Industry of Mediocrity
If you have been a follower of this blog you would know that I have always used the teaching profession
Continue readingEntertaining, Educating, and Criticizing Our Broken Healthcare System for 22 Years
If you have been a follower of this blog you would know that I have always used the teaching profession
Continue readingIn the “Terminator” movies, the cyborg network SkyNet moves to destroy all humanity as threat to its permanent domination. Likewise,
Continue reading“Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must be driven into practice with courageous patience.” Hyman Rickover, four-star admiral of the
Continue readingI like the American Medical News. I know they are associated with the AMA but they do a great job
Continue readingResearchers are saying that the Affordable Care Act will eventually cause a massive rise in hospital mergers. They are using
Continue readingSanjay Gupta MD thinks we family doctors are still needed. Good for him and hooray for us. I guess. Here
Continue readingThis one is going to make your laugh or cry or both. A study that “tracked Floridians on welfare over
Continue readingHead over to the American Medical News and see the article Insurers have big plans for value-based doctor payments.
Continue readingThe headline for the 5/15/13 issue of Family Practice News announces “Contraception Training for FP Residents in Limbo!” Okay, in fairness, I
Continue reading“One can choose to go back toward safety or forward toward growth.” Abraham Maslow (Editor’s Note: this one is for
Continue readingNow I know how the government and the naysayers are going to try and stop the Direct Primary Care trend.
Continue readingHere is a shout out to a Mainer going off the grid. Dr. Michael Ciampi, from Portland, stopped accepting all
Continue readingIn a recent edition of the Family Practice News, Dr. William G. Wilkoff explains why defensive medicine needs to be
Continue readingWe had just settled down after a delicious meal when the telephone rang and the doctor on call was wanted.
Continue readingBelow is what our glorious leaders are teaching us in these trying times for family docs: Dear Colleague, Engaging patients
Continue readingI am more and more disgusted with the way hospitals are trying to remove doctors from any decision making processes.
Continue reading“America is all about speed. Hot, nasty, bad-ass speed.” Eleanor Roosevelt (as misquoted in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky
Continue readingI got a laugh out of John Hickner, MD who is the Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Family Practice.
Continue readingHere is a really nice story about an American doctor who has lived and worked in Ethiopia since 1990. Dr. Rick
Continue readingThere continues to be a push for more docs to answer patients’ emails. And not get paid for it. The
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