Yours Truly shows up on this list, for the first time. Fort Worth, Texas magazine sent more than 4,500 local physicians a survey, asking them to voluntarily rate their peers and name the best doctors in Tarrant County. Medical … [Continue reading]
Defense Department says giving Purple Heart to Fort Hood survivors would hurt Hasan trial | Fox News
March 30, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Appalling decision. The document (from the DOD) reads in part: "Passage of this legislation could directly and indirectly influence potential court-martial panel members, witnesses, or the chain of command, all of whom exercise a critical role … [Continue reading]
How Doctors Die | The Saturday Evening Post
March 29, 2013 by 2 Comments
Well written, and I think correct. It’s not a frequent topic of discussion, but doctors die, too. And they don’t die like the rest of us. What’s unusual about them is not how much treatment they get compared to most Americans, but how little. … [Continue reading]
Delusions of Benefit in the International Stroke Trial | Closer to the Truth
March 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
More TPa for stroke... Delusions of Benefit in the International Stroke TrialResults of the largest and arguably most important trial ever of thrombolytics clot-busting drugs for acute stroke were published last week in The Lancet, and the study’s … [Continue reading]
The Favor
March 26, 2013 by Leave a Comment
As a medical student in the GYN clinic in El Paso, one occasionally needed both language and female standby assistance, at the same time. Occasionally like 80% of the time*. I asked one of the clinic technicians to assist me with an exam; after … [Continue reading]
NYC painkiller poster
March 25, 2013 by 2 Comments
From NPR: Doctors who follow the advice will consider alternatives to opioids and prescribe only a few days' worth of the drugs, if they decide that's the best course for short-term pain relief. They'll also avoid starting patients on long-acting … [Continue reading]
networking.answers.com
March 21, 2013 by
They found a dead link on the blog, alerted me to it, and asked for a little recognition if I changed it. http://networking.answers.com/ So, there ya go. … [Continue reading]
Southwest Airlines mobile design fail
March 19, 2013 by
So, I was trying to sign up for the Rapid Rewards for Southwest on my iPhone. I got nearly to the end before the design fail happened. I wonder what I should answer when I'm not sure of the question. Heh … [Continue reading]
F1 coverage on NBC Sports is pretty good!
March 17, 2013 by
This post has to do with Formula 1 racing coverage. Skip it should this not be your thing. At the end of last years' season, Speed Network lost the contract for US coverage for the 2013 season to the unknown (to F1 coverage) NBC Sports network. As … [Continue reading]
Dumb American Speedometers: Ford Mustang
March 13, 2013 by
The other day my lovely wife bought a Ford. It's nice. (They sold her a car that'd already been sold; then made up for it by giving her a car with more options than the one she originally tried to buy and eating the difference. Thanks … [Continue reading]
Talk Like A Healthcare Management Robot
March 9, 2013 by
My good friend Dr. Richard Winters has skills: doctoring, parenting, professional coaching, and computer coding. Add his dislike for mumbo-jumbo and his skills with javascript, and you get: Talk Like A Healthcare Management Robot Instructions: … [Continue reading]
The latest Russian asteriod
February 17, 2013 by
First, thank goodness no-one was killed outright, though I did read someone had a spine injury. Recovery hopes for all. Second, the whole town could have been immolated from the force of the explosion, but the detonation happened just high enough … [Continue reading]
Punctuation?
February 15, 2013 by
From my lovely wife the other day... I posted this to Twitter earlier, but realized I wanted it on the blog, too. … [Continue reading]
Press Ganey, meet Wong-Baker
February 10, 2013 by
For those not actively engaged in the practice of medicine, this will mean nothing to you. For those of us in the trenches: I cannot wait for the day the government realizes this misguided effort is costing them Billions (and harming patients … [Continue reading]
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