September 2008
124 posts
Monthly Introduction to Tech Medicine →
Image from WikipediaWhat’s this blog all about? My goal in Tech Medicine will be to explore the intersection of medicine, new technologies, and the Internet. This is a purposefully broad topic….
How Doctors Can Use Evernote As A Professional... →
Please see part 1 for an introduction to Evernote and part 2 for an introduction to using Evernote as an EHR. Let me be clear: I’m not suggesting that Evernote is a substitute for any of the…
August 2008
46 posts
Twinkle, the Twitter iPhone client, seems to have died as soon as I started using it.
How Doctors Can Use Evernote As A Professional... →
Please see part 1 for an introduction to Evernote and part 2 for an introduction to using Evernote as an EHR. Let me be clear: I’m not suggesting that Evernote is a substitute…
How Doctors Can Use Evernote As A Professional... →
Evernote is a new searchable, friendly, available-anywhere, online personal database — and for many health care providers, it’s rapidly becoming indispensable. Part 1 provided an introduction to…
Finally posted Part 2 of the Evernote Review on www.efficientmd.com.
Transitioning blog comments to DIsqus. Let’s see how efficiently I can screw things up.
How Doctors Can Use Evernote As A Professional... →
Evernote is a new searchable, friendly, available-anywhere, online personal database — and for many health care providers, it’s rapidly becoming indispensable. Part 1 provided an…
Dear Friendfeed: Please display the names when Twitter feeds are imported. Would really improve www.friendfeed.com/rooms/doctors. Thanks.
Curiosity: if you use GTD and are a doctor or other health care provider, message me.
New full screen eReader app for the iPhone is fantastic. No longer contemplating the Kindle.
Whose idea was it to start drinking espresso at 10 PM? Oh.
Is there a twitter iPhone app that doesn’t leave a gap in the message flow when you aren’t using it?
Quote of the day: “My legs have become more swollen ever since I stopped standing on my head.”
Bulletproof Backup Strategies →
We’ve all heard stories of friends and colleagues who’ve lost weeks of work, irreplaceable pictures of their families, or their entire music collection because they didn’t backup their computer…
I just can’t tell this person his new mustache makes him look like G. Gordon Liddy. (But I will twitter it.)
Tech Medicine Links for 8.26.8 →
Lots of new health care apps for the iPhone. Among them is “Quitter,” an app designed to help smokers quit. Should the medical profession regulate medical bloggers? Dr. R. W. Donnell weighs in here….
The differential of renal infarct is interesting. Every time I see it, the etiology is something else.
I haven’t taken care of methanol poisoning lately. I miss it. (Hold on — what the hell am I saying?)
Quote of the day: “I stopped the Norvasc because it made my crotch itch.”
Only last week did I realize that FTW actually means “For the Win.” I figured lots of people were just inexplicably angry…
The aesthetic of this new EMR is Windows 98 chic.
BusySync: “Hey, long time no see. Thanks for running me again. If you don’t mind, I’ll just go ahead and delete your personal calendar…”
Slaying inboxes.
A patient just brought me half a pound of Vivace espresso beans. The smell is filling my office. Good Monday.
Being on call is totally incompatible with the Weekly Review…
Internists have a weird bias against lactated ringers. And surgeons. This is probably not a coincidence.
APPocalypse: trashing 20-50 iPhone apps that you never use.
Lately lots of work, little blogging. S’alright.
Talking loudly because you have a stethoscope in your ears is a hilarious rookie mistake.
The First Medical Calculator for the iPhone:... →
I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve been asked if the iPhone has a good medical calculator — usually by Palm Treo users who are interested in switching. My answer has always been, “No… not…
Lots of “uncoiled aortas” today.
Totally researching how to be an Inefficient MD today.
Contemplating switching Blogger comments to Disqus. Concerned all previous comments will be lost, though. (Any, er, comments?)
What's New in Medical Economics? →
Image via Wikipedia 2008 Exclusive Survey—Earnings: Good news for primary care income. Primary care reimbursement rose substantially. Internists worked an average of 56 hours per…
Hospital Protocols from "The Happy Hospitalist" →
As an experiment, The Happy Hospitalist has posted some of the protocols and order sets he uses to Google Docs. He’s invited other physician’s to comment and help improve them. The protocols…
How Doctors Can Use Evernote As A Professional... →
Evernote — a new searchable, available-anywhere, online personal database — recently became indispensable to my medical practice. Technologies like Evernote make it obvious that we deal with…
Bulletproof Backup Strategies →
We’ve all heard stories of friends and colleagues who’ve lost weeks of work, irreplaceable pictures of their families, or their entire music collection because they didn’t backup their…
Defcon: Excuse me while I turn off your pacemaker →
How Doctors Can Use Evernote As A Professional... →
Evernote — a new searchable, available-anywhere, online personal database — recently became indispensable to my medical practice. Technologies like Evernote make it obvious…
In the North Woods of Minnesota. Internet access is rare.
Creating a Voice Mail System for Patients using... →
Image via WikipediaIn doctor’s offices, the telephone is critical for communicating with patients. Yet too often, the phone system is used inefficiently. Symptoms of this problem…
“Just as vision scientists study visual art and illusions to elucidate the...”
– Attention and awareness in stage magic: turning tricks into research : Nature Neuroscience