What on Earth kind of idiots are you electing California? This article reports: Department of Public Health officials in San Francisco assure the public that a program providing homeless, recovering drug addicts– housed in hotels during the pandemic–with methadone, alcohol and marijuana, comes at no cost to taxpayers. Never mind costs, or the politics of it,…
So, this article pops up on social media recently (1). It is disappointing that my former profession is using this coronavirus pandemic crisis to manipulate into expanded roles that may be out of bounds of their education and scope of practice. Before the pandemic crisis, evaluation visits by the advanced practice provider (APP) would have been…
Here is the reference article for this quote: Even though she had 16 academic awards, 6 professional leadership positions, 5 research projects, 8 scientific publications, 9 scientific presentations, 10 years of teaching experience, and membership in 12 professional organizations, Leigh was left unemployable due to discrimination WITHIN medicine………… Wow!! To be unmatched for 3 years…
When I initially read the title of the article, my reaction was probably similar to most people; frustration. However, as I read the article, my frustration remained but shifted focus. Where initially it was focused on the big bad health care organization and debt collection practices, it then shifted to how health care administrative and…
Lots of comments on the original “What Kind of F**kery is This?” blog. I absolutely applaud the ability of an individual to express their views in accordance with the 1stAmendment! Whether you like it or not, agree with that or not, Dr. & Army Veteran Newman has every right to her views and to express them in a free…
I work in healthcare. I work on the front lines. I work on the COVID positive unit in my organization. I had my own bout with the coronavirus. I AIN’T NO HERO!! Don’t call me one either. My favorite all-time band Metallica has a song called “Hero of the Day.” In this song, the lyrics go…
This current pandemic lockdown has everyone spinning. What is there to do? I mean a nice 10 K run today followed by some relaxing weekend research reading and blogging. Can’t go out to hike a trail or even to pick up some donuts. With USMLE Step 3 behind me, why not write another blog? My…
Pills, pills, pills. It’s a mad world out there these days. This article has been floating around social media in recent days. This study looks at prescribing patterns of primary care physicians, nurse practitioners (NPs), and physician assistants (PAs) to identify overprescribing. This retrospective, cross sectional analysis compared prescribing patterns of physicians, NPs, and PAs…
Better call the whaaaaaambulance when you don’t get your way. I’m ashamed of my former profession for trying to take advantage of this pandemic to advance an agenda. This is selfish, manipulative, and unethical. This article has to do with resulting frustration among some groups that Missouri, by relaxing some restrictions, still requires nurse practitioner-physician collaboration.…
Just as cabbage makes for a good salad, verbiage can either make or break a good argument. In the case of this article (1), some of the verbiage is concerning. I agree with the notion of collaboration. I’ve written about this before in a previous Authentic Medicine blog (2). This current blog is not to bash…