by Matthew Rehrl MD | Philosophy
Although I have plenty of thoughts, I am no leader. Part of the reason is definitional. I don’t have any significant community of followers, therefore I can’t be a leader. However, another part of this is intentional. I don’t want to be a leader because I...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | AI Ethics, EHR, Philosophy
EHRs are superior to paper charts in two ways. First—because their content is digital—their contents are more easily mined, analyzed, and shared. And second? EHRs offer the ability to communicate directly to the patient, allowing the physician (or the...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Health, Philosophy
Having a working, practical definition of what a disease is can help when trying to decide whether this-or-that thing is a disease, or when using the term “disease” in communication. The definition I use for the term disease is criteria-based. The criteria I use are:...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Philosophy, Writing
Here’s the Dunning-Kruger effect in a nutshell: Incompetent individuals lack the metacognitive skills that enable them to tell how poorly they are performing, and as a result, they come to hold inflated views of their performance and ability.Justin Kruger and David...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Healthcare Ethics, Philosophy
Let’s talk about gods, corporations, and morality. Do you remember back in junior high reading the Iliad, where, in Book I, Apollo unleashed the plague on the Achaeans in response to the disrespect shown to his priest Chryses by Agamemnon: Thus did he pray, and Apollo...
by Matthew Rehrl MD | Health, Philosophy
I was part of a recent online discussion about obesity and health when it became quite clear that by not first agreeing on the definition of obesity and the definition of health, the conversation was going to be a dead end. There are multiple definitions available for...
