Surgical Decision-Making in Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology: Just Because You Can, Doesn't Mean You Should.

Constant Connectivity: Just Because You Can Doesn't Mean You Should

Presenting a Hybrid Approach based on Two-stage Data Envelopment Analysis to Evaluating Organization Productivity

   Measuring the performance of a production system has been an important task in management for purposes of control, planning, etc. Lord Kelvin said :“When you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind.” Hence, manag...

O20: Primary and Secondary Survey in Pediatric Trauma

During the primary survey life-threatening or limb-threatening conditions are identified and management is instituted simultaneously. Priorities for the care of Adult, Pediatrics & Pregnancy women are all the same. You should do Rapid sequential way to assess the patients in 10 seconds Treat as you find life threatening condition and Repeat if at any time unstable Vital signs should be repeated...

To code, or not to code?

In summary, it is also important to remember the hidden rules: 1) Just because there is a code in the manual, it doesn't mean it can be billed to insurance, or that once billed, it will be reimbursed. 2) Just because a code was paid once, doesn't mean it will ever be paid again--or that you get to keep the money! 3) The healthcare provider is responsible for knowing all the rules, but then it i...

It Ain’t What You Do (But the Way That You Do It): Will Safety II Transform the Way We Do Patient Safety; Comment on “False Dawns and New Horizons in Patient Safety Research and Practice”

Mannion and Braithwaite outline a new paradigm for studying and improving patient safety – Safety II. In this response, I argue that Safety I should not be dismissed simply because the safety management strategies that are developed and enacted in the name of Safety I are not always true to the original philosophy of ‘systems thinking.’