Why we need more palliative care training

But perhaps we need more patient education programs. We need patients and families demanding palliative care also.

Comments on SGR from around the web

Many bloggers, including Bob Doherty, Doc Rob, and GruntDoc, express frustration, while most others avoid the 21% SGR cut topic.

My quotes and praise do not do this post justice. I would rate it one of the top 10 blog posts I have ever seen. Please go clickety click.

My quotes and praise do not do this post justice. I would rate it one of the top 10 blog posts I have ever seen. Please go clickety click.

My quotes and praise do not do this post justice. I would rate it one of the top 10 blog posts I have ever seen. Please go clickety click.

Who developed the concept of 10pt ROS? Can we have a formal shunning procedure and ban that person from the academy?

I believe that most of my outpatient colleagues are closer to Dr. Baron’s model than the American Heritage primary care definition.

So, in summary, I believe we should consider dividing outpatient internal medicine into two tracks – consultant and primary care.

Our strict documentation codes have no rational basis. Only a bureaucracy could produce this paperwork travesty.

We have many defendants in the court of hidden curriculum. Some of the defendants write comments on this blog.