Hope everyone has been having a great holiday season, a Merry Christmas, a Happy Hanukkah, a Happy Kwanzaa, a grievance-free Festivus, and j

My apologies for the absolute dearth of posts, for anyone who is still visiting my blog. But as you can see from this photo, I've been a

Previously in my post “It’s Complicated…” I introduced the concept of Morbidity and Mortality Report (M&M), and explained it for non-medical persons. As I said then, doctors hate using the word “failure” let alone admitting it. Well we also hate to admit even errors, so even the word “error” must meet rigorous standards and categorization. M&M may require us to discuss complications, but we will go through fairly rigorous debate to determine if, in fact, the complication was