Archive for April, 2008:

25 tips to protect against medical errors

Monday 28 April 2008

RNCentral has compiled a list of 25 tips to help protect yourself from medical errors. My personal favorites are:

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EHR: 5 Whys for physicians

Monday 28 April 2008

SoftwareAdvice.com has posted 5 Ways Physicians Can Profit from Using an EMR. The list is pretty good:

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e-health in Africa

Saturday 26 April 2008

Patients turn to Internet for medical solutions in Africa Business Daily covers ground that is familiar to US readers:

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Peta Announces In-Vitro Chicken Meat Contest

Friday 25 April 2008

PETA Chicken MetaPETA is offering a $1 million prize to the first contest participant able to create in vitro chicken meat and sell it to the public by June 30, 2012. The contestant must do both of the following:


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Chastising Aimee

Friday 25 April 2008

American Imaging Management (AIM), a radiology cost containment company owned by health insurer WellPoint, has a web-based patient exposure tool called Aimee that provides information for doctors and patients about the amount of radiation associated with various scans.

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