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Community • Health

Jan 5, 2018

The Self-Control Expenditure

A 4-year-old girl stares at the marshmallow. It looks really good. But the man who is in charge told her that if she waits until he returns, she can have […]

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Health • Technology

Jan 2, 2018

How the Communication Revolution in Healthcare is Hampering More Than Just Communication

It happened again. Yesterday, I was charting on the recently launched streamlined version of our electronic health records and a new note popped up in the right lower corner of […]

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Health • Technology

Jan 2, 2018

How Meaningful Use Is Creating Meaningless Strife

One of the biggest topics today in the health care field is that of meaningful use. Meaningful Use is defined as using certified electronic health record (EHR) technology to improve […]

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Faith • Health

Jan 2, 2018

Hope of a Mysterious Kind

We are all looking for messages of hope, and I am no exception. Recently, I was reminded of something I have known for a while, but suddenly clicked with me […]

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Health

Jan 2, 2018

Dear Healthcare Industry: Give Me What I Need, Not What I Want

Dear Healthcare Industry: I think we have a serious problem, and I think we both deserve some of the blame. Over the last couple of decades, I the patient have […]

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Faith • Health • Mental Health

Dec 22, 2017

The Insidious Role of Pride in Our Own Psychological Downfall

“Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall” – Proverbs 16:18 It was the fall of 2004. I was in my last year of formal training as […]

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Health • Technology

Dec 21, 2017

How The Almighty Norm Can Dilute Advice We Give and Receive

“Binge-Watching Television Spikes Blood Clot Risk.” This was the headline of a recent article that came out in MD Magazine. The researchers looked at over 86,000 participants in regards to […]

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Exercise • Mental Health • Technology

Dec 21, 2017

How Following the Trail of “Cutting Edge” and “Convenient” Can Distort Reality

In the late 1990’s, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) set out to provide the most extensive review ever conducted of the effectiveness of ADHD medications in children. It […]