Fall Prevention in the Elderly and Other Vulnerable Populations
John Svirbely, MD 2018-06-17T02:41:58+00:00Without gravity there would be no falls. Falls are a major cause of accidental trauma throughout one's life. Often [...]
Holiday Stress Management and Medical Issues – Thanksgiving, Christmas
John Svirbely, MD 2017-11-21T05:11:36+00:00Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday for many Americans, with an abundance of family, friends, food and football. However, for [...]
Workplace Risk Factors for Violence in Healthcare
John Svirbely, MD 2017-10-25T11:16:55+00:00As we recently saw in Las Vegas, there are violent people in the world who are willing to kill [...]
Health Safety Regulations: OSHA’s Role in Healthcare
John Svirbely, MD 2017-08-16T00:55:32+00:00The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has historically shown a low profile in most healthcare institutions. Employee bulletin [...]
Much To Do About Tattoos: Tattoo Infections & Other Risks
John Svirbely, MD 2017-06-24T10:45:10+00:00Last month the FDA updated its Consumer Report "Think Before You Ink" which outlines some of the adverse effects [...]
OSHA? Oh Shi#! OSHA Health Safety Compliance in Hospitals
John Svirbely, MD 2017-03-17T02:56:18+00:00Hospital administrators rarely say nice things when faced with an OSHA health safety inspection. OSHA's (Occupational Safety and Health [...]
Polluted Water Diseases – An Olympic Challenge
John Svirbely, MD 2016-08-24T15:37:57+00:00One concern during the Rio Olympics was the level of water pollution. It was uncertain if the waters were [...]
Medical Algorithms for Back To School Health
Chad Rudnick, MD 2016-08-04T07:56:55+00:00With the turn of the calendar to August and department stores putting out the back to school sales, it [...]
Many Faces of Sepsis (4): Sepsis Criteria for Vulnerable Patients
John Svirbely, MD 2016-07-21T16:49:47+00:00Some patients may be more prone to sepsis than others, often because of a defect in their host defenses. [...]
Improve Outcomes with Surgical Risk Calculator Bundle
John Svirbely, MD 2016-12-09T02:20:49+00:00At a recent Infection Control meeting, a case was brought up for discussion. It involved a revision (“redo”) orthopedic [...]
Can Medical Algorithms Help to Reduce Telemedicine Liability?
John Svirbely, MD 2016-12-15T10:12:57+00:00Telemedicine has come a long way over the past 20 years. Modern technology has made it accessible to an [...]
Poisonous Holiday Plants & Other Dangers Case Study
admin 2015-12-17T06:25:22+00:00The purpose of this case study is to highlight how medical algorithms can be used by physicians to evaluate [...]
How Medical Algorithms Are Used in Clinical Trial Design
John Svirbely, MD 2016-12-15T09:29:56+00:00Clinical trials play an important role in evidence-based medicine. It is necessary to know how a therapy performs under [...]
Why MedalPacks? Automated Medical Calculator Collections
John Svirbely, MD 2016-12-15T10:04:49+00:00A medical algorithm (medical calculator) that is used by itself can solve a specific problem. However, medical algorithms must [...]
Case Study: Surgical Site Infection: Methods of Prevention & Tools for Predicting Risk
John Svirbely, MD 2016-12-15T10:06:15+00:00Medical History A 55-year-old white male has degenerative arthritis of the knees. 10 months ago, the patient underwent total [...]
9 Algorithms for Travel Health Medicine
John Svirbely, MD 2015-07-24T08:04:51+00:00This time of year finds many of us traveling to far-off destinations. We usually will plan the trip using [...]
How Automated Medical Algorithms Can Improve Patient Safety
John Svirbely, MD 2016-12-15T09:36:39+00:00GA Miller studied the limits of human cognition. He found that the number of discrete items that a person [...]
Risks to Patient Safety: Calculating Algorithms by Hand
John Svirbely, MD 2016-12-15T09:47:50+00:00While medical algorithms can be valuable decision support tools, calculating them by hand can bite you. With hand calculations, [...]
Medical Tools: How to Eliminate Unnecessary Tests
Chad Rudnick, MD 2016-12-15T10:08:42+00:00Nearly every physician who has worked in an emergency department will concur with the fact that MRI or CT [...]