The “Dreaded” Return to Medical Practice
Returning to medical practice after a 4 years hiatus can be very unnerving. The physician who took a break for whatever reason, is...
Clinical Decision Support to Alleviate “Misdiagnosis”
The Institute of Medicine found that “most people will suffer from at least one wrong or delayed medical diagnosis during their lifetime,...
Clicking Your Way to Burnout
The Mayo Clinic published the article Electronic medical practice environment can lead to physician burnout that “shows the use of...
The Medical Errors Debate
A recent article published in the BMJ has caused a furor in the medical community claiming that medical error is the third leading cause...
Where Does TeleHealth Fit In?
The authors of Telehealth Poised to Revolutionize Health-care review the present and potential trends in telemedicine- "Three trends, all...
“Mama Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Doctors”
This is Waylon Jennings' and Willie Nelson's 1978 cover of "Mamas, don't let your babies grow up to be cowboys". The song, originally...
For Every New Medication 2 Need To Be Removed
One of Donald Trump’s campaign promises was: “I will formulate a rule which says that for every one new regulation, two old regulations...
"Take Me to the Emergency Room"
A 2014 18-month study followed 25,000 low-income Oregonians who won Medicaid coverage in a lottery as part of the Oregon Health Insurance...
Excellent Synopsis of the History of the Electronic Health Record
The HITECH Era in Retrospect by John D. Halamka, M.D., and Micky Tripathi, Ph.D. is an accurate description of the introduction of...
“Yada Yada”
"The Yada Yada" is the 153rd episode of the American NBC sitcom Seinfeld. The 19th episode of the eighth season, it aired on April 24,...
