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5 Fresh Medical Voices

May 29, 2011 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

I love finding new physician voices.  Here are a few that I’ve been peeking at over the past couple months.  They’re worth checking out. Linda Pourmassina.  Linda is an internist in Seattle and one of the finest writers in the medical blogosphere.   You can find her over at Pulsus where she offers commentary on an eclectic mix of medical goodness ranging from ... Continue Reading about 5 Fresh Medical Voices

Tagged With: Physicians, Social media

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American College of Surgeons Connects Rural Surgeons

April 17, 2011 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: < 1 minutes

This week Within3 announced the pending launch of a network built to serve surgeons in rural areas.  The network is forming in cooperation with the American College of Surgeons.  You can read more about this new social network here. Why is this important?  Unlike large physician networks, tighter groups of doctors with similar needs and interests are more likely to ... Continue Reading about American College of Surgeons Connects Rural Surgeons

Tagged With: Physicians, Social media

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Physicians on Twitter – 48% Link to Their Blog

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

It seems for many doctors Twitter activity is an outpost connected to some other online place.  48% of physicians on Twitter link to their blog according to Katherine Chretien's recent study published in JAMA.  Doctors apparently understand that different types of information flow better in different channels. If you had asked me I would have estimated that this ... Continue Reading about Physicians on Twitter – 48% Link to Their Blog

Tagged With: Blogging, Physicians, Twitter

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Physicians and the Moral Obligation to Create Content

March 26, 2011 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: < 1 minutes

I was thumbing through Seth Godin’s Poke the Box and stumbled on this quote.  I couldn’t help but put it in the context of physicians and their obligation to make content: I hope we can agree that there’s a moral obligation to be honest, to treat people with dignity and respect, and to help those in need. I wonder if there’s also a moral obligation to start. I ... Continue Reading about Physicians and the Moral Obligation to Create Content

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Patients, Physicians

Bug Spray and the Doctor-Patient Disconnect

February 3, 2011 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

Before every upper endoscopy I spray a local anesthetic in the mouth to minimize a child’s gag.  It’s pretty nasty tasting stuff.  So I have this little charade I pull before every scope:  I apply the spray, look at the bottle, then announce in shock that the nurses have mistakenly given me bug spray.  As quickly as I deliver the punch line I make it clear that ... Continue Reading about Bug Spray and the Doctor-Patient Disconnect

Tagged With: Doctoring 101, Patients, Physicians

Future Medicine, Physicians

iPhone Attribution Error – When Patients Think the Doctor is Texting

December 23, 2010 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: 2 minutes

This post from nurse blogger SaraBethRN is important.  She recounts an experience where she referenced her iPhone for a lab value and was accused of texting on the job.  This has happened to me on a couple of occasions. It’s the iPhone attribution error: If you’re looking at your iPhone, you must be goofing off. We sometimes associate phone use with those who are ... Continue Reading about iPhone Attribution Error – When Patients Think the Doctor is Texting

Tagged With: Attention, Doctoring 101, Physicians, Smartphones

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