Sep 2008
Keep on top of new articles!
Sunday, September 28, 2008 Filed in:
Technical
We had a little problem with spammers
hacking our mail page to send spams, so I’ve had to upgrade
the program that makes this website. With any luck, it
doesn’t look too much different, but it does have the ability
to allow you to subscribe to an RSS feed of this news page so you can find out
about new entries more easily. You can find the link to the feed at
the bottom of the sidebar on the left of the page. Depending on how
your browser is set up, clicking on that link could give you a cool
page or a bunch of intimidating-looking code. The simplest
explanation for how to use RSS I’ve seen is the video
at this
page.
Another new feature on this page is the “tags” near the bottom of the sidebar (they have a dot in front of them). These let me put up a link to all the articles that include a particular subject. So, if you’d like to see all the articles I wrote about hyperbaric oxygen, you can just click on the “Hyperbarics” link and you’ll see them all.
Finally, I’ve written enough articles here that you don’t want them all to load at once, so they are archived by year. Use the links just above the tags to browse the entries by year.
Another new feature on this page is the “tags” near the bottom of the sidebar (they have a dot in front of them). These let me put up a link to all the articles that include a particular subject. So, if you’d like to see all the articles I wrote about hyperbaric oxygen, you can just click on the “Hyperbarics” link and you’ll see them all.
Finally, I’ve written enough articles here that you don’t want them all to load at once, so they are archived by year. Use the links just above the tags to browse the entries by year.
The price of success
Saturday, September 27, 2008 Filed in:
Office
One of the problems with getting people
better is that once word spreads and more people schedule
appointments, the wait for a new appointment can get a bit long.
While having people booked 2-3 months in advance can be reassuring
to me, it does pose some problems:
- People looking for appointments can get frustrated by the wait. Fortunately, we have Gaia who can see patients sooner. We also keep a wait list for people who want to get in earlier than the appointment they schedule.
- When an appointment is months away, people often forget when the appointment is or that they ever made the appointment. So, we end up with new patient appointments with no patient. This is a problem for us (it’s hard to pay the bills when we’re not seeing patients) and it’s unfair to the other people trying to get in to see us.
Made it back alive
Sunday, September 21, 2008 Filed in:
Office
Despite the long gap since my last
post, I have not died from my trip to rural Honduras. Things at the
office have been quite busy and I don’t get so many chances
to write here.
A bunch of college students and a few doctors and other health professionals all got together and brought all the medications and supplies we could. We lived in a hacienda in bunk rooms and rode a bus 1-2 hours to the sites where the locals lined up to get help. Despite the long bumpy and dusty rides, heat, and other hardships (of which the flight back was probably the worst when a delayed flight made us lose all our connectors), we all kept good spirits and played soccer with the local kids (who were kind enough not to embarrass us).
A bunch of college students and a few doctors and other health professionals all got together and brought all the medications and supplies we could. We lived in a hacienda in bunk rooms and rode a bus 1-2 hours to the sites where the locals lined up to get help. Despite the long bumpy and dusty rides, heat, and other hardships (of which the flight back was probably the worst when a delayed flight made us lose all our connectors), we all kept good spirits and played soccer with the local kids (who were kind enough not to embarrass us).
