akrasia

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by akrasia 5y ago
This might not be the right place for this but if you are worried about cancer in yourself or a loved one, I have resources to set up a whole body PET CT for cancer screening. Please message me for more details if you are interested. We hav
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by akrasia 5y ago
guy doesn't know what he's talking about just spitting out numbers. An MRI doesn't pay $5000 each. More like $300-$400 from Medicare. Maintenance contract from the vendor is like $7000/month. MRI tech makes about 100k pe
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by akrasia 12y ago
Interesting, didn't sound like an ordinary nurse. Sorry if I came off somewhat arrogant in my earlier post. Was she acting as a nurse or NP when she was taking care of you? The radiologist deserves some credit too in my
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by akrasia 12y ago
I really doubt a nurse made the diagnosis, the legal issues would be a huge problem let alone the education and complexity required to make such a diagnosis. I would know, in 2 years I'll be the single guy on around 1 out of every 10 n
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by akrasia 13y ago
> should be working 70 hrs a week perfecting his skills I already work 60-80hrs/week, should I be working more? Would 100hrs/week make you happy? > I can only imagine what he will be doing 7 years from now 6 years from now i
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by akrasia 13y ago
Thanks for this buddy.
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by akrasia 13y ago
Yea, it's an messy area to start a company in. I'm trying to learn how to cover my bases as I go along but if I'm paralyzed by fear forever I'm not going to move forward.
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by akrasia 13y ago
Yea, I have to look into this, but even if it does do HL7, you need to write software to extract what you want and present it in a meaningful way to the other application.
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by akrasia 13y ago
Yea DICOM is for imaging though (CT scan, MRI, etc ...) but I think you know that already. Even though DICOM is a standard, there are still stupid things that go on (e.g. radiologists have to hand type radiation doses that the patient recei
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by akrasia 13y ago
I've struggled with this for awhile. I've had some thoughts about improving medical education that would avoid the legal hassles of healthcare and generate a good income. That idea is for another time though.
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by akrasia 13y ago
Good advice. I heard somewhere that they did have this ability but it was a very pricey add-on. It was just a rumor though. I'll check with IT.
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by akrasia 13y ago
I agree. It was late at night and I couldn't think of a shorter headline. I apologize.
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by akrasia 13y ago
Yea, this is why I didn't want to start a company in healthcare. It's ugly. I think I can avoid the whole thing by having my software just be a tool, not a final read, and doctors will still have to double check the numbers agains
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by akrasia 13y ago
depends on where you work and how much staff is hired for this type of work, but with the way the EMR is set up, and who legally has to start and sign notes (a doctor), you cannot avoid some data entry unless it is somehow automated for you
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by akrasia 13y ago
exactly what I'm trying to do
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by akrasia 13y ago
Unfortunately, the note that has to be entered in the EMR has to be started and signed by a fellow (a person who has finished residency but still in training before becoming an attending doctor for those who don't know), and this is th
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by akrasia 13y ago
I will be talking to the purchasing dept after I build a prototype to show the director. I am aware that this will be an uphill battle since everyone in healthcare is paranoid including doctors and admins.
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by akrasia 13y ago
I'm taking your advice and I'll hack together a prototype and see if the administration will bite.
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by akrasia 13y ago
Your advice is duly noted. I am planning to talk to the director of the pulmonary team sometime this week and see if he is interested. I know most of the doctors who work in the lab will welcome the software. Seeing that most large hospital
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I'm a doctor - help me disrupt healthcare
68 points by akrasia 13y ago|95 comments
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by akrasia 13y ago
Little known fact - most MRI machines are always on because they are made via a superconducting magnet, I know some residents who climb into them at night and scan themselves for educational purposes.
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by akrasia 14y ago
I'm not an expert in the field but from what I know, SHA1 is a one way function. When an encrypted password is cracked, YES, the hackers know that specific password. They brute forced it by guessing the password, running it through SHA1, an