Author Archives: House Staff

Want to Be a PCORI-Funded Researcher?

Posted on May 24, 2013

Originally posted May 20, 2013 Our second year of patient-centered comparative effectiveness research funding kicked off May 15 with the release of five updated PCORI Funding Announcements (PFAs). In this first of three rounds of funding we plan through these announcements, we aim to … Continue reading →

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How Video Game Technologies Are Improving Patient Care

Posted on May 23, 2013

Originally posted April 23, 2013 on Scrubbing In, a site from Baylor Health Care System for “hands-on health care discussions” Everyone knows that misunderstandings can cause trouble. But miscommunication in a health care setting can lead to serious risks. That’s why researchers at Baylor … Continue reading →

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Digital Doctoring

Posted on May 22, 2013

Originally posted May 2, 2013 By Jason Franasiak I recently came across an old photograph of our labor and delivery board room. The scene contained a smiling attending that I know well along with two other residents that I never … Continue reading →

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Proposed U.S. Allopathic and Osteopathic Medical Schools

Posted on May 21, 2013

By James E. Lewis, Sr., Ph.D.  The inaugural post of Pattern Analysis described the “new geography” of the 33 medical schools that between 2002 and 2013 had been accredited by either LCME (15) or AOA/COCA (18) to recruit and enroll … Continue reading →

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Simulation 2.0: A Test Lab for Health Care Transformation

Posted on May 20, 2013

Originally posted May 2, 2013 By Ted James, MD What does simulation have to do with health care reform? More than you may think. Health care is undergoing a period of unprecedented transformation, during which simulation has emerged as a … Continue reading →

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Live from #HM13: Feinberg Shares How UCLA Puts Patients “at the Center of Everything”

Posted on May 17, 2013

In his plenary address to attendees at Hospital Medicine 13, sponsored by the Society for Hospital Medicine, David Feinberg, president of UCLA Health System and CEO of UCLA Hospital System, shared how he has led his organization to “Healing Humankind … Continue reading →

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Displaying the Price of Tests Makes Docs Think Twice

Posted on May 16, 2013

By Scott Harris During any shopping trip, an item found without a price tag seems to be followed inevitably by the old quip that “if there’s no price, it must be free.” The joke’s ubiquity might speak to an inherently … Continue reading →

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OPPE, FPPE, MOC, MOL …. Slurping the Alphabet Soup of Physician Assessment

Posted on May 15, 2013

Originally posted May 4, 2013 By Ulfat Shaikh, MD A couple of months ago I drove past fertile vineyards and took in the not-so-sweet scent of dairy farms, en route to a small community hospital in California’s Central Valley. I had … Continue reading →

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The Future of the Medical Meeting

Posted on May 14, 2013

By Bryan Vartabedian, MD I recently co-organized Millennial Medicine, an international meeting on the future of medical education.  The meeting, the speakers and the comraderie was amazing.  But what happened beyond the room was just as interesting.  Our meeting was … Continue reading →

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Leave Judging Science in the Hands of Scientists

Posted on May 13, 2013

By Ann Bonham, Ph.D. Debates over who decides research priorities and how; and who decides what research should be funded by the federal government and how, are not new. They reflect competing views on the relative quality, priority, and appropriateness … Continue reading →

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