April 16, 2012 | In: I've Been Thinking
Hmm. There’s more than one way you could take that, huh? Like Someday when I get around to it (I’m not sure) I may admit that I was wrong about something. Actually, I’ve been thinking about the concept of admitting wrong. So don’t get your hopes...
March 15, 2012 | In: Healthcare Barcoding Influencers
In this audio slide presentation, Eric Poon, MD, MPH, IS Director of Clinical Informatics, Brigham and Women’s Hospital discusses how barcode medication verification can potentially reduce thousands of medication-related errors per year. Link:...
March 12, 2012 | In: I've Been Thinking
Were you mesmerized when Adele nailed Rolling in the Deep at the Grammy’s? I was. It's a song of regret over love that could have been, summarized repeatedly with, “We could have had it all.” But the mud that stuck to my wall was the climax:...
February 23, 2012 | In: Healthcare Barcoding Influencers
By Jamie Kelly Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare, March / April 2012 On February 23, 2012, CMS took the next step toward meaningful use of electronic health records (EHRs) by proposing Stage 2 criteria. In 2 years, CMS has provoked dramatic...
February 7, 2012 | In: I've Been Thinking
I’ve stayed at hundreds of hotels across the nation and in 31 countries. My kids say I’m a hotel snob. When a Kimpton Hotel is in town, it's a no brainer, unless there’s more than one. The interior design appeals to my side of the brain. The fresh,...
January 23, 2012 | In: I've Been Thinking
Snow falling in record quantities has not deterred God’s smaller creatures from visiting the bird feeder outside my window. Nor has it impacted their access behaviors. Presently, black-capped chickadees are having a free for all—two, then five, now...
December 22, 2011 | In: I've Been Thinking
The Rest of the (Thankful for an MRI?) Story The MRI, if not the nightly pain, prompted me to sign up for the rotator-cuff repair, a 70-minute procedure that was successfully completed on Tuesday afternoon (12/13). It was difficult to keep count, but...
November 22, 2011 | In: I've Been Thinking
Grateful for an MRI Well, I went in for an MRI, and the diagnosis was not good: Claustrophobia. But I’m getting ahead myself. While studying x-rays of my shoulder, my doc ordered an MRI. I told him we were nearing eight on the pain scale and...
November 8, 2011 | In: I've Been Thinking
If you grew up in church, you probably know about eating Sunday school paste. My kids liked the hint of wintergreen. Good thing it was harmless because a lot of kids dipped, and more than a few liked it. But hey, no harm, no foul. Not so for the...
October 26, 2011 | In: POC Headlines
Food and Drug Administration Documents, 2011 Federal Information & News Dispatch, Inc., October 26, 2011 SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a review of the "Bar Code Final Rule," under Executive Order 13563, "Improving...