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If you haven’t read the piece in the Time Magazine entitled Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us then
Continue readingEntertaining, Educating, and Criticizing Our Broken Healthcare System for 22 Years
If you haven’t read the piece in the Time Magazine entitled Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us then
Continue readingIf you have been a follower of my writing, you know my stance on narcs. I believe 90% of the
Continue readingLike a lot of you, I’m feeling a little tired after the last two months of winter. Along with a
Continue reading“Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who have kept on trying when there
Continue readingI was sent this article from the Poughkeepsie Journal called Doctors ‘firing’ patients is a disturbing development. The author,
Continue readingFor everyone who thinks Electronic Medical Records are perfect than you should see this article. It seems Drexel University’s Scot
Continue readingThrow in a fancy title like the “The Robot Will See You Now” and you have the makings of a
Continue readingIt’s just embarrassing. Instead of fixing the real problems (pay, competition from LELTs), some medical schools are adding to the
Continue readingThis came in from a loyal reader, Ana Gratacos, after she read this article entitled Walmart to Offer Heath Screening
Continue readingAmazingly enough, fast food (McDonald’s, Burger King, Wendy’s and Pizza Hut) accounted for more than 11 percent of the calories
Continue reading“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” George Bernard Shaw
Continue readingOver the years, in the wee hours on slow shifts or due to lingering occupational insomnia, I’ll catch a few
Continue readingHere is another ridiculously obvious statement from an article in the American Medical News: Achieving superior clinical outcomes often depends
Continue readingHere is the link to a study published in the Journal of American Medical Informatics Association. First all, the fact
Continue readingResearchers surveyed 543 college students and provided them with three episode-of-care vignettes in which they visited a physician. Everything about
Continue readingHow sad is this? Former San Diego Mayor Maureen O’Connor acknowledged in federal court Thursday that she took $2 million
Continue readingA few weeks ago I highlighted how the AMA came out with a position statement declaring health care teams should
Continue readingMore enduringly than any other sport, wrestling teaches self-control and pride. Some have wrestled without great skill – none have
Continue readingIt looks like balance trumps granola. Scientists have always claimed that a plant-based diet benefits the environment more than
Continue readingRemember how many of my readers mentioned that we physicians have been assimilated by the Borg? Well, Moody’s Investors Service says
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