A Physical Impossibility
Last night was interesting. These types of patient interactions are why I love medicine so…
If the Disease Doesn't Kill Ya, the CT Scans Will
There’s a news frenzy about whether doctors are ordering too many CT scans. Right now…
Don't Forget You're On a Stage
When there isn’t a patient in a room, we usually turn off the lights in…
No Vaccine, No Freedom.
ABC News published a story about how a circuit court judge in Maryland has ordered…
Pick Any Two
I read an interesting sign thumbtacked to a wall near a desk in a doctor’s…
Do Not Use These Medical Abbreviations!
I’m about fed up with the chart police dinging me for writing “unapproved abbreviations.” This…
Cell Phones in the ED
OK, I couldn’t take it any more. The rant of the day is cell phones,…
Greg Henry on Universal Healthcare
Greg Henry speaks candidly with EPM editor Mark Plaster about healthcare reform and the questions…
Defensive Medicine #3
If we equate ordering too many tests with “defensive medicine,” here’s another reason that physicians…
And the respiratory rate is …
I’m noticing how almost every time we get an ambulance report, the respiratory rate is…