The Hospital Rodeo
A patient gets brought by ambulance for suicidal threat. He’s going to “slit his motherF’ing…
How to heal the human soul?
When I started writing this blog, I wanted to give people something to smile about.…
Doctor Shopping
Did some searching about healthcare fraud and just read about a new law passed in…
"Floor Throwing"
Want to get out of the waiting room more quickly when you’re in the ED?…
Slow ventricular tachycardia
Among the many patients waiting for a telemetry bed was a rather large gentleman with…
Saddam style single payor system
As the election season starts to heat up more than a few Presidental wannabees are…
Waking "Unresponsive" Patients
Ever have a patient who is brought in “unresponsive”? You know — the ones who…
Mr. Wayne
We had a well-known patient return for evaluation yesterday. He has some challenging complaints on…
Hospitals Getting Graded Using Wrong Test Questions
So the Department of Health and Human Services’ “report card” grading hospitals on how well…
Refuse Medicaid patients, get sued
According to a July 23 article in AM News, the Illinois attorney general is suing…