Scott MacDonald

The professor this week.
I think Camper Van Beethoven was my very first concert in 1985ish.

KC Turner Presents + HopMonk Tavern Novato's 2025 Cookout Concert Series Raffle to Benefit Bread & Roses Presents By Bread & Roses Presents

What a cool concept!

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What I’m living in a SNF, I’ll be able to still see live music!

It’s a good thing Congress isn’t alive to see this

Upcoming album · Necessary Fictions GoGo Penguin · Releases on Jun 20, 2025 · 12 songs

And another favorite band’s new album will drop for the ride home!

open.spotify.com/prerelease/6...

Enjoying NorCal immensely today.
Spent the morning in the sun and breeze fixing up my work shed. Napped, then went to Napa- ate along the river and am now at intermission of one of my favorite bands. 40 years of music.

This weekend’s happy place. (No Trump news)

Totally worth another post.

thewailinjennys.com

Incredible songs and harmonies.

One Voice and Parting Glass

But the great new discovery was at theSideDoor.net. Trey Hensley and Rob Ickes. Incredible playing and voice.

Last week was Iron & Wine who really impressed me. With Nathaniel Ratliff- hampered by booming acoustics at Bill Graham Civic. Good time with Cam and Kari, though.

I think I’ll move my concert postings here from Insta- denying content from the oligarchs.

A night of frisson.
Wailin’ Jennys in Grass Valley.
Def worth the drive

So many thoughts - I can’t add much.

Not yet. What I like about it is how it’s not really part of the interaction. Just me and patient/family. I don’t even log into Epic until I need to enter orders or review data with the patient.

I load up the patient and recorder before I go in the room, so once I get consent we’re off to the races. The few minutes it takes to generate the note usually discourages me from sharing in real-time. Maybe I’ll “create note” while I’m wrapping up orders so that would work.

Definitely a different workflow- but I’ve found the cognitive unburdening to be the biggest win. I can focus on the history, nonverbal information, and *think* rather than remember details or take notes.

My newly-minted attorney daughter’s legal take on the Mangione case: “he’s fucking hot!”

Perhaps I've misunderstood all along and WaPo ownership views "Democracy dies in darkness" as aspirational.🤔

Ride in today characterized as oceans of wet leaves. But I kept the rubber side down. Anything else I accomplish today will be a bonus.

Sharing something I wrote for a lay audience. I serve on the quality measurement committee for the American College of Physicians. We’re trying to improve quality without burdening clinicians. This episode is about managing pain. #informatics

www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

I love the smell of partially burned hydrocarbons in the morning.
-nobody

Do we have a winner in the “box too big” competition?

No surprises on my Spotify wrapped.

1. Gogo Penguin
2. Cowboy Junkies
3. Robohands
4. J.S. Bach
5. Radiohead

Opinion | Measuring the Quality of Pain Management Fair and useful performance measures help ensure more appropriate treatment

Measuring health care quality is hard. Assessing chronic pain is hard. Measuring quality of pain management is really hard.
Measuring it has changed how we do it over the past few decades.
Our op-ed about the ACP PMC’s review of the landscape. www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/seco...

I share and led this for #ucdavishealth. Also a care partner for whom notes are important to keep the family informed about all that is going on.

After living in Sacramento for a *long* time - finally went to The Trap. Dive bar since 1861.

Santa Barbara show had so many cowboy hats- really nice ones.

Selfie with Fred Rogers Memorial, Pittsburgh

Communed with Fred R in the rain tonight.

My take away is we should use tech to remove the added layers of tech to expose the human relationships that
Heal people, and
give meaning to being a physician.

Video:

Made me smile:

www.nytimes.com/video/embedd...

- needed a hit of good.

“Love is at the root of everything. All learning. All parenting. All relationships. Love, or the lack of it.” -Fred Rogers

A lot of this country needs love.