Ready for #imsh2012, See you in San Diego

I am ready for the biggest ever IMSH conference. Looking forward to meet old friends and new friends.  Hope we have a chance to meet in person.   You can search the who program by the link.  or download a app.

Systems Integration: A Course in Concepts and Applications for Programs Seeking Accreditation

Saturday, January 28, 2012

1:00:00 PM to 5:00:00 PM
Room: 310

Medical Simulation 2.0: Advanced Modeling Simulation Applications for Systems Changes in Healthcare
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
9:30:00 AM to 11:00:00 AM
Room: 33C

Utilizing social networking/web 2.0 tools to better serve the needs of your learners and your research, teaching and communications
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
3:00:00 PM to 4:30:00 PM
Room: 31A

ICU Rounding Resident Tasks Analysis Using Computer Modeling and Simulation

TPI – Technology and Program Innovations Abstract #263

See you at #IMSH2012 in two weeks

Are you coming to IMSH 2012 this year?  I would like to meet you in person in San Diego.  Please follow the event on twitter using #imsh2012 

Happy Holiday !

Wish you a Happy Holiday Season and a Successful New Year !

“Use the force, Luke.” But when?

Professor Jim Heskett in this HBS article  What’s the Best Way to Make Careful Decisions? talk about what is the right mix between intuition and analysis?  He also refer to Mauboussin’s book “Think Twice”  citing a wide range of examples and research, argues that “we use experts (as opposed to diverse “crowds”) too frequently, that we too often fail to: identify the nature of the problem, match solution techniques with problems, seek diversity in our feedback, and use technology where possible”    You can find Micheal  Mauboussin’s  great talk about this topic.

So we need to re-think what this means to healthcare delivery.

Eric Berlow: How complexity leads to simplicity

What we can learn for this  and apply the same principle to healthcare?

I/ITSEC: Train the solider to virtually interact with their physical environment and use combat equipment.

Simulation Game for Transfusion Medicine: Transformative Fusion of Innovative Blood Management Technologies

Dr.Mark Ereth, Professor of Anesthesiology introduced new iPad application TransFuse in today’s Mayo Clinic’s third annual Social Media Summit. It is created in collaboration with the Center of Innovation at Mayo Clinic to educate and challenge clinicians as to the best blood transfusion threshold practices.

Simulation to Enhance Patient Safety: Why Aren’t We There Yet? #ptsafety

Drs. Aggarwal and Darzi asked this question in their recent Patient Safety Forum in CHEST.   They suggest “ collaborative efforts are required from academics, physicians, managers, and policy makers alike. Bringing these groups together, while a challenge, can lead to high-level outputs in medical care, which will benefit all.”   Please also see the editorial comment.

Stay Hungry Stay Foolish

THERP and SLIM for Human Reliability Assessment #HRA

I read about Technique for Human Error Rate Prediction (THERP) and Success Likelihood Index Method (SLIM) used for human reliability assessment (HRA).  These are technique used in other high reliability industries for: error identification, error quantification and error reduction.  Healthcare needs to learn from others to apply systems approach to reduce medical errors.