I had my second cataract surgery today. I tolerated it for about two years, but it just became too difficult to see. I was, essentially, using my good eye for everything. I became pretty adept at mono-vision, thank you very … Continue reading
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Here is my latest column in Emergency Medicine News. I hope you enjoy it! http://journals.lww.com/em-news/Fulltext/2013/02000/Second_Opinion__When_Leading_is_Following.8.aspx My wife just built a pergola in our yard. Mind you, a pergola is a thing I never knew existed until it was pointed out … Continue reading
Here’s the link to my January EM News column on the symbiosis between emergency medicine and hospital medicine. Text follows. http://journals.lww.com/em-news/Fulltext/2013/01000/Second_Opinion__The_Hospitalist_s_Wing_Man.8.aspx Dear hospitalists, This is just a note to say that we, in emergency medicine, appreciate you. Like all of us, … Continue reading
Dear readers, Below is a letter from one of my dearest friends to his hospital administration. This year, the administration has mandated Influenza vaccination. Short of a few accepted exemptions, it is a requirement for continued medical staff participation by … Continue reading
This is my column in this month’s Emergency Medicine News. In Medicine, Atlas endures. For now… http://journals.lww.com/em-news/Fulltext/2012/11000/Second_Opinion__Atlas_Endures___For_Now.6.aspx Most modern American are familiar with the classic political novel, Atlas Shrugged. Love or hate it, the novel had a great impact on … Continue reading
Dear readers, A recent column of mine told how life in the emergency department is like a mission trip to the land of Emergistan. Here it is. http://edwinleap.com/blog/?p=2134 It seemed to strike a cord with many of my readers, and … Continue reading
This is my column in last Sunday’s Greenville News, about the peril of customer satisfaction surveys. http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20120909/OPINION/309090011/Customer-satisfaction-surveys-their-limits?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Opinion|s&nclick_check=1 Customer satisfaction is quite the rage these days. Many stores and restaurants, many professional offices, hand out surveys, or ask customers to log … Continue reading
Here’s the link, text below. http://journals.lww.com/em-news/Fulltext/2012/09000/Second_Opinion__Speak_Truth_to_Charting.7.aspx I remember a short lecture I received in my medical officer’s course, as I joined the Air National Guard around 1988. The room was full of young medical students, physicians, nurses and other health-care … Continue reading
I am an emergency physician in private practice. My partners and I are a corporation, and we contract ourselves to one facility. As such, we are small business owners. In the current economic and politicical climate, my views on Obamacare … Continue reading