The PIAA Medical Liability Conference is breaking for lunch, so I’m taking the opportunity to share my notes on the first-half of the first official day of seminars. Following is a synopsis of those I attended. Welcome and Opening Remarks • PIAA president and chief executive Brian Atchinson introduced members to the organization’s new branding […]

We know that what you consume directly impacts your health and weight, but do we know to what degree? Could there be other factors at play that could help lower the skyrocketing obesity rate in our country? Well, scientists at Harvard University, with the help of researchers at Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts General Hospital may have found […]

Whenever we experience a tragedy from a distance, the first feelings are usually shock.  However, what if you are at ground zero?  What type of emotions are typically racing through your body and mind?  Well….if you’re a doctor, “first responder” is the mode that you turn on during these types of events. Dr. Vivek Shah. […]

Medscape recently conducted a survey to figure out which physician specialties are experiencing the most burnout, and more importantly, why? Sifting through the data shows us that the doctor’s interactions with their patients is not the root cause, as most people would think. The issues at hand are the following: 1. Too many Bureaucratic Tasks […]

There is a trend right now happening on the West Coast for medi-spas to offer what is being called a Blood Facial.  Essentially, a blood facial is a cosmetic procedure where a doctor draws a few vials of blood from your arm, puts it in a centrifuge to separate the plasma and platelets from the […]

In a world in which we only hear negative news, this was a breath of fresh air when we saw this today.  (excuse the pun!) It was a typical day at this supermarket in Australia….but it turned serious when a two year old girl stopped breathing due to a high fever.  At first, everyone thought […]

A community hospital in Boulder Colorado is facing a major challenge this week because it’s computer system has failed.  The IT professionals handling the outage have not been able to determine what caused the issue, or if it is related to hacking.  These types of warning signs should grab the attention of hospital and medical […]

IBM’s brain child, Watson, has been best known as defeating humans on the game show Jeopardy in 2011 where it competed against Brad Rutter and Ken Jennings, two of Jeopardy’s most famous contestants. Watson was made specifically to play Jeopardy by its research team headed by David Ferrucci of IBM. Since its debut on Jeopardy, […]

In my past few posts, I have detailed the discoveries of my son’s two major birth defects, a multicystic kidney and tracheal esophageal fistula, and their impact on us. Today, I’d like to write about two specific moments that let us know that we would be dealing with the fall-out from these anomalies forever. Around […]