A smartphone virtual reality (VR) game is effective in reducing pediatric patient self-reported pain during burn dressing changes, according to a study published in JAMA Network Open. Researchers randomly assigned 90 children,...
Read MoreIn Silicon Valley, the concept of friction is the idea that you must remove every bit of inconvenience or work that gets in the way of a digital interaction. It’s about making things as easy as possible to get done. I’ve been...
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Illicit drug use—including use of stimulants like methamphetamine, amphetamines, and...
Read MoreA model that was developed to predict inhalation injury in patients with burn injuries was found to have excellent discrimination, according to a study published in Emergency Medicine Australasia. With no clear method for...
Read MoreBurn survivors appear to have a reduced capacity for neuroplasticity—the capacity of the brain to change or adapt with experience—early during recovery that normalizes later during recovery, according to a study published in...
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Postoperative pain has been shown in prior research to be a major challenge for patients with...
Read MoreA s a palliative care doctor in NYC during the beginning of the pandemic, my typical greeting response of “I’m fine” was speedily replaced with “I’m hanging in there.” It seemed slightly less false (because who’s really “fine”...
Read MoreThere are rules to be followed when a doctor gets a gift from a patient. You are a fiduciary for your patients, bound to only act for their good, and a gift can skew that. On the other hand, the emotional rigors of medical care...
Read MoreO ver the course of my 45 or so years in the business, I have noticed that many patient charts contain errors. I’ve never stopped to count them, but some investigators at five leading academic centers recently did. Of 22,889...
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