Since moving into healthcare in 2005, I’ve been surprised by a number of things in the hospital environment. The first time a skilled medical professional (a laboratory medical technologist) said, “they just want me to check my brain at the door” (true story), I was stunned. That’s what GM assembly line workers said to me in 1995. It was sad then and even more heartbreaking to hear in a hospital in 2006. Another thing that … Continue reading The Emperor’s Sacred Cow’s New Clothes – “Flexing” Hospital Staff