Who are the Informaticians? What We Know and Should Know

Viewpoint Paper: Who are the Informaticians? What We Know and Should Know

The beginning of the 21st century has seen a surge in interest and enthusiasm for health care information technology based on its ability to demonstrate improvements in the quality, safety, and cost-efficiency of health care. One question, however, for which we have fewer answers is "who will be the individuals that develop, implement, and evaluate these systems?" In particular, while most atte...

Superior Capsule Reconstruction: What Do We Know?

The management of irreparable rotator cuff tears remains challenging. Since its introduction by Mihata in 2012, superiorcapsule reconstruction (SCR) has grown in popularity at an astonishingly rapid rate. The aim of this article is to providea comprehensive review of the available literature, in order to highlight what has so far been published on SCR,covering all aspects including biomechanica...

Molecular approaches to diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis what we know and what we do not know.

Invasive aspergillosis (IA) are a major complication in immunocompromized patients where can be serious and rapidly fatal. Early diagnosis and early appropriate antifungal treatment is important in reducing mortality and morbidity. But despite many efforts to develop detection methods, the diagnosis of IA still remains challenging and current conventional methods are limited for adequate diagno...

what should we know in bipps

cushing’s syndrome is a rare endocrine disease characterized by hypercortisolemia caused by excess acth secreted by the pituitary. distinguishing pituitary sources from the ectopic sources of acth is challenging because of the limited accuracy of noninvasive assays. the test that offers the highest sensitivity and specificity is bilateral inferior petrosal sinus sampling (bipss). in patients wi...

Do We Know What We Do not Know? A Response to Celine Bonnet