Quote of the Week: Tom Petty
“Well I won’t back down/No I won’t back down/You could stand me up at the gates of hell/But I won’t
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“Well I won’t back down/No I won’t back down/You could stand me up at the gates of hell/But I won’t
Continue readingThe year is 2017 and the only profession that still uses faxes, beepers and can’t share records electronically is our
Continue readingUniversity Medical Center of Southern Nevada, mass casualties: the shootings in Las Vegas have locked the national attention and horrified
Continue readingIt turns out there is value to talking to patients. Who would have thunk it? In this article Place More
Continue readingHere is some interesting news: Agnesian HealthCare is suing health IT vendor Cerner for $16 million to recoup losses the provider
Continue readingHere is the title of a recent medical article I was click baited into: Rumination Worsens Fibromyalgia Symptoms —Researchers set
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Continue readingI think the most consistent thing about contrived quality measures, as a way to pay doctors or hospitals, is that
Continue readingIt’s showtime for American medicine. Just like every other product that We the Consumer have the God-given right to purchase,
Continue readingFellow physicians, do you feel yourselves shrinking? You should. After slogging through post-graduate training and years of private practice, you
Continue readingThis is from Maine, where I practiced for 18 years: Seven physicians — including four in the emergency department —
Continue reading“Dude, go have a scotch and stop bitchin’,” our administrative coordinator counseled. I replied, “Hell no, that is the column
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Continue reading“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing. That’s why we recommend it daily.” Zig Ziglar Click
Continue readingHere is a nice summary in the Medical Economics magazine of why we are having such a shortage of family docs.
Continue readingAt the most recent AAFP yearly meeting, it was decided: Healthcare is a basic human right and there should be
Continue readingI often rip on hospital administrators for many reasons. One, there are too many of them. Two, they think they
Continue readingA few days back I ripped on the Joint Commission pretty hard. They deserve to be criticized even more so
Continue readingFor decades, the American Academy of Family Practitioners has taken a leading role in selling out their members, those members’
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