Tag: email
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The credentialing process for physicians is still a chaotic mess
I posted about this last year when I was once again wading through physician credentialing. I recently had occasion to do it again because I’m helping out a friend at a new hospital, and, if anything, the process is even worse. Everyone wants to be sure their physician is competent and appropriately trained. The way…
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Pediatric Newsletter #13: childhood sleep, concussions, and more
Here is the latest of my more or less monthly newsletter on pediatric topics. In it I highlight and comment on new research, news stories, or anything else about children’s health that I think will interest parents. If you want to subscribe to it and get it in the form of an email each month…
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Pediatric Newsletter #12: genetic vs environmental causes for autism and more
Here is the latest of my more or less monthly newsletter on pediatric topics. In it I highlight and comment on new research, news stories, or anything else about children’s health that I think will interest parents. If you want to subscribe to it and get it in the form of an email each month…
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The credentialing process for physicians has become a cumbersome, chaotic, and unholy mess
Everyone wants to be sure their physician is competent and appropriately trained. The way this is done is through credentialing. A new applicant for privileges to practice at a hospital or other healthcare facility fills out an application and submits a curriculum vitae that details when and where a physician trained and the certifications obtained,…
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Most new parents don’t know how to use a car seat correctly, vitamin D, and more: Pediatric Newsletter #11
Here is the latest of my more or less monthly newsletter on pediatric topics. In it I highlight and comment on new research, news stories, or anything else about children’s health that I think will interest parents. If you want to subscribe to it and get it in the form of an email each month…
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A smartphone app for jaundice, effects of digital media on children’s brains and more: Pediatric Newsletter #10
Here is the latest of my more or less monthly newsletter on pediatric topics. In it I highlight and comment on new research, news stories, or anything else about children’s health that I think will interest parents. If you want to subscribe to it and get it in the form of an email each month…
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Pediatric Newsletter #9
Here is the latest of my more or less monthly newsletter on pediatric topics. In it I highlight and comment on new research, news stories, or anything else about children’s health that I think will interest parents. If you want to subscribe to it and get it in the form of an email each month…
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More thoughts on the future of virtual medicine
I’ve written before about using e-mail to communicate with your doctor. My own personal physician does this for all of his patients who wish to participate, and it allows me to do things like ask him simple questions or get refills on my prescriptions. It works well for those kinds of things and saves both…