Random Ramblings -- Niche Research, Silos, and Collection Development

Clinical research and development of tuberculosis diagnostics: moving from silos to synergy.

The development, evaluation, and implementation of new and improved diagnostics have been identified as critical needs by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and tuberculosis researchers and clinicians alike. These needs exist in international and domestic settings and in adult and pediatric populations. Experts in tuberculosis and HIV care, researchers, healthcare providers, public health exper...

Michael Abrash's Ramblings in Realtime

Random acts of innovation: infiltrating silos and creating an interprofessional culture for quality care.

Everyone has a story. One I vividly recall was told to me by a mother of a medically compromised twoyear-old boy whose life literally depended on the multiple therapies and medical procedures he received daily. “I’m never alone in my home” she told me. “But I’m grateful for the care that keeps Emmett alive.” Given the constant presence of providers in her life, I asked if therewas anything that...

Scenario Planning and Collection Development

The Ramblings of a Public Health Officer

When I agreed to speak to this association on some of the experiences of my recent leave, I did not realise how impossible it was to give any adequate idea of my ramblings until I had set myself down to the task. I wish, therefore, to state at the commencement, that if my remarks appear to be somewhat disjointed, as I am afraid they will be, this is largely due to the fact that I have been comp...