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“Email Me Some Information”
4 November 2009Typically when you encounter a patient as a physician, you need to gather information about the patient first before you can treat them. Why is the patient here? What are his or her symptoms? What is their medical history?
What if, when you asked a patient why they need medical care, he or [...]
Blogging Vacation
24 February 2009Apparently both Bob and I have been on vacation, as it pertains to posting here. The truth is, posting consistently over a long period of time is difficult both because we have periods of being really busy and because it feels like we’ve discussed most everything. We have been at this for close to three years!
Today, [...]
Not what it’s cracked up to be?
28 January 2009For years, we’ve read about the decline in quality of life for physicians. Here is another survey that shows that doctors aren’t very happy these days.
http://www.physiciansfoundations.org/news/news_show.htm?doc_id=728872
More hassles, less money, more headaches, declining reimbursements…
I’m not sure about you, but if I were smart and motivated and getting out of high school right now, I might think [...]
oh niner
6 January 2009This week’s Modern Healthcare has a special report entitled: “Outlook 2009: Change is Coming.”
The predictions seem logical to me. Less construction, the need for more cash for hospitals and systems, consumers bearing a larger share of healthcare expenses and several other things I don’t know much about.
One thing noteworthy is that on page p28 under [...]
Timeliness
10 December 2008He had the ring all picked out. He’d spoken with her father. The plans were all set.
When they reached the place, he reached his shaky, sweaty hands into his pocket and got down on one knee. He professed his fondness for her, proposed and waited anxiously for the response. She said she’d let him know in a couple of months, that she had [...]
Hospitalists
3 December 2008We’ve made no secret about the disruptive effects the hospitalist movement has had on our business. Hospitalist searches are no picnic and your everyday traditional internal medicine search is extremely difficult to fill. Estimates say that approximately 25,000 of the total 100,000 internal medicine physicians in the US are working as hospitalists.
It’s understandable. If you [...]
RWE on credentialing and licensure applications
13 October 2008Every sweet has its sour.
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote that in the 1800’s, and I’m convinced that he was anticipating the process of getting a physician licensed and credentialed to practice in a new state in the 21st century. Long gone are the days when Frank Abignale got the ER Director job in the movie “Catch [...]
I can’t move
23 September 2008We’re hearing that a lot lately.
They would like to change practices, they are unhappy, they simply can’t. The mortgage crisis has simply made the prospect of selling their home and buying another one an impossibility.
I just recruited a physician who lives in a tiny little town in a home worth $850,000. The nearest priced home is $400,000. [...]
On Toughness
20 August 2008Some readers know that I have a 6 year old son. Like most dad’s, I want him to be tough. Could phrases like “shake it off” and “rub some dirt on it” have originated with anyone BUT a dad? My son and I wrestle almost daily, and he’s getting to be a tough little guy. It [...]
gar-uhn-tee
19 August 2008guar·an·tee [gar-uhn-tee] n.
Something that assures a particular outcome or condition: Lack of interest is a guarantee of failure.
A promise or an assurance, especially one given in writing, that attests to the quality or durability of a product or service.
A pledge that something will be performed in a specified manner.
A guaranty by which one person assumes responsibility [...]
