Hello, it has been a while for me to post here. Here I am.
I first watched Professor Richard Miller’s talk ” This is How We Dream” back 2009. It is still relevant for today’s world and healthcare industry. Please enjoy .
To learn more about Richard Miller you can visit his page or blog.
“In times of change, learners inherit the earth, while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists.”Eric Hoffer
This is fasicianting talk by Dr. Richard E. Miller, Professor of English about humanities, technology, English learning, writing. Don’t forget the part 2.
Finished the #IMSH2012 this Wednesday Feb 1. On my way home, ads inside newspaper did got my attention and inspiration. That was the new brand and logo promotion from J.C. Penney by Ron Johnson (previous Apple executive) (Disclosure, I don’t have personal financial conflict of interest). The key message is ” In praise of fresh air”. The IMSH2012 draw near 3000 people around the world. Beyond the fresh air we had at San Diego, I had chance to talk old and new friends. Their insights made me thinking: What is the next 10 years for medical simulation community?
Dr.Mark Ereth, Professor of Anesthesiology introduced new iPad application TransFusein 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.
Just read a paper regarding “decision analytic model of the theoretical impact of an educational intervention to improve the safety” . This paper demonstrate a system approach (computer modeling and simulation) for health care institutions to estimate the costs and benefits of proposed interventions (medical simulation training or others). There is another paper also found even minimal improvement in hand hygiene compliance could lead to substantial savings for hospital.
How about technology solutions (RFID or other RTLS based solutions) to improve hand hygiene compliance ? Joint Commission Resources just published four leading hospitals using RFID solutions to fight HAIs (healthcare assoicated infections) . Does HIT solutions more cost effective ? Researchers start to evaluate technology solutions for the century-old challenge. Future Study is need to study how to deliver effective and efficient interventions to improve healthcare delivery. Peter Pronovost’s paper suggests education might not be the strongest risk-reduction intervention in anesthesia. Multidisciplinary systems approach to modify the latent risk factors can enable a design of more robust system to reduce human errors and improve patient outcome.