tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20108635.post3734997357746676616..comments2023-10-01T10:18:00.072-04:00Comments on Plastic Surgery 101: Plastic Surgery 101 suggests look before you leap (in logic) on hospital infectionsDr. Rob Oliver Jr.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09059882318849767896noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20108635.post-81641721603578278052008-08-21T08:54:00.000-04:002008-08-21T08:54:00.000-04:00Rob -- I stumbled across your blog today and have ...Rob -- I stumbled across your blog today and have not been able to stop reading. I hear similar stories every day -- only with a urologic spin. But it was interesting to see how the same issues filter across specialties. <BR/><BR/>Mostly I want to thank you for raising my pop culture cool points considerably with the video postings. My oldest son, Jack, was crazy about the Bat for Lashes video, too. Since you're a Gaiman fan, I strongly recommend Terry Pratchet's "Discworld" series -- particularly the ones involving "The Watch". Pratchet and Gaiman have teamed up before and I'm a huge fan of both. Thanks for the diversion today! Jodi B.Burrus Boyshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07036125956958033352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20108635.post-76470151899717179432008-08-18T17:34:00.000-04:002008-08-18T17:34:00.000-04:00Ms. McCaughrey, a former Lt. Governor of New York ...Ms. McCaughrey, a former Lt. Governor of New York State, is at the helm of RID (the Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths), an advocacy group that certainly sounds like a worthwhile medical organization.<BR/><BR/>A few medical blogs, though, have picked up on the "zero percent" rule espoused by McCaughrey and the so-called "Never Events" policy espoused by Medicare/Medicaid. Dr. Oliver is not alone here -- this topic can make physicians froth at the mouth on cue.<BR/><BR/>McCaughrey, who is referred to as "Dr." in some online sources, is not articulating all sides of this important issue -- and possibly ignoring basic facts about the why/how of hospital infections and related phenomena that other doctors can articulate very clearly.<BR/><BR/>So... who exactly is McCaughrey? A clue can be found at Tapped:<BR/><BR/>"...[Is] this Betsy McCaughey the "Elizabeth McCaughey" who as a fellow at the Manhattan Institute wrote the legendary article, "No Exit," in The New Republic in 1993, in which she claimed to have read the entire Clinton health care plan and adduced all sorts of nightmare scenarios? Is this Betsy McCaughey the "Betsy McCaughey Ross" who, solely on the credential of having discredited the Clinton health care plan, was chosen as the Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of New York in 1995, becoming probably the first person ever to make news from that position by, for reasons never explained, standing up for the entirety of Governor Pataki's 1997 State of the State address? The same Betsy McCaughey who then became a Democrat, ran for governor, and divorced and sued her husband, Wilbur Ross, when he refused to bankroll her campaign?<BR/><BR/>"Yes, all the same person. And her new gig, the "Committe to Reduce Infection Deaths"? A good cause, to be sure: make sure doctors wash their hands. But the actual activities are vague and the "committee" itself consists of folks like Erica Jong, Tina Brown, Sir Harold Evans, the architect Richard Meier, and various other New York socialites."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com