Cardiac Cath Clearance: A Rant from the Renal Fellow
Thank you very much for this very interesting consult for clearance for cardiac catheterization in this lovely man who is unfortunately having a myocardial...
Saint Mary Hospital’s EMR Offers 2 New Discharge Disposition Options: Heaven or Hell
BETHLEHEM, PA—Following the lead of religiously-affiliated hospitals around the country, St. Mary Hospital recently updated their electronic medical record/order entry system to include two...
Intern honored for shortening length of stay by leaving everyone NPO
Intern Connor was given the distinguished length of stay award by prestigious academic hospital. During his acceptance speech he stated he was not surprised...
Patients Unable to Pay Hospital Bill Can Stay and Do Scut Work Instead
WILMINGTON, DE—With no end in sight to the national healthcare debate, one community hospital in Wilmington, DE is experimenting with a new way for...
Members of Congress may be in permanent cardiac arrest, study find
Washington (DC). Research published today revealed that many of our politicians may be essentially dead, or close to dead. The study used data mining...
ABIM Sponsors New Game Show: Who Wants to be Certified a Million Years?
PHILADELPHIA, PA—Unable to develop a recertification exam that is satisfactory to all, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) now seems to be trying...
Patient: Sometimes I Feel Like My Doctor Has Never Seen Adult Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinosis...
DEAR GOMERBLOG:
I recently moved and started seeing a new doctor, Dr. Aidan Nord. For the most part, he’s been great, but I continue to...
HDL Cholesterol Breaks Bad, Tired of Always Being the “Good” On
ALBUQUERQUE, NM—High-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol, the so-called “good” cholesterol that helpfully clears away cholesterol deposits from arteries, is tired of always being the good...
National Academy of Medicine OKs using rectal gases instead of venous gases in hard...
Minneapolis, Minnesota – In what appears to be a practice changing announcement, the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) released an update to its exceptional...
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...