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The Busy PT's Guide to Finding Balance

Course Correcting by Janey Goude: If someone had told me on November 13, 2007, that I was signing up for 66 consecutive months of blogging, I would have said, "There's no way!" But, 284 posts later, here we are. One post at a time, you've invited me into your work and home. You've shared Read More...
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Pharmaceuticals: Healing or Hype? by Janey Goude: Last November my daughter experienced her first migraine-free month -- at the hands of gabapentin. The GI effects were worse than the headaches, so she stopped taking the medication. The headaches immediately returned. When my daughter's neurologist put Read More...
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I Know Better by Janey Goude: Last week I promised a statistical discussion about an article that appeared in The Washington Post . Before you get all down on statistics, let me make a confession. It wasn't until I reached the end of writing last week's post that the statistics even Read More...
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Hospitals Getting Fined but Who Really Pays? by Janey Goude: A recent article in the Washington Post boasts a national reduction in hospital readmissions of Medicare patients within 30 days of discharge. According to the article, Jonathan Blum, a top official at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, credits Read More...
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The High Cost of Healthcare: Your Life by Janey Goude: I ran across an article in Time magazine about the costs of healthcare, " Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills are Killing Us . " I'll admit I haven't read it all yet. Since it's not healthy for your blood to boil too long, I'm having to read the 11 pages in Read More...
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Choosing the Right Doctor by Janey Goude: How do you decide if a doctor (or other healthcare practitioner) is right for you? Back in the fall, we received notice we'd need to find new doctors. My post, " Twinkies and Insurance Companies ," tells the why. Here are a few factors I took into consideration Read More...
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Diagnosis Mystery by Janey Goude: Lesson of the week: Never assume that people doing a job have been educated or trained for the position they hold. This is a particularly frightening proposition in medicine. The hospital registration lady asked me to review the admission paperwork for Read More...
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A Tough Christmas by Janey Goude: Compared to Christmases past, this was a difficult Christmas. We weren't able to purchase gifts for all of our extended family or any of our friends. Gift-giving to our children paled in comparison to other families we know. Our children have friends Read More...
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Can Your Boss Trust You? by Janey Goude: Over the past five years, fellow bloggers have posted discussions debating the appropriateness of employers enforcing personal standards for off-duty employees. Last month, this issue was big news as General Petraeus resigned due to adultery. Ensuing Read More...
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Do Less, Accomplish More by Janey Goude: As we enter the busiest season of year, are you desperately wishing you could add hours onto your days? I do. Instead of politely declining an invitation, I try to fit everything in by multitasking. I skim email while I make phone calls. I work on projects Read More...
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Worker Confidentiality by Janey Goude: We had just entered the wedding reception when a woman on the catering staff approached me with a tray of hors d'oeuvres. "Help yourself to these cheese and crackers," she offered politely. Then she decided to vent. "The bride and groom have asked us Read More...
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Twinkies and Insurance Companies by Janey Goude: I've thought about all of the conventions my grandchildren may never know: newspapers, landline phones, records, books made of paper, and magazines -- to name a few. But never, not once, did I think my grandchildren might never taste a Twinkie. There Read More...
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Election Humor by Janey Goude: I've always been fascinated with ASL, the hearing-impaired culture. Growing up, I lived down the street from my cousin who was deaf. We always wanted her around when an altercation erupted on a televised Cincinnati Reds baseball game. She'd closely watch Read More...
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'Normal' Lab Values Don't Equal a Healthy Patient by Janey Goude: Normal lab values aren't necessarily optimal for health. Have you ever gone to the doctor because you weren't feeling well -- only to have all the labwork come back normal? Have you treated a patient whose status declined, but his blood work showed nothing Read More...
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Born this Way by Janey Goude: When it comes to an employee, attitude and competence are equally important. I impress this on our children when I teach them how to determine a service person's tip: 10 percent on competent service and 10 percent on the attitude with which the service Read More...
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