COMMENTARY

Strategies to decrease rate of preventable readmission to hospital
March 8, 2010

Strategies to decrease rate of preventable readmission to hospitalHospital readmissions are expensive, common and often preventable. The LACE Index can be used with several other existing tools to identify preventable readmissions. However, a multidisciplinary approach, ranging from strategies to improve quality to payment incentives, may be needed to sustain a decrease in the number of readmissions. Full article

RESEARCH: Derivation and validation of an index to predict early death or unplanned readmission after discharge from hospital

Good prescribing: better systems and prescribers needed
March 8, 2010

Good prescribing: better systems and prescribers neededPrescribing often falls short of the ideal of being safe, effective, cost-effective and patient-centred. Interventions targeted at individual prescribers and the systems in which they work can help to improve prescribing. Important approaches include undergraduate and postgraduate education, local formularies, incentive schemes, review and feedback on prescribing, and computerized physician order entry with decision support. Full article

RESEARCH: The TEAM study
RESEARCH: Effect of point-of-care computer reminders on physician behaviour: a systematic review

The continuing barriers to research in China
February 22, 2010

The continuing barriers to research in ChinaChina has made considerable progress in promoting scientific research in the past decades. But one major obstacle to reaching an international audience is the way China’s researchers are evaluated, compared and rewarded. Full article

RESEARCH: Urinary tract abnormalities in Chinese rural children who consumed melamine-contaminated dairy products

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EDITORIAL

No more dithering on e-health: let’s keep patients safe instead
March 1, 2010

Our slow progress on electronic health records should act as a call to action. An electronic health record system with access for everyone — family physicians, consultants, pharmacists, hospitals, managers and researchers — will save lives and improve health outcomes. Canadians deserve nothing less. Full article

Pets in airplane cabins: an unnecessary allergic hazard
February 16, 2010

The preferences of pet owners should not supersede the well-being of their fellow passengers. Pets can be accommodated comfortably and safely in airplane cargo holds, which is where they belong. Airlines must choose to put the needs of their human passengers first, or be forced to do so. Full article

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SALON

Going gentle

Going gentle
March 1, 2010

Dr. Joel Wohlgemut takes on Tom Koch’s argument in a previous Salon that physicians shouldn’t provide ill patients with end-of-life determinations because the estimates are often wrong. Wohlgemut argues that crucial decisions hinge on this information. Full article

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