The Joint Commission Unveils New Mandatory Hand Hygiene Checklist
In an earnest effort to remove barriers to hand hygiene and improve the abysmal national hand hygiene rate of 5%, TJC just released a...
Medical Clinical Social Worker Treats Hospitalist Breakdown, Early Stages
SALT LAKE CITY, UT - Attempting to leave on time for the first time in two years, Jen was on her way towards the...
The Best Places to Cry in the Hospital
Need to have yourself a good cry, but not sure where to go? Gomerblog is here to help! We followed 15 interns for an...
Meet Dr. Babinski, or Dr. Tickles
SOMEWHERE IN NEW JERSEY - Don Babinski changed the medical world. One of the biggest proponents of tickling patients, Dr. Babinski published over 35 articles...
Intern Singing Bee Gees During Code
What began as a routine code on the dialysis unit turned euphonic this past Wednesday morning after new intern Rob Eide began audibly singing...
Ophtho’s Guide to Internal Medicine Abbreviations
Not long ago we asked our Medicine colleagues to help us learn about ophtho abbreviations, which we did. Time to reverse the roles: Gomerblog...
Newly-Diagnosed One-Handed Man: Totally Worth it
CUMMING, GA – Doctors on Saturday struggled to find out why patient Robert Shaffer lost his hand. Dr. Virginia Sullivan, an intern on the...
New Medical Unit Quiet Hours Now From 3 PM to 2:59 PM
NASHVILLE, TN - In an effort to provide much needed peace and quiet for the medical staff, Unit 4G at Nashville Memorial Hospital has...
Medicare to Use Physician and Nurse Surveys to Rate Patients for Compensation
WASHINGTON, DC - Medicare announced groundbreaking plans to use physician and nurse surveys to rate their patients by 2017 as a measure to set “individualized”...
Miley Cyrus claims “You don’t have to be diabetic anymore” after discovering Coke Zero
Miley Cyrus is at it again upsetting over 30 million Americans who have diabetes by telling them they don't need to have high blood...