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Please, PLEASE proofread your AI notes.

PA here but currently on medical leave due to a serious medical illness in myself. As a result Ive had a ton of appointments with...

Physician here wondering why chain pharmacies make patients all touch the very gross payment pad screen every other sick patient has touched throughout the day

This has always been gross, but this is something I seriously would have thought would have stopped following COVID. Does anyone ever talk about this? Im...

Heart valve implanted upside down

https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2026/06/ohsu-told-13-year-olds-parents-she-was-dying-before-seattle-doctors-discovered-massive-mistake-17m-suit-says.html?outputType=amp Basically, OHSU is being sued for a surgeon implanting a cardiac valve upside down, and unsurprisingly the 13yo patient did not do well post op....

Please stop ordering food allergy panels

This is a PSA to everyone ordering food panels because they dont want to miss an allergy. To those of you who order these, most...