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Methodical Medicine: Things That Should be Done Slowly

December 11, 2018 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

Tom Peters inspired me this with The Speed Trap: When Taking Your Time (Really) Matters. So much of his thinking in management can be translated to medicine. So it got me thinking ...what are the things in medicine that should be methodical? What should be done slowly? To the uniformed reader, the answer will seem obvious: everything. But in medicine there is ... Continue Reading about Methodical Medicine: Things That Should be Done Slowly

Tagged With: Doctoring 101, Slow Medicine

Physicians, Process/Flow

Fast and Slow Medical Thinking

October 3, 2018 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: < 1 minutes

It’s often assumed that decision making in medicine should be done slowly. As a young trainee I was lead to believe that the doctor with slow medical thinking is more thorough. Conversely we assume the faster moving professional is cutting corners. But the time in any clinical day is fixed and our bandwidth is a zero-sum game. While respecting the risk for ... Continue Reading about Fast and Slow Medical Thinking

Tagged With: Bias, Slow Medicine

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The Human Nature of Clinic Schedules

October 2, 2018 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

Doctors have clinic schedules. Based on these schedules, patients are expected to arrive at a certain time. In turn, they expect a certain amount of face time with the doctor. In my clinic, a new patient is scheduled for 30 minutes and a follow-up 15 minutes. But humans and their problems rarely fit into 15 and 30 minute blocks. So how does it work? Something ... Continue Reading about The Human Nature of Clinic Schedules

Tagged With: Clinic Operations

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Slow Medicine – Should Healthcare be Inconvenient?

September 19, 2018 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 3 minutes

Should healthcare be inconvenient by design? And should slow medicine be the default option in some circumstances? Slow medicine is a movement calling for change in medical practice which is inspired by the slow food movement. “Like for the slow food movement, slow medicine is a call to balance over-emphasis on fast processes which reduce quality.” But real-time ... Continue Reading about Slow Medicine – Should Healthcare be Inconvenient?

Tagged With: Slow Medicine

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Medical Signs

August 25, 2018 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: < 1 minutes

Medicine is a dicipline of uncertainty. So clinicians are always looking for indicators of certainty. We’re looking for signs. Medical signs. The psoas sign indicates an inflamed retrocecal appendix. A sentinel node is a classic sign of dissemination of cancer into the chest. The Cheeto finger sign (telltale orange fingers reflecting the recent consumption ... Continue Reading about Medical Signs

Tagged With: Doctoring 101, Medical decision making, Uncertainty

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Interrupting Patients for the Right Reasons

August 15, 2018 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: < 1 minutes

Not long ago I entered an exam room and was met by a mother who immediately began talking. From the chaotic feeding to her sequence of formula roulette and the staccato of the baby’s cry, she delivered a near full history of present illness in the span of 45 seconds. And all with one breath. While I was impressed with her delivery, I couldn’t keep up. So I ... Continue Reading about Interrupting Patients for the Right Reasons

Tagged With: Doctoring 101, Medical Interview

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Bryan Vartabedian is the Chief Pediatrics Officer at Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin and one of health care’s influential
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