Medical Calculators for Common Skiing Snowboarding Injuries
Chad Rudnick, MD2022-02-04T00:07:34+08:00Every winter, millions of people travel to the mountains to ski, snowboard, and just relax amid the beautiful scenery. [...]
How to Reduce Paperwork & Time Needed for Insurance Prior Authorizations
Chad Rudnick, MD2022-02-04T00:00:53+08:00Prior Authorization - Using Medical Algorithms to Increase Likelihood for Coverage Evidence-based medical algorithms can help to streamline processes [...]
Your Knowledge, the Right Tool, a Better Outcome…How Medical Treatment Algorithms are Shaping Modern Physicians
Chad Rudnick, MD2022-01-25T02:30:20+08:00Remember back in the prehistoric days before the Internet? Before Facebook, before Google, before smartphones? When you needed to [...]
15 Calculators to Help with Medication Non Compliance
John Svirbely, MD2022-02-04T00:09:12+08:00Medication non compliance (nonadherence) with a physician's therapeutic plan is a major problem in healthcare. It can lead to [...]
Fall Prevention in the Elderly and Other Vulnerable Populations
John Svirbely, MD2022-02-04T00:05:01+08:00Without gravity there would be no falls. Falls are a major cause of accidental trauma throughout one's life. Often [...]
How Medical Algorithms Can Improve Doctor Patient Communication
Chad Rudnick, MD2022-02-04T00:02:53+08:00I saw it every day while in medical school and residency; attending physicians cowered behind a computer screen, attempting [...]
The Future of Healthcare: Telemedicine, Digital Health, and Medical Calculators
Chad Rudnick, MD2022-01-25T02:32:50+08:00With an estimated 1,000,000 telemedicine consults performed in 2014, the floodgates have opened as digital health startups, established providers, [...]
Diagnosing Rare Diseases Disorders with Medical Algorithms
Chad Rudnick, MD2021-09-25T08:00:41+08:00Primary care physicians often have the unique task of deciding whether a patient who presents with an uncommon constellation [...]
Why Don’t Physicians Use Healthcare Algorithms?
John Svirbely, MD2021-01-22T09:56:20+08:00Algorithms are used in many fields, such as finance, engineering, and aviation. They are used in healthcare, but the [...]
Case Study: Surgical Site Infection: Methods of Prevention & Tools for Predicting Risk
John Svirbely, MD2022-02-03T23:57:10+08:00Medical History A 55-year-old white male has degenerative arthritis of the knees. 10 months ago, the patient underwent total [...]
Early Warning Signs Stroke
John Svirbely, MD2022-01-11T17:38:51+08:00According to the Internet Stroke Center each year, 15 million strokes occur around the world, with almost 800,000 in [...]
Fear of Healthcare – 5 Health Phobias that Affect Outcomes
John Svirbely, MD2022-01-16T20:41:07+08:00A busy clinician may sometimes forget just how scared a patient can be and may not even know why. [...]
Got 420? Marijuana Health Risks
John Svirbely, MD2022-01-16T21:21:17+08:00More states have legalized marijuana, thereby creating a potentially confusing situation. Local, state and federal laws may differ for [...]
How to Use Medical Algorithms During Global Disease Outbreaks
Chad Rudnick, MD2022-01-16T21:38:32+08:00One of the most fearful events in medicine and population health is an infectious disease outbreak. From the recent [...]
Precision Medicine Initiative & Medical Algorithms: Looking to the Future
Chad Rudnick, MD2019-08-29T04:06:59+08:00First receiving mention a few years ago, precision medicine, has entered the spotlight with a request for $215 million [...]
Medical Calculator App: Top 5 Reasons to Use
John Svirbely, MD2019-08-11T01:25:14+08:001. Instant access to 5000 useful medical calculators covering 40 medical specialties. 2. Most comprehensive reference tool for [...]
Case Study: Adenocarcinomas and Their Often Misleading Symptoms
John Svirbely, MD2022-01-16T22:11:11+08:00Medical History Jane is a 40-year-old, married mother of two teenage boys. She teaches at the local elementary school [...]
Just in Time Medical Knowledge in a Disposable Society
John Svirbely, MD2019-07-25T08:24:53+08:00Historically, medical knowledge has been hard to come by, taking years of study. While this knowledge may be available [...]
How Physicians Can Expand Their Clinical Knowledge Base
Chad Rudnick, MD2019-07-25T08:26:25+08:00Starting in medical school, students must learn how to quickly and successfully search through thousands of easily accessible research [...]
Using Medical Algorithms as Clinical Prediction Tools
Chad Rudnick, MD2019-07-25T08:30:49+08:00Advances in medicine bring new imaging, technologies, medications, and the desire to have better prediction models for clinical outcomes. [...]
How to Practice Evidence Based Healthcare in Clinical Settings
Chad Rudnick, MD2019-07-25T08:32:50+08:00As physicians, we recognize the importance of evidence based healthcare. Having evidence to back up our decisions strengthens our assessments [...]
Warning Signs Head Injury
John Svirbely, MD2022-01-17T09:28:54+08:00Warning Signs Head Injury What did Henry the Eighth and Howard Hughes have in common? Both Henry the Eighth [...]
Coping with Healthcare Information Overload
John Svirbely, MD2022-01-16T15:10:55+08:00What did you do the last time you were stopped at a railroad crossing? Did you even look at [...]
Are Cruises Safe? Safety Checks for Holiday Cruising
John Svirbely, MD2022-01-17T10:12:43+08:00Winter and the holidays are a time of year when many people living in cold climates dream of taking [...]
Holiday Stress Management and Medical Issues – Thanksgiving, Christmas
John Svirbely, MD2022-01-17T14:00:54+08:00Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday for many Americans, with an abundance of family, friends, food and football. However, for [...]
Workplace Risk Factors for Violence in Healthcare
John Svirbely, MD2022-01-17T14:17:43+08:00As we recently saw in Las Vegas, there are violent people in the world who are willing to kill [...]
Worker Safety and Health During Disaster Recovery
John Svirbely, MD2022-01-17T14:41:07+08:00As people try to rebuild their lives after disasters such as Hurricane Harvey, Irma or Martha and the recent [...]
Health IT Interoperability and Our Veterans
John Svirbely, MD2022-01-17T15:27:01+08:00When I was younger all of my health data was in a folder in my family doctor's office. If [...]
The Many Facets of Chronic Alcohol Abuse
John Svirbely, MD2022-01-18T00:57:17+08:00Alcohol use is prevalent in many parts of the world and for some people alcohol misuse and chronic alcohol [...]
Pharmacogenetics Testing and Drug Effectiveness
John Svirbely, MD2022-01-18T11:31:33+08:00Your patient is a middle-aged male from the inner city who is receiving oxycodone for severe, chronic pain. He [...]
Much To Do About Tattoos: Tattoo Infections & Other Risks
John Svirbely, MD2022-01-18T13:52:44+08:00Last month the FDA updated its Consumer Report "Think Before You Ink" which outlines some of the adverse effects [...]
Medical Automation…Everything But the Squeal
John Svirbely, MD2022-01-18T14:06:57+08:00Farmers tend to be frugal. When they slaughter an animal there is very little that goes to waste. Gustavus [...]
Morbid Obesity Treatment – Bariatric Surgery?
John Svirbely, MD2022-01-18T14:52:44+08:00Obesity affects many people around the world. According to the World Health Organization, obesity is the fifth leading cause [...]
Tools to Identify and Prevent Yellow Fever Transmission
John Svirbely, MD2022-01-18T15:34:22+08:00Yellow fever is one of those scary diseases that most of us have never seen before. Many of us [...]
Tools Reduce Hospital Readmissions – Medical Calculators
John Svirbely, MD2022-01-19T18:05:14+08:00Life is full of things that cause negative feelings. These feelings need to be discharged, and unfortunately some of [...]
12 Medical Calculators to Help Achieve Your New Year Resolutions Ideas
John Svirbely, MD2022-01-19T22:53:02+08:00It is the New Year and once again it’s time to consider a resolution to clean up your act. [...]
Saint Claus is Coming to Town (…or the ER)
John Svirbely, MD2022-01-20T00:10:05+08:00Santa Claus is coming to town! If you're like me and still believe in Santa Claus, then this is [...]
5 Medical Calculators for Exotic Animal Bites and Risk Assessment
John Svirbely, MD2022-01-20T00:35:36+08:00Some people are drawn to the exotic or esoteric, including their choice of pets. Exotic pets have become widespread [...]
5 Medical Assessment Tools for Urgent Care
Chad Rudnick, MD2022-01-20T21:05:32+08:00Cold and flu season is upon us and with the increase in the number of common colds, flu-like illnesses, [...]
Disease, Infections, Aids and Stigma
John Svirbely, MD2022-01-20T21:22:24+08:00Stigma occurs in most societies, although its triggers and severity may vary based on culture, religion and history. Even [...]
7 Medical Calculators for Celiac Disease Diagnosis
John Svirbely, MD2022-01-20T23:09:31+08:00This case study is presented to highlight how medical calculators can be useful clinical decision making tools for celiac [...]
The Flu: Decision Tools & CDC Influenza Information
Chad Rudnick, MD2022-01-20T23:23:39+08:00With the turn of the leaves and cooler weather on the horizon, one of the illnesses that comes to [...]
Doctor vs. Machine: Health Symptom Checker Apps
Chad Rudnick, MD2016-10-13T05:57:44+08:00We have been comparing man to machine since, well… man made machines. In the past several years, with the [...]
21 Scores for Comorbid Medical Conditions: Charlson Comorbidity Score & More
John Svirbely, MD2022-01-24T10:54:29+08:00Comorbidity (also referred to as polypathology) refers to the number and type of health problems that a patient has. [...]
How to Obtain Health Insurance Prior Authorization in 3 Minutes or Less
Chad Rudnick, MD2016-12-15T10:29:14+08:00Whether you’re a doctor, nurse, or office administrator, it’s likely you have dealt with the time-consuming hassle of obtaining [...]
Reduce Readmissions with Analytics & CDC Antibiotic Resistance Program
John Svirbely, MD2022-01-24T11:15:58+08:00This case study discusses hospital readmissions and provides healthcare professionals with recommended medical algorithms in the form of scores, [...]
A Hospital with No Beds? Strategy to Improve Hospital Readmission Statistics
Chad Rudnick, MD2022-01-25T00:04:23+08:00It seems counterintuitive at first, a hospital with no beds. However, this is the in which direction healthcare is [...]
Protecting our Blood Supply: How to Prevent a Blood Transfusion Reaction
John Svirbely, MD2022-01-25T00:28:07+08:00As Zika virus spreads in North America, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) which regulates the blood supply, has [...]
ACGME Duty Hours – Do Restrictions Affect Training?
Chad Rudnick, MD2016-08-31T04:42:17+08:00There is a common discussion almost yearly that is heard around the country in academic hospitals. Older generations of [...]
Polluted Water Diseases – An Olympic Challenge
John Svirbely, MD2022-01-25T00:51:36+08:00One concern during the Rio Olympics was the level of water pollution. It was uncertain if the waters were [...]