April 17th, 2010 by Medgadget in Better Health Network, News, Opinion, Research
Tags: 3D touch map, Blind, Braille, Carina Nebula, Cosmic Anatomy, Disabilities, Eye Conditions, Hubble, NASA, Ophthalmology, Outer Space, Sight, Touch, Visually Impaired
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NASA, in an attempt to have visually-impaired people get a glimpse of what’s “out there,” has created a reconstruction of a Hubble image of the Carina Nebula in a 3D touch map.
Different textures applied to the image help in identifying the various parts of the giant dust cloud. We even think that visually-okay folks can get a better sense of the cosmic anatomy when offered such a presentation.
Read more on this from NASA here.
*This blog post was originally published at Medgadget*
April 17th, 2010 by DrWes in Better Health Network, Opinion, True Stories
Tags: Doctor Burnout, Emergency Medicine, Hospitalist Medicine, Internal Medicine, Patient Overload, Physician Fatigue, Physician Happiness
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We’re stretched so thin, right now. No new hires in sight. Look at this list of patients — 22 of ’em, all over 70, 8 “news” among them, every one with tons of medical issues. Didn’t get out of here until 10:30 last night. Then back at it at 8 (am) this morning. I’m telling you, I hate it. Hate it. There just doesn’t ever seem to be an end in sight. We’re just a bunch of f**in’ employees, and no one gives a damn.
I sat stunned. I knew him from before. His job had taken its toll. This wasn’t the guy I knew earlier. I really didn’t know how to respond, but I did suggest that maybe hospitalist medicine wasn’t for him. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Dr. Wes*
April 16th, 2010 by Paul Auerbach, M.D. in Better Health Network, Opinion, True Stories
Tags: Deployable Field Rescue Teams, Disaster Relief, Emergency Medicine, Emergency Message Relay, Evacuation, Extraction, Global Rescue, Medical Consultative Services, Relief Efforts, Security Advisory, Volunteer
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I’ve posted previously about Global Rescue (GR), a company with deployable field rescue teams that can be hired to extract persons who are injured or ill from anywhere in the world.
The company provides medical consultative services, evacuation and extraction services, security advisory services, and other services such as emergency message relay, telephonic interpretation, visa and passport services and local legal referrals. I’m writing now to thank Global Rescue for helping me out in Haiti. Read more »
This post, Hats Off To Global Rescue, was originally published on
Healthine.com by Paul Auerbach, M.D..
April 16th, 2010 by BarbaraFicarraRN in Better Health Network, Health Policy, News, Opinion, Research
Tags: addiction, Designated Smoking Areas, General Medicine, Hospital Policy, Internal Medicine, Joint Commission, nicotine, Patient Care, Patients, Quitting Smoking, Smoke-Free, Smoke-Free Campus, Smokers, smoking cessation, Smoking Prohibited, Tobacco, U.S. Hospitals
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By Barbara Ficarra, RN, BSN, MPA
“This is a smoke-free institution. Thank you for your compliance.”
Nurses and doctors and other members of the healthcare team strive every day to provide quality patient care. We focus on patients by understanding their needs. We listen, assess and evaluate. We work together as a team focusing not only on the patient, but family members as well. We formulate individual care plans addressing each and every need.
Providing quality patient care is the single most important goal for any hospital, and it’s important to note that patients need to understand that there are policies within the hospital. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at Health in 30*
April 16th, 2010 by Toni Brayer, M.D. in Better Health Network, Health Policy, News, Opinion
Tags: Angela Braly, Anthem Blue Cross, Corporate Executives, Cost of Healthcare, Health Insurance Companies, Health Insurance Rates, Healthcare reform, Insurance Rate Hikes, President and CEO, Salary, Wellpoint
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Corporate Hall of Shame Award
With the United States undergoing the worst recession since the Great Depression and people everywhere worried about the cost of healthcare and how healthcare reform will affect them, isn’t it great to know that some special corporate executives got a 51 percent raise in 2009?
Angela Braly, president and CEO of health insurer WellPoint, got a nice bonus that raised her salary to $13.1 million from $8.7 million the year before. Read more »
*This blog post was originally published at EverythingHealth*
