In a recent blog post, I described a cultural shift involving the use of smartphones at Jacobi Medical Center, a large, acute-care hospital that’s part of New York City’s public hospital system. When research from an Einstein-Jacobi study demonstrated that smartphone use during inpatient attending rounds can lead to distraction, our hospital instituted a “smartphone Read more
Education
We’re six weeks into 2014, and the concept of “big data” continues to make headlines nearly daily. The New York Times recently reported that over the past three years, there’s been a hundredfold increase in Google searches for the term. Last fall, Stanford enrolled more than 700 students in a course on machine learning and Read more
A recent article in The New York Times highlighted the high costs associated with some types of subspecialty medical care, in particular dermatological procedures like Mohs surgery. Indeed, the patient profiled in the piece went for a minor procedure which, including facilities fees and questionable referrals to an anesthesiologist and plastic surgeon, generated billing that Read more
For five weeks in the summer of 2013, I had the incredible opportunity to live, work and immerse myself in the culture of Chennai, India. Upon arrival, I was a bit overwhelmed. This really is a “developing” country. Despite the booming Indian economy, the local infrastructure appeared lacking. A common sight: the sick and homeless Read more
Personal mobile technology is now everywhere in the medical environment. Walk through the hallways of any hospital in this country and you will likely see attendings, residents and medical students in all these settings engaging with their smartphones or tablets. Smartphones in particular have become an important instrument for today’s medical professional. Doctors can immediately Read more
Editors’ Note: This is the second of two blog posts that provide guidance on preparing for and developing a study plan for Step 1—an intensive exam that second-year students take on their road to becoming physicans. In part 1, we looked at preparing for Step 1 from the time you start medical school. Here we Read more
