by Matthew Rehrl MD | EHR, Healthcare Ethics, Philosophy
I recently read a solid research article about healthcare bias called Examination of Stigmatizing Language in the Electronic Health Record published in JAMA Network Open. The article concluded that “findings suggest that stigmatizing language appears in...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Health
My two-year-old cat, Roo, went to the vet for his yearly checkup. Soon, I will get a hip replacement. From Roo’s perspective (and perhaps from my family’s perspective, as Roo is one-third of our family!), the vet visit was the more important event. Fear of the unknown...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Twitter, Twitter Ethics
Storms, although often predictable at the macro-level, have an element of randomness that often causes significant chaos and destruction at the human level. Knowing “lots of bad stuff is going to happen” is not the same as saying what specific bad things will happen,...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Philosophy
I am scheduled for a hip replacement, a surgery in which I will receive propofol as my general anesthetic. I find propofol—and all general anesthetics—are interesting at a practical, scientific, and medical level. They are a miracle of modern medicine, and it is hard...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Definition of Health
Here’s my take on the controversy and debate surrounding the relationship between obesity and health. If opponents first agree upon and definition of obesity and a definition of health, then any debate or controversy about the obesity/health relationship (or lack...
