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Category Archives: Technology
Electronic Health Records: Progress, Not Panacea
Posted May 16, 2012 By Kenneth Lin, MD Yesterday, the family medicine residency program where I serve as a faculty preceptor “went live” with their new electronic health record. They posted a sign at the front desk that read in … Continue reading
UMich Medical Device Wiki Lets Low-Income Nations Know What Technologies Are Out There
Posted on Medgadget by Scott Jung on Apr 26, 2012 • We here at Medgadget are huge fans of the innovative, but low-cost medical devices that undergraduate and graduate school students develop for their senior projects. We applaud the … Continue reading
Crossing the Quality Chasm: Who’s Engineering the Building of the Bridge?
By Chris DeFlitch, MD, FACEP, CMIO Let’s take a hard look at the Institute of Medicine (IOM) goals to cross the quality chasm: safe, effective, patient-centered, timely, efficient, and equitable (SEPTEE). All laudable goals, but HOW do we get there? … Continue reading
“Import-O-Matic” Revolutionizes Image Viewing at UAB
By Franklin Tessler, MD, and Lance Hamff Imagine having to learn a new word processing application for every document that you write. This is similar to the issue that we in the UAB Health System faced in dealing with medical … Continue reading
Harnessing Technology to Make Better Decisions at MGH
By Scott Harris Health IT holds plenty of promise for improving outcomes and quality. But as new data illustrate, it is not an end in itself. Electronic records systems can be useful in the battle for better quality and lower … Continue reading
Simulation: A Pathway to Providing Better Care
By Morgan Passiment A recent symposium sponsored by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare and the National League of Nursing showcased how we can make interprofessional education in health care come alive through simulation. Over 400 people from a variety … Continue reading
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Residents Create Review Site for Emergency Medicine Resources
By Tim Peck, MD The value of the Internet lies in its power of pointed conversation. We ask the Internet what movie we should see tonight, where we can get the best pizza in town, and which flight we should … Continue reading
Learning on the Go at Christiana Care
By Jill Schwab and Tom Hendrich Christiana Care Health System in Wilmington, Delaware, is piloting a mobile learning program. Mobile learning, or m-learning, is not a new concept in medical education: Physicians have been learning on their own via books, … Continue reading
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Pro Proton: Why I Believe Mayo Should Build Proton Facilities
By Joanne Conroy, MD I may be one of the few people in America who is glad that the Mayo Clinic is building two proton facilities. I know Ezekiel Emanuel and Steven Pearson called this “crazy medicine and unsustainable public … Continue reading
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Yale Provides iPads to Medical Students
Initiative is found to enhance student interaction with curriculum By Michael Schwartz, Ph.D We started an iPad pilot program at the Yale School of Medicine a year ago to provide a greener solution to the large amounts of paper we … Continue reading
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