Category Archives: Guidelines

It Ain’t What You Don’t Know That Gets You into Trouble. It’s What You Know for Sure That Just Ain’t So”[i]

Posted on September 19, 2019 by Ted

Many times what was thought to be true in the past turns out not to be. Keeping an open mind and thoroughly (critically or skeptically) evaluating new information is important as we grow in our ability to practice the best medicine possible. Continue reading →

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Does Insurance oversight of clinical practice improve either quality of care, or patient outcomes?

Posted on August 30, 2017 by Ted

When outside oversight, based solely on published guidelines, interferes with clinical care there are potentially multiple adverse outcomes, including physician and patient frustration, waste of time and interference with delivery of optimal care. There should be ways for insurers to use their databases to mitigate inefficient and intrusive oversight. Continue reading →

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How Do We Use Statistics?

Posted on March 23, 2016 by Ted

How we utilize Statistical Inference is indeed a critical piece in the evaluation of new information in the Biomedical Literature. Continue reading →

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We have “Information Overload” in Clinical Guidelines.

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Ted

Guidelines should be useful to the provider of health care. However, there are more guidelines than can be digested by these providers. This may make guidelines less useful than intended. Continue reading →

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