Musings of a Distractible Mind
Thoughts of an odd, but not harmful primary care physician.
“I want you to get me a new doctor,” she told me, a bit of disgust coming out in the sharp tone in her voice. “What happened?” I asked. “He asked me if I was nauseated, and I told him no, I was just vomiting. Then he asked if I was feeling pain in my [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.This July will mark the 16th anniversary of the installation of our electronic medical record. Yup. I am that weird. Over the first 10-14 years of my run as doctor uber-nerd, I believed that widespread adoption of EHR would be one of main things to drive efficiency in health care. I told anyone I could corner [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.Dear patients on insurance company X: I am very sorry to give you the bad news: effective immediately, we are no longer providers on your insurance plan. I am sorry about this because many of my favorite patients are on your insurance plan. It will miss seeing you. I am also sorry because this makes your [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.I wrote the title to this post and now have the Stevie Ray Vaughan song with that name running through my head (which is a whole lot better than last week, when some of my office staff were talking about Michael Bolton, and I got one of his songs – that shall not be named [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.My in-laws are in town for my daughter’s graduation. When I came home yesterday I was greeted with a big smile and vigorous handshake from my father-in-law. ”I just want to thank you,” he said, standing up from his chair, “for finding us a good doctor. The one you found for us is wonderful.” My [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.Source “Your system is perfectly designed to yield the outcome you are presently getting.” - Not sure who said it, but dang, were they smart. A patient was recently recounting some of her bad experiences with her health care. I shot back with some of my frustrations with this system that seems hell-bent on making [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.Don’t assume anything. Ok, I guess there is one thing you can safely assume in our health care system: the crash position. Sorry. Unfortunately, it is more true than I wish. Assumptions can kill. Assuming something regarding your own health care can cost you money, cause you pain, and kill you. Here’s my list of [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.When my wife told me about her encounter with the plumber, all I could think was: “What a jerk!” Then I was hit with an eerie sense of familiarity. OK, it wasn’t exactly eerie, but there was some creepy music in the background. Source We had a shower fixed about a year ago, costing us [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.Sit down. Really, sit down. Trust me, please. You are going to be shocked with the news I am going to give you and I don’t want any contusions, closed head injuries, street riots, or revolutions taking place in South American countries on my conscience. Are you sitting? OK, here it goes: Medicare got something [...]
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This material, written by me, is free to re-post and share under the Creative Commons agreement. In other words, use it all you want; just give me credit.Lost. That’s a good one word summary of our health care system. Things get lost. People are lost. Money is lost. People are lost in the system. Lives are lost. I am frequently at a loss. Opportunities are lost. Plus, it may be a good idea to strand whoever’s responsible for this mess on a [...]
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