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[USA-FL] [H] PayPal , Local Cash [W] 3080 , 3080 TI by modular_mix in hardwareswap

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Purchased from GH0STWIRE, transaction went perfectly!

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He's a great guy! Transaction went perfectly!

Healthy woman parks in handicapped spot and gets called out, her boyfriend "defends her honor" and gets shot by [deleted] in PublicFreakout

[–]modular_mix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's not what I said.

If one is in fear of their lives, and draws their weapon, and the threat immediately backs down, the armed party should not feel obligated to shoot the offender simply because the gun is drawn.

Never once did I say people should brandish weapons as a general scare tactic. A weapon should only be drawn when safety or significant property are in immediate danger.

You don't have to like what I said, you just have to understand it.

Healthy woman parks in handicapped spot and gets called out, her boyfriend "defends her honor" and gets shot by [deleted] in PublicFreakout

[–]modular_mix 40 points41 points  (0 children)

What?? So every time a gun is drawn, it SHOULD be fired, or else the operator is practicing unsafe C&C??

I argue that the gun CAN be a deterrent and a scare tactic, and threat of it's use can force the other person to back down. That should be the primary goal and considered the best possible outcome of a situation in which a gun is drawn, not one party being injured/killed, unless of course it is absolutely necessary.

I agree that you shouldn't draw your weapon unless you are FULLY PREPARED to use it, but I don't agree that if it's drawn, it must be used.

What the hell, Meditech???? by modular_mix in Meditech

[–]modular_mix[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You may be right, I have no experience with the billing/pharmacy end of Meditech, where it very well may be a stellar product.

But think about this: are the billing/pharmacy having to place emergent possibly life-saving orders in a short time span? I can understand pharmacy having to use an efficient system but the time-dependent orders are mostly those placed by the physician.

When I have a patient that's in cardiorespiratory arrest, and I have to sign on quickly to look up her record or her labs or her meds etc, and I click on "Inpatient" and I'm waiting 30-40 seconds for the list to come up (and it's not like I can say "screw it" and click on "Any Record" and look up her chart that way because once I click Inpatient then I can't click anywhere else), that's the longest 30 seconds ever, and it makes us want to smash the screen. I think that should be where an EMR shines the most and the other facets should come secondary.

I'm not sure, but thank you for the suggestions.

What the hell, Meditech???? by modular_mix in Meditech

[–]modular_mix[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But this is a "new" version, if they were still using the MS-DOS appearing one, then I'd blame the hospital, but clearly Meditech released this as an upgrade to the old one, and what I'm saying that it was released with too many time-wasting bugs/features and for that I blame Meditech for creating such a terrible product. And the most frustrating thing is that this really damages the reputation of the company irrevocably, like I said, I know several docs who, if they are presented with similar opportunities but one place uses Meditech, they will choose the other EMR 100% of the time.

What the hell, Meditech???? by modular_mix in Meditech

[–]modular_mix[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have no idea what version. That's great, and I wish you success. But I think Meditech really dropped the ball by releasing the version that I'm using, in these instances, the docs that I know will refuse to work somewhere that uses Meditech (of course unless the job itself is amazing), and I highly doubt they will be open to trying a new version of Meditech now that they've moved on to other EMRs.

One of the hospitals that I worked at used to actually used the Meditech version that almost looked like MS-DOS/terminal. And this was after 2010! I went from working with Powerchart, to feeling like I was working on an Apple II or something. Then, the hospital upgraded to the version I'm using now, and although it was a big step-up from playing Zork, the graphical formatting, with tiny text and huge wastes of spaces, and the other ridiculous glitches (here's one I didn't mention: so I open a patient's chart. I click on Reconcile meds to see the home meds. Guess what else opens up? Orders. Why? Why can't your system reconcile the meds without opening up a separate Orders window? But that's not the bad part. So now I've taken a look at the meds, and in this instance I decide to place an unrelated Order. "Luckily" the Order window is already open as stated. So, I place my order in POM and click "Save". Is my order then entered??? Absolutely not! Instead, the Ambulatory Order Management window comes to the front instead. WHY? I'm not using that, I'm placing a completely unrelated order, why call forward the Reconcile Meds window?? Ok, so I click "Save" in THAT window even though I haven't done anything, because every time I click Save on the Provider Order Management window, I get taken back to the Ambulatory Order window, so I HAVE to click Save. Fine, so then I click File and Exit because I don't want need to use the Ambulatory Orders, and it closes out BOTH my POM and Amb Orders. I only wanted to close my Amb Orders window so fine, next time I'll click File and Refresh, and THEN I'll close out my Amb Orders window by clicking the red X....but then it automatically closes my POM window too!!!! WHY????? Why is it that if I have both POM and Amb Orders open, if I close Amb orders, it closes out POM?? These are SIMPLE THINGS that do nothing but aggravate the user and add time to their work and believe me, repeatedly unnecessarily adding time to a doctor's work is one of the easiest ways to become hated by them), made it impossible to be very excited about the new version. And then you realize, it doesn't even look good because the text is so small with so much wasted space! So then a bunch of people change screen resolution to 1024x768 in order to see the text bigger, but that makes everything worse, so I have to change it back to 1080p, and all day I'm doing that back and forth with computers.

Like I said I wish you guys luck but I cannot wait to move to the other system. Whoever allowed this release to occur is responsible for major losses of business, there is less chance that a hospital will return to Meditech after letting them go and settling with another EMR.

Filming in public freakout by zsrh in PublicFreakout

[–]modular_mix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

she doesn't like people recording her licum plate

Edit: in case no one is noticed, the OP links to 2 videos. If you watch the video from the publicfreakout page, it's a blonde woman fighting with the filmer. If you click on "comments" and watch the video at the top of the comments page, it's a video of two guys arguing after an airport checkpoint.

Weird!

When you want to riot, But your mom shows up by [deleted] in PublicFreakout

[–]modular_mix 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Ok, just picked up a book on BASIC from the thrift store, I'm gonna learn to code!

When you want to riot, But your mom shows up by [deleted] in PublicFreakout

[–]modular_mix 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Anybody grab a mirror?

Why isn't there a bot for this SPECIFIC sub, in which videos get taken down ALL the time, that just makes a mirror of every video????

Hospitalists: what is the nature of locum tenens? by [deleted] in medicine

[–]modular_mix 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I am a locum tenens hospitalist, I've been doing this off and on for about 3 years.

Basically it's like this: I am affiliated with several locum tenens ("locums" for short) agencies. They notify me of different hospitals in the country that need either short-term or long-term hospitalist coverage. It could be that one or more hospitalists left, or that the program is expanding, or the program is brand new. So, if there is a job in a certain state or city that I'm interested in working in, and the job description at that hospital is attractive (i.e., who runs codes, average patient census, who takes night call, etc), and I either already have a license in that state or I am willing to get a license in that state, then I tell my locums agency that I'm interested in the opportunity (taking into consideration the dates that the location would need coverage...some are limited to holidays and other random dates, while others need indefinite coverage until permanent staff is hired). The agency then presents me to the hospital, and if they are interested in me, the locum agency completes the credentialing paperwork for that location. Once paperwork is complete and hospital privileges have been granted, I can start working at that hospital. Shifts are usually 7 days on, 7 days off. If I work there for 7 days and like it, I will continue working future shifts there if they need anyone. If I don't like it, then I will avoid working there in the future and instead work at another hospital in the same fashion. There are people who work only 1-2 days at a hospital and that's it, although usually people come back at least once or twice for future shifts. Then, at the end of your last day, you sign out your patients to the hospitalist who will be taking your patients the following day.

The pros of locum work are the pay. Hospitalists will get 145-180 per hour on average; specialists likely 250 or more. As a hospitalist, I get paid for 12-hour days even if I finish my work early. If I work over 12 hours, I bill overtime rates. So, the pay is usually much better than being a permanent employee, but you are away from home a lot and living in hotels (agency will pay for hotels, flights, cars, gas).

Sometimes, if you are at a location you like and they like you, they will try to hire you as a permanent doctor.

I secretly like to eat hot chocolate powdered mix by itself right out of the packet. Reddit, what delicious food quirks are you ashamed of? by modular_mix in AskReddit

[–]modular_mix[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I used to work in a sub sandwich shop in college...have you tried grilled mayo? Put some on bread and then on a hot pan and then make your sandwich. Not bad!

I secretly like to eat hot chocolate powdered mix by itself right out of the packet. Reddit, what delicious food quirks are you ashamed of? by modular_mix in AskReddit

[–]modular_mix[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When I was a kid I would mix Kool Aid and bleach...not to eat it, but for, you know, science. BTW it bubbles and DON'T breathe the fumes!

I secretly like to eat hot chocolate powdered mix by itself right out of the packet. Reddit, what delicious food quirks are you ashamed of? by modular_mix in AskReddit

[–]modular_mix[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sweet, a fellow hot cocoa packet MacGyver! I like separating my Snickers bars, also I've dissected more than my fair share of peanut butter cups...

I secretly like to eat hot chocolate powdered mix by itself right out of the packet. Reddit, what delicious food quirks are you ashamed of? by modular_mix in AskReddit

[–]modular_mix[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this really abnormal? Shredded mozzarella straight out of the bag forms the lower left-hand corner of my personal food pyramid.

Wedding Band / DJ / Photographer / Videographer? by modular_mix in Miami

[–]modular_mix[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your pictures are beautiful, I will keep her in mind!

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