Someone in a small hospital in Missouri needs to lose their job. Straight up, you violated HIPPA you need to disclose yourself to the administrator and suffer disciplinary action. Why? Simple you violated the patient's right to privacy and allowed information about a patient to be reported without his consent. The video of …
Month: March 2019
Have we cured HIV?
Well in London this week we have seen 2 cases where a patient has “cleared” HIV. When we talk about clearing a disease we mean that there is no trace of the virus detectable even when the patient is off the medications that suppress the virus. No trace of the virus detectable even when the …
Stop calling it burn out…
I agree it is more of a moral injury: Moral injury refers to an injury to an individual's moral conscience resulting from an act of perceived moral transgression which produces profound emotional shame. The concept of moral injury emphasizes the psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual aspects of trauma. I stumbled across this video from Dr. Z who does a video podcast that …
Porn, huh?
Let’s talk about public health crises, shall we? So, about a year ago Utah’s governor declared Porn as a public health crisis. Why is this a crisis? There are a dozen things that more effect on health than viewing porn and does that negatively impact health? Well, I guess if you whack it or rub …