price of Asacol My office drawer houses a museum of superseded organisers. It includes the very first Apple Newton, an ‘ahead of its time’ pen-based computer, which I loved, but whose handwriting recognition capability was lampooned by satirists as diverse as Doonesbury and the Simpsons. There are a few old Palm Pilots, and two ‘Economisers’ […]
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Risky BusinessOctober 17, 2003
“Math is hard. Let’s Go Shopping!” Barbie Each of our patients has to make decisions about their heath based on their assessment of the risks and benefits of proposed treatments. Will I take this course of tablets? Will I give up smoking? Will I have that operation? To assist patients, doctors provide information about treatment […] |
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A day in the life of a GP, circa 2005April 20, 2002
0830: Hospital ward round, visiting and reviewing the care of my patients. There is now appropriate recompense for GPs’ hospital visits under the ‘Continuity of Care’ program that was established under the new Medicare agreement – and the improved patient outcomes and avoidance of duplication has saved millions. Hospital care now reflects the same partnerships […] |
Winning the information war : Putting POEMS in your brain-attic.February 16, 2001
With noble intention, a tower of worthy journals rises in a corner of my office. The information they contain is doomed to forever be trapped within their plastic envelopes. Whenever the tower achieves neurosurgical height, like a guilty developer I demolish it in the dead of night, disposing of potential life-saving gems of heritage value. […] |
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