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The Search For Google (Mt. Rushmore Road Show) Ever notice how pervasive the internet is in our daily lives? And how one can lose track of time for hours with a single web search? A recent example: Halloween Trick or Treating. An age old American childhood tradition. It started out innocently enough.  I simply asked [...]

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American Flag of the United States of America (USA Flag) Originally uploaded by jcolman May Day is always special to me because it is the day I became a United States citizen (Star Spangled Banner music quietly playing in the background as you read this post). Photograph Courtesy of Jonathan Colman Last updated May 2, [...]

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Photographs Courtesy of Renee Rendler-Kaplan I love American ingenuity. There is always somebody ready to capitalize on somebody else’s misery. First, thanks for the many kind words from people who had no idea about the “hamster on a wheel” life of a primary care doctor. I discussed how difficult primary care doctors (internists, pediatricians, family [...]

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The first ever Race for the Taste 5K run was this past weekend. We had over six hundred runners and they were amazingly fast!!!! The setting was beautiful Anastasia State Park, where runners had a great view of the ocean as they ran! The runners then had free admission to the Taste of St. Augustine, [...]

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Photograph Courtesy of Bob Cuthill Tomorrow is payday and that is difficult in the life of a primary care physician (I’m not trying to get you to feel sorry for me, just trying to explain the realities of being a primary care doctor in 2010).  Can’t make payroll tomorrow.  This has become a frequent occurrence over [...]

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  I can sum up the biggest problem with the health care system in one word: bureaucracy.  The regulations that doctors have to memorize, in addition to plain old medicine (which in my experience is complex enough!) looks like the indecipherable ingredients on the back of a processed food bag: CPT/ICD codes, HIPPA compliance, Red [...]

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