February 2011
15 posts
Medical News: Short Sleeves Don't Stop Bacteria in... →
// UCSF Prospective cohort. N = 100 Residents and Hospital Physicians. Time frame = 2008 - 2009.
// Endpoiint = Proportion of participants contaminated with MRSA
// Cultures were obtained from Sleeves of regular white coats and mid-bicep level of short-sleeve white coats
// Findings: Short-sleeved uniforms proved of no help in infection control. MRSA colonization rates were not statistically...
Doctor offers 'concierge care' with smaller price... →
brucehopperjrmd:
I’m not sure the academics quite get it.
Intel Thunderbolt: brilliant innovation or... →
// FINALLY! One cable for everything electronic. Thank you Intel.
(via Slate)
NEJM 2008: Does Preventive Care Save Money? Health... →
Although some preventive measures do save money, the vast majority reviewed in the health economics literature do not. Careful analysis of the costs and benefits of specific interventions, rather than broad generalizations, is critical. Such analysis could identify not only cost-saving preventive measures but also preventive measures that deliver substantial health benefits relative to their net...
Money Won’t Buy You Health Insurance - NYTimes.com →
// written by: Donna Dubinsky, a co-founder of Palm Computer and Handspring, is the chief executive of a computer software company.
(via nytimes)
The economics of breastfeeding in Singapore. →
A study of 340 mothers was conducted in Kandang Kerbau Hospital on September 1992 to determine if it were more economical for households to breastfeed or bottle-feed an infant for the first three months. Two economic models, a low cost model and a high cost model, were adopted incorporating a mathematical expression from Almroth’s work in 1979. The savings in a mother’s gross income...
Awesome Visualization of Healthcare Data
Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care
(via CarlyChornobil)
Doc and Teacher Compensation
Teacher Financial investment: $186,072 Time spent working (lifetime): 71,760 hours Financial return: $30.47 per hour Emotional return: Feeling good about educating people.
Physician (Internal Medicine) Financial Investment: $$687,260 Time spent working (lifetime): 130,528 hours Financial return: $34.46 per hour Emotional return: Feeling good about healing people.
(Source = Benjamin Brown M.D....
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