New CPT Codes for ICD-10 Code Searching
The AMA section of practice management and coding’s emergency meeting concluded last week at Chicago brought in a breakthrough. Now there are CPT codes...
Patient Looks Forward to Getting Admitted & Refusing Everything a Hospital Can Offer
ATLANTA, GA - For the third time this month and tenth time this year, Jason Reynolds, a 54-year-old male with epic levels of noncompliance,...
Patient in ED Knows Nothing About Medical History, Surgeries, or Medications
SAN JOSE, CA - When Dr. Anderson, a seasoned emergency room attending, went into room 14 late last night, he experienced a first in...
Narc Madness
It's that time of year, time to pick your favorite narcotic and see if it will make it to the final 4! This year...
Worst Pick-Up Lines by Our GomerBlog Fans!
We recently published a Worst Pickup Line by Medical Specialty article and the responses we received from fans were absolutely hilarious. Here are your contributions!...
Healthcare Not Fair Presents Episode 1: ‘Ms. Have It All’
Healthcare Not Fair, a satirical, comical, and at the same educational web series about American healthcare, launches its first episode "Ms. Have It All"...
Mother Furious With OB Nurse Who Mispronounced Her Baby’s Name
PORTLAND, OR - "Simply Outrageous!" Those were comments on a patient survey card by a mother regarding an OB nurse at Mercy Care Hospital yesterday on the 6th floor. ...
Attending Answers Telephone at Nurse’s Station, Immediately Regrets Decision
IOWA CITY, IA - Havoc struck the medical ICU this morning when 49 year old intensivist Oliver Reynolds inexplicably decided to answer a telephone...
Texting on Cell Phone During ED Triage Correlated with Improved Patient Outcomes
CLEVELAND, OH - A recent multi-center observational trial involving several EDs in Cleveland have demonstrated that texting on one’s cell phone during an initial ED...
Primary Care Office Installs People Mover
DENVER, CO - In an effort to satisfy the demands of hospital administration, the physicians at Suncare Health made the easy decision to install...