Grand Rounds
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008The ever-thoughtful Dr. Leap has posted Grand Rounds addressing one of the most fundamental questions for healthcare workers - "Why Do I Do It?" Enjoy!
Archive for July, 2008
The ever-thoughtful Dr. Leap has posted Grand Rounds addressing one of the most fundamental questions for healthcare workers - "Why Do I Do It?" Enjoy!
Tips For New Physicians - Junk Mail
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008Yes, you read it right, I want to talk about junk mail. Junk mail is a topic worthy of discussion because physician's offices receive so much of it. The time that it takes you and/or your staff to sift through the junk mail actually costs you money. For example, if a front ...
Why I Do It
Saturday, July 26th, 2008I do it because I'm wired for it. I'm a medical doctor because I like the challenge of problem-solving and I enjoy the privilege of providing advice and comfort to patients. During my medical school interviews, I gave the standard applicant spiel about wanting to help people. I was sincere, but ...
Speak Up
Friday, July 25th, 2008If there's one thing that gets my blood boiling and instantly ignites an internal rage within me, it's child abuse. There are cases that are obvious abuse like the foster parents who used government subsidy money to feed their own family while they literally starved the foster children, or the ...
My Pet Peeves
Thursday, July 24th, 20081. Patients who ask me to fill out paperwork allowing them to get a handicapped sticker when they don't really need one. 2. Patients who ask me to fill out disability paperwork when they are obviously NOT disabled. 3. Parents who teach their children that earning disability income by "working the system" is an acceptable career choice. 4. ...
Responsibility - The Hot Potato In Healthcare
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008New Patient: "Doctor, my specialist told me I'm supposed to take this medicine twice a day but the insurance won't pay for it." Me: "Did you ask your specialist to seek pre-approval from your insurance company?" New Patient: "We asked him to, but he said that was my primary care doctor's responsibility. My ...
Tips For New Physicians - Vacations
Monday, July 21st, 2008As a new physician, you may or may not realize that your services are the only source of income available to pay your overhead. If you take a vacation for a week, you lose the income for that week. Your rent, employees, utilities, e.t.c. all still have to be paid ...
Targeted By Pharmaceutical Companies
Sunday, July 20th, 2008Physician profiling - learn how for $6,500. It's old, but need I say more?
Physicians Are The Fooled Elephant!
Saturday, July 19th, 2008I've been told that infant elephants used to be (and may still be for all I know) chained to a stake by circus workers. The young elephants would be allowed to pull at the chain until they realized that escape was futile. The "trained" animals could then be held captive ...
Tips For New Physicians - Vaccination Information Sheets
Thursday, July 17th, 2008Federal law dictates that a standardized vaccine information sheet (VIS) must be given to a patient or a patient's parent or legal gaurdian before a vaccination can be administered. The patient needs to be given enough time to read the VIS before the vaccine is given. The vaccination can be refused. Think about it this way... a ...
