I must admit, there have been many days in the past year when I resented work. Life often seems like a hamster wheel – the harder you run, the more tired you get, but you never get ahead. Fighting with insurance companies, dealing with difficult patients, worrying in the face of disease, sadness, death, I [...]
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Now we start to get a little personal. The ever omnipresent Moof asks me: Does Dr. Rob come across in the same way IN PERSON as he does in his BLOGGING? Before I work to answer this question, I must first address the use of capital letters in this sentence. Why are the words "IN [...]
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My training in both internal medicine and pediatrics is generally a complementary thing. My internal medicine helps me care for medically complex kids and understand medications better, while my pediatrics training lets me handle adults with congenital diseases and many infectious diseases better. Yet there are some areas where the two areas of training come [...]
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It’s been quite a while since I did one of these. I tend to get caught up in the writing part of things and lose that part of the blog that is more of a personal interaction with my readers. I like both aspects to having a blog. I have very much enjoyed the opportunity [...]
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Our next question comes from PJ, who asks: Why do you always measure the patient’s blood pressure at the beginning of the visit, instead of halfway through or at the end? First off, I would ask how you know what I do in my office. Have you been spying on me? Are you the one [...]
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Dear Consultant: Thank you for agreeing to see my patients. I send them to you with confidence that you can help me in the overall care for them. While I understand that you had a few extra years of training above me, and certainly have extensive knowledge in the area of your expertise (that is [...]
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In a shocking development, researchers found that Patient-Doctor E-mail Could Cut Income for Physician Practices. Patients who consult with their physicians via e-mail are less likely to visit their physician and less likely to call their doctor’s office, according to data from the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research, the Portland Business Journal reports. Kaiser [...]
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From Amanda, I got the fascinating question: Why do I insist on having three cats even though I’m allergic to the wee beasties? Thanks for the thoughtful question. I am always happy to do whatever I can to mend fences between species. Clearly you have a love/hate relationship with the feline type. Your reference to [...]
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