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Doctors, Training and the Test of Will

August 1, 2017 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

When candidates for the Navy SEALS enlist they go through a punishing trial involving midnight runs, sleep deprivation and carrying logs. When trainees have had enough, they are invited to ring a bell which absolves them of any further obligation. But Navy special forces operatives aren't called to go behind enemy lines to carry logs. Their training is a test for ... Continue Reading about Doctors, Training and the Test of Will

Tagged With: Medical education, Physicians

EHR/Health IT, Hospitals

Who Owns a Physician’s Smartphone?

July 27, 2017 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

In 1994 when I was a first year gastroenterology fellow cell phones were expensive and scarce. When I was on call I stayed close to the house and my personal land line phone. If I was paged out at dinner I used a pay phone or begged the hostess to borrow the house phone. So we petitioned our division chief to buy a cell phone for fellow use during weekend call. It ... Continue Reading about Who Owns a Physician’s Smartphone?

Tagged With: Physicians, Retro technology, Smartphones

Future Medicine, Physicians

Medicine’s Exponential Future and Past

April 20, 2017 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

Within a week two tweets showed how doctors see medicine: one predicted that doctors would soon be obsolete and the other linked to a study reporting the ‘resurrection of physical exam.’ If you listen to doctors and their conversations you’ll find two polarizing views reflected in these tweets. There are those who see a brilliant future with technology and others ... Continue Reading about Medicine’s Exponential Future and Past

Tagged With: Future, Physicians

Digital Health, Future Medicine, Physicians, Technology

Medicine’s Race with the Machines

March 16, 2017 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

Like many professionals, I'm trapped in the now. I function with dated workflows and connect with patients like doctors did a hundred years ago. Elements in our world are moving, however, but no one notices. Even those of us with a remote sense of the changes ahead have a hard time understanding what’s happening to us. According to tech visionary Kevin Kelly we are ... Continue Reading about Medicine’s Race with the Machines

Tagged With: Physicians

EHR/Health IT, Physicians

EHRs and the Problem of Efficiency

January 12, 2017 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: < 1 minutes

Some doctors worry about how EHRs slow them down. I worry about how fast they let us go. Too much dropdown makes documentation too easy. And when it comes to doctors and their EHRs, there’s a fine line between efficient and lazy. Seeing the line is important because when it comes to workflow the drive to completion typically overpowers the obligation to showcase ... Continue Reading about EHRs and the Problem of Efficiency

Tagged With: EHR, Physicians

EHR/Health IT, Physicians

The Exam Room Entrance

August 30, 2016 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: < 1 minutes

It used to be that the paper chart was found on the exam room door. Before I entered I’d flip to my last visit, review my impression, check the plan and then enter. Then records went electronic. Now there’s nothing on the door. This has lead to an interesting evolution in my process. Now after a moment of reflection, I just walk in. But that’s not a ... Continue Reading about The Exam Room Entrance

Tagged With: Doctoring 101, Physicians

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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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