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Internal Medicine / Healthcare Systems / Design / EHR / Technology
Episódios
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Healthcare's low Digitization Index
24/05/2021 Duração: 05minHealthcare remains one of the least digitized sectors of the economy. Article: https://www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/healthcare-digitization-index
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Healthcare productivity is the (second) worst
21/05/2021 Duração: 02minBetween 1990 and 2007 healthcare was the second worst sector of the USA economy in productivity improvement. In fact it had become less productive with time. Article: https:/www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/healthcare-productivity-2014
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Growth in healthcare spending outpaces growth in GDP
17/05/2021 Duração: 06minCountries spend more on healthcare each year than their economy grows. Can this continue forever? Article: www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/growth-healthcare-vs-gdp #HealthEcon
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CBC hides inflammatory article published on Nursing Day
17/05/2021 Duração: 07minCBC News published an article on Nursing Day that provoked public outcry. It turns out that the details of the original article were incorrect. CBC proceeded to rewrite the article (a new headline, byline, and content) but the new article was published overtop of their existing article.
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Single-sentence summaries improve EHR data display
04/05/2021 Duração: 09minThe addition of single-sentence summaries can dramatically improve the information communicated when generating summaries of patient data. This example focuses on trying to display that two consultations occurred in the same day. Article: https://www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/single-sentence-summaries
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Risks of using medical story arcs
04/05/2021 Duração: 11minWhen we fit the patient's narrative into a typical medical story arc, we risk making diagnostic errors. Article: https://www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/risks-of-using-medical-story-arcs
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Product Packaging UX: hard to open cardboard boxes
26/04/2021 Duração: 06minSometimes it is not clear which side of the box should be opened. Article: https://www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/le-creusets-box
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5 Principles of Two-Factor Code Design
25/04/2021 Duração: 05minDo we even need letters in the code? Are number only codes preferred? Article: https://www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/two-factor-design
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The patient's narrative is never written down
24/04/2021 Duração: 06minSummarizing the patient's narrative into a medical note introduces error into the earliest steps of the diagnostic and record-keeping process. Article: https://www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/the-patients-narrative-is-never-written-down
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The patient's first-person narrative
19/04/2021 Duração: 05minThe original first-person patient narrative forms the foundation of clinical medicine, yet its original form rapidly becomes contaminated and evolve once the patient enters the medical system. Article: https://www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/patient-first-person-narrative
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Series introduction: narrative language in medicine
19/04/2021 Duração: 02minNarrative language is everywhere in medicine. How does this influence how we think & document patient information? Article: https://www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/narrative-language-in-medicine-intro Custom fields
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Back-in angle parking
12/04/2021 Duração: 03minBack-in angle parking combines the benefits of angle parking with those of bcak-in parking. Article: https://www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/reverse-angle-parking
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Why do Americans not back into parking spaces?
01/04/2021 Duração: 08minIn some countries most cars back-into parking spaces. In other countries, almost nobody does. Why is this? Article: https://www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/why-do-americans-not-back-into-parking-spaces
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Ways to avoid fatalities from car backovers
28/03/2021 Duração: 07minHelp reduce backover injuries and fatalities with these ideas. Full article: https://www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/ways-to-avoid-fatalities-from-car-backovers
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Deaths from cars backing-over people
27/03/2021 Duração: 04minEach week in the USA, an estimated 280 people are injured and 4-5 people die as a result of backover injuries. Most of them children. Article: https://www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/backover-deaths
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Costco's extra-wide parking stalls
26/03/2021 Duração: 01minCostco puts extra space between their parking stalls which ensures cars are always centered in the extra-wide parking stall. Full article: https://www.gregoryschmidt.com/articles/extra-wide-parking-stalls
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Life Update: 2020
09/01/2021 Duração: 01min2020 was quiet year for new posts on this website, but busy year for Gregory. Read at: www.gregoryschmidt.com/article/life-update-2020
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COVID-19: Should clinicians age 60+ only do tele-care?
12/03/2020 Duração: 12minIt may make the most sense to encourage clinicians above a certain age, and those with comorbidities to focus as much as possible on telemedicine care to reduce their risk of mortality from coronavirus.
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Lasting impact at scale, the work of Kevin Starr & Mulago
01/09/2019 Duração: 34minSummary of the step-by-step process taught by Kevin Starr to design for building lasting impact at scale. Original article: http://www.gregoryschmidt.ca/writing/lasting-impact-at-scale-kevin-starr
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App design: positional space
25/08/2019 Duração: 10minDo not teleport your users to different parts of the application. They must take a road to get there, and know which part of the app's 3D space they are in. Original article: http://www.gregoryschmidt.ca/writing/app-design-positional-space