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 'healthcare humor'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:58:40 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4203158&cid=t_378307_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fpsychotherapy-and-humor%2F2010.11.26 Awhile back I put up a YouTube audio that I thought was funny. A commenter didn’t like it and felt it promoted stigma. So I took a vote, and while most people were fine with it, a number did not like it, and I took the post down. We received this note, and I thought it was substantial enough to be its own guest post (with permission, of course). —————— Hi. I am a practicing psychiatrist based in New York City. I find your blog interesting, informative, and, at times, funny. Now, can you guess which entry I’d like to comment on? Mel Brooks once said (paraphrased) that if you slip on a banana peel and land on your butt, it’s comedy. If I fall down a flight of stairs, it’s tragedy. I’ve had a long-term interest in humor, and a... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4203158 Fri, 26 Nov 2010 16:00:00 +0100 4203158 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3280062&cid=t_378307_114_f&fid=34963&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsymtym.net%2F2010%2F02%2Fus-healthcare%2F hattip Movin’ Meat (Source: symtym) symtym blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3280062 Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:00:23 +0100 3280062 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3149060&cid=t_378307_88_f&fid=38961&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsymtym.net%2F2010%2F01%2Ffederal-dysacronymosis%2F In 556 pages (PDF), what are the chances that HIPAA will be spelled HIPPA only in the acronym list on page 6 (dysacronymosis)? DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 42 CFR Parts 412, 413, 422, and 495 CMS-0033-P RIN 0938-AP78 Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Electronic Health Record Incentive Program AGENCY: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), HHS. ACTION: Proposed rule. … Acronyms HIPPA    Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (Source: quanta vie) quanta vie blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3149060 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:53:23 +0100 3149060 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3100803&cid=t_378307_88_f&fid=38961&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsymtym.net%2F2009%2F12%2Facronymophilia%2F acronymophilia the love for acronyms deference for any organization, law, concept, etc. that can be reduced to an acronym inability to spell or pronounce the actual name inability to recall the words comprising the acornym t–shirt stenciler, words just won’t do microblogger and… dysacronymosis misspelling an acronym gets no meaning, e.g., HIPPA instead of HIPAA paracronymosis misspeling an acronym gets another meaning, e.g., CPOE and COPE metacronymosis compounding acronyms, e.g., WWHA—what will HIPAA allow… WWHA seems to be ubiquitous in the health information industry—get over it! It’s only an impediment to getting the work done, not the work itself—just another form of constraint that needs to be coded for and behaviors modified. ... quanta vie blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3100803 Fri, 18 Dec 2009 03:13:53 +0100 3100803