http://gigglemed.com (: medicine is fun again :) Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:17:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://gigglemed.com/throckmorton-on-iphone-yikes http://gigglemed.com/throckmorton-on-iphone-yikes#comments Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:16:30 +0000 Dun Tzu http://gigglemed.com/?p=666 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Just when you thought you heard of everything… GiggleMed goes and puts a Throckmorton app out there for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. For those of you in the dark on Throckmorton’s Sign, it is a somewhat fictitious radiographic sign that clinically astute radiologists use in determining the highest yield portion of a radiology [...]]]> http://gigglemed.com/throckmorton-on-iphone-yikes/feed 0 http://gigglemed.com/tarzan-m-d-king-of-the-healthcare-jungle-episode-02 http://gigglemed.com/tarzan-m-d-king-of-the-healthcare-jungle-episode-02#comments Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:42:46 +0000 Dun Tzu http://gigglemed.com/?p=1474 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Before we needed healthcare reform… before Joint Commission (you know, the Good Ole Days)… before the FDA… before insurance companies… there was one physician to lead us through the healthcare jungle – Tarzan, M.D. (and soon to be introduced, Jane DO). In Episode 2, we find him offering smoking cessation advice. Those twigs kinda smell [...]]]> http://gigglemed.com/tarzan-m-d-king-of-the-healthcare-jungle-episode-02/feed 0 http://gigglemed.com/meaningful-use-how-it-really-is-pic http://gigglemed.com/meaningful-use-how-it-really-is-pic#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:06:10 +0000 Dun Tzu http://gigglemed.com/?p=1471 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } As physician practices, hospitals, and health systems across the country struggle with meaningful use, we offer a real-world view from the ground. Check it out: Feel free to use this image in your talks and presentations (as long as you include the attribution to GiggleMed.com). Just right click on the image & choose “Save As…” [...]]]> http://gigglemed.com/meaningful-use-how-it-really-is-pic/feed 0 http://gigglemed.com/tarzan-m-d-king-of-the-healthcare-jungle-01 http://gigglemed.com/tarzan-m-d-king-of-the-healthcare-jungle-01#comments Sat, 15 Oct 2011 21:35:56 +0000 Dun Tzu http://gigglemed.com/?p=1463 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Before Joint Commission… before the FDA… before insurance companies… there was one physician to lead us through the healthcare jungle – Tarzan, M.D. Way ahead of his time, Dr. Tarzan’s descriptions of clinical findings were in the patients’ language. His instructions were persuasive. And his patients could eat all of the fat and red meat [...]]]> http://gigglemed.com/tarzan-m-d-king-of-the-healthcare-jungle-01/feed 0 http://gigglemed.com/catheter-related-infections-wtf-foley-humor http://gigglemed.com/catheter-related-infections-wtf-foley-humor#comments Sat, 24 Sep 2011 16:02:10 +0000 Dun Tzu http://gigglemed.com/?p=1451 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Here’s a novel idea… Why don’t you try to reduce hospital acquired infections with campaigns that actually work? Too often, hospitals and healthcare organizations just pump out generic posters, corny phrases on stickers, and plant some “champions” among us to try to motivate us. But generic messages only add to the Sign Fatigue we all [...]]]> http://gigglemed.com/catheter-related-infections-wtf-foley-humor/feed 0