At the Core, Tuskegee Has Never Been Resolved
BY MIKE MAGEE
July 25, 1972 was fifty years ago this week and it is a day that all AP Science journalists know by heart. As Monday’s AP banner headline read: “On July 25, 1972, Jean Heller, a reporter on The Associated Press investigative team, then called the Special Assignment Team, broke news that rocked the nation. Based on documents leaked by Peter Buxtun, a whistleblower at the U.S. Public Health Service, the then 29-year-old journalist and the only woman on the team, reported that the federal government let hundreds of Black men in rural Alabama go untreated for syphilis for 40 years in order to study th...
Source: The Health Care Blog - July 27, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Ryan Bose-Roy Tags: Health Policy Bill Clinton Elisabeth Holmes Mike Magee Theranos Tuskegee Source Type: blogs
Commentators and Journalists Weigh In On Digital Health And Related Privacy, Safety, Social Media And Security Matters. Lots Of Interesting Perspectives - July 26, 2022.
-----This weekly blog is to explore the news around the larger issues around Digital Health, data security, data privacy, AI / ML. technology, social media and related matters.I will also try to highlightADHA Propagandawhen I come upon it.Just so we keep count, the latest Notes from the ADHA Board were dated 6 December, 2018 and we have seen none since! It ’s pretty sad!Note: Appearance here is not to suggest I see any credibility or value in what follows. I will leave it to the reader to decide what is worthwhile and what is not! The point is to let people know what is being said / published that I have come upon.-----h...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - July 26, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Why healthcare keeps losing good clinicians (or, why I walked away for a second time)
Guest post written by a wonderful PT who has walked away from the profession.
Why healthcare keeps losing good clinicians (or, why I walked away for a second time)
Firstly, I don’t know if the above statement is true. I just know a lot of good people who’ve left healthcare, across many different professions. And I highly recommend reading “This is going to Hurt” by Adam Kay, or if you don’t have the attention span, it’s now a TV series in 25 minute bites.
Last week I resigned from my position as a Physiotherapist and Keyworker, working for a supplier on the ACC pain contract and other physical injury c...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - July 24, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Chronic pain Pain conditions Physiotherapy Professional topics Resilience/Health healthcare pain management Source Type: blogs
The Macro View – Health, Economics, and Politics and the Big Picture. What I Am Watching Here And Abroad.
The objective most consistent with recent operations is to conquer Luhansk, Donetsk, and Kherson, with a view to their eventual annexation and Russification. But not only are they some way from achieving that (w ith much of Donetsk still in Ukrainian hands and the Russia position in Kherson highly contested) it would also require an explicit Ukrainian surrender for it to serve as the basis for a declaration of victory. That will not be forthcoming.-----https://www.afr.com/world/europe/how-britain-giggled-its-way-into-crisis-20220710-p5b0giHow Britain giggled its way into crisisBoris Johnson has exposed the costs of Britain...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - July 21, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Biopsychological pain management is not enough
I recently read a preprint of an editorial for Pain, the IASP journal. It was written by Prof Michael Nicholas, and the title reads “The biopsychosocial model of pain 40 years on: time for a reappraisal?” The paper outlines when and how pain became conceptualised within a biopsychosocial framework by the pioneers of interprofessional pain management: John Loeser (1982) and Gordon Waddell (1984). Nicholas points out the arguments against a biopsychosocial model with some people considering that despite it being a “holistic” framework, it often gets applied in a biomedical and psychological way. In ot...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - July 17, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Back pain Chronic pain Coping strategies Interdisciplinary teams Low back pain Motivation Occupational therapy Physiotherapy Psychology Science in practice Therapeutic approaches biopsychosocial pain management Research Source Type: blogs
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Op Note XXVIIExcisional surgery is fairly simple. Quick case. Twilight anesthesia. Clean, dry, well approximated. For lumps and bumps. Unsightly bulges, infected cysts. The things that don ’t belong. That I can ’t live with anymore. Always reaching around and rubbing it. The dull ache in the middle of my back. The seeping wound in the center of my chest. Extirpate it. Get rid of it. The lump in your throat that no one else can see. But I ’m worried if I cut it out I won’t feel it anymore. That I ’ll start to forget how it felt. Tha...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - July 17, 2022 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
How did quality and safety become 4-letter words?
A guest column by the American Society of Anesthesiologists, exclusive to KevinMD. A decade of working in quality and patient safety has taught me a painful lesson: Don’t say“quality” or“patient safety” to frontline health care workers. Too often, they become immediately defensive or evasive. How did q#^l&ty and s^f*ty become four-letter words? A keyRead more …How did quality and safety become 4-letter words? originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - July 14, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/post-author/r-christopher-call-md-michael-oconnor-md-and-keith-ruskin-md" rel="tag" data-wpel-link="internal" > R. Christopher Call, MD, Michael O'Connor, MD, and Keith Ruskin, MD < /a > < /span Tags: Policy Hospital-Based Medicine Public Health & Source Type: blogs
Scopes, roles, interprofessional practice and person-centred healthcare
A topic that almost immediately gets my hackles up is the one of scopes and roles in pain management and rehabilitation. It’s like “Oooh but that’s MY stuff, get out of it!” and I can see Gollum saying “my preciousssss”…
I trained and graduated in 1984. As a raw newbie occupational therapist I couldn’t articulate much of what my profession brought to healthcare, except that I knew “doing”, “activities” or “occupation” was important to human wellbeing, and that I’d been trained to analyse these. I’ve learned a lot since then a...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - July 10, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Assessment Clinical reasoning Interdisciplinary teams Professional topics Research Science in practice Chronic pain Health healthcare interprofessional pain management teamwork Therapeutic approaches Source Type: blogs
All About Anesthesia
If you’ve ever had a surgery or even a minor procedure, you’ve probably benefited from the medical marvel of anesthesia—the treatment that doctors, called anesthesiologists, give to keep you from feeling pain. And it’s come a long way since the discovery of diethyl ether. Here we dive into the different types, its history, and the way it works.
The chemistry of anesthetics has advanced since the 1840s, producing different types of anesthesia depending on the compounds involved. See more chemistry infographics like this one in C&EN’s Periodic Graphics collection. Click to enlarge.
Types of A...
Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - July 6, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Chrissa Chverchko Tags: Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmacology Anesthesiology Source Type: blogs
Matthew ’s health care tidbits: Texas is the present future of abortion care
Each week I’ve been adding a brief tidbits section to the THCB Reader, our weekly newsletter that summarizes the best of THCB that week (Sign up here!). Then I had the brainwave to add them to the blog. They’re short and usually not too sweet! –Matthew Holt
In this edition’s tidbits, I have to return to the stunning impact of the Dobbs ruling. We know will happen because it is already happening in Texas where the 6 week law was already being enforced in contravention of Roe v Wade.
Taxpayer money is going to “pregnancy crisis centers” that flat out lie to vulnerable patients about the impact o...
Source: The Health Care Blog - July 5, 2022 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Health Policy Matthew Holt Medical Practice OP-ED Physicians Abortion Dodd HIPAA roe Telehealth Texas Source Type: blogs
Pregnancy & Abortion Misconceptions We can Fix in A & P | TAPP 118
Host Kevin Patton uses arecent article fromScience News as a basis for discussing thebiological processes involved inpregnancy, birth, and abortion care toclarify misconceptions and support productivepublic conversation.00:00 | Introduction00:56 | Why Address These Concepts14:53 | Sponsored by AAA16:15 | Strategies21:44 | Sponsored by HAPI22:44 | Concepts& Misconceptions32:15 | Sponsored by HAPS34:44| More Concepts& Misconceptions43:31 | Staying Connected★ If you cannot see or activate the audio player, go to:theAPprofessor.org/podcast-episode-118.html🏅 Apply for your credential (badge/certificate) f...
Source: The A and P Professor - July 5, 2022 Category: Physiology Authors: Kevin Patton Source Type: blogs
Where Does it Hurt? Specialty Physician Shares Three Ways to Improve EHR Charting
The following is a guest article by Jason Handza, DO, Chief Medical Officer at Nextech Systems.
It is no surprise that healthcare providers and other clinical staff want to experience consistent and improved charting capabilities to deliver better patient care. It’s also well known that many physicians remain disappointed with the charting and clinical documentation capabilities of hospital and specialty EHRs.
According to KLAS Research’s Arch Collaborative, physicians want three basic things from their EHRs: strong user mastery, a sense of ownership and system personalization. In KLAS’s latest EHR satisfaction repor...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - June 30, 2022 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Author Tags: Ambulatory EMR-EHR Health IT Company Healthcare IT Arch Collaborative EHR Charting EHR Regulations EHR Training Jason Handza KLAS Medication Compliance Nextech Ophthalmology EHR Physician Dissatisfaction Source Type: blogs
Magnetic Steering System for Guidewires
Percutaneous coronary intervention is an incredibly useful technique to minimally invasively investigate and treat cardiac issues, such as blockages in the coronary arteries, but it requires a significant amount of skill to perform safely and effectively. Manipulating a guidewire through the tortuous vasculature is not for the faint hearted, with the possibility of perforating a vessel always near. Moreover, as the procedure is frequently undertaken at the bedside, it is impossible for the clinician to avoid X-ray exposure.
Now researchers at Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology in Korea have developed a ...
Source: Medgadget - June 28, 2022 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Cardiac Surgery Cardiology Radiology Vascular Surgery Source Type: blogs
The added stress of chronic pain on life
For a minute, I’d like you to grab an ice-cube. If you don’t have one handy, try this at home or when you’re having your next gin and tonic. Hold onto that ice-cube. Keep holding onto it. Put a cloth underneath if it’s going to melt, but keep holding it. Now do your grocery shopping list. Or balance your accounts. While holding the ice-cube.*
Now add some exercises. Exercises you don’t care for, but feel like you have to do “because they’ll help you get better”.
Keep holding onto the ice-cube. Oh, it’s melted?! Fine – go grab another. Hand too cold to pick ...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - June 19, 2022 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Chronic pain Clinical reasoning Occupational therapy Physiotherapy Psychology Therapeutic approaches biopsychosocial pain management Source Type: blogs
Bringing brain health awareness into the operating room
A guest column by the American Society of Anesthesiologists, exclusive to KevinMD.“I am so ashamed. I am truly sorry to anyone I hurt or offended.” These were the first words Beverly said when I met her in the preoperative holding area before surgery. She was referring to her recent behavior during an episode of postoperativeRead more …Bringing brain health awareness into the operating room originally appeared inKevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - June 17, 2022 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/post-author/katie-j-schenning-and-stacie-deiner" rel="tag" data-wpel-link="internal" > Katie J. Schenning, MD, MPH and Stacie Deiner, MD < /a > < /span > Tags: Physician Anesthesiology Surgery Source Type: blogs
