Since my post yesterday about the article in the Chicago Tribune about doctors apologizing, a handful of readers have sent me an email asking whether the doctors involved in my misdiagnosis debacle ever apologized to me. Good question! and the answer is yes… and no…. Truth is, I didn’t give them much choice. There were […]
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Do you have a quick health clinic in a drug or big box store near you? They are called Quick Clinics, Redi-Clinics, Minute Clinics or other names, and you can drop in at any time for basic needs such as a bad cough, a sprained ankle, or whatever other “simple” ailments you or your children
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. . . Patient: Doctor, after my hand operation, will I be able to play the piano? Doctor: Of course you will! Your hand will be as good as new. Patient: That’s great! Because I’ve never been able to play the piano before! . . . One person I hear from regularly is Tom, who
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Two pieces of information have caught my eye in the past 24 hours. The AP released a report, based on CDC (Centers for Disease Control) statistics, saying that the US is now ranked 42nd in the world in life expectency. In other words, the citizens of 41 other countries live longer than Americans do. The
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This is one of those post ideas that just lands in my lap and begs to be written. I attended a presentation this week, and the woman sitting next to me began her tale of healthcare frustration — just as almost anyone who has sat next to me at a presentation, and learns what I
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I’ve got a really lousy cold. You know, the kind that fills your head like a water balloon, makes your throat feel like someone has raked long finger nails down your esophagus and each time you cough, your entire body hurts. Yeah, the “common” cold. It started Saturday with the general malaise, intermittent cough, slight
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Some very positive steps are being taken in one Pittsburgh hospital, notable because they were taken on the intiative of the hospital and not because a gun was being held to the head of the decision-makers. This article from the NY Times makes me stand up to cheer. It tells about the efforts of the
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It’s not often I aim my blog posts toward doctors and providers, but this follow up post to Hell of the Angry Patient is just that; a follow up with ideas for doctors who find themselves and their staffs confronted with an angry patient. Forgive the regurgitation of some of the earlier post, but I
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