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Flash Mob Medical Research
It was my second day of residency, and something was afoot. As I made my way around my first rotation on the cardiac floor, my medical senses were tingling. There was something strange happening to all of my patients, I … Continue reading
Posted in Un-Sequitur
Tagged Flash Mob, hospital administration, medical blog, medical humor, physician blog, pulmonary
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Motorcycle Accident Medical Claims Increase After Michigan Rescinds Helmet Law.
I wrote last year about the Michigan Legislature’s bold move to help improve the chances of people waiting to receive an organ transplant (see article here). As I discussed in that article, motorcycle riders are among the best organ donors, … Continue reading
Should EMR’s Be Able To Talk to Each Other?
I’ve written several times before about my love/hate status with my EMR. While I enjoy using mine, I long for it’s usefulness to get to the next level. While the EMR is useful at tracking data, it’s greatest handicap right … Continue reading
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
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
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
Posted in The Truth About Health Care
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
Happy New Year from Caduceusblog. Expect some great articles in the coming months!
I wanted to take this time to wish all my readers, friends, and family the very best in the new year, and to thank you for your continued support. I’ve had several friends and colleagues express interest in posting here … Continue reading
Hospital Names New Executive Vice President in Charge of Lobby Christmas Tree.
An Announcement from The Holy Profit Medical Center. “Holy Profit Medical Center” is a series of fake satirical press releases and news articles from an imaginary hospital. . . The Holy Profit Medical Center today named Bess E. Morass to the new post of … Continue reading