IDSA Recommends Washing Clothes Before, After Every Patient Encounter
ARLINGTON, VA - In an aggressive effort to help control the spread of microorganisms, the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) strongly recommends health...
Update: AHA Addends Recommended 90-Minute Door-to-Balloon Time for MI to Allow Cath Team 3...
SAN DIEGO, CA—For the cardiac catheterization team at San Diego General Hospital, compliance with the 90-minute door-to-balloon time metric for STEMI patients is a...
Physician’s Curiosity Piqued After Being Paged to Callback Number ‘6’
BOSTON, MA - In a breaking development, hospitalist James Dugan was paged at 7:45 AM this morning to the mysterious single callback number “6,”...
Valium Advent Calendar Being Tested by Local Pharmaceutical Company
SALT LAKE CITY, UT – Parents will be able to count down the days until Christmas in a much more soothing manner this season. A...
EHR to Replace Pop-Ups with Clickbait
The days of clicking through multiple dialog boxes appear to be numbered for healthcare workers using one widely-used electronic health record (EHR). That's right,...
The Difference Between A G-Tube & The G-Spot
GomerBlog returns to help distinguish between two similar but often confused entities.
The "G" in G-tube refers to "gastric" or "gastrostomy." A G-tube is...
SHITSTORM Red Flag Phrases During Patient Turnover
DJIBOUTI, DJIBOUTI - The 5th annual Seminar of Hospital Internists Technologists Surgeons Traumatologists Others RNs and More (SHITSTORM) convention resulted in the drafting of...
Friday ‘Dump Job’ Ends Back on Hospitalist
PORTLAND, MA – Hospitalist Dr. Doug Moore was trying to plan ahead for his upcoming weekend. He knew he had to take Ms. Williams off his...
7 Holiday Gift Suggestions for Doctors, Nurses, Healthcare Professionals, and Patients
As another sucky year comes to a much needed close, that can only mean one of two things: the holidays are approaching or it’s...
10 Exciting Real Pages to Get, Especially at 2 AM
1. Patient reporting 10/10 pain, wants stronger meds after his nap.
2. Patient’s butt is itchy. Please advise.
3. Hi doc, pt has BP 127/61, HR...