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Another reason for no socialized medicine by Dr. Country Doctor .. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Past entries have dealt with our practices recent struggles in getting paid by Medicare. I've learned that many practices in our neck of the woods are having similar issues ... Read on »

Assimilation by Dr. Country Doctor .. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine In multiple blog entries I've done my best to poke fun and point out the inflated juggernaut that is medical administration. Today, however, I found myself slowly becoming ... Read on »

Asthma Planned Visits by Dr. Country Doctor .. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine So I've been trying my hand at some asthma planned visits this summer in order to be a better medical home for my patients in managing their chronic disease, as well as, to he ... Read on »

At Home Remedies by Dr. Country Doctor .. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine There is a long tradition in rural medicine of the home remedy as patients often would be left to care for themselves without a doctor anywhere near by. Often these treatme ... Read on »

Baby Story by Dr. Country Doctor .. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Mom's love to share the tale of how they came to have their baby. Even if I was the one doing the delivery it's almost guaranteed at the first well child visit mom will re- ... Read on »

Back Home by Dr. Country Doctor .. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine So I have a deep dark secret to admit. I didn't grow up in a rural town or farm country. I didn't grow up in the shadows of urban blight either. I'm a product of the 'bur ... Read on »

Back in the OR Again by Dr. Country Doctor .. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine While I'm far from being a true surgeon, I do like to go into the OR. There's something formal and ritualistic about scrubbing, gowning, and gloving that feels like it connec ... Read on »

Back to Medicine by Dr. Country Doctor .. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Having had an extended weekend out of the office and in Spokane, I had somewhat of a rude welcome as I returned to my little corner of Washington State. It started ... Read on »

Barriers to Care by Dr. Country Doctor .. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine When people are reluctant to go along with their doctor's recommendation there is usually a good reason why. The trick is figuring out the why. An electrician in his 50s ... Read on »

Battling the Dragon by Dr. Country Doctor .. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Back in January I blogged on how our small rural practice was going to be moving toward a voice recognition software program called Dragon Naturally Speaks to dictate chart ... Read on »

Battling the Dragon, part 3 by Dr. Country Doctor .. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Prior blog entries have chronicled my angst over switching to voice recognition software for dictation, called Dragon Naturally Speaking. The issue was that our soon to be ... Read on »

Bed Rest by Dr. Country Doctor .. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I have the call duty this weekend and we had two laboring patients during the night. Knowing that it would be a late night, let myelf catch a few "Z's" on the couch at home ... Read on »

Being the Bad Guy by Dr. Country Doctor .. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Sometimes the role of the family doctor is to play the bad guy. Sometimes I really don't mind this such is the case with drug seeking patients or people that believe they are ... Read on »

Being the Boss by Dr. Country Doctor .. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine There's a lot to being a boss that isn't a whole lot of fun--paying bills, disciplining staff, and repeatedly telling them "no" when they want the practice to purchase somethi ... Read on »

Blogging Seminar by Dr. Country Doctor .. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Just got back from the blogging seminar I wrote of earlier. For all of those other bloggers who read this I took three pearls from the lead writer/founder of horsesass.org a ... Read on »

Breaking Bad News to Santa by Dr. Country Doctor .. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine In prior posts I've mentioned a patient with an uncanny resemblance to Santa Claus. From his grey beard, pot belly, big work boots, and red suspenders to his jolly dispositio ... Read on »

Budget Cuts by Dr. Country Doctor .. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Proton pumps inhibitors such as Prilosec, Nexium, Aciphex, and Protonix have become so commonly used in medicine to say they are given out like candy would be to over state th ... Read on »

Building Woes by Dr. Country Doctor .. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine When the original owner of our practice built the building in which we currently still practice, he likely never imagined that it would be around one hundred years later. D ... Read on »

Bureaucracy by Dr. Country Doctor .. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine Like many family physician and pediatric offices around the country we have started to use the new oral vacccine against rotavirus (though with some trepidation). Typically ... Read on »

Burn Out by Dr. Country Doctor .. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in General Medicine I was having a bad week last week. Children in foster care due family dysfunction and drug use filled my schedule while other patients were being diagnosed with terminal pr ... Read on »

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