by Matthew Rehrl MD | EHR
On the physician members-only social media website Doximity there is a recent post entitled “It’s Wrong for Doctors To Retire Early”. Not unexpectedly, there is an overwhelming response by the physician commenters that they should be free to retire whenever the heck...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Creativity
Like most physicians, I have a “Wall of Knowledge”; a collection of various undergraduate, graduate and medical degrees, decorated with various board certifications and advanced education certificates. On the one hand, I am proud of these awards. Each...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Health
John Locke (1632 – 1704) is both the Father of Liberalism (Two Treatises on Government) and the Grandfather of Empiricism (An Essay Concerning Human Understanding). But he wasn’t just a great philosopher. He was also a physician, and not surprisingly, ...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare 3.0
The scientific method requires the formulation, testing, and modification of hypotheses using systematic observation, measurement, and experiment. Essentially, it combines the Rationalism of Descartes with the Empiricism of the philosophers Locke and Hume. The...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Social Media
When you build a house you are going to use a lot of 2x4s, most of which are going to require cutting. The result of that cutting? Sawdust. Now, there is a tendency to just sweep up and throw away sawdust. Don’t. There are actually quite a lot of uses for...
