A Diary of EHR-Initiated Tragedy
“What you cannot anticipate, you cannot dread.” – The Fire Rose I’ve realized that these past posts, when integrated for an upcoming investigation, tell a story that is probably not uncommon in hospitals today. They form a sort of Diary of EHR-Initiated Tragedy. I fear that these problems will become far more commonplace under the [...]
Special issue: Simulation and business modelling
International Journal of Business Information Systems 6(1) 2010 Papers from the European and Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems (EMCI) held in Dubai, UAE, 25-26 May 2008. A multi-perspective comparison for selection between system dynamics and discrete event simulation Simulation discounted cash flow valuation for internet companies On demand radio frequency identification based vehicle tracking system [...]
Sleep apnea and the involuntary siesta
Consequences for hypertension. (Via Clinical Cases and Images). Primary source: BMJ research article: Results 277 (81%) of the 340 patients randomised were men the patients had a mean age of 52.4 (SD 10.5) years, a body mass index of 31.9 (5.7), an Epworth sleepiness scale score of 10.1 (4.3), an apnoea-hypopnoea index of 43.5 (24.5). [...]
A microscopic look at hotel hygiene makes a microbiologist travel with an impervious mattress cover
From CNN: The microbiologist Philip Tierno doesn’t feel comfortable staying in hotels. He knows too much. He travels with an impervious mattress and pillow cover to protect against the unseen debris that guests leave behind. When humans sleep they shed about 1.5 million cells an hour. While the covers were developed for allergy sufferers, Tierno [...]
Full metal jacket: 67 coronary stents
Eric Topol comments about the case presented in JACC and asks what this says about our health care system.
