Internal Medicine

davinci code

DaVinci Code Solved by Doctors Searching Through ICD-10‏

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Stored in argon-filled glass booths guarded over by monks in the cavernous secret library below the Center for Medicare Services, exist a series of...
greys anatomy

Doctors Earn CME Credit for Watching Medical Dramas

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CHICAGO, IL - In a statement released earlier today, the Accreditation Council For Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) announced that doctors can earn continuing medical...
lab tests

Local Woman: ‘I Need All My Labs Drawn’

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EAST LANSING, MI – Local patient Sheryl Harris came to clinic today with a chief complaint of "I need all my labs drawn." When questioned...
palliative care, fortune cookies

Pre-Consult Fortune Cookies Make Palliative Care Team’s Job Easier

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VALHALLA, NY - Fortune cookies with hospital meals?  That’s what the palliative care team at Rainbow Valhalla University Hospital (RVU) is doing before formal...

ER’s New Dilaudid Salt Lick, Admissions Down 90%

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SACRAMENTO, CA - Sutter Health System is changing the game.  In a world of overcrowded ERs and the inability to triage efficiently, new innovations...
hospital door cms

New CMS Guideline: Door-to-Dilaudid Time

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WOODLAWN, MD - Today the Center for Medical Surveys (CMS) announced a radical change to benchmarking and patient satisfaction surveys.  Realizing the opportunity to...

Pros and Cons of a Nephrologist

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See also: - Pros and Cons of a Hospitalist - Pros and Cons of a Stethoscope

New Brutally-Honest Bowel Prep ‘GoVyolently’ To Replace GoLytely

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DENVER, CO - Dr. Krista Gustadson has had to explain the actual effects of GoLytely the patients undergoing bowel prep before a colonoscopy ever...
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Doctor Absolutely Crushes the Lung Exam This Morning

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AUSTIN, TX - The patient's lungs never stood a chance.  After some idle chit-chat about symptoms of dyspnea and wheeze, hospitalist Miguel Ruiz proceeded...

General Practitioner Pilots Rewards Program for Chronic Patients

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SEATTLE, WA - Dr. Samuel Sheepman, a general practitioner at Wortley Medical Clinic, has created a new frequent flyer rewards program for chronic illness...