The Difference Between a Pianist and a Penis
In this series, Gomerblog delves deep into two things often mistaken for one another and helps sort out their differences in order to help...
ICD-10 Primer, Lesson 3: Star Wars Codes
Another wonderful strength of the new ICD-10 coding system is not only the increased number of codes dealing with the rare but possible real-life...
Physical Exam Tips: The Heart
In this series, we review the physical exam, the intermediate step in a patient evaluation that ultimately leads to imaging. There are so many...
Tips: How to Defuse the Angry Patient (or at the Very Least, Make Things...
Handling the angry patient (or family member) is a very delicate situation, so we should all be grateful that we were never educated on...
The Difference Between RICE & Rice
Today, we distinguish between another two often-confused entities: RICE and rice.
RICE is an acronym that stands for Rest, Ice, Compression, and Elevation. RICE is...
Tips: How to Manage Your Pent-Up, Work-Related Rage
Many jobs, in particular ones involving working at the hospital, have a certain way of… how do you say… taking you there. One of the...
Tips: Financial Advice for Health Care Practitioners for Tax Day
Ah, April 15; everyone’s favorite day. It is well-known that the tax literacy of healthcare practitioners is pretty laughable. Since I have no financial...
So You Dropped Your Pager into the Toilet, What to Do Next
You're on-call, but before sh*t hits the fan, you hit the toilet. Just when you're pulling up your pants or fixing your belt, you...
Get Your Questions Ready, It’s Time to Ask Gomerfrog!
Meet Gomerfrog, our new Gomerblog frog! Gomerdog was getting lonely and asked that we even up the ratio of animals to humans. The rest...













