How To Find the Best Home Care in the Lehigh Valley
As our family members age, small and large health issues often arise. Sometimes these health issues result in our loved one’s needing additional help in order to stay at home by themselves. Tasks like bathing, preparing a meal and ambulating can start …
What Home Healthcare Owners Need To Know About Medicare Star Ratings
You Care Way Too Much First off, let’s get one thing straight – you probably care too much about Medicare star ratings and your patients probably have no idea what they mean. This may be for good reason – maybe a government …
Hiring An App Development Firm: Do Your Homework
Hiring An App Development Firm It’s kind of like hiring a babysitter. But more expensive – and the babysitter wants to charge you more hours – and the babysitter might build a baby with a terrible UI. Actually, the babysitter analogy isn’t …
Why A Blog Can Be Better Than A Medical Textbook
Why A Blog Can Be Better Than A Medical Textbook There are a lot of ways people churn up answers when it comes to medical advice, and I’ve heard them all. From the trusted relative or family friend, “My uncle’s friend told …
Company Culture, Why So Angry?
A Story On Culture I recently spoke with a friend who came to me for advice after switching hospitals. She was utilizing pediatric services frequently and was having some problems at her new hospital. Notably, she felt that at one hospital they …
How to Get Home Care Referrals From Doctors: Advice From a Doctor
How To Get Referrals As a doctor, I can tell you, getting referrals from doctors is HARD. The first step is to understand the workflow of how patients are referred. In general, you will have 4 main referral sources to cultivate. Primary Care Doctors refer …
What Doctors Mean When They Say “Sick”
How do we know if a patient is sick? Often times we talk about “Physician Gestalt” – the overall feel of how the patient is presenting, possible diagnosis, sick vs not-sick, real vs not real etc. ER doctors are the EXPERTS at this, but …
What your Doctor Thinks About You In The First 10 Seconds
First Impressions I have seen THOUSANDS of patients, and with each of them there was always a first impression. Right off the bat, I can tell a lot about a new patient. Most importantly is sick vs not sick. “Sick” has a very specific meaning in …
Do You Need To Remove a Bullet?
Bullet Removal Is Super Interesting Short answer: In general, once the bullet has done its initial damage, it does not hurt the person. Exceptions include the occasional lead poisoning and possible migration of the bullet which can lodge itself in other arteries causing strokes. …
Do Doctors Treat Themselves?
People often wonder, do doctors treat themselves? Sometimes doctors prescribe their own treatment, however, this can be VERY dangerous. Doctors are by their nature, better than the general public at determining if their symptoms are something serious or not. So some doctors may …
