Saturday, February 6, 2010

NEW LINK. Best interview with Atul Gawande I've read. On health care reform and checklists. Go look. http://ping.fm/oS6wY

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

10 more takes: The Healthcare industry on iPad. http://bit.ly/9uJ9dj

Monday, February 1, 2010

BusinessWeek: "How to Redesign Health Care" by Jay Parkinson. http://ping.fm/JZgOT

Saturday, January 30, 2010

"Uric Acid, Fructose and Hypertension" by Joel Topf

Monday, January 25, 2010

Nephrologists Using Social Media (from Nephrology Times). http://ping.fm/lWBEJ

Thursday, December 31, 2009

Book worms, imperialist nostalgia and the "Stanford 25" - Abraham Verghese http://ping.fm/jaob6

Saturday, December 26, 2009

How to achieve 'planned patienthood' http://bit.ly/1jwu6c (via @cnn)

Thursday, December 24, 2009

"Here is my log of major interruptions of attempted sleep over a 12 hour period during yesterday’s stay in the hospital..." http://ping.fm/3dGI2

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Things I Learned in Medical Training That Have Influenced Me in My Non-Medical Life. (via @intueri) http://ping.fm/mcdlq

Monday, December 14, 2009

"The chain reaction turned into a 13-way kidney transplant, during six marathon days of surgery..." http://ping.fm/FgqSO

Thursday, December 10, 2009

20 People Who Make Healthcare Better http://ping.fm/xesT6

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

This is my 1st and last appearance in the NYT sports section: our paper on kidney disease in bodybuilders. (Watch the video!) http://ping.fm/yohpC

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Medical iPhone Apps in Fast Company (brief quote by me). http://ping.fm/JcaCj

Dragon Naturally Speaking Dictation on the iPhone. For free. (Wow.) http://bit.ly/7pKLxD

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Google Now Personalizes Everyone’s Search Results. http://ping.fm/OA1qO

Friday, December 4, 2009

Dr. Rob's 6 Rules for Doctors. http://ping.fm/zilxv

Running a Hospital: A Grand Show by e-Patient Dave and Danny http://ping.fm/71j6Q

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

The Emotional Epidemiology of H1N1 Influenza Vaccination (from the NEJM).
http://ping.fm/40Xxf

Monday, November 23, 2009

"Universal Health Care", a Tee-Shirt by Warren Ellis


(Via Warren Ellis, who is British. And not entirely sane.)

Saturday, November 21, 2009

"An antimicrobial tie with a graphic design based on the H1N1 virus." http://ping.fm/sTbMN

"Something Something Social Media: The Overdue Minority Report" by Merlin Mann (@hotdogsladies) http://bit.ly/7sKelo

Analgesic Nephropathy (via The Renal Fellow Network)

"Anyway, after some probing, he admitted to taking a drug called Vanquish regularly (i.e. daily for over 20 years). I had to look it up, but it turns out to be a compound analgesic (acetaminophen, aspirin and caffeine). I was surprised, as I thought these compounds were off the market, as they are in Europe. So beware, analgesic nephropathy is alive and well in 2009!" — The Renal Fellow Network

Thursday, November 19, 2009

“Health gets personal in the cloud http://ping.fm/Ssbfn ” -@symtym

"Google just released a new research study on how physicians use the Internet. http://tr.im/FfNp ” -@skypen

Sunday, November 15, 2009

Adventures in Brain Tumors, by Matt Haughey (@mathowie). http://bit.ly/37DMa4

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Merlin Mann blogs about Marco Arment, both of whom I like. A lot. http://ping.fm/uDpHP

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

“Find locations near you for both the seasonal and H1N1 flu vaccine http://bit.ly/4nOr53" -@google

Saturday, November 7, 2009

Today's xkcd (my favorite webcomic): "Organ Donor." http://xkcd.com/659/

Halloween at the White House


P103109PS-0527, originally uploaded by The White House.

Friday, November 6, 2009

"If Health Care Is Going to Change, Dr. Brent James's Ideas Will Change It" - NYT http://ping.fm/jrz8Y