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Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t
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Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in a while, or the light won’t
Continue readingYup, that’s the new legal buzzword for medical lawsuits. It’s called “electronic plagiarism”. Remember how the EHR or EMR was
Continue readingA study in the journal called Heart found that urine testing of patients with hypertension revealed that 25% were partially or
Continue readingI kept getting the warning emails like these from the American Academy of Family Practice: Don’t let your membership be
Continue readingEditor’s Note: That would be true if ANY kid wanted to be a doctor anymore! – DF
Continue readingBelow is something I found very interesting. People can debate our pay all they want but they cannot debate
Continue readingThis sent in by a reader. Thank you. Nothing like a good game of bullshit bingo (which now includes
Continue reading“Leave the gun. Take the cannoli.” Clemenza The Godfather
Continue readingWe, as physicians, have had our data taken from us, used against us, and used to sell to us for
Continue readingIf you read this blog you know I hate new words that are created by administrators. It seems that “engage”
Continue readingIn primary care, one of the best things we can do for a patient is to keep their experience from
Continue readingDr. Daniel Craviotto, an orthopedic surgeon in Santa Barbara, Calif., wrote this really nice op-ed piece for the WSJ. I
Continue readingTimes have sure changed. It is nothing like it was in the good old days. I say this admitting that
Continue readingI’ve been trying to find the rationale for paying different rates for different points of service and I found a
Continue reading“First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.” Mahatma Gandhi
Continue readingThere were two reports recently of faked or falsified reports that caused patients to lose their lives. The first was
Continue readingThe job of medicine is tough. That goes without saying. As doctors and as humans, we are supposed to be
Continue readingOf the Top 10 Patient Safety Concerns for Healthcare Organizations by the ECRI Institute, based on more than 300,000 event reports,
Continue readingIt turns out that prescribing a statin makes people feel like they can eat whatever they want. Well, duh, doctors
Continue readingThere once was a time when I actually paid attention to patients instead of fretting about connection issues with the
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