August 10th, 2010 by EvanFalchukJD in Better Health Network, Health Policy, Health Tips, Opinion
Tags: Acquiring Your Medical Records, Best Doctors, Family Medicine, General Medicine, Internal Medicine, Medical Chart, Medical History, Open Notes Study, Personal Medical Information, Primary Care
No Comments »
You have a right to your medical record. It’s true –- the record of every test and procedure you’ve had done, any films or studies, your doctors notes — it’s all yours if you ask for it. But it’s not that simple.
If you’re sick, your “record” is likely in pieces in lots of different places. Some of it is in paper files and computers in the offices of each of your doctors, or in the clinics where you had a test or procedure. It’s in multiple computer systems in a hospital, or in a folder in a radiology department, a container in a pathology department, or the computer system of a pharmacy. Each of these places has their own policy or procedure if you want your record. There are forms you have to fill out, fees you have to pay, time you have to wait.
So while you have a “right” to your records, for practical purposes, you’re going to have a very difficult time actually getting them. (By the way, this is something our team at Best Doctors does very well.) But let’s say you actually get all of your medical records. Now what? Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at See First Blog*
August 10th, 2010 by Medgadget in Better Health Network, Health Tips, News
Tags: Advice For Parents, BabyMedBasics, Children's Health, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, General Medicine, Healthy Baby, Heimlich Maneuver, Infant Care, Infant Choking, Infant Emergencies, Infant Safety, iPhone App, Pediatrics, Primary Care, Tara Summers
No Comments »
RN Tara Summers was inspired to make an iPhone app after a frightening episode where she saw her infant child choking. Because she was a nurse, she sprang into action and gave the Heimlich maneuver, but worried about parents (or babysitters) without the same training.
So, along with her emergency medicine physician husband, she created MedBasics — a readily-accessible information packet for the home about things to do in an emergency. Now they’re announcing an iPhone app called BabyMedBasics for emergencies when you’re not at home.
More from MedBasics…
iTunes link to the iOS app…
*This blog post was originally published at Medgadget*
August 10th, 2010 by Toni Brayer, M.D. in Better Health Network, Health Tips, News, Opinion, Research, True Stories
Tags: Bystanders, Cardiology, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Chest Compressions, Collasped Person, CPR, Emergency Medicine, Emergency Personnel, General Medicine, Lifesaving Techniques, Mouth-To-Mouth CPR, NEJM, New England Journal of Medicine, Onlookers, Paramedics, Public Awareness, Public Knowledge, Sudden Cardiac Arrest, Survival Rates
1 Comment »
Nearly 450 people die each day of sudden cardiac arrest. Many times the bystanders who witness a person collapse don’t know what to do. They are afraid they will hurt the victim or they feel nervous about doing traditional cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with mouth-to-mouth breathing and chest compressions.
New information published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) shows that hands-only CPR is potentially a lifesaving option to be used and it can improve the chance of survival equally as well as traditional CPR. This study confirms other reports that bystanders can save lives by doing chest compressions in adults and children who are not breathing. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at EverythingHealth*
August 8th, 2010 by John Mandrola, M.D. in Better Health Network, Health Tips, Opinion
Tags: A Kind Nation, All Men Created Equal, Americans, Anti-inflammatory, Cardiology, Cost of Healthcare, Freedom, Gay Marriage, General Medicine, Generosity, Goodness, Heart Attack, Heart Health, Inner Peace, Kindness, Less-Sticky Platelets, Lifestyle Choices, Reduces Inflammation, Smoother Arteries, Tolerance, Treating Heart Disease
No Comments »
As an American, I was proud when I heard the news. I grinned to myself. It was on my way to work, through a beautiful city park, with the sun rising over the hillside. The morning radio program reported the news that a California judge overturned their state’s ban on gay marriage.
I know what you’re thinking: A medical blog is running amuck right into a political hornet’s nest. But isn’t it true that a nation’s kindness is a defining characteristic?
America and Americans do much that is good and right. Examples of such goodness are too numerous to list. If you are a victim of a calamity, you can be sure that America will help. Ask Haiti. And it’s not just foreign countries, we help each other. There’s a flood and then there are volunteers. A power outage and there are cords across the streets. It’s not controversial to say we are a kind nation. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Dr John M*
August 7th, 2010 by Bryan Vartabedian, M.D. in Better Health Network, Health Tips, Humor
Tags: 1941 Ad, Behavior Changes In Kids, Behavioral Medicine, Bowel Troubles, Children's Health, Constipated Kids, Constipation, Diet and Nutrition, Digestion, Family Medicine, Fletchers Castoria, Gastrointestional Medicine, General Medicine, Internal Medicine, Kristalose, Laxative Tantrums, Medical Humor, Miralax, Parenting, Pediatrics, Primary Care, Regularity, Senna
No Comments »
This “Fletchers Castoria” ad from 1941 is priceless. And as someone who spends his days working with bound-up grumps like Mary, I was reassured to know that horrific constipation is not a me-generation problem born of chicken fingers and Goldfish. ”Laxative tantrums,” however, are new to me. I seem to have pretty good luck with Miralax and Kristalose in my office. Your mileage (or tantrums) may vary.
*This blog post was originally published at 33 Charts*
