September 2008
124 posts
No, computer dictionary. “Nephrology” is not a misspelling of “phrenology.”
“I’d like you to see a neurologist.” “WHAT? A NUMEROLOGIST?” “No, a neurologist.” “A NUMEROLOGIST?” — (She didn’t hear well.)
Evernote for Doctors Revisited: Privacy Issues and Yet More Uses http://tinyurl.com/3gaw48
Retweet @ruraldoctoring: @sixuntilme re: removing/relocating pump during intimacy? Have 20ish DM1 with DKA because of this.
“When you put an EMR into a primary care practice, your life is hell for the next...”
– Beware of the EMR ‘Ponzi scheme,’ warns physician leader
Transitioning Blog Comments to Disqus http://tinyurl.com/3ucqbn
Thoughts on Medical Efficiency from DB’s Medical Rants http://tinyurl.com/3fbpd6
The Life Hacks for Doctors Slideshow http://tinyurl.com/4hntjd
How to Blog, by Merlin Mann http://tinyurl.com/4f2bva
About The Efficient MD http://tinyurl.com/4sby4p
Hello Health http://tinyurl.com/4kce7g
The Medicine 2.0 Congress http://tinyurl.com/4vsolt
100+ Tips for Being On Call in the Hospital http://tinyurl.com/4l8k3h
Sparklines and Hantavirus Nephropathy http://tinyurl.com/3qs2rj
The Controvery Over Cardiac CTAs http://tinyurl.com/4zk2fe
“Several weekends ago, while seeing nearly fifty patients in the hospital, I...”
– The Efficient MD - Life Hacks for Healthcare: 100+ Tips for Being On Call in the Hospital
100+ Tips for Doctors On Call: http://tinyurl.com/3hlhql Thanks @ruraldoctoring @jenmccabegorman @doctoranonymous @terrytoma
(Mine: TTP/HUS, B12 deficiency, phosphate nephropathy.)
Nephrology puzzle: diabetes insipidus later morphs into SIADH.
Question of the day for doctors: what diseases do you see with improbable frequency?
Doctors on Twitter: I’m speaking to a WSJ reporter — how do you find Twitter useful? (Thanks.)
Pharmacy just flipped out when I prescribed Flomax for a woman with a kidney stone. Quote: “They acted like I would grow a penis.”
EMR FAIL: can’t input data on patients who’ve smoked for > 40 years.
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A grocery chain is now following me on Twitter. Awesome.
Coffee with @intueri, then rounding rounding rounding.
I would like an implantable tally counter.
Google books now embeddable(!).
You’d think Google Sets might be useful for differential diagnoses, but sadly no.
Hello, DroboShare.
“You’re killing me with your choice of intravenous fluids.”
New term for multiple serial kidney insults: acute on acute renal failure (cf. acute on chronic).
Probably time to cash in those 153 hours of UpToDate CME.
Hm, MobileFailMe just forgot all my iPhone contacts’ phone numbers again. Anyone else experience this?
There’s an in-hospital wedding today.
Played Burroughs’ William Tell routine with my Mac. Hello, Time Machine.
Salt contributes to high blood pressure? REALLY?!
If you’ve seen a case of TTP / HUS from drinking gin and tonic (2nd to quinine), contact me.
“The act of texting automatically removes 10 I.Q. points,” said Paul Saffo, a...”
– As Text Messages Fly, Danger Lurks - NYTimes.com
Healthline's Health Matters Named in Top 50 Health... →
Image by KidneyNotes via FlickrThanks to RN Central for recognizing Healthline’s blog network as one of the top Health 2.0 Blogs.
Google calendar has really won me over. Love being able to create overlay and share calendars instantly.
Deepak Chopra is a PC!
I need a Yiddish interpreter. Seriously.
Anyone else experience their iPhone suddenly developing amnesia for the names of all your contact favorites?
MobileMe seems to sync calendars with the iPhone at wildly varying frequencies.
Renewed respect for Google Desktop. I needed a deleted file, and it just found a 4 year old cached copy.
A colleague just asked if the hole at the top of the IPhone was for the stylus.
I want ISO 25,600. Maybe in the next ten years.