I try to not get too involved with dental politics on this blog – I save that for my work with the BDA and so on, but in the wake of the Judicial Review result this morning regarding the hike in Annual Retention Fee I am happy to share this. Originally posted on GDPUK. AnContinue reading “An Open Letter to the General Dental Council – GDPUK”
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The Monday Morning Quote #296
“I do not seek to follow in the footsteps of men of old; I seek the things that they sought.” Matsuo Basho (b 1644)
The Weekend Read – The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande
Another book to which I was introduced by my brother, both Rees boys are hungry readers. I thought that I had featured it here already but it has either been edited away or my brain is willing me to have done so. What has brought Atul Gawande back to mind is that he is thisContinue reading “The Weekend Read – The Checklist Manifesto by Atul Gawande”
The Monday Morning Quote #295
“Whenever a company decides it’s ok to screw its suppliers, its customers, or its employees, it is only a matter of time until it gets around to screwing all 3 groups. That is because the idea that screwing people is ok becomes the corporate mindset.” Comment about IBM on the Cringely blog
Would you really let these guys manage your online reputation?
I recently received a communication via Linkedin. It’s my own fault I know, like the final glass of red, I shouldn’t have said yes without thought. I should have heeded Michael O’Donnell’s advice. Here’s the message: “My company, Practice Builders has created your Online Reputation Assessment. The assessment covers all of your online patient reviewsContinue reading “Would you really let these guys manage your online reputation?”
The Monday Morning Quote #294
“People are generally better persuaded by the reasons which they have themselves discovered than by those which have come into the mind of others.” Blaise Pascal, Pensées Free download here.
Doctors Make Worse Decisions as the Day Wears On
Doctors Make Worse Decisions as the Day Wears On From The New York Times Primary-care doctors’ likelihood of prescribing antibiotics for acute respiratory infections increased by 1% in their second hour of work, 14% in the third hour, and 26% in the fourth, suggesting that physicians experience “decision fatigue” over the course of a day,Continue reading “Doctors Make Worse Decisions as the Day Wears On”
The Monday Morning Quote #293
“We look for medicine to be an orderly field of knowledge and procedure. But it is not. It is an imperfect science, an enterprise of constantly changing knowledge, uncertain information, fallible individuals, and at the same time lives on the line. There is science in what we do, yes, but also habit, intuition, and sometimesContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote #293”
The Monday Morning Quote #292
“The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair.” P.G.Wodehouse Can you guess what I struggled with last week? Here are a few more things that he wrote.
Guest post from Mark Topley – “what if your child had toothache, and no hope of help?”
I want to share this blog post from Mark Topley the CEO of Bridge2Aid – the message is simple, please read then take action and join the whatif campaign 3 years ago this month we shot a video with our friends JSP Media about Bridge2Aid and our pioneering work training local Health Professionals to provideContinue reading “Guest post from Mark Topley – “what if your child had toothache, and no hope of help?””
The Incisal Edge 