MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'dr peter'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:43:53 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4952847&cid=t_268542_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Ftension-between-physician-autonomy-and-adherence-to-protocols%2F2011.06.20 Doctors are professionals.  But are doctors cowboys or pit crews?  Recently, physician writer, Dr. Atul Gawande, spoke about the challenges for the next generation of doctors in his commencement speech titled, Cowboys and Pit Crews, at Harvard Medical School.  Gawande notes that advancement of knowledge in American medicine has resulted in an amazing ability to provide care that was impossible a century ago.  Yet, something else also occurred in the process. “[Medicine’s complexity] has exceeded our individual capabilities as doctors… The core structure of medicine—how health care is organized and practiced—emerged in an era when doctors could hold all the key information patients needed in their heads and manage everything required themselves. One needed only an ethic of har... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4952847 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:00:00 +0100 4952847 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4953045&cid=t_268542_113_f&fid=34634&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FEmrAndHipaa%2F%7E3%2FKaZsqQHRAoU%2F This is the second in a series of EMR and EHR interviews that will be done on EMR and HIPAA and EMR and EHR. The full EMR interview with Dr. Muir can be found on the new EHR and EMR interviews website. The following is a summary of that interview written by Kathy Bongiovi. If you’re a doctor, nurse, practice manager, EHR consultant, CEO or executive of an EHR vendor, etc with EMR experience that’s interested in being interviewed, let us know on our Contact Us page. Dr. Peter Muir of Springfield Center for Family Medicine was interviewed recently concerning his acquisition of the maximum Medicare Incentive for showing Meaningful Use of a Certified EHR. The Ohio based primary care practice has been using NextGen Ambulatory since 2003 and NextGen Management since 2006. Dr. Muir st... EMR and HIPAA blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4953045 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 21:43:07 +0100 4953045 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4225254&cid=t_268542_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fdoctors-right-to-freedom-of-speech%2F2010.12.02 Imagine having a medical device that is being tested in multiple centers, but one doctor thinks the device has problems. He says so at a national conference despite glowing reviews by others. Should the company sue the doctor for liable and remove him from their investigative panel? Today, it seems that might not be such a good idea. This is, in fact, what NMT Medical did regarding comments made by Peter Wilmshurst, M.D. regarding NMT’s patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure device called Starflex: NMT sued Dr. Wilmshurst for libel after he criticized its research at a US cardiology conference in 2007. The doctor vowed to take the case to trial in order to defend scientists’ rights to free academic debate. The company threatened Dr. Wilmshurst with libel a second time for subsequen... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4225254 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:00:00 +0100 4225254 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4121863&cid=t_268542_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2F5Bk_Nu7cXp4%2F Life in the Fast Lane review a new Australian based emergency medicine video podcast on examining the finer points of acute medical emergency management - ResusTV. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4121863 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 01:00:18 +0100 4121863 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4105671&cid=t_268542_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fshould-mom-share-her-bed-with-baby%2F2010.10.24 I’ve watched the pendulum swing back and forth on the wisdom of mom sharing her bed with a baby. The American Pediatric Society has come out against the practice, because of a higher incidence of sudden infant death. But nearly half of all British moms sleep with their baby at times, and one-fifth share a bed regularly during the first year. According to a British study published in [the October 2010 issue of] Pediatrics, the value of breastfeeding should be considered before advising mothers not to share  beds with their infants. The results showed that mothers who shared a bed with their newborns were better educated and of a higher socioeconomic status, and that those whose children routinely slept in their beds during the first 15 months of life reported a significantly gre... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4105671 Sun, 24 Oct 2010 19:00:00 +0100 4105671 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4077246&cid=t_268542_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fdo-you-have-low-t%2F2010.10.17 If you google “low testosterone” you’ll see lots of ads for testosterone replacement. Some are from pharmaceutical companies that sell testosterone, others from obvious snake-oil salesmen. Both types of ads list vague sets of symptoms, encourage you to believe that they are pathologic, and want to sell you something to make you better. For example, the pharmaceutical company Solvay gives you a handy guide for speaking to your doctor, and a quiz to see if you have “low T.” The quiz asks some questions that may be useful, but also asks very general questions about your sense of well being. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at Science-Based Medicine* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4077246 Sun, 17 Oct 2010 21:00:01 +0100 4077246 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4065365&cid=t_268542_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Findustry-influence-is-an-infection-international-criticism-of-pfizer-funded-journalism-workshops%2F2010.10.13 Next week, the National Press Foundation offers an “all-expenses-paid, educational program on cancer issues” for journalists, with all expenses paid by Pfizer. I’ve written several times about my criticism of this approach. The National Press Foundation has offered to let me speak at next week’s event or at a subsequent all-expenses-paid program for journalists on Alzheimer’s disease also underwritten by Pfizer. I’m unable to attend either event because of prior commitments, but suggested to NPF that they ask Merrill Goozner to speak instead. He’s right in Washington, has written and lectured about conflicts of interest in healthcare, and was available. Goozner told me he has not been contacted. So, since I can’t attend and since critical voi... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4065365 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 20:00:15 +0100 4065365 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4040569&cid=t_268542_88_f&fid=38129&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2Flifeinthefastlane%2FWZHV%2F%7E3%2F-1AhpKdt5m0%2F Book Review on Clinical Neurology a primer, written by neurologist Dr Peter Gates. (Source: Life in the Fast Lane) Life in the Fast Lane blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4040569 Thu, 07 Oct 2010 04:56:05 +0100 4040569 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3764135&cid=t_268542_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fthe-medical-misinformation-of-the-huffington-post%2F2010.07.18 This article shows a misunderstanding of journalistic ethics, medical ethics, and medical science. It’s a disaster. And it’s no surprise that it’s in the Huffington Post. While this is a medicine story, my question relates to why an organization with a lot of great front-page news so frequently posts medical articles that are wrong and, sometimes, downright dangerous. Read the article first, then read Dr. Lipson’s analysis. Disclosure: I am an occasional contributor to Science Based Medicine but, like all contributors there, receive no compensation. *This blog post was originally published at Terra Sigillata* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3764135 Sun, 18 Jul 2010 23:00:57 +0100 3764135 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1477859&cid=t_268542_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Ffuture-of-general-practice-lord-darzi.html Dr Peter Smith OBE is prosperingA email arrives from a GP in Kingston (upon Thames, that is). She is worried about Dr Peter “did you hear I got an OBE” Smith. We first met him awhile ago when we were discussing his role as President of the National Association of Primary Care. In “The Akond of Swat and the NAPC” a shamefaced Doctor Crippen had to admit that not only did he not know what the NAPC did, he had not even heard of them. It was a relief to find that they were “shaping the future of primary care”. Really, it says so on their logo, so they must be.Dr Peter Smith OBE (third from left)Dr Crippen has always admired entrepreneurs and was delighted to hear that a leader of British GPs like Peter Smith, as well as being a GP in Kingston, as well as being President of the NAPC... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1477859 Thu, 29 May 2008 15:32:00 +0100 1477859 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=765738&cid=t_268542_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F07%2F30%2Fny-diabetes-database-raises-privacy-concerns%2F Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Research, SupportThe New York City diabetes database, created to track the growth of (type 2) diabetes amongst the city's residents, has raised the ire of some who claim it violates their right to privacy. A reporter for the Staten Island Advance quotes resident Melissa: "Every time I go to have my blood sugar checked, my test results are being wired to the (city) Health Department. The idea of your privacy being taken away from you goes across all bounds." Melissa also says she doesn't think the city has justification to track patient records for something like diabetes, which is not contagious like, for example, tuberculosis.My first instinct on reading this: cry me a river, Melissa. Residents should be aware their blood sugar levels are being sent to the hea... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=765738 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0100 765738