October 27, 2017 |  0
­SHM & Hospital Medicine in the News: October 12 – 26, 2017 Check out the latest hospital medicine and SHM-related stories in mainstream and healthcare news. For the full stories, click on the links below: Hilary Mosher, MD, FHM and SHM’s Reducing Adverse Drug Events related to Opioids (RADEO) Guide were featured in an article […]
By Charlie M. Wray DO, MS
October 20, 2017 |  0
By: Charlie M. Wray DO, MS I’ll be honest – I can’t remember who won the 2012 Super Bowl, World Series or any other pop culture phenomenon*, but I do recall stumbling across something called Choosing Wisely® one afternoon while sitting in my clinic. With a burgeoning awareness that much of the care I was […]
October 18, 2017 |  0
When my daughter was around 5 years old, she disappeared. We were outside, my wife and I doing some work around the house, and our 5-year-old playing on the driveway. She was deeply engrossed in some colored chalk, creating an infinite hopscotch board. I stepped inside to grab something, and my wife went to grab […]
October 15, 2017 |  2
Last month, I wrote about some interesting workplace trends, in particular about how the implied compact between U.S. workers and their employers is evolving rapidly. Few of us in the workforce today can conceive of an employment relationship in which we are guaranteed lifelong employment and a generous benefits package including full healthcare and retirement […]
October 12, 2017 |  0
­SHM & Hospital Medicine in the News: September 28 – October 12, 2017 Check out the latest hospital medicine and SHM-related stories in mainstream and healthcare news. For the full stories, click on the links below: Ian Jenkins, MD, SFHM’s research on improving blood transfusion practices was highlighted in Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare. SHM […]
October 2, 2017 |  0
Last week I was in Dunkin’ Donuts and noticed something odd—although the oddness did not strike me immediately.  The woman who was serving me could have been my grandmother. Ditto that when I was at Home Depot in the lighting aisle yesterday.  And ditto it again in Walmart this morning. I would never dream of […]