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A Reflection: The Eyes I Cant Forget

Started out in triage that day. First patient, 20-something female with complaint of "generalized abdominal pain" Joke to the nurse, "well, this could be just about anything....

Prior authorization; or How I Became Radicalized.

I don't deal much with prior authorization, thank god. I'm IR, so much of what I do is either inpatient, or accepted reimbursable outpatient treatments. I've...

In Houston, Texas Children's Hospital is sued by the parents of a drowned child to stop brain death testing

Texas Tribune: https://www.texastribune.org/2026/06/22/texas-childrens-hospital-brain-death-testing-annelise-camp/ Case 2-year-old girl and her parents were at a family gathering on Memorial Day 2026. The girl walked into the hotel pool without a...

ABC News: Military services again requiring recruits to get flu shots as 222 recruits at San Antonio base sickened by influenza

https://abcnews.com/Health/military-services-requiring-recruits-flu-shots-air-force/story?id=134126794 A real-world, ongoing experience with infectious disease prompted the military services to restart something that had been in place since the end of World War...