Common Sense Directions
Common Sense Directions
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An on-line journal dedicated to common sense.
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Clinical Engineering |
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A hidden disorganized mess - JCAHO standards development.
January, 2007 |
About common sense and this site A brief history of medical instrumentation
Clinical Engineering Biomedical Engineering |
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This proposal has mutated - see update above. September, 2005. |
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Maintenance Compliance Calculation: The Standard To Adopt. September, 2005. |
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The "promise" of danger and salvation in risk assessment.
2004. |
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"In the vacuum of hi-tech management,
no one will hear you scream." 2004. |
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Be honest: does honesty pay during a survey? Defining your adversarial position.
July, 2003. |
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Who's responsible? The clinician? The
technician? The administrator? The manufacturer? JCAHO? The Fed.? The State? The sticker?
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Safety and Accountability. Medical
errors may account for between 44,000 and 98,000
deaths per year in the U.S..
How do equipment failures contribute to this statistic? Safety and
Accountability: who knows what? June, 2003.
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Are they
accurate? Do they last forever? What maintenance is
necessary? Excerpts
from AAMI, AHA, NIH, plus commentary. June, 2003.
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How arbitrary is it?
E + C + (M + F + U)/3 = uncommon sense. June, 2003. | ||
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If I have 100, and
take away 95, how many are left? Answer: 0. Here's a methodology that virtually assures JCAHO compliance.
May, 2003. | ||
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Whom do you trust? This may sound unfair, but as a department
head, do you feel lonely because the VP you report to knows more about floor
polish than...."what's that?...a refibillator ?" May 2003. | ||
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Addressing many ills with one pill.
Aneroids, suction regulators, oto/ophthalmoscopes, nurse call, draped power
cords: one for all, and
all for one. May, 2003. | ||
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