Gene Genie is a new blog carnival on genes and gene-related diseases. Their plan is to cover the whole genome before 2082 (it means 14-15 genes every two weeks). The first issues is hosted at ScienceRoll.com. There is a link to a cool YouTube video by medical students which also explains a thing or two about […]

I have written before that it is probably better to show your name and email on your blog rather than blogging under the cloud of anonymity. First, it gives more credibility when your readers know who you are, and second, smart people can find who you are anyway. How? One way is checking the domain registration. For […]

Check out Grand Rounds (GR), the weekly summary of the best posts in the medical blogosphere. Grand Rounds has become the contemporary weekly portrait of medicine through the eyes of the medical bloggers. Pre-Rounds is an article series about the hosts of Grand Rounds on Medscape.com. Nick Genes of Blogborygmi, who writes the Medscape column, is the […]

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The latest edition of Change of Shift: A Nursing Blog Carnival is up. The carnival is “a place for nurses and other members of the health care team, including students and patients to send their nurse related stories and ideas.” Image source: Emergiblog Published by Clinical CasesContinue reading: "Change of Shift" Blog Carnival - Nursing Grand Rounds

Grand Rounds: Volume 1, Issue 24 Published by Clinical CasesContinue reading: Pediatric Grand Rounds

Are medical records still in dark ages? Medical Informatics Insider writes that hospitals are still in the dark ages when it comes to record keeping in paper format. This does not apply to all hospitals though. Martin C. Harris, who is a CIO (chief informatics officer) at the Cleveland Clinic, admitted that when the hurricanes hit […]

CNN, Greenfield: When Fate steps into the political arena. “Do you want to hear God laugh? Make a plan. We fret over the most minute details of our lives, stressing over critical decisions (plasma or LCD for that HDTV? Italian or Asian for that weekend dinner?) while Fate’s kindest or cruelest blows are utterly beyond our vision […]

What is an “educational portfolio”? Let me explain. I am an academic hospitalist at the Cleveland Clinic. The goal of our section is to be the best academic hospitalist group in country. “Academic” means that we devote a significant amount of our time to research and teaching. This time has to be accounted for and for […]

A patient is unhappy with the hospitalists “Although I can understand the practical advantages of the “hospitalist” movement, as a patient, I’m not at all fond of it.”, writes Moof and explains why she fired his PCP who transferred her care to a hospitalist during a recent admission. DB’s Medical Rants and Notes from Dr. RW […]

Every blogger hits a “writing block” every now and then. Most good bloggers overcome it and just go on, stronger and better than ever. Some other good bloggers get stuck in the “writing block” and their web sites join the virtual cemetery of dead blogs respectfully maintained by GruntDoc. Below are a few links which should […]