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Show 17: Bullys In Your Back Yard 1, Take 2! Stopping It Today!! - Mar 26,2010email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Bullying is on the rise and putting all our kids at risk, on and off line. Tune in to this week's show to learn the ins and outs of this important issues. This is part one of a series on bullying...how to prevent it, stop it and help our kids! DrGwenn | Bullying | Cyberbullying | Social Media | Networked Families (Source: A Dose of Dr. Gwenn | Blog Talk Radio Feed)
Source: A Dose of Dr. Gwenn | Blog Talk Radio Feed - March 19, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Authors: Dr. Gwenn Tags: Parents Source Type: podcasts

When You KNOW You've Been PLAYED FOR A FOOL By The North Carolina Attorney General For Nearly 7 Yearsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
There are days when things all come together, and you figure out that you've been PLAYED FOR A FOOL by people and institutions that are charged with the public good . . . with protecting you and upholding the law. Today was such a day. One of the things that made the light come on is something that I cannot blog about. I want to blog about it. I want to expose JCAHO & NCDHHS oversight for abject FRAUD that it is. For when it comes to real oversight - and who to give credence to - these two organizations are MASTERS OF THE ABSURD. But this time I'm merely an observer . . . on the periphery . . . it's not my business ....
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 19, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

Time Management: Do You To Do?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
You know that feeling one gets, especially at the end of a workweek, when you look back and you can’t figure out what you actually got accomplished? You know what I’m talking about… it is the feeling we get when we look at all those “to do’s” we wrote down on our list, yet at the end of the day we’ve only crossed off maybe a couple. You ask yourself, I was at the office every day of the week… why didn’t I accomplish my list of 5 to do’s? I often think back and mutter, It wasn’t as if I was just sitting here doing nothing, so why does it feel I didn’t get ...
Source: Pediatric Inc - March 19, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Authors: Brandon Tags: Lessons Note to Self Time Management Source Type: blogs

A Dose of Dr. Gwenn Show 17 Preview: Bullies In Your Back Yard 1email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Show 17: Bullies In Your Back Yard 1 Bullies are a huge problem for our kids today, on and offline. This week we start a multiweek conversation to try and figure out the problem, learn how to help our kids, and find ways to work with our schools and community groups to stop the bullies and help the victims. Join me this week as we figure out what the problem is and uncover the mysteries behind on of the biggest issues facing all our kids today: cyberbullying. Joining me will be Parry Aftab, Executive Director of www.wiredsafety.org and one of the leading authorities on cybersafety issues and cyber law. Show Time: Noon ET S...
Source: Dr. Gwenn Is In - March 18, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Authors: Dr. Gwenn Tags: A Dose of Dr. Gwenn Bullying Source Type: blogs

On Oprah Winfrey And Nomvuyo Mzamane And A Defamation Lawsuit In Phillyemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
I'm sitting here tonight watching Michael Moore's head spin and his partisan, "progressive" bile spew on CNN's "Situation Room", and I cannot believe how angry I am that this abject moronic blow-hard can command any time at all on the airwaves.This nation has given itself over to the cult of celebrity, and IDIOTS are leading our way. The Founding Fathers are rolling in their graves.Michael Moore is NOT a healthcare expert. He's a Hollywood film-maker. Of bad/boring films.Once upon a time, I used to watch Oprah Winfrey. In her younger days, she pushed limits and challenged authority/the status quo. These days . . . well . ....
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 18, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

Bullys In Your Back Yard 1: Stopping It Today! - Mar 19,2010email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Bullying is on the rise and putting all our kids at risk, on and off line. Tune in to this week's show to learn the ins and outs of this important issues. This is part one of a series on bullying...how to prevent it, stop it and help our kids!DrGwenn | bullying | Social Media | Networked Families | cyberbullying (Source: A Dose of Dr. Gwenn | Blog Talk Radio Feed)
Source: A Dose of Dr. Gwenn | Blog Talk Radio Feed - March 17, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Authors: Dr. Gwenn Tags: Parents Source Type: podcasts

For Everyone Who Is Irish Todayemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The first time I saw Ireland, homeland of some of the ancestors, I was on a ferry coming in from England. It was a foggy day.Suddenly, the fog parted and there it was. Forty shades of the most incredible, deep, complex green you've ever seen. I picked up a rock from a stream once I got there, and even the rock was layered with ancient green.In honor of St. Paddy's day, I present for Housecalls readers my favorite Irish song, Bonny Portmore. It's about an Irish tree . . . not Scottish Highlanders. (Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls)
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 17, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

Could We Please Get On To The Part Where Ruffin Squeals Like A Pig?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The Raleigh N&O continues to follow the sleaze . . . about a decade too late . . . with two bam-bam articles on former NC Governor Sleazely aide, Ruffin Poole, who is now trying to legally manuever his way out of fifty-some felony charges.Not feeling the love. Said my peace in the comments of both stories.I'm thinking the Feds learned their lesson with Jim Black, and have good reason not to handle Mr. Poole with kid gloves.Was typing so fast this morning, I mis-spelled "squeal";) (Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls)
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 17, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

Babies in Flightemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
It's a fact of life--people of all ages, including infants, commonly fly on planes these days. But what happens when babies cry incessantly or older kids kick the seat in front of them? Join the discussion on CNN.com:http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/03/16/babies.crying.planes/index.html (Source: Dr. Shu Says)
Source: Dr. Shu Says - March 17, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

Is Hay Fever Bugging You?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
If you're like 20% of the population, you suffer from runny/stuffy nose, itchy eyes and throat, and lots of sneezing during certain times of the year when allergens in the air run high. Check out my video on CNN.com for tips on recognizing and treating hay fever (also known as seasonal allergies). (Source: Dr. Shu Says)
Source: Dr. Shu Says - March 17, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

Bullys In Your Back Yard: Stopping It Today! - Mar 18,2010email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Bullying is on the rise and putting all our kids at risk, on and off line. Tune in to this week's show to learn how to prevent it, stop it and help your kids...this is one of our kids' biggest health risks and we all have to learn how to keep it away from our kids and out of our communities and schools - for good!DrGwenn | bullying | Social Media | Networked Families | cyberbullying (Source: A Dose of Dr. Gwenn | Blog Talk Radio Feed)
Source: A Dose of Dr. Gwenn | Blog Talk Radio Feed - March 16, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Authors: Dr. Gwenn Tags: Parents Source Type: podcasts

"SLAPPed" In A Good Wayemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Last week's Housecall's post on Anti-SLAPP lawsuits (the one that preceded Candidate-for-Guilford-County-Commissioner Sam Spagnola's uber-lame attempt at intimidation) was featured on the latest edition of the medical blogosphere's "Grand Rounds".My thanks to Dr. Kim. And welcome new readers. (Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls)
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 16, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

Rielle Hunter & Johnny Reid: The Kooky Skank Speaksemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
This John Edwards love-child story is the gift that just keeps on giving. It's the best entertainment we less-than-progressives have had since "the blue dress". Rielle Hunter, in the midst of suing to get her sex tape back (with no visible way of paying the lawyers), has given an interview to GQ magazine.Not 60 Minutes. Not 20/20. Gentlemen's Quarterly. I guess they'll wanna be nominated for a Pulitzer now.Rielle met "Johnny Reid" on a New York City street corner. Who'da thunk it?The Raleigh N&O is all over the story. A number of comments had been posted by the time I got to it, but they're all gone now (Afternoon Upda...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 15, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

I Am A Blogging Doctor, Hear Me ROAR (Under My Own Name)!!!email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Kevin MD features a most excellent guest post this morning written by Martin Young . . . whose opinion is that doctors should not hesitate to blog under their own names.It's always been my own theory . . . despite being in the rather unique position of having to take a certain "Stench-who-shall-remain-nameless" to Court for cyber-stalking.Given my "1-2-3" with "that Smell" (not to mention the bit about being a medical whistle-blower who, at one point, because of the legal bullies, was too terrified to say "BOO!" to a goose in public), I certainly understand why some folks prefer to try and maintain a buffer . . . even if a...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 14, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

Andrew Young SLAPPs Back Tooemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
If you, as an individual (as opposed to being one of many insulated under the layers of a corporation), have never been sued, you can never understand just how traumatizing it can be.When lawyers say, "It's not personal", they are full of BS.It's not just a lie, it's a damned lie.It's about a personal as it gets. Especially when the people suing you are calling you a liar.It's part of the reason I've been so fascinated by the case of the Edwardian sex tape. I cannot help but see it as a Machiavellian attempt to obfuscate the facts and obstruct justice and intimidate people who have already been manipulated and used and vic...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 13, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

Corey Haim: People Are Strangeemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Corey Haim, who may have succumbed to the fate of so many child stars, delivered one of the best lines ever in a "horror" movie, in the 1987 film, "The Lost Boys"."You're a vampire, Michael! My own brother, a damned-blood-sucking vampire! You wait till Mom finds out, Buddy!"Classic stuff. Smile and a heavy sigh. (Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls)
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 13, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

"The (North Carolina) White Male History Society"email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
I've got a lot of experience e-mailing North Carolina lawmakers, to get no answer. I might be white. But not rich like an Edwards, not well-named like a Cone, and (by defaut) not a member of the good-old-boys club (or a "dumpling" to oogle), I've always been a second-class citizen and SOL.It's clear now that Mike Sleazely/the cronies-doing-the-oversight could not be bothered with actual oversight and dumped everything into file 13. And for that, they will shortly answer. I am so looking forward to our sorry-excuse for a former Governor being indicted and going to the jail that he/Roy Cooper did not send non-profiteers, Bob...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 13, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

Help…My Preschooler Won’t Poop in The Potty!email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Q) Dear Dr. Gwenn, My 4 ½ year old son is still in pull-ups because he will not poop on the potty. Peeing has been no problem. We’ve tried ignoring, bribing, punishing, letting him sit in it, putting him in underwear and hoping for the best. Nothing is working! Any suggestions? Thanks, LC A) Dear LC: This is a tough situation and I know how frustrating it is when potty training goes on for so long, especially on the 11th hour of kindergarten. Please know you are very much not alone – there are many parents of preschoolers in the same situation. This is not at all unusual. When a potty training situation reaches th...
Source: Dr. Gwenn Is In - March 12, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Authors: Dr. Gwenn Tags: Featured Infants and Toddlers Parenting potty training Source Type: blogs

Andrew & Cheri Young's Bold & Beautiful Character Rehab (Subtitled: FREE THE VIDEO! FREE THE VIDEO!)email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Yes, I've been following the latest travails of our anti-hero, Andrew Young (see the comments on the story) as he & the Mrs. fend off the Edwardian lawyers trying to imprison and execute all copies of that pesky sex tape (well, except for the one that the Feds will use when Senator Lover-boy is indicted) - the one that Reille stupidly left behind in a rental house.It's better than any soap-opera . . . with Edwards now playing the role of a Stephan Dimera or James Stenbeck (Elizabeth reminds me of Stephanie Forester or Helena Cassadine) . . . while the hapless Youngs are minor ex-baddies-in-love suffering through charac...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 11, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

Randolph: Get 'Em While They're Youngemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
There's a photo (credited to Paul Church) prominently featured on the Courier Tribune's website. Underneath is the following caption:Nothing to worry about ... Registered Nurse Carolyn Koser explains x-rays to students from Lindley Park Elementary School Wednesday at the annual Teddy Bear Fair at Randolph Hospital. This week, more than 1,500 second-graders from 21 schools will visit the hospital for the fair, designed to help reduce children’s fears of visiting a hospital and having routine medical procedures performed.The thing is that this is NOT really about "decreasing children's fears of visiting a hospital". It's a...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 11, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

Pain And Sufferingemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The medical blogosphere's Grand Rounds is being hosted at David William's Health Business blog.Last week's Housecalls' post on the aftermath of suicide was featured. (Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls)
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 9, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

Dr. Mary SLAPPS Back These Days, (Candidate) Sam (Spagnola)email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
There was an e-mail in my Inbox this morning that I would like to share with Housecalls readers. Opening it was truly a, "You've GOT to be fricking kidding me," moment. And getting that e-mail was a delicious irony in the wake of Monday's post on Anti-SLAPP legislation, "critics" and "douche-bags". (Spoiler alert: In this particular instance, I am "the critic". The candidate-for-public-office who sent it is, in my OPINION, something else.) The e-mail was from candidate-for-Guilford-County-Commissioner (District 3), (as opposed to radio DJ) and the Greensboro blogosphere's resident lawyer, Sam Spagnola. AND I HAVE NEWS ...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 9, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

Gowalla is a No-Go for me and for Good Reasons!email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The cute logo that never truly fit the concept should have been my tip off to not hit “down load now”…Gowalla. That intriguing application that allows you to “check in” where you are for all the world to note and see you hop from place to place (hence the kangaroo-like logo, I’m assuming). Gowalla is like a GPS device that tracks your every move if y0u so desire, and does so loudly. This is an all, or nothing, announcement. Trevor puts it best when he wrote: “This would be a great app, but it has one fatal flaw that makes it completely unusable: there are absolutely zero privacy c...
Source: Dr. Gwenn Is In - March 9, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Authors: Dr. Gwenn Tags: Social Networking Source Type: blogs

Anti-SLAPP Suit Legislation Is In The Works: Slapping "Hosebags" And "Rich Douche Bags" (Like The Ones Running Randolph Hospital) Backemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
I've de-linked Overlawyered on the Housecalls sidebar (where it was for years - until I got tired of having my comments over there deleted or heavily edited), but I still read it on occasion.Walter Olson reports that Federal Anti-SLAPP legislation is in the works (HR 4364).Pertinent links are here and here.I ABSOLUTELY LOVED the description of a SLAPP suit offered up by Marc Randazza of the Citizen Media Law Project:A SLAPP suit is a "Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation." In other words, it is a lawsuit that some hosebag files against a critic -- not because he hopes to win anything, but because the mere filing ...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 8, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

Lessons Learned As a Result of Running a Businessemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
This 6yr anniversary prompted me to think about what I had learned as a result of running our medical practice. As I look back, there have been many reaffirmations, triumphs, challenges, successes, trials, less than excellent outcomes (…what do people call them? Oh yeah, failures), and mistakes, just to name a few. In essence, lessons. So I wanted to share with you these six lessons and see what your thoughts were. I’d also like to hear some of your successes and less than perfect outcomes. Nothing like learning from the experience of others. Here they are: 1. Give the benefit of the doubt. - This is one of m...
Source: Pediatric Inc - March 7, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Authors: Brandon Tags: Lessons Source Type: blogs

"Ultimate-GOB-Bubba-No-Gurlz-Allowed-Pole-Cat-Club"email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Saturday afternoon on-call power-naps are nice. Hopped back online when I woke up to check on a thread at the N&O (on Greg Taylor's request for a pardon), and was rewarded with the BEST description of what I've been fighting FOR YEARS:All these NC attorneys are in cahoots with one another. The NC State Bar is the ultimate GOB-Bubba-no-gurlz-allowed-pole-cat club. (Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls)
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 6, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

Randolph Hospital: A "Cold Case" Of Public Corruptionemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
In researching another post, I came across this page, sponsored by the National Center for Victims of Crime, stating that North Carolina is one of seven states that has no statute of limitations on ANY felony.It only confirms what I have pointed out on a number of occasions on this blog, PERJURY has no statute of limitations in this state. Repeatedly lying under Oath in their own bogus SLAPP suit was about the dumbest thing Bob Morrison and Steven Eblin could have ever done.Yesterday, the Courier Tribune reported that the Asheboro Police Department has a "cold case" unit that is currently focused on unsolved murders. It's ...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 6, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

The Complete Guide To The Bibleemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Inspired by a friend taking online classes from Liberty University, one of my goals this year is to read the Holy Bible (KJV) cover to cover, from Genesis to Revelation. Aside from Sunday School as a kid, I've done it once already as an adult (a long time ago . . . and that time it was honestly more of skim). This time, I want to do it right.I want to be Bernice Clifton when I grow up.While in the grocery story this week, I walked by a display which featured a number of religious books, including one entitled, "The Complete Guide to the Bible" by Stephen Miller. I bought it on a lark.And I am AMAZED at how good a read it i...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 6, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

Proven Innocent, Part II: Show Greg The Moneyemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
From the N&O:  Greg Taylor has asked the governor for a pardon that would clear the way for him to collect compensation for 17 years of wrongful imprisonment.I say, GO FOR IT!!!   And really, what possible reason would our dear Governor "Dumpling" have to NOT pardon him?   Meanwhile, the SBI lab that seriously screwed up is under review.   I've recently done blog-battle somewhere else with folks who don't think "due process" (or, apparently, ANY kind of accountability) are an important or valid concepts in American life & juris prudence (I may blog about that e...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 5, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

A Bad News Day For MD'semail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
I can barely stand to read the news lately.  The headlines are nauseating.  From CNN alone today, we have the Philandering ER Doctor killing his wife with cyanide-laced calcium supplements, AND the Alabama Pediatrician (accused of rape) pleading guilty to having child porn on his cell phone.  I wonder how many of the ER doc's colleagues knew he was a hound?  And the CNN article says the Ped had a "checkered" past in TN prior to crossing state lines to open a practice.But hey, all's hunky-dory with medical oversight.Meanwhile, good doctors are being drive...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 5, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

Quote of the Week: can’t we all play nice?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
My family has a tradition to give each a cute or whimsical calendar as one of our Christmas presents.  The the goal is fun and laughter…to brighten each other’s day as we get through another year. This year, my family found the “Getting In Touch With Your Inner Bitch” calendar and it is hysterical at times and thought provoking at others. To kick off a new feature that I”m starting this week, Quote of The Week, I want to share a quote from a recent day of “Getting In Touch With Your Inner Bitch” that I found so spot on that I put it on my bulletin board: “Inner Bitch Food f...
Source: Dr. Gwenn Is In - March 5, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Authors: Dr. Gwenn Tags: Musings Of A Working Mom mom-ness quotes Source Type: blogs

To Go Or Not To Go?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
My 30th Asheboro High School Reunion is coming up.  Old classmates are beginning to plan.I'm staying on the e-mail list, but I'm not sure I'll be making an appearance.  Haven't been since the 10th.  And I'm not feeling too "zippy" about the old hometown these days - even though I still live there.How sad is that?  (Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls)
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 5, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

BCBSNC: Not The Smartest PR Moveemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
In these very hard economic times, after raising premiums on a lot of folks who cannot afford it, "non-profit" Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC gave "modest" raises to its chief executive officers.These guys may be business geniuses, but they are people stupid.Just like the guys running Randolph in Asheboro. (Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls)
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 5, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

The Aftermath Of Suicide: Choose Another Dayemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
The only time in my life that I have actually been tempted to employ extreme physical violence was when I sat at my cousin Bill's memorial service and listened to a Baptist minister all but say our beautiful boy was going to Hell.From the post I dedicated to Billbo a few years back:Everything you believe - or think you believe - is turned upside down and inside out. And it's something one never completely gets over. The best you can negotiate with a memory like that is an uneasy peace. Bill doesn't hurt anymore. And the Savior I believe in rescues every sick/lost lamb . . . You could say that Bill saved my own life. No mat...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 4, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

The President Talking Out Of His . . .email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Kevin is upset. During the President's recent physical, (the one where his doctors publicly admonished him to drink in moderation . . . hummmmmmm), he had a virtual colonoscopy.It's not as acurate. It's not covered by Medicare. It sets a poor example (never mind that I, for one, am relieved power did get transferred to Joe Biden). I could not resist:Well, since he’s sending out the wrong message with the other end (using submissive white coats as props), it sounds par for the course that he’s doing the same thing with his colon. (Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls)
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 4, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

No Exaggerationemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
There was an interesting post at Carolina Online last week, penned by North Carolina's own Darth Vader, excuse me, John Hood, (hat-tip to Joe).While I'm not on the "Republicans will save the day in N.C." bandwagon (if Randolph County's utterly inbred & useless Harold Brubaker is any example), in terms of my own situation and the legal action I hope to file later in the year (you ALWAYS have to sue these idiots to get them to fix what's broken . . . they cannot EVER do something because it's the right thing), one snippet caught my eye:(I)t is virtually guaranteed that Easley will himself be indicted. The results, both p...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 4, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

Obama And White Coats: Doctors Are Just Propsemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
I have a white coat. It's quite a nice white coat actually. Full-length . . . 100% cotton . . . with those nifty knotted cotton buttons . . . and my name & specialty embroidered in multi-colored thread over my heart.The heart that got broken in public service.But white coats scare the kids. I have not worn one since residency. So it stays in the closet at the house.Obama uses doctors in white coats as props. I think he buses in the indentured servants from Bethesda or something. It comes off as uber-contrived and manipulative to me.And it's enough to make you sick. (Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls)
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 4, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

Mr. Christensen, Mr. Robinson, The National Enquirer Actually Deserves That Pulitzeremail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
When it comes to John Edwards, the North Carolina mainstream press is still in mourning.First, on Sunday, the N&O's Rob Christensen posted what amounted to a pathetic journalistic whine (I registered the "I ain't buying it" in the thread there). Now we have the N&R's John Robinson (I'm banned at the Editor's Blog . . . it's a badge of honor I proudly wear) rationalizing waiting to be spoon-fed the press releases.The contortions they're going through to justify their uselessness (or should I say lack of relevance?) is priceless. Absolutely priceless.These main-stream "reporters", who fancy themselves among North Car...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 4, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

Practice Management: What Are Your Resources?email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
A while back, a practice manager that had seen the amednews.com article we were featured in contacted me. She wanted me to provide some further insight in to practice management and EMR systems, what are things to look for, what worked and didn’t for us among other things. She shared with me that her practice was on the verge of selecting an EMR and wanted to get my take on what to look for since, of course, I am such a big expert in this field (that was sarcasm by the way). Anyway, we got to talking and she mentioned that she was new to pediatrics,  so she wanted to find resources related to pediatric practice manage...
Source: Pediatric Inc - March 4, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Authors: Brandon Tags: Practice Management Source Type: blogs

Governor Perdue Cracking Down On Medicaid Fraud & Abuse: Way Too Little, Way Too Lateemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Governor Bev Perdue is all over Medicaid fraud & abuse. And Roy Cooper is going to prosecute offenders.Hey, Bev, hey Roy, I know Bob Morrison is a close personal friend of your Commerce Secretary, but do you think you could expand your way-too-little-way-too-late reform measure to prosecute "non-profit" hospital executives who defraud federal programs, and torment medical whistle-blowers (Medicaid providers) that threaten their market share, and repeatedly lie under Oath in Court to get out on the cheap after perpetuating a cover-up?Just askin. (Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls)
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 3, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

"Child's Play At JFK": Charming, Yet Also Scaryemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
As I've blogged before, my brother flies for American.On the other hand, I have to be heavily-sedated or drunk to fly. It's an irrational fear I fully embrace.And/so, while I will admit the Pediatrician in me found the "child's play at JFK" cute and charming, the once-in-a-very-great-while-air-passenger who has to consume a thermos full of half-Bailey's Irish Cream/half-coffee to stay calmly in her seat for talk-off found it very scary.I hope they don't crucify the controllers involved. The kid actually did a good job;) (Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls)
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 3, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

Google This Greensboroemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
I've not hopped on the "Bring Google to Greensboro" train. I learned the very hardest way that when something is too good to be true in these parts, it almost always is.I said it at Mike's and I might as well say it here:If I were Google, the flagship of information exchange, and were looking at what passes for "citizen journalism" in Greensboro, North Carolina, I'd do the "Run Forest, Run!!!" bit in the other direction. I mean, Google "Dam Scam" (or even Randleman Lake). Google Dr. Mary Johnson.And I don't even want to think about what's out there on David Wray/the GPD, or the Klan-Nazi shootout ("massacres" are always ey...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 3, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

Reconciling "Old" Obama With The Newemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Do we have the will to move an American agenda forward . . . not a Democratic or Republican agenda forward?Sometimes old video is really priceless.Maybe I've had too much tea, but it seems fairly obvious that Obama and his merry band of Chicago thugs are really close to not being able to deliver or effectively govern. He's just throwing out the red meat. (Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls)
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 3, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

Kelping Kids with “Text-iquette”email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Do your kids text? My 12 year old has a friend who loves to text but doesn’t get that it exists on a phone that 1. has an off switch 2. belongs to a person who may be busy when the text comes in an unable to return the text right away. So, there has been some lags in returning texts with this friend and some texts have been missed. Inevitably, about once a day, almost like clock work, my daughter will receive a text from this friend “are you mad at me, you’re not returning my texts?” This gal, P, is incredibly sweet and relatively new to the town. Her family is originally from another country but ha...
Source: Dr. Gwenn Is In - March 3, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Authors: Dr. Gwenn Tags: Networked Families Tweens and Teens technology Source Type: blogs

Fort Hood Update: Nidal Hasan's Defense Attorney Has Started A Blogemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Last month, we reiterated my admittedly very hard feelings about the joke that passes for oversight in the National Health Service Corps.After twelve years of BS and the jurisdictional dodge, I'm just not feeling any love.I've also blogged on the abominable way the United States Navy has treated Lt Commander (and Surgeon who could be serving in Iraq) Eric Gluck . . . as they shielded a Navy Surgeon General from accountability for his actions . . . specifically lying about his credentials even as he made judgments about the lives and careers of others (amazingly, all the links to these stories in my post appear to be broken...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 3, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

Randleman Lake: The Good Of The Many Outweighs The Good Of The Oneemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Boaters lined up at Randleman Lake as it "opened" for limited recreational activities.Meanwhile Mike Baron continues to languish . . . the water conservation manager run over by Greensboro City officials whose argument was the end always justifies the means.To quote a well-known local Blogger, " . . . barring something like toxic water or graft, people are just not going to care that slimy stuff happened fifteen years ago to get the reservoir built."And that, boys & girls, is CLASSIC citizen journalism in Piedmont, North Carolina.Mike is supposed to "get over it" and "move on". After all, there are large-mouth bass to ...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 3, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

Housecalls: Best Of February 2010email this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
February 2010 was not nearly as prolific as January. But here are the posts I think deserve a second look:A Surgical Intern With The Steel (Subtitled: "Mary's Got A Gun")Keith Olberman: "Life Panels" And An American Cry For HelpPedophile Pediatricians: You Ask How Monsters Can Operate In the Light?Randolph Hospital's CEO Bob Morrison: To The Best Of His Knowledge, Public Record Is Not Public Record (Subtitled: Why Does This Idiot Still Have A Job?)Keep The Faith, Mike (Subtitled: The Other Randolph County Whistleblower Story Our Local Journalists Seem Determined To Ignore)Cyberstalking Case Update: "(Dear Mr. Yates) . . ."...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 2, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs

Branching Outemail this articleEmail this article to a colleague. save this article to My ClippingsSave this article to My Clippings. discuss this articleDiscuss or comment on this article.
Given that our local progressive & enlightened cyber-journalists have never been much help (I think five years is more than enough time to get your head out of the sand) . . . and being cyberstalked has given me a whole new perspective on the true character and empty rhetoric of some of the people I was pleading my case to . . . I've begun to branch out. This week's Grand Rounds is being hosted by Dr. Anonymous.I submitted my "Olbe" post and it is one of the posts featured. (Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls)
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - March 2, 2010 Category: Pediatricians Source Type: blogs