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/hospital-humor-video-er-vs-medicine http://gigglemed.com/hospital-humor-video-er-vs-medicine#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:17:34 +0000 Dun Tzu http://gigglemed.com/?p=1519 #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; } Is your hospital struggling with throughput? Patients in the hallway in the ER? Residents taking waaaay too long to come to admit patients? Medical attendings being difficult to reach? Or hospitalists fighting admissions? Well, watch this hilarious Medicine vs ER Star Trek parody video by ZDoggMD. If you understand the jokes in it, you are [...]]]> http://gigglemed.com/hospital-humor-video-er-vs-medicine/feed 0 http://gigglemed.com/transplant-humor-lunch-cooler-banned-by-joint-commission http://gigglemed.com/transplant-humor-lunch-cooler-banned-by-joint-commission#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 12:52:04 +0000 Dun Tzu http://gigglemed.com/?p=1487 #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; } Personally, I don’t have the guts to try this… But could you imagine the look on the Joint Commissioner’s face if they walked into the break room and saw this lunch cooler from ThinkGeek on the table? …Priceless, me thinks. Organ Transport Lunch Cooler This would make an awesome gift for Doctor’s Day, Nurse’s Week, [...]]]> http://gigglemed.com/transplant-humor-lunch-cooler-banned-by-joint-commission/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/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 http://gigglemed.com/medical-humor-to-reduce-hospital-associated-infection-hai http://gigglemed.com/medical-humor-to-reduce-hospital-associated-infection-hai#comments Fri, 14 Jan 2011 11:27:12 +0000 Dun Tzu http://gigglemed.com/?p=1368 #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; } Hospital acquired infection, healthcare associated infection… the name keeps changing, but who cares what we call it (as long as we keep the abbreviation the same – HAI – for the sake of The Literature and all of these signs we’ve made). Healthcare associated infection is, of course, a huge concern. Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP), catheter-associated [...]]]> http://gigglemed.com/medical-humor-to-reduce-hospital-associated-infection-hai/feed 1