You’ll Be Fine by Pat Conrad MD
For years I have gotten laughs from non-medical, administrative types in health care, saying that it would be easy for
Continue readingEntertaining, Educating, and Criticizing Our Broken Healthcare System for 22 Years
For years I have gotten laughs from non-medical, administrative types in health care, saying that it would be easy for
Continue readingThis article in the LA Times is all about diabetes. Did you know that about half of Americans have diabetes
Continue readingMost people in medicine shy away from the term “quality measure.” It promises more work and worse outcomes. Most people
Continue readingInternist Stephen Schimpff, MD is concerned about physician-physician, hospital-PCP communication. Writing in Medical Economics, he begins with a case study of
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Continue reading“I’ve lived through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.” Mark Twain
Continue readingGhent University researchers have studied why women’s bathroom lines are longer. Yup, that was studied. And here is what they found: Men’s
Continue readingOne of the saddest aspects of medicine is how society immediately calls upon physicians to help implement every social trend
Continue readingSay the name Abraham Flexner, and a torrent of useless fact pours forth. He was the author of a work
Continue readingFor the first time ever, I have to say <deep breath> …Jimmy Carter is right. Whew, never thought that would
Continue readingAn oldie but goodie. Can you find the misspelling? Some of these are harsh but that was the Placebo Journal.
Continue reading“I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse”. Florence Nightingale (Editor’s Note: If only the
Continue readingI have mentioned the conflict of interest before between the AAFP and ABFM. Here are some links: The Dream Team
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Continue readingEveryone hears about the magnificent future of medicine. We can’t stop hearing about it. Dr. Watson and his colleagues in
Continue readingCheck this NPR hit piece on nonprofit hospitals. Ouch. It seems that even though they get extreme tax breaks to
Continue readingI came home to a letter from the American Board of Family Medicine. They have been threatening to pull my
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Continue reading“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” George Bernard Shaw (get our free weekly newsletter. no spam.
Continue readingThe issue is worse than that. See this. (get our free weekly newsletter. no spam. ever)
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