tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post4503511690491254393..comments2024-03-18T09:00:31.992-04:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: Reasons Your Doctor is Prematurely BaldGrumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-86091995500075966742009-07-21T22:53:00.750-04:002009-07-21T22:53:00.750-04:00Something just occurred to me:
This young woman ...Something just occurred to me: <br /><br />This young woman might just have a promising future in hospital administration.WWWebbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03491098272113630084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-35205232486099215302009-07-20T20:40:46.609-04:002009-07-20T20:40:46.609-04:00The comment from Anonymous about procedures being ...The comment from Anonymous about procedures being changed without notice reminds me of the Sally-Anne test. It tests whether a child understands that he can know information that somebody else doesn't. It is (or was) normally used as part of an evaluation for autism, and the OCD characteristics often found in those who love procedure above common sense can mean they assume everybody knows about it, since it is so important to them. <br /><br />Then again, I often talk about things I know nothing about.Qexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-17040193756204355852009-07-20T19:42:20.524-04:002009-07-20T19:42:20.524-04:00so you are the one she has been blogging about on ...so you are the one she has been blogging about on RagingMedRec.comSandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12638105541793879570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-21697227361110803292009-07-20T19:41:57.720-04:002009-07-20T19:41:57.720-04:00This was an excellent way to jump back into the sa...This was an excellent way to jump back into the saddle after vacation! I can just imagine the dull look in her eyes, plastic smile on her face.DreamingTreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09911536074688347584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-70566070180622045122009-07-20T19:28:58.907-04:002009-07-20T19:28:58.907-04:00sounds like you had a run in with the same idiots ...sounds like you had a run in with the same idiots i dealt with today... when i've got a minute i will definitely have to blog about it.The Bus Driverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04259280794473075615noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-7319348768454059212009-07-20T19:13:36.465-04:002009-07-20T19:13:36.465-04:00'because the first day you sign onto e-charts ...'because the first day you sign onto e-charts it tells you that'. Haahaa. Funny one. The med rec girl is a real ding-bat, a closet nincompoop, or maybe one of us that finds it difficult to 'think outside the box'. <br /><br />The day the hospital went HIPAA and removed patient last names from the room board (the one that lists where patients are for attendings) at nurses' station, replacing them with initials, was the day the doc I was rounding with removed his name from the attendings list in public view and replaced it with his initials.<br /><br />Initially, I was given to understand the HIPAA thing was set up so that insurance companies couldn't farm patient records and accounts...in some places the privacy song-n-dance is not unlike a circus side-show, complete with mirrors, smoke and gauzy curtains.<br /><br />Where I work now, there's only the full-time director and two of us part-timers working different parts of the week, so the facility has 'learned' to think outside the box in letting us know what is going on if they want pharmacist participation.<br /><br />Now, where might these 'jumping hairs' be landing?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-7138362635523032712009-07-20T18:36:16.755-04:002009-07-20T18:36:16.755-04:00Ah, back to Hitchikers Guide.Ah, back to Hitchikers Guide.Grumpy, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-72176395052190142662009-07-20T18:33:05.953-04:002009-07-20T18:33:05.953-04:00Beware of the leopard.Beware of the leopard.Placebonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-33239921372320395362009-07-20T16:02:57.648-04:002009-07-20T16:02:57.648-04:00I wish. She doesn't work for me, though. And t...I wish. She doesn't work for me, though. And the hospital doesn't care.Grumpy, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-71953605864511354462009-07-20T15:59:54.787-04:002009-07-20T15:59:54.787-04:00Two words...Fire her! Sorry to get vulgar here bu...Two words...Fire her! Sorry to get vulgar here but what a dumb shit. Sorry, but that sort of thing just perturbs the heck out of me.Theresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12667769917288382023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-77215773995410185722009-07-20T15:33:41.467-04:002009-07-20T15:33:41.467-04:00Maha, I was thinking more along the lines of givin...Maha, I was thinking more along the lines of giving her a good slap!Fiznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-52840715499827911812009-07-20T15:16:45.459-04:002009-07-20T15:16:45.459-04:00She is the sort of person about whom it is said, &...She is the sort of person about whom it is said, "She should be shot and put out of OUR misery."WWWebbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03491098272113630084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-11513167509888111962009-07-20T12:41:15.398-04:002009-07-20T12:41:15.398-04:00It would have taken every ounce of self-restraint ...It would have taken every ounce of self-restraint not to strangle that girl!Mahahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04860979377398925052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-7629841713202928602009-07-20T12:00:15.049-04:002009-07-20T12:00:15.049-04:00I work in a place where procedure is EVERYTHING. T...I work in a place where procedure is EVERYTHING. The office that sets procedure, however, is famous for changing them and not telling anyone.<br /><br />The result, periodic chaos as people all over the organziation find out at various times that a procedure is changed. ARGH!<br /><br />You'd think a simple email would avert these crises, however, the Procedure People seem to believe we are all receiving these notices via osmosis or something.<br /><br />I feel your pain.<br /><br />And the medical records girl is twit.<br /><br />DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-72983399594795249732009-07-20T11:08:05.439-04:002009-07-20T11:08:05.439-04:00"Ladies and gentlemen, may we have your atten..."Ladies and gentlemen, may we have your attention please . . . for today's post, the role of Ms. Helpful will be played by Lou Costello . . . "Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794712479594188124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-63407215807136428302009-07-20T10:55:52.443-04:002009-07-20T10:55:52.443-04:00whatever a manual system, staffed by humans, can f...whatever a manual system, staffed by humans, can foul up, a completely automated, state-of-the-art computer system, staffed by the same humans, can foul up even worse. <br /><br />the google ad accompanying your blog post is for "medical record software that saves time..."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-8897457559650312542009-07-20T10:55:41.009-04:002009-07-20T10:55:41.009-04:00Wow! Gotta love the proactive nature of that girl...Wow! Gotta love the proactive nature of that girl. She's a winner! You would think after the 2nd or even 3rd time you asked that, she might have caught a clue and asked you if you had been informed of the new procedures.<br /><br />It's people like that who need to be beaten senseless with their keyboards.<br /><br />BTW, love your blog!Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270000546237103091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-64040221220365650792009-07-20T10:54:23.655-04:002009-07-20T10:54:23.655-04:00PUNKED by a barely above minimum wage Dronette. Ou...PUNKED by a barely above minimum wage Dronette. Our medical records dronettes lived for messing with the doctors.<br /><br />The same thing happened to my shrink friend. Hopefully it didn't take too long to straighten the mess out.<br /><br />LD/50 RatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-68375957250779840922009-07-20T10:44:43.596-04:002009-07-20T10:44:43.596-04:00I'm not complaining about the e-charts. It'...I'm not complaining about the e-charts. It's the stupidity of the medrecs girl that's the problem.Grumpy, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-89432913327457809322009-07-20T10:41:53.155-04:002009-07-20T10:41:53.155-04:00We have been doing this for about 4 years. Advice:...We have been doing this for about 4 years. Advice: accept it. It really isn't that bad. There is nothing you can do abouit it anyway...girlvethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06431758200580814440noreply@blogger.com