Hospitalist Breaks His Own Record by Seeing 100 Patients in a Day
Dr. Speedy Gonzalez didn’t realize untill he counted the number of patients at the end of a busy Saturday evening that he had broken...
CDC Urges Mosquitos to Wear Tiny Condoms to Fight Zika Virus
ATLANTA, GA - During a landmark press conference yesterday afternoon, CDC Chief Epidemiologist Dr. Sri-Sheshadariprativadibayankaram implored mosquitos to wear small condoms during intercourse in...
Will I Cry During This Admission?
The hospital can be a scary place, even to frequent fliers. With so much uncertainty about what to expect, it would be nice to...
Supply of ICD-10 Codes for COVID-19 “Dangerously Low”
ATLANTA, GA - Just when the situation couldn't get any more dire for health care professionals on the front line, the Centers for Disease...
VA Patient Breaks Record, Quits Smoking 365 Times In One Year
BOSTON, MA - Joe Kamel, a 69-year-old veteran, has made his way into the Guinness Book of World Records. The Vietnam War veteran had...
Santa Uses Electronic Gifts Record and Screws up Bigtime
“It has been a disaster,” said Santa while banging his head against the computer monitor screen. “It has never taken me so long to...
Doctor Orders Food Trays for Intubated Patients, Eats for Free
GALVESTON, TX – Charles Wilson is a typical pulmonary/critical care fellow who spends 130 hours a week at the hospital (officially 80), which totals $6.10 an...
ICD-10 Primer, Lesson 5: WTF Codes
Now that we’re a few lessons in, you must be wondering the same thing: What about those ICD-10 codes that are ludicrous? Whereas the...
Doctor Holds Patient’s Pine Bark Extract, Family Furious
KEARNEY, NE - In what can only described as a sh*tstorm, the family of 84-year-old Edward Dwindles expressed their furor when they found out that...
Patient Who Won’t Sign Consent Form Feared to Have Read It
The decision by a patient to not sign an informed consent form has left her surgeon petrified that she actually read the form. If...