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If it bleeds, it leads. This dictum drives much of the modern news media, shapes what is regarded as news, and slants the coverage of everything you see, hear, and read. Going by the news, you would t hink...
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One of my colleagues recently died. When I started at my current hospital, she was my main preceptor. She was a stickler for getting things done correctly – no shortcuts. When I woul d...
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How’d we get to Volume 8 already?! I think hosting this Grand Rounds finally ties me up with GruntDoc, who has hosted 7 times. Grand Rounds is the weekly round-up of blog posts by me dical...
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Dr. V at 33charts is hosting Grand Rounds this week! Go read his carefully curated links. I liked what he said at the end about each host essentially bringing their own flavor to the &lsqu o...
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Happy New Year!!! At the end of December, codeblog turned 9 years old. It amazes me that I’ve been doing this for that long. I was so excited when I was asked questions for the Reade r...
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Don Berwick is out as the Director of CMS, and one of his deputies is in-line to be his replacement. Here is a nice article about his efforts to transform healthcare in the US from the New York Times: http...
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I have a new truck. It has a little video camera that comes up on the navigation screen when I put the car into reverse. I don’t know how to use it. Huh? you say. It turns itself on and...
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First, it seems that presumed consent is going live on the other side of the pond. The language in the body of this BBC item is more moderate than the headline and lead: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-w ales...
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So, Megen wrote this post recently about “Therapeutic Presence.” The following passage really caught my attention: Question is: are there more things in nursing, Horatio, than scienc e...
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At work, we have Voceras. They are little phones that we wear around our necks. We use them to call each other, other departments, take phone calls. They were a little annoying at fi rst...
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