Doctor Anonymous hosts this week’s grand rounds, a highlight of notable posts from the medical blogosphere. On The Wards is grateful for having been included with our article on medication reconciliation and patient safety.
Dr. Rob Lamberts of the Musings of a Distractible Mind hosts this week’s grand rounds … through the eyes of a groundhog. Special guests for this week’s grand rounds include a llama and an iPad-touting [photoshopped] Steve Jobs. On The Wards makes a brief appearance as well with our low-carb vs. low-fat diet article:
What’s best, low carb or low fat diets? The blog On The Wards discusses the research on the subject. It turns out that they are the same. I am glad about that. Some woodchucks eat bugs and other yucky stuff, but I stick to the veggies to maintain my chuckish figure.
For those curious about the woodchuck — er, groundhog — references made by Dr. Lamberts, take a peek at the following Wikipedia article for some background information.
Dr. Rich at the Covert Rationing Blog hosts this week’s grand rounds. Marrying his sarcastic wit and the blog’s theme about health care delivery, he creates an intriguing and humorous edition to read. On The Wards participates this week our article on typed versus dictated discharge summaries. Dr. Rich presents the article as follows:
On The Wards discusses a study that compares the relative efficiencies of electronically typed versus voice-dictated medical discharge summaries. Both work just fine, it turns out, but younger physicians (born and raised with AIM, text messages and Twitter) prefer typing. DrRich, however, hates to think of medical records stuffed with emoticons.
I am grateful to Dr. Rich for graciously including our article despite its late submission. I recently have been having Internet connectivity issues for hours at a time, thus prohibiting me from posting and submitting the article in a timely manner. My Internet issues still persist, which explains why this announcement about Grand Rounds 5.47 is a day late. My Internet service provider is aware of the problem, so I hope it resolves soon.
Kim McAllister of Emergiblog hosts this this week’s edition of the Medical Grand Rounds. She did a Cracking Good Job with the theme of Wallace and Gromit, interlacing humor with interesting medical posts. On The Wards has an entry with our article on the possible benefits of green tea at reducing the risk of hematologic malignancies.
Kim appropriately places the article under the section where Wallace is seen sipping his [green] tea. She adds, “If Wallace is drinking green tea, he may be better off health-wise!”
This week’s grand rounds are now available at Medicine and Technology, one of several medical blogs run by Dr. Joseph Kim. On The Wards participates this week with our article on the TED Talk by Nobel laureate Kary Mullis. Dr. Kim describes the article as follows:
OTW (On The Wards) writes how the increasing prevalence of drug-resistant bacteria is generating a need for newer weapons against infectious diseases. Why do we have all these superbugs? Are healthcare professionals too eager to prescribe antibiotics? Let’s hope some advances in drug development will lead to more effective therapies against these multi-drug-resistant organisms.
Given that Dr. Kim hosts the grand rounds on his site, Medicine and Technology, the theme for this week is — not surprisingly — the use of technology in healthcare delivery. In our case, we explore a potential biotechnology concept to improve antibiotic therapeutics.
