Caution: Danger ahead!!

Psychological literacy: proceed with caution, construction ahead

Psychological literacy is the ethical application of psychological skills and knowledge. This could benefit individuals in their personal, occupational, and civic lives and subsequently benefit society as a whole. We know that psychology has a wide-ranging impact on society. The potential benefits of a psychologically literate citizenry in improved parenting, better business practices, enlighte...

Danger ahead: watch out for indirect comparisons!

We have entered an exciting new era of anticoagulation— with multiple new oral anticoagulants becoming available for use as potential replacements for warfarin, the vitamin K antagonist that has been the only oral agent available for 50 years! The most prominent of the indications for anticoagulation is for stroke prevention in patients with atrial fibrillation, where long-term, often life-long...

CAUTION! Transitions ahead: politics, practice and sustainable transition management

Green (2006) is not alone in contending that “environmental ‘crises’ require fundamental changes in the socio-technological structure of the way we live and work”. For those concerned with sustainability, the idea of transition – of substantial change and movement from one state to another has powerful normative attractions. If ‘we’ can steer change, shape future development and manage movement...

Predicting the impact of contact precautions on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outcomes: caution up ahead.

Pay for performance in primary care: proceed with caution, pitfalls ahead.

P AY FOR PERFORMANCE IN HEALTHCARE – THE CONCEPT THAT PAYMENT should reflect processes and outcomes of care – has generated growing interest, debate and action among policy makers, health system managers and health-care providers in Canada and internationally. With the introduction of its Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) for primary care in 2004, the United Kingdom raised pay for performanc...