tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post2762171334277354077..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: WingmanDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-50654650615379936672017-05-16T16:41:22.951-05:002017-05-16T16:41:22.951-05:00Wanted everyone to know about happenings here in t...Wanted everyone to know about happenings here in the Lone Star State - <br /><br />As many of you may have heard - the Texas Legislature - particularly the House - has descended into a Tea Party fiasco - and hundreds of bills have been basically shelved out of spite. <br /><br />"you didn't scratch my back - I won't scratch yours now." has become the order of the day - and A Texas Internistnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-57095808949144302642017-05-13T03:19:26.259-05:002017-05-13T03:19:26.259-05:00So who is in charge of the NQF?
CMS? United Healt...So who is in charge of the NQF? <br />CMS? United Health Group? Kaiser Foundation Health Plans?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-11248293845492201812017-05-12T17:12:24.369-05:002017-05-12T17:12:24.369-05:00The Making of a Surveillance State (ABIM's Chr...The Making of a Surveillance State (ABIM's Christine Cassel (PCAST, NQF), Richard Baron (CMS), Bob Wachter (AHRQ, NHS) and company)<br /><br />Do physicians and patients know that the NQF/CMS hired the same CIA/NSA contractor which NSA/CIA contractor/employee Edward Snowden worked for? Why? What for?<br /> <br />BAH - Booz Allen Hamilton is the company Edward Snowden last worked for before heNQF/CMS Quality Measures and NSA/CIA Contractor Booz Allen Hamiltonhttps://www.healthit.gov/sites/default/files/01_11_12_hitpc_qmu_update.pdfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-34628257268861930712017-05-12T17:10:31.546-05:002017-05-12T17:10:31.546-05:00Is Wikileaks really working for bad state actors? ...Is Wikileaks really working for bad state actors? Or exposing some of the most egregious ones?<br />AfterMidnight CIA Spying Toolshttps://wikileaks.org/vault7/#AfterMidnightnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-28700716429924198942017-05-12T16:13:53.962-05:002017-05-12T16:13:53.962-05:00If @NSAGov had privately disclosed the flaw used t...If @NSAGov had privately disclosed the flaw used to attack hospitals when they *found* it, not when they lost it, this may not have happened<br />https://twitter.com/Snowden/status/863109434054254598NSA's "Stolen" Hospital Malwarehttps://twitter.com/Snowden?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https://www.rt.com/news/388153-thousands-ransomeware-attacks-worldwide/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-25226021110966227682017-05-12T01:42:37.202-05:002017-05-12T01:42:37.202-05:00All docs need to unite to fight mandatory MOC at t...All docs need to unite to fight mandatory MOC at the state and federal levels. Why is this so critical? Physicians and patients are under assault from all directions and on so many levels that the higher standards of care everyone has worked so hard to achieve are being sacrificed to fatten the corporate bottom line; the heart of medicine is being cut out by the big insurance companies and mega Melnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-4684385461931136912017-05-06T16:05:37.458-05:002017-05-06T16:05:37.458-05:00Don't worry, Anonymous. The cath lab radiation...Don't worry, Anonymous. The cath lab radiation only causes early cataracts. My dad got cataracts and was able to drive just fine as long as he turned his head to the side to see what was in front of him. hen we were able to talk him into cataract surgery and it was no big deal. He never went near a cath lab. Who knows how he got that, maybe some Army thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-24985810966772577612017-05-06T13:31:48.102-05:002017-05-06T13:31:48.102-05:00Wes, we have both been around long enough to know ...Wes, we have both been around long enough to know that "quality" in medicine is immeasurable in binary computer language and that any attempt at such is doomed to failure. Unfortunately, this failure will come at the cost of health care outcomes for individuals - you, me, our children and our children's children will pay for this folly. MIPS, MOC, MACRA be damned.<br />Alan Kogan, MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03162690696286908148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-60538589969877161352017-05-06T09:07:16.314-05:002017-05-06T09:07:16.314-05:00Oh - the reminders ( often slaps in the face ) ,, ... Oh - the reminders ( often slaps in the face ) ,, of what are life's important gifts .. Many --> we take for granted . Not deliberately ,, just need that reminder , that comment , that " event ". A Psyc Professor in school ( last century ) ,, took great pains to present Kindness ,,, as a foundation for Life -- given and accepted . <br /> Well , my tragic event Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-22868321771695130992017-05-05T18:25:42.611-05:002017-05-05T18:25:42.611-05:00Wes:
I feel the same way about the staff at my hos...Wes:<br />I feel the same way about the staff at my hospital. They are some of the best anywhere. <br /><br />I worry that the radiation exposure in the cath lab will soon cause more of us to be patients.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com