by Matthew Rehrl MD | Healthcare Ethics, Healthcare Innovation, Weight Loss
Years ago, at the large, high-quality healthcare organization at which I was working, I proposed that we should consider removing (or drastically modifying) the junk food vending machines at the organization’s various sites. My argument was rather simple (and...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Physician Career
Here’s a slightly edited post based on one I wrote for The Mayo Clinic Social Media Network a few months ago: What’s the best state for a physician to work in? Here’s some starting point links on how each state shapes up in terms of physician...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing, Writing Habits
I love tools which do one thing exceptionally well. The photo above is of a pair of 3M Optime 101 headphones which do one thing exceptionally well: noise reduction. Sure, they aren’t “noise-canceling,” and they don’t play music. They also aren’t stylish or...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Blogging, Writing
Who am I blogging for? From one of my favorite writing books: You are writing primarily to please yourself, and if you go about it with enjoyment you will also entertain the readers who are worth writing for. If you lose the dullards back in the dust, you don’t want...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, EHR
I just ran across a nice Microsoft podcast, The New Surface Podcast Series!, by Alfred Ojukwu (@alojukwu). It reminded me of an idea I presented to some Microsoft folks years ago: What if, by using the Microsoft Surface Hub, we made the exam room the EHR? This...
