Protein-Centric Meals for Optimal Protein Utilization: Can It Be That Simple?

Utilization review: can it be improved?

For many years after the introduction of universal health insurance physicians in Canada enjoyed a relatively high level of professional autonomy. They admitted patients to hospitals, ordered diagnostic tests and therapies and then discharged patients based on their clinical judgement with little supervision or “second-guessing” by government or other third-party payers. The “appropriateness” o...

“Not Everything That Is Faced Can Be Changed, but Nothing Can Be Changed Until It Is Faced”: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Large simple trials: really, it can't be that simple!

In this issue of the European Heart Journal, Calvo et al. present another plea for simplified approaches to clinical trials evaluating cardiovascular therapies. In the interest of disclosure, I note that I work closely with many of the authors of this article. Dr Christopher Granger, in particular, is a long-time collaborator and senior investigator in my own institution. The thesis advanced by...

Ridesharing in Muscat: Can it be a Sustainable Solution for the Traffic Congestion?

We deal with developing a Decision Support System (DSS) to promote the ridesharing among both students and staff of a big organization. The DSS includes a set of functions that allow the management of the riders’ requests and drivers’ availability and embeds a novel two-phase optimization approach that helps in defining the optimal riders-drivers matching. The first phase consists o...

Transvenous lead extraction: Can it be simple yet safe?