by Matthew Rehrl MD | Healthcare Revenue
In thermodynamics, efficiency is the percentage of heat energy that is transformed into work. For physicians, efficiency means achieving maximum patient benefit with minimal time and effort. For healthcare corporations, efficiency is all about how many patients can be...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | AI Ethics, EHR
As an employee, when you work with a computer in any capacity, you have agreed to all of your computer activity is being monitored. In theory, this is both reasonable and legal. It’s the corporation’s hardware and software and you should only use it as part of your...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity, Physician Career
I am currently taking a short 6-week class from a professional photographer called Shoot-To Share, in which we students receive critical feedback about our work. One of my goals for this course is to explore the relationship between photography and sculpture. For...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Twitter, Writing
From a writer’s perspective, I am curious about my use of emojis. When I use them—which mostly on Twitter—is it as a shortcut, a writing crutch, a tool to use because I am either too lazy or too craft-deficient to write with more nuance and elegance? Or do they expand...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Twitter, Writing
Last week was my #MyTwitterAnniversary! 13,400 tweets over 9 years. That’s roughly 4 tweets a day. But have I ever written one great tweet? One real tweet? One true tweet? Or, quoting Hemingway (rather than JRR Tolkien, and “one tweet to rule them all!”), have I done...
