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Let's say you have a patient call and they don't remember when they made the appointment. How can you search for it?

Highlight the patient name, then click on binoculars.

And just remember, there are no dumb questions, just opportunities for Bert to exert his superior intellectual powers!

you guys rock!

On behalf of my tag-team partner Bert and I, thank you!

Hey there,
Good to see you. Yes Bert, the "Post Master General" is always willing to lend a hand. That was an easy one. Come on... Hit us with your best shot.... Be well.
Paul

Cool: April Wine, Twisted Sister and Pat Benatar all at the same time.

Donna, how much are you renting the space for. I called your 800 number, and I keep getting headquarters for EMRUpdate or something.

Hey guess what? I've got a FEVER!....And the only prescription for it.....IS MORE COWBELL!!!

Explore the space, Gene! I like what I'm hearing....

"Man, I love you guys!".

P.S. to Bert: My rental price is always negotiable. And I'll probably be cheaper than the service Spitzer uses...

Donna,
You're gonna get nice guys like me in trouble.... lol

Hey Paul, depending on your frame of reference, once you've thought about it, the deed is practically done. Remember Jimmy Carter???? And, unlike your Gov's service, I don't take credit cards (cash or aluminum cans only--no laundering necessary).

Donna, thanks for the Christopher Walken "Cowbell" routine.
Bert and I have been having a ton of fun with that.
He called me at work: get this, I'm in a patient room and answer. he yells into the phone "Cowbell!!" I couldn't help but laugh.

My wife is chronically ill with viral induced gastroparesis, has a j-tube and vomits all the time. The last thing she needed was to get influenza. Anyway, she got influenza on Saturday. Today my wife says, "Adam, my fever is 102.6 on meds (another inside joke w/ Bert)." so I said, "You have a fever?" She said "Yeah, a fever." I said, "do you know what you would like to treat the fever?.....Tylenol or a Cowbell?" She eeked out a feeble smile and said, "I think I'm gonna need a little more Cowbell!"

So, thank YOU for the laughs. Bert, my wife Michelle, and I appreciate it. Oh yeah, my medical student appreciates it too....she heard Bert and I laughing and immediately caught onto the SNL skit.

Adam, your post was the highlight of my week (maybe month!). That was very sweet of you. I just love that skit and it makes me laugh out loud every time I see it. Do you tell Michelle to take two cowbells and call you in the morning??

See you guys, it's not so bad injecting a little irreverent humor in our posts once and awhile. Who knows who you might connect with? And Bert, shame on you! (If you weren't long distance, I'd be calling you too!) Did you realize there is cowbell on "You're So Vain"?? Even Carly loves it!

Have a great day!!

OK Donna, get this...My medical student is in on the joke too.

We've seen about a billion cases of influenza (o.k. really about 20) in the last 2 weeks. So everyone has fevers.....see where I'm going w/ this?

So she's asking a patient about this symptom and that symptom. I'm listening. Then I politely interject, "Do you have a fever?"

My student puts her hand to her mouth, cracks just a tiny smile, and gives me this look that says, "Need more cowbell?" I ALMOST COMPLETELY LOST IT IN THE EXAM ROOM!!!

I then had to step out to keep from going hysterical w/ laughter. So I said, "I'm going to get a flu swab," when what I really WANTED to say was, "I'm going to get a cowbell."

I came back in, she swabbed the patient. The patient asked, "what are we going to do?" I said,"I'm going to give you a prescription," [for more cowbell]. AGAIN, WE ALMOST LOST IT.

I wrote a prescription for prednisone and cough syrup (pt is asthmatic and was wheezing). I wrote a Rx for the student's fever treatment, that's right....."Cowbell 1gm, 3 dings QID and PRN"

OMG, we're having fun w/ this!

Adam, you're having too much fun!! I wish I could share this thing with our staff, but the young ones don't get it, and the older ones are grumpy. Geez, this board is the only place that appreciates (ha ha) my skewed sense of humor. Scary, huh? Do you have openings in your office??

Come check out Maine. While you are at it, you can check out Bert and I. I have openings in my office, maybe you'll want to move.

Here's an idea, MAKE your staff watch the skit. It's on www.youtube.com. Then have them read the posts. Maybe they will get the humor. Sometimes you just have to lead your staff into the funny zone, even if they don't think they need it.

Gee, I've never lived anywhere that actually had seasons! It's been 70 freakin' degrees out here the last few weeks. Trees are blooming, bees are buzzing, the mountain snow is melting, mosquitos are biting (here come the West Nile calls), etc.

I will set up an staff mtg so we can all watch the skit. It could help the morale, hopefully. Maybe it's just spring fever!

P.S. Be careful about including Bert in your devious little plan.
It might scare the bejeebers out of him!!

"www.youtube.com. Then have them read the posts. Maybe they will get the humor. "

Oh, now I get it...hahaha. Still not quite as funny though as the "Bass-O-Matic" or the Family Jewel Cleaner.

Leslie
(who also has an opening for Donna here in Indiana. We are now in our 5th season...Mud Season.)

The bidding war begins!! Actually, I shouldn't be talking to Adam at all, since he passed me on the top 10 poster count... Just because he can offer actual technical advice, geez! I'm sure it was that "Newbie" thread that put you over the top, huh? I'm so bummed!

Ah yes "Mud Season", where cars are cars and roads are useless.

We might have an opening for you here too, but why anyone but us would move to CNY is beyond me. Remind me why we stayed here again????

Yes I love Bass-o-matic, but my two all time favorites are the home land security skit with all the funny names that I posted months ago, and Garrett Morris as the drive with a Mouel (damn my spelling) in the back performing a circumsions in the back of a "Mark 5" or what have you. "A perfect cut!"

Donna,
Not much longer I'll be in 9th place.
Then the next few will be relatively easy to catch.
What will be hard is surpassing Wcoghill. I'll have to double my current numbers. I'll get into the top three by end of this year or into next....

Confident, aren't we?? Will you have to cut back on your pt load to reach Bert's lofty status? I'm pretty sure that's how he did it. That and chopping up his posts into several smaller ones. Have you noticed that instead of editing, he will add an extra post instead?? There's method to his madness.

Where is that little devil anyway? I'm trying to draw him out into the open...

See how easy it is?

How come that didn't change my post count?

Donna, A.C. knows that your posting to simply increase your post numbers. Therefore, they are not increasing your post counts unless you have something to contribute.

The Cowbell comments are contributory.
These little posts aren't. Sorry.

OUCH!! I was only following Bert's example. So if I mention COWBELLS it will count? We'll see... (It kinda creeps me out to think Big Brother is connected to this site too!) I will follow your profound example and tray to "contribute" something on each post (don't hold your breath).

You mean that there is a posting race?

Hmmm... Donna is member number 255, and she has 168 posts.

I joined on 11/2007, so I've only got 110 posts, but yet I'm member number 1124! At this rate, by 6/2008 I should be half way up the list! In 2.5 years if emrupdate is a template, I should have over 3500 posts!

Donna,
No offense intended.
It's not a fair race if I'm already ahead.
Should I stop awhile to let you catch up?

Na, na, na, na, na, you can't catch me!!! Sorry I just couldn't resist....

Adam, no offense taken. Another example of my amazing satirical wit shot to hell. Anyway, no, you don't have to pause to let me catch up. The last thing I need is a mercy pause... I'm only here for witty inuendos, double/triple entendres and the occasional (very occasional) helpful hint. Besides, Leslie should be more worried about you than I am as you ruthlessly climb the leader board!

Thanks for your consolation of my victory in the #10 spot.

Yeah, it's kinda like winning Miss Congeniality!