symtym
agree, ditto RT @yayayarndiva: IMHO neither AMA or SERMO speaks for all docs- I participate in Sermo- only an AMA member in med school
- 7/21, 12pm
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nice RT @scanman: ROFL - @GoComics [ http] - for @nikiblack @medblogaddict & @symtym
- 7/19, 1am
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@lsaldanamd a free markets do not work for utilities, public safety, communication companies (historically), may not (haven't) work(ed) 4 HC
- 7/16, 2pm
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@lsaldanamd don't u think Jouriles is making political hay; Sebelius was quoting AHRQ 2006 data; uninsured not equal to no emergency
- 7/16, 12pm
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Doctors Express hopes to franchise urgent care in U.S. - USATODAY.com [ http]
- 7/13, 6pm
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@ThatScottGuy 2 use the car scenario; will the insurer pay for what the customer calls or what the mechanic calls?
- 2/23, 9am
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@john_chilmark liquidity is the core/root/prime issues w/ PHR adoption and EHR ubiquity/utility
- 2/18, 1pm
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@2healthguru Ocarina? Macarena? or?
- 2/5, 11pm
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Gmail offline via Gears just showed up as an option, Gmail now downloading 2 months of email for offline viewing -- nice
- 1/29, 4pm
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@rlbates the memory aid, speech/short-lived (not-permanent) slander, lasting/long-lived (permanent) then libel ;)
- 1/28, 7pm
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@john_chilmark spot on in WSJ [ http] re "fire sale, " best way to consolidate a contracting market--buy the competition
- 1/28, 4pm
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@MedicalQuack yes, saw it in WSJ and on your blog; its a start at addressing the global problem/solution
- 1/27, 12am
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@CandaceCalvert yipee, DW was in a lock down at UCLA ER when they had a shoot out BITD
- 1/26, 5pm
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via GR: The Unforeseen Consequences of the Social Web: The social Web has given users great power: the ab.. [ http]
- 1/26, 12am
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via GR: iGoogle Theme Creator: One week ago, Google Blog announced an official tool for building themes f.. [ http]
- 1/21, 11pm
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via GR: The Greatest Healthcare IT Generation: In Washington, Healthcare Information Technology policy pl.. [ http]
- 1/19, 4pm
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via EN: Reorganizing Chronic Care Delivery:
The U.S. health care delivery system, historically .. [ http]
- 1/19, 12am
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via GR: LinkedIn Hero of the Day: Capt. C. B. “Sully” Sullenberger of USAirways: Everyone across America .. [ http]
- 1/16, 1am
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symtym
@PhilBaumann 26^140 = 1.2481556 x 10^198 a la Google Calc
- 1/15, 5pm
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symtym
@MedicalQuack “code” is more benign (same denotation w/o the baggage), esp. to the professional sensitive
- 1/14, 12pm
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@MedicalQuack choice is a perceptual event and requires some cognitive weighing of benefits/constraints; must distinguish substrate/process
- 1/14, 12pm
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via GN: Medical Debt Is a Growing Worry, for Those With Insurance and Without - washi...: For years a boo.. [ http]
- 1/13, 11am
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via GN: Computational Technology for Effective Health Care: Immediate Steps and Strat...: Computational T.. [ http]
- 1/12, 12pm
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via GN: State probes whether Kaiser call centers endanger patients - Sacramento News ...: Worried that Ka.. [ http]
- 1/11, 10am
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via GR: Cal Supremes Rule Balance Billing by Emergency Physicians Unconstitutional: All California EP’s n.. [ http]
- 1/11, 12am
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symtym
@docartemis podcast? sure, that's when you refer the patient from the ER to a podiatrist
- 1/10, 11am
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@MedicalQuack nice piece, just hope the "new $" doesn't fine its way to legacy bloatware
- 1/9, 1pm
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@movinmeat the villain is the insurers; 2 shames here...
- 1/9, 12pm
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symtym
too many meetings today and 1,029 tweets in the queue -- oh well, time to clear the queue...
- 1/8, 4pm
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symtym
@MedicalQuack about eClinicalWorks EMR? $45K/physician to implement, subsidized to 24K doubt continuance w/ NY budget; scalability w/o $?
- 1/6, 1pm
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@mdbraber but if it was looks then should have gone w/ the Air ;) everyone going to have their individual sweet spot 4 function/form factor
- 12/21, 2pm
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@MedicalQuack any product marriage w/ a product (IE) that still has zero-day exploitations this many years into a product's life cycle SUCKS
- 12/19, 1pm
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@MedicalQuack clinical trials specific use case, easier to solve; primary care is the general problem w/ many problems/constraints/solutions
- 12/19, 1pm
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@john_chilmark ...of patient-centric data/record keeping; because of size/complex we may need action prior to widespread realization/etc.
- 12/19, 12pm
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symtym
@gruntdoc as bad as No Cal is, LA is still (IMHO) the canary in the mine shaft
- 12/11, 1pm
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@gruntdoc the real big bad one now is geripsych, absolutely unplaceable; went fishing and found a ^WBC + atelectasis = PNA
- 12/11, 12pm
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@laikas @goldenskye yes aware of CAM, same observations regarding the words
- 12/11, 9am
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@healthmashr for the time being the greatest enemy of legitimate H20 adoption/application are the H20-pundits
- 12/8, 1pm
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@carlosrizo disagree very strongly, the web is replete w/ all manner of "sciences," and paradigm shift is a cliche needing euthanasia
- 12/8, 12pm
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@carlosrizo are you suggesting that much of medicine is anecdotal and empiric-based; you'll get a big Duh from me on that
- 12/8, 11am
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via GN: Health Information Technology: [Ann Emerg Med. 2008;52:595.]The American College of Emergen.. [ http]
- 12/7, 11pm
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via GN: Kaiser Permanente gets perfect four-star rating on HMO score card - Los Angel...: The state.. [ http]
- yesterday, 3pm
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symtym
I'd agree! RT @ravisohal: @symtym docs adopt technology that solves a pain point -- eg claims software gets revenue in the door quicker
- yesterday, 2pm
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@cerro J&J I agree; did you see Clear and Present Danger? great line by Harrison Ford to the President on how to handle a problem
- 11/20, 5pm
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via GN: Through website, patients creating own drug studies - The Boston Globe: A drug such as mino.. [ http]
- 11/19, 9pm
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@carlosrizo Li may be free in terms of direct costs, but what about indirect costs: level monitoring, complications, dialysis, etc.
- 11/19, 9pm
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@carlosrizo patients have no such ethical requirement, they may chose to adopt one; but you trivialize the ethical bind for the physician
- 11/19, 8pm
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@carlosrizo who's conducting the research? citation/link?
- 11/19, 8pm
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@carlosrizo that link came back "404 - Not Found"
- 11/19, 7pm
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via GN: Health Blog : New Hampshire Prevails on Law Guarding Prescription Privacy: The federal appe.. [ http]
- 11/19, 11am
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symtym
@carlosrizo it becomes advocacy for every pt is a clinical study
- 11/19, 10am
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symtym
@cascadia tipping point: number needed to treat/benefit v. number needed to treat/harm
- 11/17, 12pm
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symtym
via GN: Web 10.0: Kevin KellyI gave a talk yesterday at the Web 2.0 Summit. It's a short talk, .. [ http]
- 11/17, 2am
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symtym
@Geek2Nurse ECG mass is inferred from the signal strength, e.g., increased voltage V3-V6 may mean LV hypertrophy; vector/mass both
- 11/15, 7pm
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symtym
@bobcoffield thanks; yes read your article b4 post (AHLA member); waiting for the PDF to show up on their site, trying to stay paperless ;)
- 11/11, 11am
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via GR: FCC agrees to free white-space spectrum: America wins. Large broadcasting companies and mak.. [ http]
- 11/5, 9pm
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via GN: Business Braces for Cooler Climate - WSJ.com: The prospect of universal health care -- or i.. [ http]
- 11/5, 10am
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symtym
@laikas our founding fathers really didn't trust the common man, our system is weighted to the state (thus, the electoral vote)
- 11/5, 12am
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@scutmonkey where've you been Carville has looked like LL for year, did you Mary? not looking good
- 11/4, 4pm
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@ruraldoctoring great pic of a 4 y/o and 1 y/o sitting in a chair together mesmerized w/ After Dark's Aquarium screensaver, quiet seems hrs
- 11/4, 1pm
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symtym
@MedicalQuack I'll bet most of the PHRs are blocked by EHR firewalls (good/bad reasons)
- 10/31, 2pm
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@medpiano we will get more of a report when our vehicles are serviced then we do when our bodies are, wrong^10
- 10/31, 1pm
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@lesmorgan on the theme of cloud computing, I'm wondering when 1st health system will see the light an outsouce in toto to the cloud
- 10/31, 1pm
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via GR: Errors By Bloggers Kill Credibility & Traffic, Study Finds: Blogging is fast, informal .. [ http]
- 10/31, 1am
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symtym
good discussion on Medscape (walled garden) on what "satisfaction medicine" is doing to Emergency Medicine [ http]
- 10/30, 3pm
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symtym
@scanman LOTR much more than Hobbit; read all Tolkien's others as well
- 10/26, 2am
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symtym
@LizzPiano "I think people have to know in their hearts that they made the best decision w/info that was available" here, here!
- 10/25, 12pm
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symtym
@rlbates he's got his ducky...
- 10/24, 6pm
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symtym
yard work done, Border Collie bathed; how do you bathe a Border Collie?
- 10/24, 2pm
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symtym
RT @wordspy: carborexic n. A person who is obsessed with minimizing his or her use of carbon. www.wordspy.com/2574.asp
- 10/24, 12pm
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Cocoatech [(http]) had done PathFinder well: dual panes, tabs and cover flow!
- 10/24, 2am
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symtym
that's definitely a keeper for American's RT @movinmeat: "chuck a sickie"
- 10/24, 12am
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symtym
@laikas if it helps, she can contact me off of twitter, contact info [ http]
- 10/23, 2am
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symtym
@MedicalQuack personal pref, more a UI looks and acts like what you have in real life the better: graphical clues, tabs, lots of whitespace
- 10/22, 8pm
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via GR: The Facebook Breakup: This guy dumped Facebook for Twitter. I’m not sure it’s exactly a sub.. [ http]
- 10/22, 7am
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saw what? RT @MedicalQuack: @symtym Saw that one, it is true too
- 10/21, 8pm
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"Blogging at its best is free speech working in open spaces." [ http]
- 10/21, 7pm
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via GN: How Doctors Can Avoid Perilous Patient 'Hand Offs' [ http]
- 10/20, 4pm
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symtym
@jenmccabegorman another way to check and see if Hoyer should know is 2 look at the committees the bill has been sent 2 [ http]
- 10/16, 1pm
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symtym
@jenmccabegorman the reason Hoyer's staffers don't know the bill is because Hoyer is not a co-sponsor in the House [ http]
- 10/16, 1pm
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symtym
@MedicalQuack crawling? or chumming? ;) they'll discover Twitter in a couple of years...
- 10/15, 5pm
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symtym
@DrCris agree on Bento 1.0 limitations, I'm hoping 2.0 has substantial improvements
- 10/14, 5pm
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symtym
@ruraldoctoring different dbs, I have my patient db going back 18y with about 50K entries, personal accounts back 18y, etc. -- you asked ;)
- 10/14, 3pm
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symtym
@drval have you looked at or done a piece on [ http]
- 10/14, 12pm
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@medpiano @pixelrn the further irony an exp. RN2NP is much more ER savvy than a new PA, yet in my exp. not as well received
- 10/14, 11am
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via GR: The Fate of Radagast the Brown:: Shared by symtym very important, provides closure Here at .. [ http]
- 10/14, 12am
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@ruraldoctoring meth, and esp. meth mouth, I always think of this article [ http]
- 10/13, 8pm
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symtym
@GrantGriffiths there’s always this conceptualization that it is a right, privilege, entitlement, etc, how about a stewardship?
- 10/12, 2pm
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@GrantGriffiths insurance is usually already heavily discounted (esp. in CA where most insurance is some form of "capitation")
- 10/12, 2pm
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symtym
@ruraldoctoring when we first got him, my youngest was 10, he immediately became the most herdable family member, got knee capped good once
- 10/12, 1pm
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symtym
@ruraldoctoring @rlbates all dogs know that shadows are intimidated by clawing, biting, chewing and barking... perhaps canine anecdotes
- 10/12, 1pm
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symtym
@FamilyDoctorMag w/ FDA taking a stand it would help deal with the false expectations of parents/family/friends wanting cold med
- 10/9, 4pm
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via GReader: Google Health: Do a Google Search And Call Me in The Morning...: Leading health b.. [ http]
- 10/8, 2am
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Google Reader: More on DEVONthink 2.0: It’s been a while since my last update on the develop.. [ http]
- 10/6, 11pm
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symtym
@ruraldoctoring re Demerol, that was the whole point of the dialog earlier that @medpiano seems to have totally misunderstood
- 10/6, 8pm
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symtym
@medpiano if you checked the context of the discussion I was asked about Mobic's hapatotoxicity, I said I had no clinical experience w/ it
- 10/6, 8pm
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@ruraldoctoring had a patient sent in for "not right," on fentanyl, methadone, norco, ambien, keppra, neurontin, soma + 10 more meds
- 10/5, 5pm
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@ruraldoctoring @DrCris couldn't rip apart hardbacks, but paperback our fair game; esp. review materials found on eBay
- 10/5, 5pm
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symtym
@DrCris but once OCR'd then u have a text that is searchable w/ easy copy/paste into notes; you only do this with a good movie + headphones
- 10/5, 4pm
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symtym
suspect Fring is overloaded w/ launch
- 10/5, 4pm
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@NurseDan hugh temptation to blame death on the latest fad in HC not be addressed by the newest adherents; disease kills, humans die
- 9/30, 1pm
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@ruraldoctoring @changu can't be employed by hospital in California (corporate practice of medicine bar), there must always be a 3rd party
- 9/30, 12pm
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@DrCris you have to figure out what they want (w/i reason) and provide it (w/i reason)
- 9/29, 4pm
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symtym
recent case of pseudocyesis brought this memory back: [ http]
- 9/29, 3pm
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symtym
another sighting [ http]
- 9/27, 6pm
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symtym
@ruraldoctoring [ http] - ER just called, they have hemophiliac triplets that need admission...where is that damn night ...
- 9/27, 5pm
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@ruraldoctoring [ http] - gosh, it looks like a hemorrhoid...
- 9/27, 5pm
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symtym
@medpiano no what would actually make ER docs happy is Acetaprofen: APAP/Ibuprofen 500/400
- 9/26, 2pm
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symtym
@DrCris getting to the point that long ER waits are very fast compared to getting a primary care visit, let alone a primary care provider
- 9/24, 5pm
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symtym
@GrantGriffiths re Ahmadienjad, Tom Clancy wrote on how to take care of his ilk (Executive Orders, Ryan Doctrine)
- 9/23, 3pm
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symtym
so the experiment w/ Disqus is over
- 9/22, 2am
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symtym
@scanman thanks, hi 2 ur BIL; got to fool around w/ OmniGraffle to make the graphics
- 9/20, 7pm
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symtym
EtOH night in the ER; how much did you drink? "all of it" who's your doctor? "Jack Daniels"
- 9/20, 1am
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symtym
@MedicalQuack actually there is more of Laryngospasms here: [ http] they've been up on YouTube for quite sometime
- 9/19, 3pm
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symtym
@lostonroute66 thanks for the great demo of the NLM "solid med id beta;" Skype, once again flawless, and 1st use of Acrobat Connect -- good!
- 9/16, 2pm
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symtym
@medpiano you mean hypoNa?; propert tx? this is a complex one and thankful to punt out of the ED; being 90+ suspect she will not survive
- 9/13, 6pm
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@DrCris because of the demands for making a living, home, wife and two small children; I admire for your ability/balance
- 9/9, 4pm
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@DrCris some of our private surgeon will do anything to delay seeing a patient, including getting the worthless amylase
- 9/9, 2am
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Just signed up for my Dipity account.
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symtym
@DrCris careful of the sync'ing -- I had so many screw-ups with the sync'ing I gave up; its promising, so is Daylite -- but similar problems
- 9/3, 5pm
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symtym
@hypocaffeinemia I'm not doubting you, I'm very much an amateur, so everything is way too much, besides it was a birthday present a year ago
- 9/2, 4pm
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symtym
the correct URL is [ http] and now the tiny bit of humor directed @gruntdoc's tweet is completely lost
- 9/2, 10am
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