Hitting a Nerve
Hitting a Nerve
Lack of CBD oil regulations hearkens back to patent medicines
Marketing of unapproved CBD oil formulations grows unabated with little scrutiny in the midst of a confusing set of state and local regulations...
Hitting a Nerve
Learning to live with a slow week at the office
Business comes and goes in waves, so Dr. Allan M. Block has been trying to learn to live with quieter weeks at his practice.
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Testifying about the standard of care outside of your specialty
Some states have little to no regulation of expert medical witnesses and who is qualified to testify about the standard of care in different...
Hitting a Nerve
How an office theft can change your habits
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Whatever “my last doctor” did, I don’t take the bait
In car repair, there’s a mysterious bogeyman known as “the last guy.” And in medicine, there’s “my last doctor,” says Dr. Allan M. Block.
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Poster ads don’t belong in the clinic
“Patients are bombarded with direct-to-consumer advertising for many drugs in every media outlet. The doctor’s discussion room shouldn’t be one of...
Hitting a Nerve
Too much to lose from office visit recording or filming
During office visits, Dr. Allan M. Block suggests that it may be prudent to “speak as if everyone is recording, behave as if everyone is filming...
Hitting a Nerve
Unintended consequences in the drive to simplify computerized test ordering
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Online vitriol’s expansion into doctor discussion sites
“Anonymous websites, by their very nature, tend to attract nastiness since the writers can’t be held accountable. As a result, many of them have...
Hitting a Nerve
One person’s snake oil is another’s improved bottom line
Hitting a Nerve
Useful financial and efficiency advice to practices is hard to come by