Championing an orphan disease – Lemierre’s syndrome

I want us to either totally prevent Lemierre’s or at least consistently diagnosis it soon enough to have no major morbidity or mortality.

Teaching at the bedside

Great physicians understand how to motivate patients, they focus on helping patients develop healthier lifestyles.

I have no objections to hospitalist salaries. Hospitalists have made themselves valuable to hospitals in many ways.

We must design night float systems, not to meet numbers but to optimize education and patient care. It can be done.

I love night float; I hate night float. Night float is a necessary evil, but make no mistake it is an evil. And I see no alternative.

Has anyone heard of this positively or negatively? Robert Berner would love to talk to anyone who is familiar with this phenomenon.

A 45-year-old woman with RUQ pain, elevated bilirubin, and gallbladder sludge likely has cholestasis or biliary obstruction.

I guess rate control for atrial fibrillation has become so standard that this article does not shock anyone.

We need more “combo” types – those who are comfortable and competent in both inpatient and outpatient medicine.

We continue to have a health care payment system that rewards procedures – surgery, invasive cardiology, radiology, etc.