May 15th, 2010 by DrWes in Better Health Network, Opinion, True Stories
Tags: 800-Pound Gorilla, Beeper, Cardiology, Concern, Differentials, Doctor, Doctor's Job, Doubt, Early Morning, Emergency Medicine, Emergency Room, ER, General Medicine, Hauntings, Horror, Internal Medicine, Late Night, Maybes, Mind Racing, Missed Something, On-Call, Pager, Physician, Return Patient, Second Guessing, Sleep, Thunder, Victim, Worry
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2:30AM: The beeper sounds. “Please call the ER x2222.” Why are they calling me? I’m not on call. A flash then a clap of thunder outside. “Your patient from a few days ago is here in the ER.”
The mind races. You remember the case clearly. No problem at all. What could be going on? You ask 20 questions, you get 20 answers. All of the bases have been covered. “Doin’ better now,” you’re told. “We’ll just admit ’em and you can see ’em in the morning.” Hesitantly you return to bed, mind racing. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Dr. Wes*
May 15th, 2010 by Edwin Leap, M.D. in Better Health Network, Health Tips, Opinion, True Stories
Tags: Busy Work Week, Date Night, Disinterest, Family Medicine, General Medicine, Healthy Relationship, Hectic Schedule, Husband, Ignorance, Listen, Long Hours, Marriage, Marriage and Family Therapy, Neglect, Nourish, Partner, Prescription For Success, Primary Medicine, Psychology, Romance Rx, Side Effects, Significant Other, Take Time, The One You Love, Too Busy, Wife
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Is there anything more wonderful than date night with the one you love?
Jan and I went out last night. It was a cold rainy May evening, and we drove down the dark highway in my truck. The bench seat is wonderful, because she can sit right next to me, where she has been for nearly 26 years now.
We were in jackets, and asked to sit next to the fire at the restaurant. Exhausted from a crazy weekend, we exhaled and ordered chips and cheese dip, then dined on soup.
When we finished we sat awhile longer, our drinks refilled by our attentive waiter. And we reflected, planned, laughed and told stories. We discussed the year past and the year to come. We basked in one another as we basked in the warmth. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at edwinleap.com*
May 15th, 2010 by Gwenn Schurgin O'Keeffe, M.D. in Better Health Network, Health Tips, Opinion, True Stories
Tags: Aging Adults, Cell Phone, Communication Disconnect, Communication Style, Family, Family Medicine, General Medicine, Geriatrics, High-Tech, Instant Messaging, Internet, Older Relatives, Online, Primary Medicine, Technology Gap, Texting, World Wide Web
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Do you have a technology participation gap in your family? We do. In fact, most families do somewhere.
For us, we have a few older relatives who firmly believe that technology is for “the younger generation.” What’s interesting is that some of these people are not that old — at least not “old” as I define it.
One relative, for example, was a working woman in her younger days. Retired now, she never bought into any technology past the 1970s! Beyond the automobile, refrigerator, TV, radio, dishwasher, washer and drier, she has seen no need for anything else.
Although she has grudgingly begun to use email and the Web, she has deemed herself ”old” and refused to use a cell phone or any other “high-tech device.” Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Dr. Gwenn Is In*
May 14th, 2010 by KevinMD in Better Health Network, Humor, Medical Art, Opinion
Tags: A Cartoon Guide to Becoming a Doctor, Career-Change Options, Cashier, Doctors, Drug Rep, Family Medicine, Financial Consultant, General Medicine, Hate Medicine, Internal Medicine, M.D., Medical School, Physicians, Primary Care, Quit Medicine, Starbucks, Stay-At-Home Mom, Stop Practicing Medicine
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What awaits some physicians who decide to quit medicine:
Source: A Cartoon Guide to Becoming a Doctor
*This blog post was originally published at KevinMD.com*
May 13th, 2010 by BarbaraFicarraRN in Better Health Network, Health Policy, Health Tips, Opinion, Research
Tags: Accurate, Cyberspace, Dave deBronkart, Doctor-Patient Communication, Doctor-Patient Connection, Doctors, E-Patients, Educate, Emotional Support, Empowered Patients, Evidence-Based Social Media, Face-To-Face, Family Medicine, Gavin O'Malley, General Medicine, Health 2.0, Healthcare Consumers, Healthcare Social Media, Informational Support, Internal Medicine, Internet, Jerome Groopman, MediaPost News, Medical Technology, NEJM, New England Journal of Medicine, Nurses, Obsolete Doctors, Online Health Communities, Online Health Information, Pamela Hartzband, Patient-Doctor Relationship, Personal Interaction, Phased Out, Physician-Patient Bond, Primary Care, Reliable, Social Health Media, Social Media Platform, Social Media Sites, Social Networking, Spoken Conversation, Web
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A patient apologized to me for asking so many questions. “There’s no need to apologize,” I said to the patient, “It’s wonderful that you have so many questions concerning your healthcare.” I mentioned to her that she is an “empowered and engaged patient,” and that’s a good thing.
It’s no secret that health consumers are turning to the Internet for health information.
In a recent article from MediaPost News, Gavin O’Malley writes that, according to new a study by Epsilon Strategic & Analytic Consulting Group, “40% of online consumers use social media for health information — reading or posting content — while the frequency of engagement varies widely. According to the study, individuals who use healthcare social media fall into two broad groups: the 80% who are highly engaged patients, and take active roles in health management; and the 20% who lack confidence to play an active role in their own health.” Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Health in 30*
