Medication errors continue even in highly computerized hospital
...on delivery, a complete electronic medical record, automated drug-drug interaction checking and computerized allergy tracking and alerting, the authors suggest that a VA hospital offers an appropriate setting for testing the impact of computer systems on adverse drug events. Pharmacists used standardized crite...Researchers demonstrate use of gold nanoparticles for cancer detection
...tics, we can develop low cost techniques for rapid automated detection of cancer in biopsies. Further, we hope to use the scattering and absorption properties to develop techniques to detect cancer in humans without a biopsy." In the study, the research team found that the gold nanoparticles have 600 percent ......a without disturbing the environment of the highly automated modern production path. The wafer can return a contour map of temperature data to show hot or cold spots on bake plates, analyze trends in temperature and create an animated movie of temperature variations over time. Lauf, Bible and Sohns are repeat ...Lifespan again named among 100 Most Wired and 25 Most Wireless hospitals
...rder entry, bedside electronicmedication matching, automated alerts and reminders, physician portals and electronic patient surveillance. Among the Most Wired hospitals, significantly larger percentages of physicians enter orders themselves, compared with other organizations. The Most Wired hospitals conduct...NMR method rapidly solves 8 target genomic structures
...efficient structure calculation. "Using our automated analysis methods, initial 3D protein structures could be generated soon after data collection and then refined by manual data-analysis methods," said Montelione. Proteins also were supplied by a team led by Cheryl Arrowsmith, Ph.D., professor ...Output of e-Science project helps GSK speed up drug discovery
..., GSK Vice-President for Cheminformatics. The new automated processes can be changed quickly in response to changes in scientific understanding, but the supporting software, built using traditional approaches, cannot be changed on the same timescale. "The IT has become the bottleneck in evolving the science,"...Orlando meeting highlights work about making systems, tools, and products safe and easy to use
...et. al. Thursday, September 29, 3:30PM5:00PM A new automated navigation aide uses audio information to provide navigation in settings where vision may be unavailable. The System for Wearable Audio Navigation (SWAN) is designed to provide audio cues about location and optimal navigation routes for the visually ...NIAID awards $47 million to develop medical countermeasures against radiological, nuclear threats
... of radiation exposure. AFRRI also will develop an automated approach to the assay of blood cell chromosome damage used to measure a person's radiation exposure. NCI, also part of the National Institutes of Health, received $1 million through a 2005 interagency agreement to develop compounds to protect agains...Study finds defibrillators available in many high schools
A greater percentage of high schools had automated external defibrillators (AEDs) -- devices that can be used to treat cardiac arrest victims -- than senior centers, despite the fact that cardiac arrests appear more common in senior centers, according to a study by University of Iowa researchers. The...Despite rarity of errors in chemotherapy orders, improvements still needed, study finds
...gham and Women's to make changes in the hospital's automated drug order-entry system to further lessen the chance of mistakes. "Our results show that while safeguards such as computerized order-entry systems used at both Dana-Farber and Brigham and Women's significantly reduce drug-order errors, additional i...Public forum on breast cancer issues 'call to action'
...ved in a field trial at the facility, that uses an automated ultrasonic transducer and a proprietary holographic detector technology to create a consistent stream of real time images clear enough to capture abnormalities in soft tissue. Revolutionary in its design, this technology shows promise in improvingpat...Diabetes and depression can be a fatal mix
...ut written questionnaires. With patients' consent, automated diagnostic, laboratory, and pharmacy data were collected from the HMO. The researchers also reviewed Washington state mortality data to analyze diabetes complications and deaths. Depression is common among people who have type 2 diabetes. This high ...UCLA study identifies $7 in societal savings for every $1 spent on drug abuse treatment
...2000 and 2001. The information was gathered via an automated system operated by the California Treatment Outcome Project. "Even without considering the health and quality-of-life benefits to drug treatment clients themselves, spending taxpayer dollars on substance abuse treatment appears to be a wise investmen...Warning labels on high-risk drugs inconsistently heeded by doctors
...fective than less direct wording. Patient-specific automated alerts to BBW drugs or recommendations at the point of prescribing and dispensing may be more effective than BBWs in package inserts. Designing such a system requires complete, consistent, and current lists of BBW medicines and clinical circumstances...Large-scale study proves volunteer operated defibrillators are life-savers
... BEDS after Italy passed a law allowing the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) by non-medical personnel. A total of 2,186 volunteers and lay people received five hours of training involving theory and practical instruction, including training in basic life support, from 14 qualified instructors. O...Computer aided evaluation may improve accuracy in breast MRI interpretation
...riminating benign from malignant lesions. The CAEs automated assessment improved accuracy compared to MRI inter...lled CADstream developed by Confirma that provides automated assessment of image enhancement parameters. The doctors evaluated 154 consecutive, suspicious breast...CPR and external defibrillator training may decrease adolescent sports-related deaths
...opulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is performed and an automated external defibrillator (AED) is used within three minutes of impact. An article in the December issue of The Journal of Pediatrics examines one report of how CPR training and the use of an AED can increase the survival rate for adolescents experienc...A pocketful of help for Alzheimer's sufferers and caregivers
... medication information, appointment reminders and automated checklists for daily support. Also embedded could be such information as bill paying instructions, the location of important documents and emergency contact names. Family and friends might access information about patients and caregivers via a Web lo...Initial results help clinicians identify patients with treatment-resistant depression
...sion ratings and other data by phone, including an automated interactive voice response system. "Self-rating scales are no longer just research tools," said Rush. "An easy-to-use patient-rated scale proved to be as accurate as the standard depression scale, so the time is ripe for practitioners to begin using...Sequence-based early warning system for the detection of MRSA outbreaks in hospitals
German researchers have proposed an automated DNA sequence-based early warning system to detect methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) outbreaks in hospitals, which they say could replace traditional slower techniques. Outbreaks are usually identified manually from laboratory test r...