Month: February 2018

(Snippets from the frontline) Symptoms Your body talks to you.  Billions of cells work in harmony allowing you to live and survive our environment.  But when something goes wrong, the … Continue Reading →

(Snippets from the frontline) Powered by Toyota Everyone wants their hospital to run like a lean machine.  Efficient, safe, and providing timely quality service.  Some hospitals indeed are launching a … Continue Reading →

(Snippets from the frontline) Archimedes et al in tribute He was a Greek mathematician who historians say was on the verge of developing calculus, but was deliberately killed by a … Continue Reading →

(Snippets from the frontline) Character counts People cheat and have no scruples.  I’ve seen it in business and government.  Worse, I’ve seen it in my own profession with doctors. I … Continue Reading →

(Snippets from the frontline) Learning a lesson Here is the dilemma:  Medicare patient has chest pain and calls 911.  Ambulance transports patient to the emergency room and a diagnosis of … Continue Reading →

(Snippets from the frontline) Paying off my medical school loan Yep…it’s done.  It took only 37 years. Why did it take so long?  Partly because of the principal, but mostly … Continue Reading →

(Snippets from the frontline) Prescription denied He was an opera coach with a deep melodious voice.  Now in his 80’s, my patient uses a walker and suffers from lumbar spinal … Continue Reading →

(Snippets from the frontline) Retirement worry Some want to retire, while others are forced to retire.  We rely on savings, social security, investments, retirement benefits, and family.  In reality, you … Continue Reading →

Snippets from the frontline) Mike He was a veteran who lost both legs below his knees in Vietnam, yet returned to California, married, raised three daughters, and started a successful … Continue Reading →

(Snippets from the frontline) Hospital “code words” Over the past decade, the business mentality takeover ascribed “code words” to hospitalized elder seniors, herding them out of the hospital into nursing … Continue Reading →