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Electronic medical record reminders influence treatment decisions: Are they always right?

By Angelica | Oct 25, 2020 | Comments Off on Electronic medical record reminders influence treatment decisions: Are they always right?

As a physician transitioning from hand-written patient charts to electronic medical records, I have observed the blooming of pop-up alerts prior to my completing each patient visit. These alerts remind me what I should do for my patients: age and gender appropriate screening tests and procedures, vaccinations, pain management suggestions, and prescription renewal reminders, to…

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Dividend Stock Watch List: Lanny’s November 2020 Edition

By Angelica | Oct 25, 2020 | Comments Off on Dividend Stock Watch List: Lanny’s November 2020 Edition

As investors, there are always opportunities out there.  The stock market has continued the volatile road upwards, with the presidential debates in full swing, talks of the stimulus package all over the place and we are in peak earnings season!  Let’s buckle up and read Lanny’s Dividend Stock Watch List – November 2020 Edition. Dividend…

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The patient who reminded this student to care for everyone equally

By Angelica | Oct 25, 2020 | Comments Off on The patient who reminded this student to care for everyone equally

During the third week of my internal medicine rotation, I was assigned to a patient who would be brought to our floor following an operation. I saw him briefly as they wheeled him into his room but could hear his screams of pain all through our morning rounds. When I walked into the room, he…

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A Framework for the Future: Reforming the UK Tax System

By Angelica | Oct 24, 2020 | Comments Off on A Framework for the Future: Reforming the UK Tax System

Note: Below is a brief excerpt from our new publication with the Centre for Policy Studies, A Framework for the Future: Reforming the UK Tax System, which is a comprehensive study of Britain’s tax system that identifies key areas for improvement in UK tax policy and provides recommendations that would support long-term growth without negatively impacting government revenues. To…

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3 coronavirus facts Americans must know before returning to work and school [PODCAST]

By Angelica | Oct 24, 2020 | Comments Off on 3 coronavirus facts Americans must know before returning to work and school [PODCAST]

“We can’t un-bungle our nation’s COVID-19 response. Political leaders acted too slowly; health agencies committed unforced errors with testing kits and, amid the confusion, an information fog settled over the land. Americans remain afraid, perplexed, and chronically misinformed (despite wall-to-wall coronavirus coverage across the leading cable news programs and print publications). To counter the uncertainty,…

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The safety of patients is dependent on our commitment to a just and change-oriented mindset

By Angelica | Oct 24, 2020 | Comments Off on The safety of patients is dependent on our commitment to a just and change-oriented mindset

Over the last seven months, the state of medicine, as we have known it in the United States, has been found out.  Disjointed, disheartened, and failing.  For every ounce of energy we have put into patient safety, quality improvement, and preventing medical errors over the past 20 years, we have simultaneously drained the soul from…

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How doctors are losing money every time a patient pays a bill

By Angelica | Oct 24, 2020 | Comments Off on How doctors are losing money every time a patient pays a bill

A practicing anesthesiologist for the past 14 years, when COVID hit, and the ORs came to an abrupt halt, I needed to occupy my mind. An opportunity to learn about the business behind running a practice came to me via a good friend who is co-founder of an award-winning Fintech on a mission to make…

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Unconscious bias in the operating room

By Angelica | Oct 24, 2020 | Comments Off on Unconscious bias in the operating room

Our obstetric anesthesia team sat down to debrief after a particularly harrowing case. We had just replaced our patient’s blood volume twice over after she went into labor with a placenta previa accompanied by a placenta accreta. The operating room had been the usual controlled chaotic scene of multiple teams intensely focused on their responsibilities.…

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Executive presence for women leaders

By Angelica | Oct 24, 2020 | Comments Off on Executive presence for women leaders

Research conducted by the Center for Talent Innovation (CTI), a nonprofit research organization in New York, defines the three pillars of executive presence (EP) as gravitas, communication, and image. Stated differently, EP reflects how you act, how you speak, and how you look. CTI concluded that when people are perceived as capable of becoming leaders,…

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I will be a doctor because I was once a patient

By Angelica | Oct 24, 2020 | Comments Off on I will be a doctor because I was once a patient

I found out I was pregnant the night before a chemistry exam. I had taken a break from stoichiometry to take a very different kind of test, one I bought from the nearest Walmart to avoid any indiscretion on the family Amazon account. After the second pink line appeared, clear as day, I got up…

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