Tech Medicine Links for 5/27/8

Image via WikipediaTheory of Constraints for Healthcare. Applying Goldratt's "theory of constraints" to medical practice.

Jay Parkinson Sells Out? An Interview in MDNG New Media with one of the founders of Hello Health.

An Apple Digital Fitness Companion System. Possibly the next generation of the Nike+iPod.

Off the Record —— Avoiding the Pitfalls of Going Electronic and Personally Controlled Online Health Data — The Next Big Thing in Medical Care? in the New England Journal of Medicine. Problems with electronic health records.

How I Turned My Adventures into a Book, by a physician-writer, in Medical Economics. Advice from the write of A Walk Atop America.

Doctor's say 'I'm sorry' before 'See you in court,' from the New York Times. The institutional culture of many hospitals is changing.

“Tell Back- Collaborative Inquiry” to Assess Understanding of Medical Information, by Ted Eytan, MD. Arguing for a written summary to give patients of each encounter.

Reasons to become a doctor, from DB's Medical Rants. Good to see someone arguing that medicine remains a worthwhile and rewarding profession.

25 Things I've Leaned about the Physician Culture, from the Medinnovation blog. Dr. Reece provides his usual shrewd observations.

Triggers happy, from Running a Hospital, about a rapid response team at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. Fascinating reading. The mortality rate of a nurse expressing "marked concern" is twice that of showing up in the ED with a heart attack. Literally.

Google Health: A View from the Inside, from Wachter's World. Dr. Wachter is one of Google's advisers, and he provides an interesting insider's perspective on Google Health.