by Matthew Rehrl MD | Healthcare Innovation, Physician Career
I wonder if Clark Kent was frustrated at his yearly performance review? I believe most employers don’t want you using your superpowers at work, and I am sure the Daily Planet would fire Clark Kent if he showed up in his Superman tights, suddenly using all of his...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Philosophy
“Post hoc ergo propter hoc.” Which, directly translated is: “After this, therefore because of this.” It suggests, often (but not always) incorrectly, that if Event B follows Event A, then Event A caused B. This is also known as the Post Hoc Fallacy, and it is the most...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Social Media, Twitter
The other day I retweeted a post (see below) that went viral. My Twitter Stream usually generates less than 5,000 impressions per day, based on 3-5 tweets and retweets per day. However, this particular retweet generated greater than 100,000 impressions in 51 minutes,...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Blogging, Creativity, Photography, Writing
I find the creative relationship between some of my blog posts and photography interesting. For example, in the blue heart photo, used in the post A Flaw in NLP-Enabled EHRs?, I am using the stone’s central scratch to highlight the concept of a flaw. In the...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Writing
In the upper half of the image above, you see my MontBlanc Mechanical Pencil. I’ve had it for about ten years, and I use it every day. It’s my go-to morning journaling pencil. Although this particular model is out of production, the replacement cost for...
