For many healthcare professionals that spent time on the COVID frontlines early on, any pre-existing feelings of professional burnout were grossly exacerbated by lack of control, overwhelming uncertainty, isolation, and…
Ryan SecanOctober 21, 2020
I guess it’s time to talk about product design again. Please, when you make a new product (or a new version of an old product), please keep your users in…
Ryan SecanAugust 27, 2020
While working at one of my clinical sites yesterday (that doesn’t use Assign), I came across a situation that demonstrated to me one of the reasons why Assign is so…
Ryan SecanJuly 30, 2020
There have been a lot of jokes about how awful a year 2020 has been, with a pandemic, quarantines, police violence, social unrest, and even invasive murder hornets. However, it’s…
Ryan SecanJuly 23, 2020
I don’t want to throw anyone under the bus, but I need to take a minute to talk about some glitchy things that as a physician technologist, really make me…
Ryan SecanJuly 8, 2020
So, I had what felt like a unique experience today: I went to the dentist to have my teeth cleaned. Now this isn’t unique because I’d never done it before…
Ryan SecanJuly 2, 2020
My relationship with a healthy lifestyle can trend a bit spotty. Things go well for awhile with healthy eating and exercise, and then life gets in the way and things…
Ryan SecanJune 24, 2020
When physicians see patients with certain symptoms, exam findings, or test results, we automatically begin to make predictions about what is wrong with them, what the best treatment options would…
Ryan SecanJune 9, 2020
At multiple hospitals where I practice, I’ve seen the same thing. Lots of patients with COVID-19, but many fewer patients with all of the usual hospital medicine problems we manage…
Ryan SecanMay 13, 2020
