A common frustration expressed by patients in my clinic with rheumatoid arthritis (and other types of inflammatory arthritis) is that their family and friends have very little grasp of what is occurring to them, often with significant misconceptions. Family and friends want to help, but struggle to understand what they can do, feeling lost. They try to be sympathetic to … Read More
#ACR15 Presentation: Introduction to Automation and Workflows to Save Time and Increase Office Productivity
Introduction/overview Hard Work – Not Relevant – Reed Hastings, CEO Netflix Mise en Place xkcd: Is It Worth the Time? NY Times: How Different Groups Spend Their Day Principles Parkinson’s law: “Work expands so as to fill the time available for it’s completion.” Decision Fatigue in Physicians and Medicine: The Importance of Routines and Habits: Humans have a finite store … Read More
Managing Difficult Decisions in Medicine with the 40-70 Rule
“Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.” — Tony Robbins The ability to make difficult decisions is the mark of an effective physician. While decisions in medicine can be difficult for a number of reasons, ways to manage many of these challenges are readily available. If the difficulty lies in defining the goals of treatment, we … Read More
How to Blog – #ACR14 Social Media Bootcamp
“When you first start off trying to solve a problem, the first solutions you come up with are very complex, and most people stop there. But if you keep going, and live with the problem and peel more layers of the onion off, you can often times arrive at some very elegant and simple solutions. Most people just don’t put … Read More
Decision Fatigue in Physicians and Medicine: The Importance of Routines and Habits
“Everything must be made as simple as possible. But not simpler.” — Albert Einstein One of the most mentally fatiguing actions that physicians face on a daily basis is the number of decisions we must make. Although we likely only make one or two major decisions for every patient encounter, in total we make hundreds (or maybe thousands) of decisions … Read More