TWR Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 I have been following CNN's coverage the last 3 days and although inforative it uses very strong language which sounds more like sensationalism rather than education. I think they are trying to keep people on the edge of their seats. Of course their ratings are tantamount to any accuracy of any story (not just CNN but rather all news programs). The gentleman in Dallas with Ebola is in serious but stable condition. CNN's take is "fighting for his life". They also said 2 days ago that he did not say he was in W. Africa but faulted the hospital for not asking. Yesterday the story changed to that a nurse did ask but did not report it before he went home. Maybe because we all practice medicine we can read between the lines as to what is real but to the non medical person I think it will scare the heck out of them but they will continue to watch and the ratings will stay up. IMHO Sorry for the long paragraph. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator True Anomaly Posted October 2, 2014 Moderator Share Posted October 2, 2014 And this is different from any other major news story handled by a major network how? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoRyou Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 the news media is following a decades-old mantra: "if it bleeds, it leads!" This mantra is deeply ingrained in journalistic norms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UpRegulated Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 I have been following CNN's coverage the last 3 days and although inforative it uses very strong language which sounds more like sensationalism rather than education. I think they are trying to keep people on the edge of their seats. Of course their ratings are tantamount to any accuracy of any story (not just CNN but rather all news programs). The gentleman in Dallas with Ebola is in serious but stable condition. CNN's take is "fighting for his life". They also said 2 days ago that he did not say he was in W. Africa but faulted the hospital for not asking. Yesterday the story changed to that a nurse did ask but did not report it before he went home. Maybe because we all practice medicine we can read between the lines as to what is real but to the non medical person I think it will scare the heck out of them but they will continue to watch and the ratings will stay up. IMHO Sorry for the long paragraph. Wouldn't worry about it. There's only about 300 people in the entire country that watch CNN. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whoRyou Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 Wouldn't worry about it. There's only about 300 people in the entire country that watch CNN. :) HAHAHA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatChecko Posted October 3, 2014 Share Posted October 3, 2014 If it involves science, I doubt that the news ever gets it right. Aviation reporting is usually atrocious. Furthermore, after working in the ED and seeing how often they got those pretty simple stories wrong, I now listen to the news with a healthy dose of skeptism and try to read multiple sources. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinntsp Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Ironically, much of the real journalism is done by the satirical news shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user1234556 Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 For what it's worth... and sorry for not contributing whatsoever to the actual discussion you're attempting to have... but we have since learned that the nurse documented the patient's travel history in the nursing chart and this information was not relayed to the medical team. My ears immediately perked up when I heard this, because I remembered my ER rotation as a student and the almost daily b*tching by red-faced, barking attendings about this issue. In this ER, there was the nursing chart and there was the provider chart, and in the words of Rudyard Kipling, "never the twain shall meet". If you dared lift your finger to peruse a page from one of the nursing charts - for instance, to glance at the pt's med list before going in and asking them to dump out their collection of bottles for the 2nd time, only to be told how "you already have all this, I just told so and so" - you better be prepared for some major attitude and backlash. At least once per shift, an attending could be heard lamenting over how many years they will have to complain before a realization is made that perhaps the information obtained and documented in these charts would be nice to have if you were, you know, the person actually trying to figure out what's wrong with the patient and fix it. Anyhow, it's safe to say that such a change will likely soon be implemented at this Dallas hospital... maybe others will follow suit without an Ebola patient making it happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetMeOuttaThisMess Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 They have now backtracked. It was not an Epic issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Goose Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 They have now backtracked. It was not an Epic issue. Epic issue/epic issue. Funny stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user1234556 Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 They have now backtracked. It was not an Epic issue. I was talking about paper charts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
user1234556 Posted October 4, 2014 Share Posted October 4, 2014 Sorry double post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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