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Health & Safety/Data Sharing The novelty of the MammoGrid approach lies in the application of grid technologies to medical diagnoses, and in providing the data and tools to enable users to compare new mammograms with existing ones in the grid database. Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: data sharing - mammograms
Health & Safety/Data Sharing Launched in 1999, The Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE) is an international database designed to track outcomes of patients presenting with acute coronary syndromes, including myocardial infarction or unstable angina. Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: data sharing - acute coronary events
Health & Safety /Data Sharing Scientists in Indiana and Michigan have developed a better way of mining a vast computerized database for chemical nuggets that could become tomorrow’s cancer medications. The new “data mining” method pinpoints chemical structures with drug-like activity. Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: data mining for potential cancer drugs
Health & Safety/Data Sharing Malaria kills more than one million people each year, most of them young children living in Africa. Now physicists in the UK have shared their computers with biologists from countries including France and Korea in an effort to combat the disease. Using an international computing Grid spanning 27 countries, Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: doctors and the drug industry
Health & Safety/Data Sharing The FDA, part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Defense today announced a partnership to share data and expertise related to the review and use of FDA-regulated drugs, biologics, and medical devices. Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: data sharing - FDA & DOD
Health & Safety/Dementia A simple test that can be given by any physician predicts a person’s risk for developing dementia within six years with 87 percent accuracy, according to a study led by researchers at San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC). Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: predicting dementia
Health & Safety/Doctors Virtually all doctors in a national survey of six specialties reported some sort of relationship — from free lunches to payments for consulting and lecturing — with medically related industries such as those for drugs or medical devices, a report says today. Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: doctors and the drug industry
Health & Safety/Doctors Bringing his talk to a close, Professor Gawande said: "What we want is some way that every physician is thinking every day about what they do, can recognise when they're succeeding, where they're failing, where they stand. It's going to require transparency about our own results and a willingness to compare ourselves to others and to think hard about whether we’re getting better or not… Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: doctors and deligence
Health & Safety/Education A Web-based program that provides prostate cancer patients with information about different treatment approaches may make deciding which path to follow a little easier, Medical College of Georgia researchers say. Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: patient education
Health & Safety/Emergencies/Alerts Several federal agencies are beginning to implement a common, standardized system for disseminating disaster alerts, called the Common Alert Protocol. The CAP is a digital message format that can be applied to all types of alerts and notifications and is compatible with all forms of communication, from radio and television to cell phones and the Internet. Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: CAP, Common Alert Protocol
Health & Safety/Emergencies/Assessment NIST researchers are studying how "intelligent" building systems can be used by firefighters, police and other first responders to accurately assess emergency conditions in real-time Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: intellegent building response
Health & Safety/Emergencies/Life Saving A new project is exploring a range of applications where wearable technology could significantly improve productivity and even help save lives. . . The efficiency and safety of firemen can be considerably improved by a number of light, easy-to-use and resistant devices, such as biosensors monitoring their physiological condition and improved localisation of hazards, personnel and retreat paths. Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: WearIT@work
Health & Safety/Emergencies/Life Saving Police, firefighters and other emergency workers responding to natural or manmade disasters may someday save more lives with the help of “Gizmo,” an advanced mobile wireless communications device. Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: Gizmo, wireless communication
Health & Safety/Emergencies/Life Saving Human factors/ergonomics (HF/E) researchers at the University of Utah have created a prototype device that could make it possible for anyone – even those with no emergency medical training – to perform life-saving actions for victims of sudden cardiac arrest. Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: JITS, just-in-time-support device
Health & Safety/Ergonomics An oversized, flatter and adjustable computer mouse with built-in palm support could lower the risk for carpal tunnel syndrome and other wrist injuries Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: computer mouse and carpal tunnel
Health & Safety/Ergonomics University of Guelph engineers have designed an armrest that reduces repetitive strain injuries and has the potential to be used in almost anything with a seat, from heavy machinery to powered wheelchairs. Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: armrest prevents repetitive strain injuries
Health & Safety/Hospitals Research studies have validated an epidemic of grossly underreported, preventable injuries due to medical management Recent policy documents have placed high priority on improving incident reporting as the first step in addressing patient injuries, and have called for translation of lessons from other industries Link *it is not easy to find freely available information on this topic Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: reporting medical mishaps
Health & Safety/Hospitals This blog is about patient safety, medical malpractice, staying healthy, and preventing future errors. Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: patient advocacy, medical errors, hospital safety
Health & Safety/Hospitals Johns Hopkins undergraduates have designed and built a device to enable critically ill intensive care unit patients to leave their beds and walk while remaining tethered to essential life-support equipment. Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: mobility and rehabilitation in ICU
Health & Safety/Hospitals computerized provider order entry (CPOE) systems - promise to improve health outcomes, reduce medical errors and increase cost efficiency, but hospitals adopting them must plan for "immense" workflow issues and a host of other unanticipated consequences that come with them or face potentially crippling problems Link *usability analysis might help with the workflow issues Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: CPOE, computerized patient order entry
Health & Safety/Hospitals Deploying the hospital’s “rapid response teams” proactively at the first inkling of trouble in hospitalized children, rather than taking the standard course of cautiously watching and waiting, can significantly reduce death rates Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: children and rapid response teams
Health & Safety/Hospitals Hospitals that operate at or over their capacity may be at increased risk of adverse events that injure patients, according to a study led by investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Woman's Hospital (BWH). The report in the May issue of the journal Medical Care suggests that efforts to meet two primary challenges facing hospitals today - reducing costs and improving patient safety - may work against each other. Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: data sharing - malaria
Health & Safety/Hospitals Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) have developed a framework to help hospital managers, physicians, and nurses handle the tough challenges of implementing health information technology (HIT) by directly addressing the unintended consequences that undermine safety and quality. Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: HIT, Health Information Technology
Health & Safety/Hospitals Determination of Useful, Valid, and Appropriate Information for Comparing Surgical Quality Link *unfortunately the full text of this article is not available for free Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: comparing hospital websites
Health & Safety/Hospitals Hospitals have traditionally rewarded chief executives for their ability to attract patients and make money. But now more are linking a portion of executives' pay to a range of safety measures, from reducing medication errors to monitoring how often doctors wash their hands. Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: hospital safety
Health & Safety/Hospitals/Medication Safety The vast majority of chemotherapy errors identified in children reach patients, according to one of the first epidemiological studies of cancer drug errors in children. . . Over 40 percent of errors were attributed to a “performance deficit”. Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: medication safety and children
Health & Safety/Hospitals/Medication Safety Children pose particular prescribing problems, because the absence of formulations designed specifically for them means that doses have to be individually calculated, increasing the chances of error. And they are particularly vulnerable to the consequences of a mistake, say the authors of the research. Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: medication safety and children
Health & Safety/Mobile Phones Individuals may use mobile phones to call for help or report various emergencies, but they may also go places that they would not normally go without the phone. Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: safety and cell phones
Health & Safety/Pesticides National and international policies restricting the pesticides that are most toxic to humans may have a major impact on world suicides, according to new research from the University of Bristol Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: pesticides and suicide rate
Health & Safety/Pesticides pesticides are one of the most significant sources of poison to the human nervous system when misused . . . two researchers are investigating the use of cultural ergonomics to prevent pesticide exposure Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: guidelines for pesticide warning labels
Health & Safety/Prosthetics A team of Mayo Clinic researchers has discovered a new, more accurate diagnostic test to detect infection of prosthetic joints, potentially leading to better treatment options and patient outcomes. Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: diagnostic test for infection - prosthetic joints
Health & Safety/Prosthetics So he (Dean Karmen) set out to reinvent the prosthesis that has been pretty much the same since the U.S. Civil War. Until now, a state-of-the-art prosthetic arm has meant having up to three powered joints. However, since this type of arm is frustrating to control and doesn’t provide that much functionality, most users still opt for the hook-and-cable device which has been around for over a century. Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: revolutionary prosthetic arm
Health & Safety/Prosthetics Six-billion-dollar Human Is Becoming Reality, As Bionics Restores Or Expands Humans' Abilities . . . As long as the user remembers how to activate his phantom fingers, he can mentally command the new robot fingers. Link *Wow! the apex of usability Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: human-machine hybirds
Health & Safety/Prosthetics The technology that makes a cell phone vibrate is the same technology that provides more natural movements to prosthetic limbs. A University of Houston research team is working on recreating and enhancing this technological effect, which, if successful, could result in better prosthetic movements and also provide instant electrical power for soldiers and others through the simple act of walking. Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: improved prosthetic movement
Health & Safety/Prosthetics Investigators at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine describe the basis for developing a biological interface that could link a patient's nervous system to a thought-driven artificial limb. Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: doctors and deligence
Health & Safety/Rehabilitation By training a group of human subjects to operate a robot-controlled joystick, Johns Hopkins researchers have shown that the slower the brain “learns” to control certain muscle movements, the more likely it is to remember the lesson over the long haul. The results, the investigators say, could alter rehabilitation approaches for people who have lost motor abilities to brain injuries like strokes. Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: stroke rehabilitation
Health & Safety/Rehabilitation The Rutgers hand rehabilitation system is an example of virtual rehabilitation, which combines virtual reality – computer-generated interactive visual environments in which users control actions in a lifelike way – with traditional therapy techniques. Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: virtual rehabilitation
Health & Safety/Rehabilitation The wearable, portable, lightweight robotic brace slides onto the arm. By sensing the patient's electrical muscle activity through electromyography (EMG)--which detects muscle cells' electrical activity when they contract--and sending that data to a motor, it allows stroke patients to control their affected limbs. Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: robotic brace
Health & Safety/Technology A revolutionary new technology developed by engineers at the University of Leicester after over 12 years research promises to make safety a sure thing in equipment as diverse as cars, aircraft and medical equipment. Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: RapidiTTy
Health & Safety/Traffic Safety a future where cars no longer crash and traffic congestion is reduced dramatically Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: intelligent car technology
Health & Safety/Traffic Safety A traffic fatality study by Georgia Tech shows the Southeast's rural two-lane highways are the deadliest roads in the nation. One contributing factor may be the 2.5- to 5-inch pavement drop-offs often found on rural highway edges. Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: rural highway safety
Health & Safety/Traffic Safety The University of Minnesota Center for Excellence in Rural Safety (CERS) today released an analysis showing a strong connection between states lacking strong seat belt laws and states with a high proportion of fatalities on rural roads. Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: seat belt laws
Health & Safety/Traffic Safety/Runways "The irony," they say in the article, "is that one of the most complex phases of flight has nothing to do with flying; it is taxiing to and from the gate." Link Show/Hide Date & Source
Key Phrase: runway safety
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