My other hobby... do you have any?

[James_D]

Mountain Climbing, and Scuba diving. And Skiing.
James



Woodcraft... Impressive...

[Dr Mordrid]

Originally posted by Chrono_Wanderer
IT ppl doing woodworking? that's a new one.... LOL... nice and BIG chest btw

I grew up on a farm, so woodworking was a required skill. After moving to the very stressful medical world I found it was, and still is, a great stress reliever.

That chest does look real nice. One of my more recent projects is a large postmasters desk for my wife. These are a legged desk with a "bridge" over the back that houses mail and document slots. It also has a huge locking drawer below the working surface.

Dr. Mordrid

[James_D]

Originally posted by Dr Mordrid
I grew up on a farm, so woodworking was a required skill. After moving to the very stressful medical world I found it was, and still is, a great stress reliever.

Dr. Mordrid

So you are a doctor? or.....???

So what do you think of the crisis in West Virginia.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/01/02/doctors.strike/index.html

James...

Med. Stud.

[Paddy]

Tony: You are getting better with photoshop!

[Fat Tone]

Originally posted by Paddy [MU]
Tony: You are getting better with photoshop!

Corel, actually

It's nice to see we aren't all complete geeks, although I wonder if my obsession with power tools counts?

T.

[Sethos]

WOW that's very nice!!

Personaly I'm a b+w photography amature, and of course having fun with my puter

~Sethos

[Byock]

Hmm, other than computers? Well, I like to roller skate. A great way to lose weight.

Other than that, Camping, Volleyball, basically anything outdoors.

[Claymonkey]

Computers
art: printmaking(woodcuts, aquatints, etchings, lithography), drawing, sculpture (wood, stone, steel, clay)
hiking
camping
reading
gaming (on and off the computer)

[Claymonkey]

<- aquatint

[agallag]

That's some nice work Tony. I hope to get into something like that some day. It will be easier come August when we move into our first house. I'll have a nice big basement to set up a workshop in

[Technoid]

As a hobby I work from 10 to 18

[Paddy]

i like sex. does that count?

[agallag]

Yes

[Paddy]

Yes

short and sweet... that's how i like them

[Dr Mordrid]

Originally posted by James_D
So you are a doctor? or.....???

So what do you think of the crisis in West Virginia.

http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/01/02/doctors.strike/index.html

James...

Med. Stud.

Not a Dr.

I ran the special procedures (CT, MRI, Nuclear Medicine, Angio & Cath Lab) and emergency medical imaging departments for a large teaching hospital. While I was at it I also taught physics, anatomy etc. and took about a zillion hours of 24 hour standbys and overtime. When I finished all of that I also prepared the students in our various training programs for their board exams.

Like I said....stressful

What do I think of what's happening in W. Virginia? I think it's terrible that the physicians have been forced to this. I generally don't approve of health care strikes, even though I spent many years as an official for the professionals union, but I can certainly understand why they are doing it.

Much of the high cost of medical care in the US is because of frivilous lawsuits raising the insurance costs for not only doctors but for medical device makers, the institutions themselves and those insurance companies that run medical plans. Get a choke-hold on frivilous lawsuits and you've gone a long way to controlling health care costs.

Now....this isn't to say that all malpractice and medical product litigations are frivilous, but enough of them are that in many places malpractice insurance premiums are the fastest growing segment of health care costs. That in itself should be throwing up warning flags to anyone paying attention.

What makes it even worse is when their high costs force physicians to move out of many areas, often leaving large regions without neuro surgeons, OB-GYN or even pediatricians and internists. That it's now forcing out emergency room specialists is a nightmare waiting to happen.

In short: tort reform is an idea whose time has come, but we'll have to get it by those politicians who are in the Trial Lawyer Assn.'s pocket first.

What would I do?

Put all the legal costs on the complainant if the case is lost or dismissed for starters. Very few lawyers will bring frivilous cases in those circumstances.

I'd also severely restrict the use of out-of-court settlements. Most settlements are only reached to lower overall legal costs, not because the doctor did anything wrong, and their over-use just encourages more frivilous complaints.

Dr. Mordrid