Yearly Archives: 2016

My prior posts gave an introduction to the Match, how to approach interviews, and how to travel for interviews. 4th Year, ERAS and the NRMP Residency Interviews Traveling for Interviews   Stock Photo from: Pixabay So where are we in the match? It’s now mid-November, which I consider to be the mid-point for the Match process. So let’s do a quick evaluation of where you are. You should have a few interviews under your belt […]

Mid #Match2017 Evaluation #illumedati

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In keeping with the Holiday Gift Shopping Theme, this will be a list of Finance Books I Own (Or Want). Here are some great book ideas for anyone who wants to learn about finance, investing, and retirement. Stock photo from: Pexels ***All Listed Prices are as of 11-18-2016 and may change. Additionally, you may be able to find some of these books used for cheap at your local bookstore if you keep an eye out for […]

Finance Books I Own (Or Want) #illumedati

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It’s Whatever Wednesdays. I realize that Thanksgiving hasn’t happened yet, but for those who are trying to get a headstart, here are some Holiday Gift Shopping Ideas for 2016. Spoilers: The Amazon Deal of the Day for 11-16-2016 is Breaking Bad: The Complete Series (DVD) (Blu-Ray).  Basically, I’m just going through my “wish list” and “recent orders” stuff on Amazon and listing them here with a quick blurb. This list is by no means comprehensive. […]

Holiday Gift Shopping Ideas 2016 #illumedati

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I haven’t talked about the Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and how it has affected the practice of medicine. I don’t need to use the Electronic Medical Record as much as my other clinical colleagues. However, I have seen how it has affected my wife’s work. She was involved with the switch-over of her residency to Epic and was even an “Epic Superuser” (extended training).  Needless to say, she’s pretty facile with EMRs in general, especially Epic. […]

Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and How To Fix It #illumedati

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First of all, Happy Veteran’s Day everyone. Please take some time today to think of and thank all the veterans who served our great country. Ok, so by now everyone knows that Trump won the election. However, I’m going to discuss what happened to the stock market immediately following his election, and the days that followed. Trump was somewhat of a wild card to win the election… With uncertainty comes worry which can lead to […]

President Elect Trump and the Stock Market

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I do realize that it’s Post-Election Day 2016 – 11-9-2016. Trump won. However, I try to keep my blog as politics-free as possible.  So, for that reason, I’m going to talk about something completely unrelated: Solar Power and Tesla. So as I’ve already stated before, I live in Hawaii and I recently bought a house in January. There are many things I want to do to renovate and fix up my house in next 5-10 years. However, […]

Solar Power and Tesla

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