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Happy Nurses Week!
Dear Nurses, Thanks for Everything You Do! -Originally posted at scrubsmag.com Related Posts: Be Nice to Nurses. . . Or Else!
Posted in The Truth About Health Care, Un-Sequitur
Tagged medical blog, Nurses, Nurses Week, physician blog
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The Relationship Between Cystic Fibrosis Exacerbations and Environmental Pollution.
If you don’t know this about me by now, I need to confess something, I’m a bit of a geek. I love Star Trek (all of em), and I regularly check the NASA website to see how the Voyager pairs … Continue reading
Why Medical Education Should Embrace Social Media
Social Media and Medical Education: Access Denied. -By Rebecca Hastings, D.O. I have never been very computer or tech savvy. I’m not up-to-date on the latest technology, but I do have a smart phone and a laptop which I use … Continue reading
Another Letter to Washington, from a Physician on the Front Lines.
-by Matthew Moeller. Due to the tremendous popularity of Dr. Moeller’s original post as well as some of the critiques and questions it raised, Dr. Moeller has written this follow-up post in response. Thank you to everyone for the positive … Continue reading
Daily Docblock: EHR Style.
Its been a long road to readjusting to my EHR, and for the most part its been worth it. (see previous EHR articles). I’ve fine tuned my typing skills, I’ve become a black belt of check boxes, a jedi of … Continue reading
An Open Letter to Washington, D.C. From a Physician on the Front Lines.
-by Matthew Moeller M.D. I am writing this letter because I feel that our leaders and lawmakers do not have an accurate picture of what it actually entails to become a physician today; specifically, the financial, intellectual, social, mental, and … Continue reading
Why Physicians Should Learn to Pronounce Patient Names Properly
I have it on good authority that it’s not easy being green. But I’m willing to wager that it’s a whole lot easier when you have a lovable name like “Kermit”. Imagine being green (or brown) with a name like … Continue reading
My EHR Tells Me I’m a Bad Doctor.
I’ve written before about our EHR and all the the things that I really like about it. Add to that list the fact that we can now get incentive payments from Medicare (or Medicaid) for buying and using an EHR … Continue reading
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Tagged Allscripts, EHR, EHR problems, EMR, EMR problems, meaningful use, medical blog, medical humor, physician blog
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Should a Medical College Dean Take Money from Pharma?
One of the first posts I wrote here, was a about how pharmaceutical reps provide lunch for physicians while presenting information about a medication that they are promoting. The post, and others like it, have generated visceral reactions on the … Continue reading
This is What Remains of a Shattered Mental Health System in Newtown. Could it Have Helped Adam Lanza?
I wrote in a previous post about what life was like growing up in Newtown, Connecticut. It truly is a picturesque New England town. But what might be surprising is that within that town sat a gem. A hundred acres … Continue reading