Electronic medical record interventions and recurrent perioperative antibiotic administration: a before-and-after study

Diagnostic Imaging Requisition Quality When Using an Electronic Medical Record: a Before-After Study

Diagnostic imaging requisition (DIR) content is legally constrained for care quality and patient safety concerns. A French national indicator, based on administrative and clinical data, has been introduced to monitor nationwide the conformity of such documents (CDIR). The purpose of this study was to assess the effect on CDIR of the deployment of the ORBIS™ electronic medical record at the Teno...

Electronic Medical Record Utopia May Be Right Before Our Eyes

Envision a shift years from now. You treat patients but never sit at a computer to document or enter orders. You wear a set of clear glasses with a computer screen built into the lens. Navigation of medical records occurs by voice command into a nearly invisible speaker built into your eyewear’s frame. No lag exists between your spoken command and the instantaneous flash of information desired....

Implementation of an Automated Electronic Medical Record “Antibiotic Timeout” Alert at a Tertiary, Academic Medical Center

[Bacterial colonization of conjunctiva with Propionibacterium acnes before and after polyvidon iodine administration before intraocular interventions].

BACKGROUND Propionibacterium acnes has been described as a causative agent of postoperative endophthalmitis. This gram-positive, immotile, non-spore-forming bacterium is highly pleomorphic and grows under conditions of low to no oxygen concentration. It is commonly found on the skin at the openings of sebaceous glands and on hairs. A near-symptomless postoperative endophthalmitis occurs particu...

Tuberculosis Infection Among Medical Students before and After Clinical Rotations

Abstract Introduction: Considering the importance of screening for diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) infection among medical students and the necessity of annual TB tests and effectiveness of preventive programs, there is an ever increasing need for undertaking research to investigate the effect of residence in hospital on the risk of tuberculosis infection among students, and planning strategies...