Next in a series. In my previous post, I explained the basics of my Healthcare Incentives Framework, which enumerates the jobs we want a health care system to do for us and links them to the parties in the health care system that have the greatest incentive to fulfill those jobs. If you haven’t read… Read More »
A healthcare organization has gone through the process of selecting an electronic health record system. The process was arduous, but it is done. Now, however, comes a new phase that likely will be more difficult—the leveraging of all of the EHR’s capabilities to get the most benefit out of the investment. Jerris Heaton offers six… Read More »
Should you pick your nose? Don’t laugh. Scientifically, it’s an interesting question. Should your children pick their noses? Should your children eat dirt? Maybe: Your body needs to know what immune challenges lurk in the immediate environment. Should you use anti-bacterial soap or hand sanitizers? No. Are we taking too many antibiotics? Yes. “I tell… Read More »
January 9th, 2019 Editors Emergency Medicine, Exclusive, Informatics, Public Health, Society Modern medicine relies a great deal on advanced technologies, but some of these technologies introduce new complications and existing systems muddy the waters further. GPS, for example, is highly accurate, but GPS coordinates are difficult to use. Old fashioned addresses, on the other hand,… Read More »
Increasing number of orthopedic surgeries and angiography are major drivers for growth of global digital fluoroscopy system market. Digital fluoroscopy is form of X-ray that enables technician to visualize deep structures of the body. Digital fluoroscopy provides detailed images of different organs such as intestine, cardiac muscle, bladder, and stomach.… Read More »