It's official. Happy has now earned his CMS physician  pay for performance PQRI Bonus for 2008, a direct deposit into Happy's bank account. PQRI stands for Physician Quality Reporting Initiative.  How much was my PQRI Medicare pay for performance...

The differential diagnosis for pleural effusions is quite broad, but one of which must always include pulmonary venous embolism.  Pleural effusions are the accumulation of fluid in the pleural space.  What is the pleural space?  The pleural space is...

I recently learned that Happy's hospital is initiating hourly rounding by nurses.   Apparently there is research behind hourly rounding to show it is effective in increasing patient satisfaction, increasing nursing satisfaction, increasing quality by...

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I want to be the janitor working at that hospital. The whole hospital at Providence St Vincent Medical Center in Portland Oregon is  wearing pink gloves, dancing for breast cancer.  What a great video.   Plus I think it proves one thing.  White men...