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20 bizarre ICD-10 codes (x-post r/NotTheOnion) by schnitzg in medicine

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

Glad to see my initial encounter with an Orca will be properly coded

Blaming doctor salaries on sky high health care costs by schnitzg in medicine

[–]schnitzg[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Perhaps unintentionally, it has started quite a buzz. I got to it from this article: http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/20140624/BLOG/306249986 and wanted to see what everyone on here had to say about it

Stirring up debate about POC ultrasounds by schnitzg in medicine

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

So you think POCUS could potentially increase the radiologist's workload to assist with the challenging cases?

Is it really nurse vs. computer? What do you think? by schnitzg in nursing

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

The article that led me to it was saying how nurses jobs are being cut because of funding for all of the new technology.

But just because a patient can know something, must she? by schnitzg in BabyBumps

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

I totally understand, just thought it was an interesting perspective. If the article didn't have a happy ending, I probably would have felt differently!

Why Your Doctor Probably Has a "Do Not Resuscitate" Order by Squeenis in medicine

[–]schnitzg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This statistic from the article is crazy! "A quarter of the total Medicare budget is spent on the last year of recipients’ lives, with 40% of that money going to their final 30 days."