What country places sharp limits on testing for the new Coronavirus? Which country requires testing specimens to be sent to a single location, up to thousands of miles away? Which country requires doctors to discuss cases with a state health department chief before a test can even be ordered? Which country is essentially claiming “all…
Something I quickly put together today, using Toon Boom Harmony. Yes, I know we have a bigger influenza problem in this country. In fact, our office is currently getting clobbered with influenza cases. Get our awesome newsletter by signing up here. We don’t give your email out and we won’t spam you Tweet
Coronavirus is certainly looking very bad. Yet, a recent technology podcast, “Windows Weekly”, describes how it could be so much worse right now. Every year, in early January, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) convenes in Las Vegas. I’ve attended many times in the past because I am a technology geek. It is huge. It is…
Generic Prozac is Fluoxetine. It used to be $100 for 30 pills. Since it became generic, you can get 100 pills from Walmart for about $10. You can get 30 pills for $4. CVS sent me a fax this past week: “Your patient wants a drug which is less expensive. 30 pills of Fluoxetine 20mg…
A patient came in this month with insulin-dependent diabetes. Her Endocrinologist had placed her on a combination of a long-acting insulin (Lantus) and short-acting insulin (Humalog). She stated her situation bluntly: “I can’t afford it. It’s $300 a month!”Her insurance seemed like a reasonable plan. I looked on GoodRx to check out the cash price. Each…
We’re getting older and we’re on a couple of medications. Our health plan is the same but they switched pharmacy plans to Ingenio. Automated refills stopped. Payment preferences vanished. You have to go online and reset your preferences. Dang! What were those passwords, again? I realized I needed to make a refill request and sent…
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The whole Coronavirus outbreak is getting a little worrisome. No one knows where this is going and writing an article on this site will likely be outdated before it is even posted. Testing can only be done at the CDC. That creates a huge delay in getting information. We don’t know how contagious this will…
It is my opinion that no computer system can survive an attack by a skilled and well-financed group of hackers. Most Electronic Medical Records vendors will make it sound like they are virtually invincible. I don’t believe it. When I heard about Iran’s program to attack computers, I worried. Get our awesome newsletter by signing…
The attached two faxes are part of a real pharmacy scam. The patient and doctor identifiers have been blocked out. The name of the pharmacy is left intact. Here is how the scam works. The pharmacy uses readily available databases to identify patients with diabetes. They claim they call the patient or get them to…