Healthcare Update 11-27-2009
Premature baby dies, then goes missing for 6 days. The infant’s body was mistakenly put…
New Medical Inventions
The Lung Flute. Interesting concept. A small reed within the contraption vibrates when a patient…
Michael J Woods and Celebrity Malpractice Trials
John Ritter died from a ruptured thoracic aneurysm. His family sued the emergency physicians for…
That Ain't It
A guy comes in for evaluation of rectal bleeding. After dealing with patients like this,…
Survey Sticky Note
If you haven’t done so, please take a few minutes to complete the survey about…
Apropos
ERP here from Erstories. Blanked out Letters are sometime appropriate. According to the NY times,…
Patient SatisFICTION?
The director of our group was called to the administrative offices to explain why our…
What's the Diagnosis #6
A 39 year old male with a 1 pack per day smoking habit presents with…
Healthcare Update 11-18-2009
Even Saturday Night Live is getting into the health care reform debate. “The president wants…
The Problem with Opt Out Plans
by Mark Plaster MD Some of the proposed health care reform bills that are…