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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...

Air Force confirms that the flu killed a San Antonio Air Force recruit

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2026/06/30/us-rep-castro-connects-air-force-trainee-death-to-flu-outbreak-at-lackland-air-force-base/ Decedent Keon McDaniel was in his 6th week of Basic Military Training, experienced a "medical emergency" and transported to Brooke Army Medical Center. He died...