October 10th, 2011 by Happy Hospitalist in Humor
Tags: Airline Industry, Check-in kiosk, Costs, declining margins, Doctor's Office, Doctors, Efficiency, Healthcare Industry, Money, Revenue
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The airline industry was a lot like physician practices several years ago. Costs were rising all around them while stagnant revenue caused declining margins. Well, this is America, not North Korea. How did the airline industry survive and thrive (except for American Airlines)?
- Efficiency
- Add on revenue opportunities
Physician offices are just now catching on. What can doctors learn from the airline industry? Here’s picture proof of efficiency in action.
Text from Sister Happy: Here’s how I just checked in at my orthopedists…it’s all by kiosk now. Have to say…they were faster and nicer than many receptionists. Only problem is… Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at The Happy Hospitalist*
October 4th, 2011 by Shadowfax in Humor
Tags: cartoon, Disillusioned, Doctor, Emergency Department, ER, Medical Students, Physician, Reality, Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, Truth
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Lest the students out there get disillusioned, it is probably a good idea to be upfront about the reality of being a doctor:
Maybe it’s not always this bad, but in the ER there is a real ring of truth to this.
From the marvelous Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
*This blog post was originally published at Movin' Meat*
September 6th, 2011 by Shadowfax in Humor, Medical Art
Tags: Anti-science views, Chiropractic, Comic Strip, Darryl Cunningham, David Palmer, Funny, Humor, Mixers, Multipanel Cartoon, Reformers, Straights
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Darryl Cunningham has a lovely detailed explication of the state of chiropractic “medicine,” in a multipanel cartoon format!
Worth clicking through to see the whole thing.
*This blog post was originally published at Movin' Meat*
August 30th, 2011 by Dinah Miller, M.D. in Humor, Opinion
Tags: Anderson Cooper, Discomfort, Embarrassment, Empathy, giggling, laughter, Projection, Psychiatry, Psychology, Ridiculist List, Uncomfortable
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If you haven’t seen Anderson Cooper catch a case of the giggles on live TV, you can still watch it on YouTube. I missed the first showing, but saw Mr. Cooper replayed it on his own Ridiculist List. But what’s this doing on Shrink Rap?
I watched the re-run, and I found myself laughing out loud. Only, it wasn’t a good, happy, hearty laugh, it was an embarrassed and uncomfortable laugh, and I realized I’d taken on the feelings of the newsman. If I were a psychiatrist (oops, I am, even in August), I might say that Anderson Cooper Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Shrink Rap*
