All That Wheezes is Not Asthma
Translating a physical finding or a symptom directly into a diagnosis truly tests the skill and expertise of physicians and other providers.
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Open The Portal
Patient portals – changing the dynamic of who gets results first and what you can and can’t say in your notes.
Read MoreFailure of heart care in our care of heart failure
In the last several years with a mixture of old and new medications that are effective individually and synergistically effective when used in combination. They are referred to as the 4 pillars of medical management of CHF.
Read MoreEchos of Failure or Failure of Echos
Congestive heart failure has been on our front burner for a long time, for both inpatient and outpatient care, and for good reason.
Read MoreGoodbye, Tommie
April 11, 2021 – A piece of America died today with the passing of Tom Raab as he left his beloved Mercy Hospital for the last time attended by an escort of his family and so many of his bereaved friends.
Read MoreTell me I’m fat – Please
It has very recently become a daily occurrence to have patients calling me apparently now happy to be listed as obese.
Read MoreM.D. – A Medical Doctor or a Medical Documenter
How did we come to this point? The core job of a provider is to deliver safe, convenient, less expensive high-quality health care.
Read MoreWhat Is The Role of A Health Care Provider?
The ultimate goal of a health care provider is to keep an individual and community healthy.
Read MoreWhich Side Are You On?
“Maybe the world has really changed even more than we thought, or at least more than I thought”
Read MoreIs it torture?
Rarely do I come across an article in a leading medical journal discussing a subject so seemingly unrelated to the practice of medicine as one dealing with “official torture techniques”.
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