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Doctors on the Record

June 11, 2013 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: < 1 minutes

During a clinical encounter recently the mother I was visiting with reached down to the phone sitting on her chair and discreetly hit a red record button. Increasingly, parents are interested in recording their encounters with me.  Sometimes one parent can’t be present for a visit.  Perhaps the mother of an inconsolable 6-week-old wants to remember what her ... Continue Reading about Doctors on the Record

Tagged With: Communication

Patient experience, Process/Flow

Clinical Sketchnotes

December 18, 2012 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

I just read The Sketchnote Handbook - The Illustrated Guide to Visual Note Taking, a new book released by Mike Rohde.  It details a method of note taking that I've been witnessing at major meetings over the last couple of years.  For the uninformed, sketchnotes are rich visual notes created from a mix of handwriting, drawings, hand-drawn typography, shapes and visual ... Continue Reading about Clinical Sketchnotes

Tagged With: Communication, Sketchnotes

Physicians, Technology

The Buzzing Pager

November 16, 2011 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: < 1 minutes

It's funny what we remember. For example, as a 3rd year medical student rotating in surgery I remember clearly sitting in my attending's office at Worcester Memorial Hospital. He was a vascular surgeon. I don't remember his name. On this particular day I had followed him to his office after rounds. He had just received his new pager and placed a call to whomever had ... Continue Reading about The Buzzing Pager

Tagged With: Communication, Retro technology

Physicians

How Relevant are Physician Meetings?

December 11, 2010 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

This post from John Mandrola got me thinking about physician meetings. He tells about his experience at weekly rounds were he endured a presentation on health reform.  But John had heard it before.  It had been played out in the medical infosphere. His story illustrates how physician-physician communication sits at the cusp of two generations.  There’s the last ... Continue Reading about How Relevant are Physician Meetings?

Tagged With: Communication, Medical meetings

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