An Expensive Healthcare Computing Mistake: $1.5 Million

At my June 2011 post "Babies' deaths spotlight safety risks linked to computerized systems" I reported on a case (case #2) of an infant death in part attributed to HIT (PACS) interference in otherwise simple care processes.In "Allen-Blake vs. Abington Memorial Hospital", a critical x-ray of a PICC (peripherally inserted central catheter) line placement allegedly was never read due to misdating.The Allen-Blake case was settled 2/29/12 for $1.5 million,...

Longevity isn't Paleo!

At the end of a recent post, I cited the following study:  Fitness cost of extended lifespan in Caenorhabditis elegans.  Abstract:  An insulin/IGF-I-like signalling pathway determines the rate of aging of the adult nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans. Mutations in genes encoding this pathway can result in a doubling of lifespan. While such mutations may appear to have little effect on development or fertility, evolutionary theory...

Don't Worry, Your Electronic Medical Records Are Getting Safer With Every Passing Day

At my Oct. 2011 post "Still More Electronic Medical Data Chaos, Pandemonium, Bedlam, Tumult and Maelstrom: But Don't Worry, Your Data is Secure" and others in this query link on medical record privacy, http://hcrenewal.blogspot.com/search/label/medical%20record%20privacy I wrote:"Don't worry, your medical data's safe."In Jan 2012 I then posted about Joseph Conn of ModernHealthcare.com's article "2011 Closes on a Note of Electronic Medical Record...

The Insulin Paradox

One of the more difficult things to sort out from the enormous amount of information out there is the actual effect, if any, of dietary composition on resulting body composition.  This is complicated from the get-go by many rodent studies that are done on reproductively mature animals that are still growing.  How to compare this to humans who cease growing vertically once they reach adulthood?  Next we have to sort through the studies...

10 Hewan Yang Memiliki Kecerdasan Tinggi

Unik Informatika - Hewan juga termasuk makhluk hidup, dia juga butuh hidup layak nya manusia dan dia juga termasuk salah satu kingdom yang ada di planet bumi yang kecil ini jika dibandingkan dengan matahari siiii...:DHewan itu disebut juga dengan binatang..:D (yang ga tau bego), nahh kali ini saya akan membeberkan sebuah postingan tentang Hewan yang tergolong pandai dan cerdas menutut Animal...

Ismed Sofyan, 'Andrea Pirlo' nya Indonesia

Unik Informatika - Kenal dengan sosok pesepakbola Ismed Sofyan? dia adalah putra asli Aceh, detailnya dia adalah warga Aceh Tamiang yang kini bertempat tinggal di Jakarta karena dia harus membela panji Persija Jakarta, klub kebanggaan masyarakat ibukota Indonesia ini, mengawali karier nya di Persiraja Banda Aceh pada tahun 1999 hanya setahun bertahan lalu dia hijrah ke persijatim dan bertahan...

Google Buka Kantor di Jakarta

Unik Informatika - Kenal Google? kalau anda tidak kenal betul-betul ndesooo anda, yang tinggal di kampung saya aja tau apa itu google, kalau ditanya jawabnya gini gan 'Gugel itu yang di internet itu kan?' nahhh tau kan...Tidak-tidak saya tidak membahas orang kampung saya, melainkan Google itu sudah buka cabang kantor di Indonesia tepatnya di Ibukota kita Jakarta, melalui siaran pers yang...

5 Tipe Pengguna Wi-Fi di Tempat Umum

Unik Informatika - Warung Kopi dan Tempat umum misalnya Taman adalah sebuah tempat yang sudah terlalu canggih di berbagai kota besar bahkan kota kecil, di tempat saya misalnya di Aceh, Warung Kopi sebagian besar sudah dilengkapi dengan fasilitas free wi-fi dalam artian free disini adalah kita pesan dulu secangkir kopi atau extra joss tambah susu misalnya kita bisa duduk 24 jam free atau...

Conflicts of Interest or Bribes? - Biomet, Smith & Nephew Settle

More justifications of physicians' and other health care professionals' financial arrangements with industry have been appearing in the media and the medical literature (for recent examples, look here and here). Most commonly, the relationships they defended could be characterized as health care professionals consulting or sitting on advisory boards for industry, or receiving royalties from industry for their intellectual property.In the last two...

Button Collections Download for Blog/Website

Unik Informatika - Salam sejahtera kawan, pernahkah anda berhasrat membuat tombol button di Photoshop? itulah yang terjadi pada saya sekarang, saya ingin membuat tombol button di blog saya sendiri sesuka hati saya, menikmati hasil kerja sendiri itu jauh lebih asik daripada menikmati hasil buatan sendiri, saya merasakannya. tapi kali ini saya tidak membahas masalah cara membuatnya, khusus...

An elegans argument in insulin's favor

No, that's not a typo in the post title.  I'm referring to the nematode (aka worm) known as Caenorhabditis elegans, or C. elegans  for short.   More recently the topic of longevity has been introduced into discussions regarding diet and health, and when one looks into aging research, they will inevitably be inundated with studies involving these worms. ...

Program Kabisat di C

Unik Informatika - Banyak universitas di Indonesia sekarang khususnya yang dibidang It, baik itu Informatika atau Ilmu Komputer belajar bahasa pemograman menggunakan C atau C++, nah tak jarang pula mahasiswa diberikan tugas oleh dosennya membuat program, nah ini yang terjadi pada saya, pengalaman saya adalah membuat program tahun kabisat menggunakan C, apakah anda bernasib sama seperti...

Rencong, Senjata Tradisional Aceh

Unik Informatika - Rencong...pernah anda mendengar kata nama benda itu? tahukah anda benda apa itu? berasal dari mana? ya..rencong adalah senjata tradisional yang sangat barharga semacam belati atau keris tepatnya berasal dari provinsi ACEH, menarik bukan?maka sari itu ACEH memiliki sebutan 'Tanah Rencong', Rencongitu berbentuk seperti huruf 'L', yang memiliki sarung dan mata yang sangat...

do you own a pair of mint jeans??  they are totally on my radar for spring!!  hope y'all have a wonderful wednesday!  i know i will b/c my parents have arrived to help me out while warren is traveling!! *images can be found h...

Tulane/BRG Resident Sues The Hospital: Former Medical Resident Sues for Abuses

My own medical internship was needlessly abusive in terms of sleep deprivation, treatment of interns as chattel by the Chief and some particularly nasty attendings, and the behaviors of some residents who were determined to return the hazing they'd received to the new intern 'plebes.' The abuses ultimately led to high levels of risk to patients. I wrote about my training experiences in my Sept. 2007 post "Metric myopia: does reducing exploitation...

A Little Publishing Glitch

Two days ago I accidentally hit the "Publish" button on a very early draft of a post.  I deleted it but not fast enough for it to flicker across the feed readers.  I've since published the finished product, and tried to update the timestamp so it would be in chronological order and come across the feeders again.  It didn't.  Since a large portion of my audience keep up with the blog by this means, and Beth had asked via Twitter...

Easter Treats!

This Easter our treat to you is a chance to win one of 5 luxury Eggs from Melchior Chocolates worth £14.95 simply like our facebook page!  Winners chosen at random from ‘new likes’ received between 28th March and midnight on 1st April.   Easter Fun! Make Easter sparkle with our Spring inspired designs for little ladies!Daisy Chain Silver Bracelet £65Daisy Silver Necklace £40Treat their...

Make Your Camfrog be Pro

Unik Informatika - Good night every body, this time i want to share you about Serial Number Camfrog pro, if you use that software i have the license key. Camfrog is one of send a instanly message, be it througt with a text message, video camera or any else. Camfrog was making by Camshare LLC at 2003.Many people was used Camfrog to Negaive side, but any people was used that to positive side,...

Onward

In upcoming posts, I plan to pursue two main themes.  The first is a more comprehensive exploration of what determines eating behavior in humans, the neurobiology behind it, and the real world implications of this research.  The reward and palatability value of food are major factors, but there are others, and I've spent enough time focusing on them for the time being.  Also, the discussions revolving around food reward seem to be...

Gartner: Famous Last Words on National Health IT - "Don't Fear Progress"

From time to time I review old articles about health IT via Google and other search engines.Found this analysis/prediction/statement of confidence, by a research analyst at IT consultant company Gartner Group. Emphasis mine:Don’t Fear Progress by Brian Burke | April 17, 2009 | 1 Comment In an open letter blog to President Obama, Burton Group Senior Analyst Joe Bugajski opines that President Obama is spewing “delusional visions...

The First Law of Thermo still doesn't violate The Second Law

Well, I've been meaning to weigh in on the Bray overfeeding study (Effect of Dietary Protein Content on Weight Gain, Energy Expenditure, and Body Composition During Overeating) that made a bit of a splash a little while back. George Bray is especially hated by ardent low carb advocates because he wrote a particularly unfavorable review of GCBC published in Obesity Reviews.   Bray is what Adam Kosloff refers to as a "Calorie Wizard":Regardless...

Because you can never have too much fun ...

In honor of Jimmy's podcast with the new leader of the Insurgency, Peter "War on Insulin" Attia, MD, I've gotta introduce the latest in my series of Lego superhero analogies.  Attia is younger and considerably more photogenic than Taubes and puts a fresh face on the movement.  When Taubes introduced Attia on his blog, I just couldn't help but think "Boy Wonder" ... and it all started to...

Another Cautionary Tale about Conflicts of Interest: the CEO's Stretch Limousine, Golden Parachute, and Slush Fund

It remains fashionable in academic medicine to tolerate, if not celebrate conflicts of interest as necessary to support the "collaboration" needed for "innovation," while minimizing their risks (e.g., look here).  Recently, another cautionary tale about how conflicts of interest signal the risk of all sorts of unpleasantness has appeared in the media.A Sentinel Event: the First Conflicts UncoveredIn 2009, we wrote about some...