How Much Antifreeze Does a Parkinson’s Patient Swallow?
What the Heck Is in My PD Medication and Why? A serious issue for people with Parkinson’s disease is those times when medication wears off before the next dose is due. Remembering to take the first dose in the morning but sometimes forgetting the next one can be a problem as well. That’s why there [...]
This is Not the Way to Go About Things but Despite That There Are Some Hopeful Comments.
This appeared a few days ago. E-health record tenders out soon Karen Dearne From: Australian IT September 24, 2010 12:00AM ELEMENTS of the planned personally controlled e-health record system will go to an open tender, with an industry briefing due before the end of the year. Some details of the $467 million project to deliver [...]
Tai Chi at Mayo
Relaxation techniques and balance exercises are great. But promote it as Tai Chi, which is based on claims of the universal energy force Qi, and you drag in woo. I’d expect better from Mayo.Via Clinical Cases and Images.
Call for papers: Advances in Modelling and Optimisation of Machining Processes
A special issue of International Journal of Machining and Machinability of Materials Machining is one of the most important and widely used manufacturing processes in engineering industries. Today’s machining processes are caught between the growing need for quality, high process safety, minimal machining costs, and short machining times. In order to meet these demands, machining [...]
Provider versus Payer Centric Shared Decision Making Support: There’s A Big Difference
By Bob Tavares In its post “What Can A Hockey Game Tell Us About Shared Decision Making?”, the Disease Management Care Blog may have missed the important difference between physician-centric versus payer-centric models for patient decision support. While efforts to support shared decision making (SDM) have largely been driven by payers in the past, it [...]
