Joint Commission is Coming: Hospital to Change Everything for Three Days Then Revert to...
EVERY HOSPITAL, USA - Hospital administrators have finally cracked the secret to passing the highly-dreaded Joint Commission inspections. For decades, the Joint Commission (JC) or...
Breaking: Interns Literally Being Thrown into the Fire
ATLANTA, GA - For brand new interns, July 1 is the day where they often feel like they're being thrown into the fire. For five really...
Things Residency Has Stolen From Me
Sleep... many many hours of sleep.
Meals... 3 meals a day now equals one granola bar and a cup of coffee.
Time… Having time to have a bowel...
The Similarities & Differences Between ED and ED
Now that you can't say "ER" anymore when referring to the place where drug-seekers go to get Dilaudid, it can be a bit confusing...
AMA To Stop Publishing Guidelines, Focus Instead on Selling Insurance
The American Medical Association recently announced a plan to end its longtime role in CME and guideline publication and instead focus on selling term...
Fancy Medical Terms and What They Really Mean
Nurses and doctors use fancy words to communicate and sound smart before patients, families and each other. Having spent most of his adult life...
Shhh, Doctor Physically Tucking In Patients Before Heading Home
PROVIDENCE, RI - It's not uncommon for inpatient health care professionals to say they're going to "tuck in their patients" before shift change or...
Valentine’s Day Tease: Stethoscopes in Sexy Positions
WARNING: The following images of sexy stethoscopes in suggestive positions are appropriate only for health care providers older than the age of 18. (Click...
Med Students Not Actually Working, Just Looking at Porn
NEW YORK, NY - Though medical students Matthew Roberts, Erin Long, Lauren McCarty look like they are studying or sifting through a patient's electronic...
New Interns Looming: Hospitals Desperately Race to End Pandemic by July 1st
WASHINGTON, DC—If you thought the Coronavirus pandemic was bad right now, just wait until July 1st, the date most new medical school graduates begin...