Eric Topol wrote a post recently put up on The Health Care Blog where he looks to a future enabled by emerging technology. Just as the little mobile wireless devices radically transformed our day-to-day lives, so will such devices have a seismic impact on the future of health care. It’s already taking off at a pace [...]
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I am really fortunate, having made it through fifty years with very few medical problems. I have broken bones and lost a gallbladder, but the number of days in my life affected by illness are really small. I am guessing that it’s not just his kidneys that have stones Last night, however, my body felt [...]
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“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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I am sick of explaining PSA testing to my patients. To get out of the inevitable questions about the pros, cons, science, and politics behind the new recommendations, I made the following handout. Ironically, my laziness motivates me to do a whole bunch of stuff. It kind of feels like I’m being tricked into doing extra [...]
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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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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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