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Thee Patient vs. The Patient Syntax Scuffle Unfolds in Hilarious Grammar Dispute
We have often heard it. Tomato (tuh-MAY-toh), tomato (tuh-MAH-toh). Potato (Puh-TAY-toe), potato (puh-TAH-toe). But what about in the...
Dec 18, 20232 min read
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Dallas Hospital Extends Calcium Alginate Swab as Olive Branch
Here’s some great news straight from the heart of Texas as Leading Medical Center in Dallas is bringing more awareness to lab quality and...
Dec 8, 20232 min read
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Hospital Announces Dripping with Facts Award
Harold Mucothickiti, M.D., otolaryngologist at Septate Medical Center in Oconomowoc, WI, knows a good drip when he sees one. "I know...
Dec 1, 20231 min read
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A Pair of Docs Solve the Quick Question Paradox
Do you constantly have people contacting you to answer what they identify as a quick question? Many members of the Mirth Manual...
Sep 22, 20232 min read
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Oregon Hospital Launches New Role, Chief Weeds Officer
The Loyal Regional Hospital in Cannon Beach, Oregon will get into the weeds to help solve quality and efficiency issues. Marian Maize...
Aug 13, 20231 min read
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Physician Nap Time to Start at Florida Hospital
Some hospitals have quiet time for patients to improve patient sleep; it’s thought to be conducive to healing. Sleepy Lane Medical Center...
Jul 4, 20231 min read
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Are you on Team Disc or Team Disk?
Right now, at a hospital somewhere, a surgeon just performed a discectomy, and it’s important to know if, in the operative report, the...
May 25, 20231 min read
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Hospitals Want Doctors to Ride the Revenue Cycle
“The revenue cycle is electric. “ -Margaret G. Spokes According to Margaret G. Spokes, MBA, chief financial officer at Greater Lane...
Apr 30, 20231 min read
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New NET-EGD Procedure Should Get Doctors Talking
Most hospital leaders say, “We want doctors to communicate with each other!” Hershel T. Drum, M.D., chief executive officer at Western...
Apr 18, 20231 min read
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Hospital Wants Doctors, Nurses with Happy Stomachs
When a radiologist at Antrum Medical Center exclaimed, “How would you react if this was your stomach?!” The hospital president replied,...
Mar 27, 20231 min read
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Chief Medical Officer Wants Docs to Sign with a Sine Wave
Wellington Bowl, M.D., Chief Medical Officer at Winning Big Hospital in Boston, MA., has a great way to figure if clinical progress notes...
Mar 13, 20232 min read
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Doctor Can't Take Board Exam, Got Wrong Coffee.
When getting the wrong coffee order affected a doctor’s board exam experience, the situation was brought to the Mirth Manual...
Feb 6, 20231 min read
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Hospital Encourages Frivolous Chit Chat
Mainstay Hospital in Bismarck, ND is working out ways to get physicians to learn more about each other. Despite the communication...
Nov 29, 20222 min read
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Hospital Explores Asymptotes to Improve Metrics
Alisha Pickens, M.B.A., Ph.D. chief financial officer at Mitchell Lipton Hospital in Reno, NV created a new quality-based philosophy...
Nov 29, 20222 min read
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Doctor Refuses to Round Unless Pushed in Stroller
After reading our blog about Brainey, genius kid, many of our readers asked if we knew of other gifted children. And indeed, we do! Tank...
Nov 22, 20222 min read
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Nephrologist Creates Water Hydration Patch
The Mirth Manual investigative team has discovered quite a lead. Dr. Melvin Hydromente, nephrologist at Homeostasis Hospital in Las...
Nov 8, 20222 min read
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Plastic Surgeon Creates Hot Seat Flip
Dr. Jasper Reed, M.D., plastic surgeon at Renewed Youth Institute in Hollywood, FL has created a device that allows a person to opt out...
Oct 18, 20221 min read
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Your Surgeon Could Taxi to the Operating Room
At High Flight Hospital in Kitty Hawk, NC, surgeons taxi their way down surgical runways to make operating room processes run...
Jul 30, 20222 min read
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Doctor Wants to Wrench Around and Help
Jeffrey Trapp, MD, vascular surgeon at Jetting Hospital in New Orleans, LA, hopes to put a wrench around the problems in healthcare. Dr....
Jul 28, 20222 min read
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Psychiatrist Makes Writing Read Right
Horacio Escriben, MD, psychiatrist at Everything’s Healthy Hospital in Phoenix, AZ, has discovered the code behind doctors’ handwriting....
Jun 7, 20222 min read
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