Are hospital CEOs overpaid? One lawyer ’ s skeptical take on executive compensation.
As somebody who has reviewed physician employment agreements for 40 years or so, I have to admit I am more than a little jaundiced when it comes to the subject of hospital executive compensation. I’m not altogether convinced that one health system CEO really “earned” the $35.5 million he was reported to have been paid
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Are hospital CEOs overpaid? One lawyer’s skeptical take on executive compensation. originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 20, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Dennis Hursh, Esq Tags: Finance Practice Management Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 2nd August 2023 - reports
Some recent reports you might find useful. And one piece of research that escaped from the earlier blogpost.Maternal mental health: a briefing for integrated care systems, Maternal Mental Health Alliance.The Independent Pregnancy Loss Review: care and support when baby loss occurs before 24 weeks gestation, presented to Parliament (PDF).Royal College of Midwives:England: State of maternity services, 2023. NHS Race and Health Observatory,Review of neonatal assessment and practice in Black, Asian and minority ethnic newborns: Exploring the Apgar score, the detection of cyanosis, and jaundice (PDF),covere...
Source: Browsing - August 2, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
Clinical Examination of Cardiovascular System For Medical Students
Discussion on blood pressure is not included here as a separate topic is dedicated to it.
Though the most commonly examined pulse is the radial, to check some of the characteristics, a more proximal pulse like the brachial or carotid needs to be examined. Following parameters of the pulse are routinely documented: 1. The rate: Normal rate in adult is 60-100 per minute. It is higher in children. Younger the child, higher the pulse rate.
Rhythm: Regular and irregular rhythms are possible. Mild variation with respiration is called respiratory sinus arrhythmia, with higher rate in inspiration. Respiratory sinus arrhythmia may...
Source: Cardiophile MD - May 30, 2023 Category: Cardiology Authors: Johnson Francis Tags: General Cardiology Source Type: blogs
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Time-outHe woke to familiar surroundingsThis same bed, at the usual timeIn the stygian hour before dawnA quick confirmation of name and ageDate of birth, identifying sets of digitsMaking sure the numbers match Then to the bathroomTo wash his handsHe washed his feet, his neckHis back and his faceHis whole body glistenedHalf wet, naked in jaundiced light. Before dressing he locked eyesWith the intractable apparitionHolding his gaze in the mirror,That enigmatic innermost onion peelWho never looked upon anyone elseAnd by no other eyes was ever seen And, once again, he accepted the factThat this dead-eyed a...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - May 1, 2023 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - in the news - 12th April 2023
Some recent news items, with links to the original research or report where relevant.Guardian report of astudy published in PLoS Medicine about third ultrasound scans reducing the number of breech births.Health Education England report of the use of virtual reality in teaching about perinatal mental health. Report of a baby in Nuneaton who received phototherapy for neonatal jaundice.NHS Ombudsman report into maternity services,reported in the Guardian. A report into maternal and baby safety at University Hospitals Birmingham, Guardian comment piece about pain relief in childbirth, which links to a BMJ ...
Source: Browsing - April 12, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: midwifery Source Type: blogs
Miscommunication leads to misunderstandings: the tragic consequences of misinterpreted sobriety
At her first visit, still lightly jaundiced, Jennie wanted to talk about a liver transplant. I told her that she had to be sober for six months before they would consider putting her on the list. She told me proudly that she had been sober for three weeks. “How are you doing without alcohol?” “Going
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Miscommunication leads to misunderstandings: the tragic consequences of misinterpreted sobriety originally appeared in KevinMD.com. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - February 25, 2023 Category: General Medicine Authors: Mary Braun, MD Tags: Conditions Psychiatry Source Type: blogs
What's new in midwifery - 23rd February 2023
First, some research that has been picked up by the media:A study of school performance in 12 year olds, looking at performance in children who were born following an induced labour. Thestudy is open access andgot coverage in the Guardian. Then, some things about breastfeeding:Claims made on formula milk are not backed up by evidence,a study in the BMJ finds,discussed in the Guardian and by the BBC.TheGuardian ’s coverage of a new series ofopen access articles in the Lancet.Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, statistics on breastfeeding at 6-8 weeks after birth, quarterl...
Source: Browsing - February 23, 2023 Category: Databases & Libraries Tags: breastfeeding midwifery Source Type: blogs
Camera Measures Blood Pressure with Quick Look
At the University of South Australia, researchers designed a system that allows them to measure a patient’s blood pressure with a camera. The camera visualizes the patient’s forehead and focuses on two regions in particular to optically determine photoplethysmographic signals that AI algorithms then convert to blood pressure data. The researchers tested their system in 25 volunteers, and so far it has proven to be approximately 90% as accurate as traditional pressure cuff measurements. The system could provide contact-free measurements in as little as ten seconds, and could be very useful for large health screens or in...
Source: Medgadget - December 7, 2022 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Cardiology Medicine Telemedicine UniversitySA Source Type: blogs
Lesson From The Street: Skin Doesn ’t Lie
I hope you’re sitting down for this. I trust that a good number of my readers do indeed sit while surfing the internet so I’m just going to tell you this strait up. Sometimes … patients lie. They do. Occasionally they intentionally tell us bold, outright lies. And it gets worse.
With even greater frequency they are just plain inaccurate. They may not be intentionally deceiving us, they may be confused, misinformed, exaggerating, in denial, overwhelmed or embarrassed.
Regardless of the reason, we are frequently faced with subjective information that isn’t all together accurate.
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Source: The EMT Spot - November 14, 2022 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Steve Whitehead Tags: EMT Source Type: blogs
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ParanoidI get a little paranoid sometimes.Sometimes it seems like the treesare all looking at mejudging me whispering in the wind along the forest edgewith soughing passivity all the things everyone else knowsI ought not to have doneAutumn quiets those whispers.I see the truth of the matteras they flash orange and yellow.Ominous jaundiced illnessHang dog looksDesperate clinging beautyA silent inchoate mourningThey ’re holding on as long as they canNot their faultProgrammed to releaseIt ’s only biologyIt feels like they ’re tryingto break it to me kindlyMaybe they desire my forgivenessMaybe they d...
Source: Buckeye Surgeon - October 18, 2022 Category: Surgery Authors: Jeffrey Parks MD FACS Source Type: blogs
The New Deal and Recovery, Part 19: War, and Peace
George SelginThanks to the Roosevelt Recession, in the spring of 1938 the New Deal ' s " Keynesians " finally found themselves in the saddle, displacing the planners, reformers, and trust-busters whose legislative efforts had already run out of steam some months before. The Keynesians ' rise was symbolized by the $3 billion spending program FDR announced during hisfireside chat that April.[1]But the crisis that gave Keynesians the upper hand also proved fatal to the Roosevelt administration ' s more ambitious plans, Keynesian or otherwise. Thanks to it, voters sent many Democrats, and New Deal democrats especially, packing...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - July 15, 2022 Category: American Health Authors: George Selgin Source Type: blogs
Next-Generation Simulation Learning: Interview with James Archetto, VP of Gaumard Scientific
Gaumard Scientific, a Florida-based patient simulator company, has developed an advanced multidisciplinary patient simulator – the HAL S5301. Given the strain placed on healthcare systems by the pandemic, training with a robot may let more clinicians focus on patients rather than medical students, and help to reduce the risk of viral transmission posed to healthcare staff and patients.
However, there are a host of other benefits. This next-generation adult male simulator introduces robotics, AI-powered speech, and leading-edge simulated physiology and anatomy to medical education. The robot can understand what med...
Source: Medgadget - February 23, 2022 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Education Exclusive Source Type: blogs
Microfluidic Photoreactor for Neonatal Jaundice
Researchers at the Oregon State University College of Engineering have developed a microfluidic photoreactor that is intended to treat severe cases of neonatal jaundice. Jaundice is caused by an excess of a pigment called bilirubin, which can be difficult to excrete due to underlying conditions in many neonates. In severe cases, newborns may need multiple blood transfusions, which is resource and labor intensive, and can come with risks. This system could help avoid such procedures, and involves passing the blood of the newborn through a microfluidic device, where an LED helps to break the bilirubin down into more easily e...
Source: Medgadget - December 8, 2021 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Conn Hastings Tags: Medicine Pediatrics Source Type: blogs
Holy Crap, Batman, it's a preacher
I ' ll get to my Cromulent Manifesto anon, but meanwhile, in case you ' re wondering why I look at religion with a jaundiced eye,there ' s this: (RNS) — The spokesman for a major evangelical nonprofit was fired forpromoting vaccines on the MSNBC “Morning Joe” cable news show, Religion News Service has learned.Daniel Darling, senior vice president of communications for the National Religious Broadcasters, was fired Friday (Aug. 27) after refusing to admit his pro-vaccine statements were mistaken, according to a source authorized to speak for Darling.Human life begins at conception and ends at birth. (...
Source: Stayin' Alive - August 28, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
Does your health monitor have device bias?
In recent years, there’s been a veritable explosion in the number and type of health monitoring devices available in smartphones and fitness apps.
Your smartphone is likely tracking the number of steps you take, how far and fast you walk, and how many flights of stairs you climb each day. Some phones log sleep, heart rate, how much energy you’re burning, and even “gait health” (how often are both feet on the ground? how even are your steps?). And, of course, nonphone wearables and fitness gadgets are available, such as devices to measure your heart rhythm, blood pressure, or oxygen levels. The accuracy of these dev...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - February 19, 2021 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert H. Shmerling, MD Tags: Children's Health Health care disparities Health trends Healthy Aging Heart Health Source Type: blogs
