Posted on September 2, 2009 by simdoc
Come across a book name from twitter, it is called The Patient’s Guide to Preventing Medical Errors. I am surprised patient ever need this kind of book. That means the heath care system is in a big trouble. We never need a book called ” Passenger’s Guide to Preventing Aviation Errors”
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Posted on August 28, 2009 by simdoc
2010 International Forum on Quality and Safety in Health Care. Good venue to share the simulation experience to other quality improvement expert in this field.
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Posted on March 2, 2009 by simdoc
Very interesting about e-learning.
The eLearning Guild : Immersive Learning Simulations 2008 : Research Library
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Posted on February 25, 2009 by simdoc
Good for patients and healthcare professionals. Looking forward more focus on the science of healthcare delivery.
Hefty Health Spending in Stimulus Bill
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Posted on February 23, 2009 by simdoc
Simulation is one great Quality Improvement tool for training, assessment and analysis of the healthcare delivery. The future is bright.
JAMA — Clinicians in Quality Improvement: A New Career Pathway in Academic Medicine, February 18, 2009, Shojania and Levinson 301 (7): 766
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Posted on January 15, 2009 by simdoc
When I attend the 9th IMSH meeting at Florida, read the story about the safety record set by the airline industry. Airlines go two years with no fatalities. It is pretty amazing see their years efforts on safety made a difference. But just back to office today and head the news about Planes goes down [...]
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Posted on January 2, 2009 by simdoc
The Google version of Wiki on Simulation compare to the version from Wikipedia. Which you do you like ?
Simulation in Medicine – a knol by Diane Sliwka
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Posted on January 2, 2009 by simdoc
Another good example to using simulation for assessment (beyond education training). Also see the EDITORIAL in the same issue. It remind me Dr. Gaba’s paper again for the future vision of simulation in health care
Performance of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists and Anesthesiologists in a Simulation-Based Skills Assessment — Henrichs et al. 108 (1): 255 — [...]
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Posted on December 29, 2008 by simdoc
The ACS NSQIP provides a good model to systematic collect, analyze and act on outcomes data from daily practice. A paper published by Annals of Surgery gave a detail metrics to measure surgical quality and safety.
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Posted on December 17, 2008 by simdoc
Make us think the impact of our research work in the eyes of the general public.
PLoS Medicine – How Do US Journalists Cover Treatments, Tests, Products, and Procedures? An Evaluation of 500 Stories
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