IT Requires EMR Password to be 500 Characters Long
BOSTON, MA - Reflecting what is soon-to-be standard practice at all health care systems across the country, the Information Technology Department at Massachusetts Lieutenant...
Search & Rescue Team Saves Anesthesiologist Buried Under Drape Avalanche
DALLAS, TX - Search and rescue operations are underway to locate anesthesiologist Kelly Doolittle in operating room (OR) 5 at Dallas Medical Center after...
Person Going for Run in 95-Degree Weather Clearly Doesn’t Have Decision-Making Capacity
ATHENS, GA - Clearly not considering dire consequences like severe hydration, heat stroke, and heat exhaustion, runner Michael Rabdo has shown he does not...
An Orthopaedic Surgeon Explains Renal Tubular Acidosis
GLOBOGYM HEADQUARTERS, MA - Apparently someone at GomerBlog Twitter headquarters thought it would be funny to make me explain a “real” medical topic to...
Breaking: Scott Pruitt Leaves EPA to Join Hospital Ethics Committee
WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Donald J. Trump announced over Twitter this afternoon that Scott Pruitt will be leaving his leadership role as Administrator of...
New Report Shows Patients & July Interns Equally Frightened by One Another
NEW YORK, NY - Patients and July interns are all equally frightened by one another during the month of July, sometimes into August and...
New Brutally-Honest Bowel Prep ‘GoVyolently’ To Replace GoLytely
DENVER, CO - Dr. Krista Gustadson has had to explain the actual effects of GoLytely the patients undergoing bowel prep before a colonoscopy ever...
Huge-A** Pot of Coffee More Effective Than Bowel Prep for Colonoscopy
ATLANTA, GA - The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) has told Gomerblog that drinking a huge-a** pot of coffee is officially the bowel prep of choice...
Hospitalist Consults PT to Assess Unsteady Gate
VININGS, GA - Concerned that it is now high risk and a fall is imminent, hospitalist Martin Halvorson has asked if physical therapy (PT)...
Charting Complication: Hospitalist Develops Stage 4 Sacral Decub
BOSTON, MA - Hospitalist Sofia Candelaria was simply being a good hospitalist by spending 90% of her day documenting things that needed to be...