More boundaries stuff- online dating

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CHICAGO (AP) — New research suggests doctors are contacting patients on Internet dating sites and engaging in other unprofessional online behavior — and sometimes getting caught.

That's according to a survey of most state medical boards that license and discipline doctors.

Most boards said they'd received at least one complaint about unprofessional online behavior; 25 percent had received more than three complaints.

The most common violation was asking patients out online. Others were prescribing medicine and overstating medical credentials online.

More than half said complaints led to serious punishment including revoking medical licenses.

The survey appears in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association. Violations occurred over about 10 years.

The Federation of State Medical Boards is considering adopting professional guidelines for doctors' use of social networks and other online behavior.

[Let’s keep our eye on the ball, people. Read the article. It is a compilation of violations over 10 years. If you compiled how many times you forgot your cell phone at home or at work over the last 2 years, they might take it away from you because you are a serial forgetter. There are knuckleheads dating online but it is probably not an epidemic.]

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E. Abrahamson, D.C.

Chiropractic physician

Lake Oswego Chiropractic Clinic

315 Second Street

Lake Oswego, OR 97034

503-635-6246

Website: http://www.lakeoswegochiro.com

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Yeah but .... isn't needing to remember all these boundaries why we all have to do this 2 hour CEU thing on boundaries this year?! skSunny Kierstyn, RN DC Fibromyalgia Care Center of Oregon 2677 Willakenzie Road, 7CEugene, Oregon, 97401541- 654-0850; Fx; 541- 654-0834www.drsunnykierstyn.com From: drscott@...Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:40:23 -0700Subject: More boundaries stuff- online dating

CHICAGO (AP) — New research suggests doctors are contacting patients on Internet dating sites and engaging in other unprofessional online behavior — and sometimes getting caught.

That's according to a survey of most state medical boards that license and discipline doctors.

Most boards said they'd received at least one complaint about unprofessional online behavior; 25 percent had received more than three complaints.

The most common violation was asking patients out online. Others were prescribing medicine and overstating medical credentials online.

More than half said complaints led to serious punishment including revoking medical licenses.

The survey appears in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association. Violations occurred over about 10 years.

The Federation of State Medical Boards is considering adopting professional guidelines for doctors' use of social networks and other online behavior.

[Let’s keep our eye on the ball, people. Read the article. It is a compilation of violations over 10 years. If you compiled how many times you forgot your cell phone at home or at work over the last 2 years, they might take it away from you because you are a serial forgetter. There are knuckleheads dating online but it is probably not an epidemic.]

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E. Abrahamson, D.C.

Chiropractic physician

Lake Oswego Chiropractic Clinic

315 Second Street

Lake Oswego, OR 97034

503-635-6246

Website: http://www.lakeoswegochiro.com