Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Jumping for joy in Telluride

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#TPSER8  We took a break during the Telluride Patient Safety Camp for group pictures.  Seen here are two of the more exuberant groups o...

When a bulb does not represent a good idea

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#TPSER8 We are all familiar with the cartoon image of a light bulb glowing or flashing as representing a good idea that has occurred to ...

Telluride Patient Safety Camp -- Day 1, Part 2

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#TPSER8 We continue the saga of the first full day of the Telluride Patient Safety Resident Summer Camp program.  The first activity af...

Telluride Patient Safety Camp -- Day 1, Part 1

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#TPSER8 Today was the first full day of the Telluride Patient Safety Resident Summer Camp program.  The mist had barely cleared the loca...
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Sunday, June 10, 2012

Educate the young, regulate the old.

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#TPSER8 This post's title is a quote from Dave Mayer, who, with Tim McDonald, is running the eighth annual Telluride Patient Safety ...
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Reuters rebuts Reuters report

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Reuters Health Information has posted a remarkable rebuttal of its own article about screening for prostate-specific antigen.  Inside sou...
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Saturday, June 09, 2012

Take a bow, Cheetahs!

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Today's game ended another successful and satisfying soccer season for our under-10 girls soccer team, the Cheetahs.  It was great to...

A friendly little robot

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It is class reunion time at MIT, and as part of my 40th (eek!), we had a short visit with one of the robot researchers at the Media Lab....
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Thursday, June 07, 2012

Ice cream is hard work!

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This mother considered her options as the Green Line train approached her stop on the return trip home after a tiring visit downtown t...

Whaddayouworriedabout?

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The New York Times reports on a proposed merger of "NYU Langone Medical Center, a highly specialized academic medical center, and C...

In Baltimore with UMMC

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I was honored to be asked to present at a seminar in Baltimore yesterday for a group of nurse managers and other folks from the Universit...
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Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Is this the good news or the bad news?

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PharmPro reports :   Wrong-site surgery and falls prevention programs within Pennsylvania healthcare facilities appear to be working,...

Situational Awareness on WIHI

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June 7, 2012: Situational Awareness and Patient Safety 2:00 – 3:00 PM Eastern Time   Guests: Stephen Muething, M...

Yo Tarzan, make mine Janes

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Meg Wirth, of Maternova , whom you met in my description of Health Foo , writes about: . . . a fellow social entrepreneur, Sharon Lin...
Tuesday, June 05, 2012

[P]retty [S]orry [A]nalysis

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There are interesting, legitimate, and important scientific and clinical issues under debate with regard to the efficacy of PSA screening. ...
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Monday, June 04, 2012

Why can't facts persuade?

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WBUR's Martha Bebinger asks the question , " Are We Lowering Health Costs Or Just Shifting Them To Consumers?" Using figure...
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After the rankings, what happens in the doctor’s office?

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There was a lot of coverage last week when Consumer Reports joined up with the Massachusetts Health Quality Partners to provide public ra...

A short history of MA highway signs

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For years, the logo of the Massachusetts Turnpike was a Pilgrim's hat with an arrow through it.  But back in 1989, a second-grade cla...

558 minutes without a goal!

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I am sure the players and coaches of the Magdeburg team in Germany appreciated this extra help from their fans.  The team had failed to sco...
Sunday, June 03, 2012

Why you should never use PowerPoint

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Stick with it to the end!  (Click here if you cannot see the video.)