Medicine

Rush to Costa Rica?

March 8, 2010
By RangelMD
Rush to Costa Rica?

Mr. Limbaugh to move to Costa Rica within 5 years if health care reform is passed.
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How to Opt Out of Medicare

March 5, 2010
By RangelMD

Congress waited until the 13th hour to delayed automatic cuts in Medicare reimbursements of 21% – at least until April. Such a drastic cut will force many physicians to drop Medicare to avoid operating at at loss and many may decide to anyway rather than wait for inevitable. How do you opt out? You would...
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There are Older Stoners

March 4, 2010
By RangelMD

No, not just Cheech and Chong. Laguna Woods Village retirement community now has a medical cannabis club even though the members are not allowed to grow it in their community garden plots. That would be like . . as if it were legal and we can’t have that.
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Winning the Vaccine Wars

March 2, 2010
By RangelMD

Statistically speaking, we are winning the vaccine wars . .
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DWT vs DWI

February 27, 2010
By RangelMD

It’s like driving with your eyes closed for five seconds or more. This is the equivalent to driving while texting (reading or writing). It’s twice as likely to cause a crash as driving while intoxicated but as of 2010, only 19 states had laws that prohibited texting while driving for ALL drivers (not just...
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Electronic Prescribing Reduces Health Costs!

February 26, 2010
By RangelMD

So why aren't the Federal government or health insurance companies rushing to compensate and reward physicians who start using electronic medical records systems with e-prescribing ability?
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Electronic Prescriptions are . . Legible, Reduce Errors!

February 25, 2010
By RangelMD
Electronic Prescriptions are . . Legible, Reduce Errors!

Sending prescriptions electronically direct to the pharmacy has been proven to reduce errors from 42% to 6.6%! You would think that the Federal government would be rushing to massively fund such an initiative. But, you'd be wrong.
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The NHS Spends Millions on Placebos!?

February 22, 2010
By RangelMD

The wit and wisdom that is socialist medical care funding.
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e-Prescribing is Here!

February 17, 2010
By RangelMD

I sent my first e-Prescriptions yesterday. I sent them to a local pharmacy using my trusty PracticeFusion EMR and it was very good. E-Prescribing is important as this not only partly automates medication prescribing but it also makes it much more efficient by incorporating this technology into an electronic medical record system thus allowing...
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The “Star Trek” Method of Hand Washing

February 15, 2010
By RangelMD
The “Star Trek” Method of Hand Washing

Sci-tech may finally replace soap and water.
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