Delegation Challenge – Days 12-13
The 30-day delegation challenge continues. Here’s another update.
Day 12 – Booking Accommodations
On the first day of our trip, Rachelle and I booked a night in an AirBnb ourselves. But we were heading to a different city on the second day, and I thought it would be interesting to see if Magic could help us find a place to stay for a couple of nights before we returned to Vegas.
I’d never delegated the task of finding a place to stay, so I figured it might take some back and forth. Magic wouldn’t know our likes and dislikes, so I wasn’t sure how this process would unfold. But I figured that th...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - May 28, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Productivity Source Type: blogs
Three years of research into #thedress, digested – a lesson in humility for perceptual science
By Christian Jarrett
Three years ago, in a time before Trump or Brexit or This Is America, someone posted an overexposed photograph of a black and blue striped dress on Tumblr. Soon millions of people had seen it and started arguing about it. The reason? It quickly became apparent that about half of us – more often women and older people – perceive the dress, not as black and blue, but white and gold.
In a neat example of real life echoing a classic psychology experiment (I’m referring to Asch), #thedress was enough to make you think your friends were gas lighting you – how could it be that you and they were ...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - May 16, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Cognition Feature Perception Source Type: blogs
Orac basks in the adoration of Gary Null
Orac loves to bask in the adulation of his "fans." This time around, one of the old men of quackery, Gary Null, has decided that he really, really doesn't like science-based medicine. That includes Steve Novella, Susan Gerbic, and...Orac.
The post Orac basks in the adoration of Gary Null appeared first on RESPECTFUL INSOLENCE. (Source: Respectful Insolence)
Source: Respectful Insolence - May 2, 2018 Category: Surgery Authors: Orac Tags: Complementary and alternative medicine Homeopathy Integrative medicine Pseudoscience Quackery energy medicine featured Gary Null Guerilla Skepticism on Wikipedia Mike Adams science-based medicine Steven Novella Susan Gerbic Source Type: blogs
Third Parties Harvest Patient Health Data; Is Anonymized Data Secure?
Nearly six years, I cautioned that the"horse was already out of the barn" regarding privacy of health data (see: On the Privacy of Health Information: The Horse Is Already Out of the Barn).This note also made reference toIngenix, now renamed Optum, and Milliman that sell patient data. Optum is owned byUnited Health Group which is one of the largest health insurance companies in the country, Here's a quote from that article from the referenced Washington Post article:...Washington Post revealed that health insurers can now obtain a sort of health “credit report” on indiv...
Source: Lab Soft News - May 2, 2018 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Bruce Friedman Tags: Genomic Testing Healthcare Business Healthcare Information Technology Healthcare Insurance Hospital Financial Medical Consumerism Medical Ethics Pharmaceutical Industry Source Type: blogs
Sunday Sermonette: Don't know much about history
Genesis 14 is presented as a historical chronicle. It begins: At the time when Amraphel was king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Kedorlaomer king of Elam and Tidal king of Goyim,2 these kings went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboyim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).3 All these latter kings joined forces in the Valley of Siddim (that is, the Dead Sea Valley).4 For twelve years they had been subject to Kedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.5 In the fourteenth year, Kedorlaomer and the kings allied with him ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - April 29, 2018 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
The Toronto “Van Incident” and Terrorism in Canada
ConclusionThere is a small chance of being murdered in a terrorist attack in Canada over the last 25 years. By comparison, the annual chance of being murdered in a terrorist attack in the United States over that time was about25 times greater than in Canada. Similarly, the annual chance of being murdered in a terrorist attack inCanada also appears to be lower than in Europe. The chance of being murdered in a non-terrorist murder in Canada was over 1000 times greater. Alek Minassian’s horrific mass murder does not appear to be a terrorist attack based on the information available at this time, but if it does tu...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 24, 2018 Category: American Health Authors: Alex Nowrasteh Source Type: blogs
Madras medical college and Yale medical school : The 17th century siblings !
Indian subcontinent has a grand old history with a great civilization that began even before the ancient Greek and possibly Egyptian pharaohs .Post renaissance Europe made the British monarchy enter the country in early 1600s .This could be perceived as a new journey of modern India.In the early days of British colonization through East India company , the province in southern Indian Coramandal coast called Madras (Currently named Chennai) was a key economic and power center. Since the hospitals were the prime requirement to take care the Incoming officers ,Govt general hospital is the first...
Source: Dr.S.Venkatesan MD - April 22, 2018 Category: Cardiology Authors: dr s venkatesan Tags: history of cardiology Histroy of medicine elihu yale madras medical college history of madras medical college madras medical college and yale university Source Type: blogs
Kindness Counts
“My religion is simple. My religion is kindness.” – the Dalai Lama
Kindness is: “a behavior marked by ethical characteristics, a pleasant disposition, and a concern for others,” according to Wikipedia. It implies that other people matter as much as we do to ourselves. It indicates that we are not alone on the Big Blue Marble and that what affects one of us, impacts all of us.
Kindness is both energetic and interactive. A verb and adjective. We can send kind thoughts to anyone at every moment. It can be as simple as opening a door for someone else or as labor intensive as painting a room for a stranger.
It ...
Source: World of Psychology - April 17, 2018 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW Tags: Bullying General Happiness Mental Health and Wellness Personal Relationships Self-Help charitable giving Charity Kindness Loving Kindness National Volunteer Week Random Acts Of Kindness spiritually volunteering Source Type: blogs
TAPNA 2018: Its toxicology, Australian Style.
LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog
What is it?
TAPNA is the annual scientific meeting for the Toxicology and Poisons Network Australia. Join Australian and International toxicologists at Sydney to run through a plethora of topics including fomepizole (should we use it in Australia?), urine drug screens, what to do with an anion gap and the latest in OP poisoning.
TAPNA is hosting a stellar faculty including Dr Michael Eddleston from Edinburgh whose primary research is in pesticides and antidotes. He will ...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - April 16, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Conference TAPNA toxicology Source Type: blogs
TAPNA 2018: It ’ s toxicology, Australian Style
LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog LITFL • Life in the Fast Lane Medical Blog - Emergency medicine and critical care medical education blog
What is it?
TAPNA is the annual scientific meeting for the Toxicology and Poisons Network Australia. Join Australian and International toxicologists at Sydney to run through a plethora of topics including fomepizole (should we use it in Australia?), urine drug screens, what to do with an anion gap and the latest in OP poisoning.
TAPNA is hosting a stellar faculty including Dr Michael Eddleston from Edinburgh whose primary research is in pesticides and antidotes. He will ...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - April 16, 2018 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Neil Long Tags: Conference TAPNA toxicology Source Type: blogs
Why You Should Have Role Models and How to Find Yours
Reaching your full potential requires you to have the right role models. Without them, it will be difficult for you to become all that you can be. But with the right role models, you will be on your way to reaching your full potential.
I’m lucky because I have had good role models for years. Having them has pushed me to make the most of my life.
Why You Should Have Role Models
Here are some reasons why you should have role models.
1. They can inspire you about what is possible.
This is perhaps the most important reason for having role models. Our expectations are often too low, especially if we base them on what we see a...
Source: Life Optimizer - April 13, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Donald Latumahina Tags: Learning Thinking Source Type: blogs
Getting it Right on Rare Diseases: The National Network of Libraries of Medicine ’s First #citeNLM2018 Edit-a-thon on April 17
It seems like a natural collaboration: The world’s largest medical library and the world’s largest encyclopedia. On April 17, medical librarians and others will participate in a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to make it easier to get credible, evidence-based information on rare diseases. “Wikipedia is one of the most popular websites in the world. People visit to… (Source: NLM In Focus)
Source: NLM In Focus - April 10, 2018 Category: Databases & Libraries Authors: Posted by NLM in Focus Tags: Events Source Type: blogs
Big Tech Is Knocking on Hospital Doors; It's All About the Data
Fortune magazine recently published a long article about the escalating interest on the part of Big Tech in the enormous cache of data controlled (managed?) by large health systems (see:Tech's Next Big Wave: Big Data Meets Biology). Below is an excerpt from it. This is only a small fraction of the article so navigate to it if you are interested in the topic:...[T]here ’s a...powerful catalyst [for Big Tech's interest in healthcare] —one so gargantuan and infinitesimal at the same time that it sounds like the answer to a riddle. And that’s data. More specifically, it’s your data: your individual biology, you...
Source: Lab Soft News - April 10, 2018 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Bruce Friedman Tags: Electronic Health Record (EHR) Healthcare Information Technology Hospital Executive Management Lab Information Medical Research Pathology Informatics Source Type: blogs
Making Electronic Health Records Great Again
By ROBERT WACHTER and JEFF GOLDSMITH
After a blizzard of hype surrounding the electronic health record (EHR), health professionals are now in full backlash mode against this complex new tool. They are rightly seen as a major cause of professional burnout among physicians and nurses: Clinicians are spending almost half their professional time typing, clicking, and checking boxes on electronic records. They can and must be made into useful, easy-to-use tools that liberate, rather than oppress, clinicians.
Performing several tasks, badly. The EHR is a lot more than merely an electronic version of the patient’s chart. It ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - April 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Fix the EHR!
By ROBERT WACHTER and JEFF GOLDSMITH
After a blizzard of hype surrounding the electronic health record (EHR), health professionals are now in full backlash mode against this complex new tool. They are rightly seen as a major cause of professional burnout among physicians and nurses: Clinicians are spending almost half their professional time typing, clicking, and checking boxes on electronic records. They can and must be made into useful, easy-to-use tools that liberate, rather than oppress, clinicians.
Performing several tasks, badly. The EHR is a lot more than merely an electronic version of the patient’s chart. It ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - April 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
