I am attending AMIA 2008 this year on Sunday November 9, presenting a paper on using a medical language processor to judge a patient’s smoking status. I am also in the student finalist competition Sunday morning, so onlookers have not one but two opportunities to hear me talk.
A recent Clinical Cases post noted that [...]
Entries from October 22nd, 2008
Social Networking for AMIA 2008?
October 22nd, 2008 No Comments
Walking Intensive Care Patients Early
October 15th, 2008 No Comments
I thought this was a great picture in JAMA recently. It shows a patient on mechanical ventilation via ET tube and with an arterial line walking in the ICU. Admittedly the patient has a lot of help; there is at least one nurse and one respiratory technician. However, this was not even [...]
Tags: endotracheal · hopkins · icu · jama
How to Install WP-SuperCache on Pair
October 12th, 2008 No Comments
Recently Matt Cutts discussed difficulties he had with WP-SuperCache on his Pair Networks hosting account. I use PairLite, which is hosting from the same company with less support and no SLA. I love Pair because they provide shell access to FreeBSD and an Apache webserver.
The problem Matt runs into is that WP-SuperCache, like [...]
Tags: cache · pair · wordpress · wp-supercache
Finally! Best Sync Yet for Google Calendar to iPhone
October 12th, 2008 No Comments
I keep a network-accessible calendar with Google Calendar. I also carry an iPhone. Here’s what I want:
Instant sync of calendar data when I make changes to either the iPhone or Google Calendar. Waiting until I dock with iTunes is too long.
Availability of calendar data when the iPhone is out of internet range.
I [...]
Switched! (to Google Chrome)
October 12th, 2008 No Comments
Matt Cutts recently wrote a nice piece listing the advantages of Google Chrome as a primary web browser. I’ve been using it for the last few weeks and I’m sold. Why?
Chrome feels faster. There is less disk thrashing than when I use Firefox, especially when I leave the browser open for long [...]
Tags: chrome · firefox · javascript
How to Enroll in the Prescription Data Restriction Program
October 6th, 2008 No Comments
I noticed in this week’s AMNews that the AMA is running an ad encouraging physicians to enroll in the Prescription Data Restriction Program (PDRP) which sets a flag in the AMA’s Masterfile instructing licensees to not share your prescription data. The AMA itself does not collect prescription data, but other organizations get dumps from [...]
Tags: ama · masterfile · pdrp · prescription
