Another review of rapid response teams
—concludes: In summary, RRSs take the skills and expertise of the critical care team beyond the walls of the ICU within minutes to the bedside of deteriorating patients, whose condition may well progress to cardiac or respiratory arrest. RRSs would stabilize patients, prevent development of critical illness or cardiopulmonary arrest and contribute to the optimization [...]
Maureen stars on WIHI
Leaders Never Stop Learning: A Conversation with IHI’s President and CEO, Maureen BisognanoThursday, September 9, 2010, 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern Time What’s it like to spend an hour with Maureen Bisognano? Well, for one thing, it’s nothing like reading the daily news about health care, some of which might have you throwing your [...]
Health Care Reform: The Worst is Yet to Come
Do you see or do you observe? Most readers have likely given just a glancing glimpse of the photograph to the left, which I took during recent vacation in Costa Rica. Most, including me, would have recognized that the photograph is a tree, and then moved onto the riveting text. While this identification would be [...]
Flame throwers would work nicely
Now, why didn’t I think of this, instead of suggesting that we throw the snow in the Harbor? Sixty three years ago Boston received so much snow that then Mayor James Curley took a look at it and began pleading with then MIT President Dr. Karl Compton for help. “I am very desirous that [MIT] [...]
Why are modern scientists so dull?
Why are modern scientists so dull? How science selects for perseverance and sociability at the expense of intelligence and creativity Medical Hypotheses. Volume 72, Issue 3, Pages 237-243 Bruce G. Charlton *** Summary Question: why are so many leading modern scientists so dull and lacking in scientific ambition? Answer: because the science selection process ruthlessly [...]
