wighty

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by wighty 2y ago
> Which is basically the same drug but without glycemic control No... The effects are the same because they are exactly the same drug (semaglutide), the difference is the dosing schedule and max dose (wegovy is 2.4mg and ozempic is 2mg).
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by wighty 3y ago
> After all, the communication portal in MyChart is "Message My Provider", not "Message An MA To Message My Provider". That is semantics, could be changed to "Message the office" but that isn't going
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by wighty 3y ago
There are some codes that can be used for asynchronous portal messages, but to be honest the AMA is still pretty broken as far as how much time we need to spend for things... the codes are 99421 (5-10 minutes over 7 days), 99422 (11-20 mi
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by wighty 3y ago
> The nurses have left and you can't legally 'bill' or code the appointment without the nurses. What? I've never heard this requirement and I cannot think of why it would be the case (I'm a PCP). The rest of yo
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by wighty 6y ago
I'm a family physician working in an outpatient office... there's just so many viruses that can explain those types of symptoms that are STILL more common than sars-cov-2. I saw a 31yo 2/18 with primarily sore throat, aches&#
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by wighty 9y ago
> patient handoffs are dangerous. I hate when this gets brought up, because it inherently implies that we can't improve them. Everyone talks about increases in handoffs causing increases in medical errors. I think handoffs have a lo
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by wighty 9y ago
That's not true, see the reply above yours for a better explanation.
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by wighty 9y ago
House of God is indeed an interesting book and a good read. I read it during second year of my residency, and it is incredibly sad how the stuff that is talked about in the book has gotten worse in some ways, though better in others. I&#x27
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by wighty 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extracorporeal_membrane_oxygen...