http://adoptic.com/ Promote your individual blog posts. en-us Among the commenters to last week's post, Sue rightfully said: "been dieting since I was 16. Just have to shut my @#$% mouth"... Diary of an Unlikely Housewife Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:55:24 +0000 http://unlikelyhousewife.blogspot.com/2008/12/moderation-what-concept.html http://unlikelyhousewife.blogspot.com/2008/12/moderation-what-concept.html When the patient is 65 & retired, you'll deal w Medicare & former employer. Decision to provide retiree benefits is a credit to employer. Advocate Yourself Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:13:10 +0000 http://advocateyourself.blogspot.com/2008/12/advocating-for-retiree-health-insurance.html http://advocateyourself.blogspot.com/2008/12/advocating-for-retiree-health-insurance.html Duke's Dr. Alison Toth's abandonment of me has left me unable to walk w/o knee brace. Makes it tough to care for my ill dad in a WC. Advocate Yourself Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:07:06 +0000 http://advocateyourself.blogspot.com/2008/12/when-physicians-abandon-patients.html http://advocateyourself.blogspot.com/2008/12/when-physicians-abandon-patients.html Medicare has new policy of preventing fraud in the area of durable medical equipment! CMS just realized a problem? I smell a bail out Advocate Yourself Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:19:15 +0000 http://advocateyourself.blogspot.com/2008/12/yippee-medicare-wants-to-stop-fraud.html http://advocateyourself.blogspot.com/2008/12/yippee-medicare-wants-to-stop-fraud.html I sent a letter to ACGME. There's a problem with accrediting grad med programs where the GMS are undermined & pushed aside by hospitalists. Advocate Yourself Wed, 31 Dec 2008 06:16:05 +0000 http://advocateyourself.blogspot.com/2008/12/hospitalists-interfere-with-graduate.html http://advocateyourself.blogspot.com/2008/12/hospitalists-interfere-with-graduate.html Make sure that all of your attending physician's orders are complied with by the hospitalist. Advocate Yourself Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:14:42 +0000 http://advocateyourself.blogspot.com/2008/12/stay-in-control-of-your-doctors.html http://advocateyourself.blogspot.com/2008/12/stay-in-control-of-your-doctors.html Dr Rosenfeld explained that all patients should demand that their own clinical & private physicians retain control over hospital care. Advocate Yourself Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:10:04 +0000 http://advocateyourself.blogspot.com/2008/12/shout-out-to-fncs-isadore-rosenfeld.html http://advocateyourself.blogspot.com/2008/12/shout-out-to-fncs-isadore-rosenfeld.html MedicineNet.com takes advocacy for hospitalist program model too far when they claim that hospitalists improve patient safety. Advocate Yourself Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:07:03 +0000 http://advocateyourself.blogspot.com/2008/12/medicinenetcom-is-not-honest-about.html http://advocateyourself.blogspot.com/2008/12/medicinenetcom-is-not-honest-about.html Purpose of hospitalists: provide hospitals w/ access to dedicated internists 24/7. But these hospitals have residents & fellows 24/7. Advocate Yourself Tue, 30 Dec 2008 02:01:16 +0000 http://advocateyourself.blogspot.com/2008/12/hospitalists-have-destroyed-teaching.html http://advocateyourself.blogspot.com/2008/12/hospitalists-have-destroyed-teaching.html Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education imposed requirements restricting resident duty hours. Hospitalists enter & take over. Advocate Yourself Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:55:38 +0000 http://advocateyourself.blogspot.com/2008/12/acgme-protects-medical-students-injures.html http://advocateyourself.blogspot.com/2008/12/acgme-protects-medical-students-injures.html