts. They own it. Quality Counts and/or Kathy Day are free to call the station and ask that the promo be discontinued …. They likely will not reedit and repost video in July for an event that occurred the previous March. <br /><br />Suzanne Spruce<br />Chief Communications Officer <br />EMHS <br />Suzanne Spruce, APRhttp://www.emhs.org/home.aspxnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-62956994829304436302014-07-06T12:32:58.747-04:002014-07-06T12:32:58.747-04:00DaVinci Sysytem advertising is ubiquitous and misl...DaVinci Sysytem advertising is ubiquitous and misleading in the extreme. It has changed recently, insofar as if you go to Intuitive's website they no longer make the claims they once did regarding for example--prostatectomy. Product placement ads persist. The news org should be called out on this and I think they might respond favorably. They used to cite "scholarly" articles which were (when I examined these) were either not a study of the particular claim they were making, or were poor quality studies, i.e. single institution, or single surgeon.a disruptorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11925477149270614158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-37594621723151446882014-07-06T08:10:05.658-04:002014-07-06T08:10:05.658-04:00Thanks for the "Dr," Kathy, but I'm ...Thanks for the "Dr," Kathy, but I'm not one!Paul Levyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17065446378970179507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32053362.post-22133173114023198912014-07-06T08:08:16.392-04:002014-07-06T08:08:16.392-04:00Thank you Dr Levy. I couldn't have said this ...Thank you Dr Levy. I couldn't have said this better myself. Considering that the news team and I were not allowed to do our public interest interview in the EMHS administrative building, they certainly came out "ahead" in this news piece with a big push for their robot. I had a robotic hysterectomy for uterine cancer at Maine Medical Center in 2011, and I had an uncomplicated recovery. Since then I have learned about the troubles with the Robot, and the real statistics about complications. I have also learned about the relentless, and shameless advertising and how Hospitals buy into it. Had I been consulted, I would not have appeared in the same video with a DaVinci robot"advertisement". Kathy Day RNnoreply@blogger.com