[Satire] Hospital Quality Measures: Value Based Purchasing 2.0 (The Funny Version).

trendsfitness.blogspot.com - For years, hospital quality measures have been tracked by private and government insurance programs to try and ...

[Satire] The Joint Commission Cracking Down on Wrong Twin Surgery.

trendsfitness.blogspot.com - Oakbrook Terrace, IL - The Joint Commission (TJC) announced new hospital safety mandates yesterday after 27 mo...

[Satire] Ebola Like Physician Signature Forces Hospital Into Quarantine

trendsfitness.blogspot.com - Sacramento, CA -- Just days after New York and New Jersey announced strict new quarantine procedures for healt...

[Satire] Troopers Nab Drug-Seeker Trying to Fill Script for '1 Pound of Mofine'.

trendsfitness.blogspot.com - Dallas, TX - Texas State Troopers arrested 47-year-old Harold Stanker on Tuesday after Walmart pharmacists rep...

[Satire] Man with Frequent CHF Readmissions Found To Be Half Sponge.

trendsfitness.blogspot.com - Birmingham, AL -- With seventeen readmissions for congestive heart failure in the last year, 58 year-old Kevin...

[Satire] New Granny Dumping Law Excites Doctors and Nurses.

trendsfitness.blogspot.com - Minneapolis, MN - Hospitalists and ER doctors clapped loudly Monday after Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton signed...

[Satire] Pacemaker Interrogation Cartoon Humor (Picture).

trendsfitness.blogspot.com - Medical humor and lingo can sometimes be a bit confusing to folks outside the medical field. Take for example u...

PCA MORPHINE DOSAGE PROTOCOL FOR SEVERE PAIN MANAGEMENT IN THE HOSPITAL. 65549

PCA morphine is a common method used to achieve pain control in the hospital setting. PCA stands for patient controlled analgesia. This ther...

Ebola Halloween Hazmat Costumes Sell Out: CDC Found Hoarding Them. #96971

Atlanta, GA -- Hours after Mark Zuckerberg donated $25 million dollars to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to fight Ebo...

Ebola Virus Humor Memes and Stories. #95937

I know it's hard to imagine that something as awful as Ebola virus could be funny. Well, it's true. The Happy Hospitalist has create...

New and Established Patient E/M Definitions (CMS vs. CPT®)

I get lot of requests from readers of The Happy Hospitalist asking how to know if a patient is a new or established patient. Identifying the...