Top medical bloggers KevinMD and Kim from Emergiblog feature my Grand Rounds 5th anniversary edition. Please check out the edition by clicking on either Kevin or Kim’s link:
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This post originally appeared on Dr. Val’s blog at RevolutionHealth.com.
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I support your efforts to get serious medical information to the masses. (there have been questions about this practice) Being a physician, I am well aware of the need for specific diagnoses in most cases with the patients I get to know. On the other hand, there is the need for information to pass to all through the channels available ie. internet, blogs, even live chat. I sent a patient recently to an insurance broker http://www.spinsurance.com I made the referral on recommendation from another successful patient of mine. Do you have an opinion regarding giving information to your patients outside of your field of expertise, such as investments or where to sign up for the golfing range?
Heard you are no longer working at Revolution Health as of early August…..can you tell us about that?? What happened? Where are you going?