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This presentation covers some of the cool technologies available to healthcare and medicine, as well as applications in humanitarian work.
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Dr Stout New Tech and New Humanitarians CMSA 2013 Different Ways to Bring Innovation to Healthcare: From New Technologies to New Humanitarians Chris E. Stout, PsyD Department of Research, ATI College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago
Please note that this was presented in September 2013. While you can see most of what was displayed, you cannot hear what I said, and I wish you could. You may reach me via http://about.me/DrChrisStout if I may be of help to you in your work. Cheers, Chris
OFFICIAL DISCLAIMER: Cool stuff we’ll not be covering
It’s nice to work with workers’ comp outcomes because… Outcomes are VERY Quantified – RTW at the same job description and PDL or not? – How many days passed before RTW? – Nice, clean, and tidy!
Surgeon’s Perspective on a Good Outcome • No anesthesia issues • No surprises during or after • No complications • Good wound healing • No post-op infection
But how does the story end? Is the patient back at work? Quickly? At the same PDL as prior to injury? With the same job classification?
Half of what is taught in medical school will be wrong in 10 years’ time, the problem is we don’t know which half. Sydney Burwell, MD, former Dean, Harvard Medical School
It took an average of 17 years for new knowledge generated by RCTs to be incorporated into practice. –IOM
• 3600 statistical articles are published on average each year • Do you know how long it would take you to keep up…? Just for Coronary Heart Disease…
If you read 1 article/15 minutes You would have to read >10 articles For 2 hours/day 7 days/week Forever…
Onset Location Duration Character Aggravating/Alleviating Relieving factors Timing & severity
Got an image? Onset Location Duration Character Aggravating/Alleviating Relieving factors Timing & severity
• 75% hit rate for NEJM’s weekly puzzler via cut-and-paste • 96% if fill in the fields
EvidenceUpdates • A joint collaboration of BMJ Group and the Health Information Research Unit at McMaster University • Best new evidence tailored to your interests. • 2-step process shrinks ~50,000 articles/year (from >140 clinical journals) down to the most important 1 - 2 articles per month = "noise reduction" of over 99.9%.
And, wouldn’t it be cool if surgeons could have their latest post-op protocol available to their rehab-referrals? They already do (and for free).
I was always frustrated with the disconnect of getting evidence-based practice in real-time to the clinician while with the patient
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William Rosenblatt, MD REcovered Medical Equipment Developing Y (world)
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