Criminalizing Society
The criminalization of society continues. Regular readers know that I strongly disagree with state efforts…
Healthcare Update — 10-22-2012
We wipe our buttocks on your hospital food? Study of 100 food samples from a…
Open Mic Weekend
Welcome back for another edition of the Open Mic Weekend What’s been on your mind…
[Shudder]
We went to see the movie “Sinister” last night. Cheap scares – like all of…
Healthcare Update — 10-17-2012
Patient in VA hospital has groin packed in ice for 19 straight hours. Later develops…
Homeless Elvis
By Birdstrike M.D. I think every Emergency Department has a patient like this. Homeless…
Undertreatment
I was surprised by the tenacity of a mother whose 12-year-old child had twisted her…
Healthcare Update — 10-11-2012
Fascinating four-part series about how Dr. Larry Gentilello helped to bring safety measures to Dallas’…
Dear Diary
Did you ever have one of those months where you had about a hundred things…
Healthcare Update 10-04-2012
Violating EMTALA to get “a lot of positive press”? More hospitals using the InQuickER service…