Big Data and the Great Challenges of Health and Medicine
May 20, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
One of the themes of TEDMED 2013 was the creative and thoughtful use of big data and small data to improve health and health care.
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Will Dr. Robot Open New Doors for Nurses?
May 15, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
Widespread adoption of technological innovations has the potential to elevate and enhance nurses’ role in patient care. "We suggest that nurses should embrace rather than fear these innovations," the authors write.
Simulation: A Powerful Tool to Support a Quality Learning Environment
May 12, 2013 | Human Capital Blog Post
New York University (NYU) College of Nursing is expanding its simulation program, which will enhance its interprofessional education efforts.
Game Solutions for Health Care: A Spectacularly Transformative Learning Experience
June 15, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
The program generated a forum for faculty and students that spectacularly transformed the learning experience. Students learned new language and ways to think differently about problems and solutions. Students learned by doing and developed an unexp ...
Role of Video Games in Improving Health-Related Outcomes
June 1, 2012 | Journal Article
Understanding the impact of video games in improving health outcomes was the focus of this systematic review. They study examined a total of 195 health outcomes. Video games involving physical or psychological therapy were most frequently successful at achieving their purpose.
National Donate Life Month: How a Video Can Increase the Number of Organ Donors
April 20, 2012 | Human Capital Blog Post
This approach was especially successful among African-Americans, who make up a large, and increasing, percentage of those in need of donated organs, but a relatively small portion of registered donors. Seventy-six percent of African-Americans who wa ...
Technology: Key to Transforming Nursing Education
October 27, 2011 | Human Capital Blog Post
By Roy L. Simpson, RN, C, FAAN, DPNAP, Vice President, Nursing, Cerner Corporation Technology erases the traditional boundaries of space and time, which allows nurses to access innovations in care, proven best practices and insights from academic re ...
Hospitals' Acquisition of Surgical Robots Prompts More Surgery
April 21, 2011 | Story
A group of Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars finds that rates of radical prostatectomies increase when hospitals invest in surgical robots.
Google Saves Money, Ups Productivity in Built Environment Research
March 29, 2011 | Story
Covering ground online, instead of on foot, may be the key to more effective community surveys.
The Effect of Point-of-Care Personal Digital Assistant Use on Resident Documentation Discrepancies
March 1, 2004 | Journal Article
The authors recently found documentation discrepancies in 60 percent of resident daily-progress notes with respect to patient weight, medications, or vascular lines. To what extent information systems can decrease such discrepancies is unknown. The ...