Electronic Prescriptions Now Available in Illegible Doctors’ Font
WASHINGTON, DC—Pharmacists beware! The newest Electronic Health Record/e-Prescribing systems are being programmed to send out prescriptions written in an illegible “doctors’ handwriting” font. Called...
That’s So Mean: Hospital Kitchen Sends NPO Patients Empty Tray
North Portland, Oregon—The defiance of an NPO order, whether intentional or accidental, may have profound consequences, including worsening of symptoms and delay of surgical...
Exhausted RN to Go Home with Home Health Services
FORT MYERS, FL - Deconditioned, weak, and perpetually hypoglycemic from such a prolonged hospital shift, exhausted RN Catherine Weal will be sent home with...
ID to Prescribe Way More Vanc & Zosyn in 2020
ARLINGTON, VA - Gomerblog is thrilled to report that the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has officially revealed their New Year's Resolution, and...
Untreated ENT Patients Ring In Another New Year with Tinnitus
NEW YORK, NY - Contented to spend the end of 2019 on the couch with all the television coverage of the Times Square ball...
Shmedtronic Release New ICD-Pacemacer-WiFi Hotspot
ST. PAUL, MN - In response to patient feedback on how to make their medical devices even better, Shmedtronic is slated to release a...
All Aboard! Next Stop on the Hot Mess Express: ICU City!
ER STATION - All aboard! Health care professionals, have your tickets and IDs in hand as you get ready to step aboard the...
ERs Overwhelmed by Life-Threatening, Wrapping Paper-Related Paper Cuts
EVERYWHERE, UNITED STATES - What should be a Christmas morning filled with celebration and cheer has turned to horror and bloodshed: life-threatening wrapping paper-related...
Breaking: Study Finds Efficacy of Turkey Sandwiches in Convincing ED patients to Discharge AMA...
In what is being called a major wake-up call for the Emergency Medicine community, a groundbreaking study published in The Washington Journal of Emergency...
Wearing Santa Hat Not Curative for Burnout, Career Dissatisfaction
BOSTON, MA - A new study published in a special Christmas edition of the New England Journal of Burnout has unfortunately found that wearing...