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 'groopman'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:31:20 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5181802&cid=t_325781_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fmisdiagnosis-happens-all-the-time-tips-to-avoid-it%2F2011.09.01 Billionaire Teddy Forstmann has apparently been diagnosed with a serious form of brain cancer.  There’s a tragic twist to the story: according to Fox Business News, Forstmann believes that for more than a year, he had been misdiagnosed with meningitis. ABC News wonders: How could such a misfortune befall a billionaire —- a man able to afford the best doctors, best technology and the most sophisticated diagnostic tests? They’re missing the point.  Misdiagnosis happens with shocking regularity – as much as (more…) *This blog post was originally published at BestDoctors.com: See First Blog* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5181802 Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:00:03 +0100 5181802 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4893605&cid=t_325781_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNeilVerselsHealthcareItBlog%2F%7E3%2F0g_GyIRAV-M%2F In just the last few hours, I’ve seen a huge wave of pushback and doubt about Watson, the IBM supercomputer, being used for clinical decision support. Yesterday, I covered a “healthcare leadership exchange” at IBM’s new Healthcare Innovation Lab in downtown Chicago. I posted some of my observations on the EMR and HIPAA blog, and made the case for diagnostic decision support. I also wrote a story for InformationWeek, but that hasn’t run. Instead of posting my story, InformationWeek healthcare editor Paul Cerrato wrote a column about Watson already being “beaten in the medical diagnostics race” by Isabel Healthcare, a diagnostic decision support tool that’s been available for years. I have to admit, he’s right. I first interviewed Isabel ... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4893605 Sat, 04 Jun 2011 00:37:50 +0100 4893605 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4065368&cid=t_325781_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fpatients-as-partners%2F2010.10.13 The famous late 19th and early 20th century physician, Sir William Osler, said that “a physician who treats himself has a fool for a patient.” How would he have felt about patients diagnosing and treating themselves? Would he have written in support of the Journal of Participatory Medicine or against it? I also wonder how he would have practiced medicine in the “information age” when many of our patients present with a diagnosis already made, right or wrong. I recognize that bringing Dr. Osler into a discussion set in the information age is, perhaps, anachronistic. Yet I believe he still has something to teach the 21st century on the topic of patient participation. When he advised that “the first duty of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine,” ... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4065368 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:00:24 +0100 4065368 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3699495&cid=t_325781_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fhow-doctors-think-vs-how-patients-think%2F2010.06.25 If you want to see the difference between how doctors and patients think, read Jerome Groopman’s “How Doctors Think” and Thomas Goetz’s “The Decision Tree.” The contrast is striking. “How Doctors Think,” while offering a comprehensive review of the cognitive missteps made by physicians, is terminally physician-centric in its analysis of the relationship we share with patients. ”The Decision Tree,” while offering a novel blueprint for self-reliance in health, seems almost sheepish in its recognition that physicians are even really that important. The muted physician cameos of “The Decision Tree” stand in stark contrast to Groopman’s Harvard-trained masters of the universe. (more…) *This blog post was originall... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3699495 Sat, 26 Jun 2010 00:21:16 +0100 3699495 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212310&cid=t_325781_87_f&fid=36438&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FCato-at-liberty%2F%7E3%2FTtjt1Gia9H0%2F By Michael F. CannonIn The New York Review of Books, oncologist and author Jerome Groopman delivers a stunning rebuke to those in the Obama administration (read: OMB director Peter Orszag) who think the federal government can improve health care quality by telling doctors how to practice medicine: in the Senate health care bill…Doctors and hospitals that follow “best practices,” as defined by government-approved standards, are to receive more money and favorable public assessments. Those who deviate from federal standards would suffer financial loss and would be designated as providers of poor care… Over the past decade, federal “choice architects”—i.e., doctors and other experts acting for the government and making use of research on comparative effec... Cato-at-liberty blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212310 Tue, 26 Jan 2010 21:23:41 +0100 3212310 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=628948&cid=t_325781_117_f&fid=34612&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoctorweighsin.com%2Fjournal%2F2007%2F5%2F20%2Fhow-doctors-think.html Conclusions from first impression, or “gestalt”, are supposed to be the mark of good training. Indeed, many radiologists rely heavily on gestalt, rapidly distinguishing normal from abnormal, drawing conclusions within seconds of viewing an image.To compound the problem, another human foible enters into the equation: the seduction of search satisfaction. If a patient is referred with the typical findings of fever, cough and yellow sputum, the radiologist’s attention is quite humanly focused on the lungs in his search for the expected pneumonia. Once the radiologist determines that the image indeed confirms the clinical findings—the temptation is to declare victory and move on.The results.These are not just theoretical concerns. In an interesting, and quite alarming, ... The Doctor Weighs In blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=628948 Mon, 21 May 2007 06:15:08 +0100 628948 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=571632&cid=t_325781_99_f&fid=35344&url=http%3A%2F%2Fzackarysholemberger.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fme-and-jerome-g.html Me and Jerome G.Making your doctor better.Jerome Groopman: "Because we doctors see so many people, thinking in the moment, we have to use shortcuts. If lay people become educated about how we think, with a few appropriate and directed questions, they could help us think better. They should ask, “Could this be anything else?” or “I’m worried this is something serious.” That is the genuine partnership."See my Q&A in this week's Forward with the author of How Doctors Think. (Source: Zackary Sholem Berger) Zackary Sholem Berger blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=571632 Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:09:00 +0100 571632 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=537456&cid=t_325781_99_f&fid=35344&url=http%3A%2F%2Fzackarysholemberger.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fthinking-about-thinking-about-medicine.html Thinking about thinking about medicineRx: Think better.I recently had the opportunity to interview Jerome Groopman for the Forward on the occasion of his new book, How Doctors Think. I hope the Q&A will appear soon. Meanwhile, enjoy this discussion in Slate which is rather less polite and chummy than ours was. Perhaps I should have said to Dr. Groopman what I was thinking, which is: Research on the patient-doctor interview has been accumulating for the past twenty-five years; why are mainstream MDs discovering it only now? (It's also interesting that the Slate discussion does not touch on doctor-patient communication at all. Groopman: doctors need to be trained better! Sanghavi: systems need to be more effective! But, guys, getting the patient to tell the doctor what the problem is? This i... Zackary Sholem Berger blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=537456 Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:47:00 +0100 537456 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=470412&cid=t_325781_117_f&fid=34775&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.webmd.com%2Fhealthy-children%2F2007%2F01%2Fmedical-mistakes-second-guessing.html "Dr. Parker," the Neonatal Intensive Care nurse pressed urgently. "Baby Y is going sour. Her oxygen levels are falling fast. You've got to figure what is going wrong STAT and fix it! Quick, I think she's dying."And I'm thinking to myself as she is talking, "Who is Baby Y? I've never heard of her... OHMYGOD. I've totally forgotten about Baby Y! I've completely been neglecting her care and now she is going down the tubes! I have no idea who she is! I have no idea what to do! I've completely screwed up!"I then awaken with a racing pulse, hyperventilating, and relieved beyond measure that it is only a dream. Welcome to Dr. P's recurring nightmare, which plagued me throughout my pediatrics residency training (and for many years thereafter).****************************************Like most docs,... Healthy Children blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=470412 Wed, 31 Jan 2007 05:00:00 +0100 470412