Dr. Cranquis' Mumbled Gripes

I'm an American physician who works in an Urgent Care clinic. I see lots of stupid or funny things that people do with-and-to their health. I cope by mumbling under my breath (and then posting about it on this pseudonymous blog). Thought you might be interested.

(Disclaimer: Questions related to medical topics will be answered to the best of Dr. Cranquis' (and Google's) knowledge, but the internet-delivered wisdom on this blog CAN NOT AND SHOULD NOT SUBSTITUTE for your Real-Life Doctor's personal attention + examination, and your own common sense too! If you think you're having a medical emergency, hang up and go email 911. The author of this blog takes no responsibility for any medical, relationship, scholastic, financial, or other decisions you may make based on information found in this blog.)

Blogs I Follow

18 Patient Identifiers HIPAA Defines as Off Limits | The Nerdy Nurse →

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The Nerdy Nurse blogging about HIPAA.

Things to avoid if you blog about medicine.

Can I Blog About My Patients?

“You can absolutely blog about specific patient encounters, but you have a duty to be respectful of the patients privacy. They allowed you to participate in their care and they deserve the utmost respect from that. However, if telling a story can be educational and informative, you can write about your individual experiences in providing patient care. You can actually include quite a bit of detail in your nursing or healthcare narratives about patient encounters and experiences. The key is to make sure that the details are never specific enough to tie back to any individual patient. It is also a good idea to change certain details of the story completely so that a patient is absolutely unidentifiable. You can have fun with this and make for a much more entertaining read. You aren’t writing research articles. In blogging the details are not as important as telling the story anyways.”