You Are Not Special
Welcome, Doctor, to our medical community! It is good to have you here. We rolled out the red carpet for
Continue readingEntertaining, Educating, and Criticizing Our Broken Healthcare System for 22 Years
Welcome, Doctor, to our medical community! It is good to have you here. We rolled out the red carpet for
Continue readingOur local hospital sent out a press release. It turns out our hospital… ————————–… “will soon have the benefit of the
Continue readingThe story was on the front page of our local paper. For the second time this year, a regional health
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Continue readingThis cartoon animation has appeared on this blog in the past. There is a backstory. More than ten years ago,
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Continue readingI joined Facebook around 2008 to keep track of my oldest child who was soon entering college. Over time, the
Continue readingI remain convinced the most important cartoon any corporate leader or participant can read is Dilbert. Dilbert is a daily
Continue readingImportant tip to remember this week!
Continue readingOver the years, a lot of patients tell me about their kids who are pursuing a career as a Nurse
Continue readingI’ve been away from this blog for a while. Prior to attending medical school, I was a Physics major. Physics
Continue readingLet me state up front: Covid vaccination and booster shots are the way we get out of this mess. At
Continue readingIncreasingly, most medical practices have grown large and more impersonal. Instead of a doctor leading the group, it is a
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Continue readingI have a quote. It’s from John Oliver: Cigna, a company whose logo is a cartoon man standing in a
Continue readingYou may criticize the dollar number I used for this cartoon as too high. The number being tossed around is
Continue readingI’ve heard this said a lot lately…. TGIF.
Continue readingRemember all those warm banners and advertisements from health insurance companies last year as Covid ravaged healthcare? They proclaimed their
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Continue readingNot far from the truth!
Continue readingGoodRx provides a wonderful service. A simple Google search will reveal the prices charged at local pharmacies. The price extremes
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Continue readingDuring the pandemic, the medical community was doing its best. Practices and hospitals faced higher costs, fewer visits and patients
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Continue readingI continue to be amazed at the resourcefulness of Medicare scammers. This particular one almost escaped my detection. To recount
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Continue readingA version of this happened in an office visit a couple of years ago. I finally turned this into an
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