Quotable Quotes about Nursing, February 2012
February 26, 2012 | Story
New and notable quotes on the joys of being nurse faculty, how nurses use technology to deliver care, school nurses, and more.
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Surgeon General's Healthy Apps Challenge: Winners Announced
February 22, 2012 | New Public Health Post
Winners of the Surgeon General’s Healthy App Challenge were announced late last week, after the challenge launched earlier this winter at the mHealth Summit. The goal of the challenge was to highlight the ability of innovative new technologies to pr ...
The Association Between Diffusion of the Surgical Robot and Radical Prostatectomy Rates
April 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A study to determine the relationship between the acquisition of surgical robots and the amount of radical prostatectomy (RP) procedures in hospitals and regions found increased performance of RPs in hospitals and regions that had surgical robots.
A Spatial Agent-Based Model for the Simulation of Adults' Daily Walking Within a City
March 1, 2011 | Journal Article
A spatial agent-based model (ABM) simulation of individuals' walking behavior in a city demonstrated that ABMs can effectively formalize the dynamic processes behind and facilitate understanding of individuals' walking behavior.
Using Google Street View to Audit Neighborhood Environments
January 1, 2011 | Journal Article
Google Street View allows researchers to conduct "virtual" audits of a neighborhood's characteristics. This study compared observations made from Google Street View images with data from a previous field audit of New York City blocks.
Medical Sociology and Technology
November 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This essay, from a supplement to the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, reviews changes in medical technology that occurred over the past 50 years. The authors consider developments in fetal medicine, medicalization, the history of psychotropics and theoretical movements.
An Innovative Device to Detect Patterns of Asthma and Improve Treatment
July 6, 2011 | Story
"CDC and state health departments often conduct joint investigations of disease outbreaks, but only a tiny fraction of these investigations have focused on asthma. The reason is a lack of timely and specific data about the geography of asthma."
QSEN Branches Out
June 28, 2011 | Story
RWJF project expands beyond pilot sites as it works to embed safety and quality competencies in nursing education.
What's Next Health: Daniel Kraft
May 15, 2013 | Story/Video
The What's Next Health series features leading thinkers and visionaries. Executive director of FutureMed, Daniel Kraft, MD, discusses approaches to "escape velocity" in health care.
What's Next Health: danah boyd
May 15, 2013 | Story/Video
The What's Next Health series features leading thinkers and visionaries. danah boyd—social scientist and high priestess of Internet friendship—challenge our assumptions and discusses what this means for health.