Patients complain enough already about the intrusion of IT into the consulting room. How the doctor spends all his time “looking at the damn computer.” But an audiobook I’m “reading” and a new research project from Stanford make me wonder when there’s going to be nothing but a computer. [caption id="attachment_2478" align="alignnone" width="543"] Excuse…
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Second Opinion On-Line
It’s not so uncommon to want or need a second opinion – especially if there’s doubt about what’s wrong with you or you are being told you need some particularly invasive surgery or poisonous chemo therapy for example. [caption id="attachment_2468" align="alignnone" width="852"] Get the Expertise You Need From Anywhere in the World[/caption] The problem is…
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The North Korean Soldier and the Ick Factor
The guys at coffee klatsch yesterday were expressing revulsion at the large worms that were found in the intestine of the North Koran soldier who deserted, and needed surgery for the guns shot wounds he received as he fled. It’s a bad case of the “ick-factor.” From the pictures I could find on line,…
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Why Your Doctor May Be Dangerously Burned Out
Interesting article in the New York Times about how medical educational and work environments are highly likely to lead to your doctor being burned out - which in turn is linked to less empathy and more errors. My take is there's too much of the "I put up with it, so you've damn well got…
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