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Say it Ain’t So, HIPAA!
Dear HIPAA: I’m sure you get a lot of hate mail, especially from folks in my profession, so when you got this letter from me you probably assumed it was more of the same. Let me reassure you: I am not...
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Waiting for Theoden
It’s official. The road sign clearly welcomed me here. I guess all business start-ups have to go through this town. What? No bravado? No chest pounding about how my ideas will change health care...
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I’ve been going about this all wrong. It’s not my dumping of the payment system so I can focus on care over codes, my use of technology to connect better with patients, or my vision of the...
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Telling a Good Story
It’s been a long time since I wrote a post. My life, you see, is incredibly dull and boring. There has been so little to write about that I’ve been at a loss. No, actually that’s a load of crap....
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DIY
There was a hole in the wall of our bathroom that was a painful reminder of a bad encounter with a plumber. Yes, that hole has been there about a year, and it has been on my to-d0 list for the...
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Working
It feels dangerous to write this, but…my practice seems to be working. I am now running and hiding from lightning bolts, meteors, or stray arrows shot in the air by a Scottish soldier. I am also...
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Recovery
Hi. I’m Rob and I am a recovering doctor. Yeah, I am recovering…doing a lot better, actually. Things are tough, but they are a lot better since I left my destructive relationship with Medicare,...
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Dog Days
Hi. It’s me again. No, I’ve beed doing fine; my writing slow-down is not due to calamity, catastrophe, apostrophe, or even syndactyly. I’ve been working hard, working like a dog. That’s a strange...
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Real Meaningful Use
It has been nearly 6 months since I started my new practice, since I took the jump (or, more accurately, was pushed off the ledge) into a brave new world. It seems very distant, like I should get...
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Crazy Ideas
A patient calls or emails me with a problem. I talk with them over the course of a few days, using whatever form of communication works best. Eventually, they need to come to the office to be seen –...
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Sink or Swim
My mom is great. Unfortunately, like most mothers, she relishes telling funny (usually embarrassing) stories about us kids. I, unfortunately, seem to be the subject of the vast majority of those...
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Survival
So, the question has been raised: why am I doing this? Why re-invent the EMR wheel? What is so different about what I am doing that makes it necessary to go through such a painful venture? I ask...
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