Biomedical subjects
D Zitner
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Gauging the health of our health care system.
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The development of model curricula for Health Informatics.
We have developed model Health Informatics (HI) curricula for the education of three categories of professionals: Applied Health Informaticians, the professionals that deploy information technologies, Research and Development Health Informaticians those that develop new concepts, techniques, and solutions, and what we have called Clinician Health Informaticians, providers who use HI capabilities to support their professional work. The curricula specify the competencies that each type of professional must acquire.
Validity of utilization review tools.
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Use of mid-level indicators in determining organizational performance.
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Caution advised when testing for causes of fatigue.
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Cholesterol and aggression.
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Tools for determining appropriateness of care.
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Increases in depression after cholesterol-lowering drug treatment.
To investigate the possibility that increases in depressive symptoms might occur in patients who have undergone cholesterol-lowering interventions, the authors administered the Center for Epidemiological Studies-Depression scale before and after cholesterol lowering to 6 men who were referred to a lipid clinic. All of the patients' cholesterol levels were reduced after the 6-week intervention, and 4 of the patients' depression scores increased; scores of 2 of the 4 met the criteria for mild clinical depression. Further study of possible links among low cholesterol, depressive symptoms, and serotonergic activity is needed.
Is there an association among low untreated serum lipid levels, anger, and hazardous driving?
Anger and hazardous driving were explored in two studies for their possible explanatory role in the low cholesterol-violent mortality association. In Study 1, we obtained fasting blood samples and indices of anger and driving habits from 102 healthy young adults. Among men (but not women), lower low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels were associated with significantly higher anger (r = 41, p < .01) and unsafe driving habits (r = -.30, p < .05), and although total cholesterol levels were correlated in the predicted direction, these were not significant. In Study 2, 78 healthy young men completed the same measures, and this time, both lower total and LDL-cholesterol were significantly related to increased anger and dangerous driving. Implications of these findings are discussed as are possible avenues for future research. Further scrutiny of the components of serum cholesterol and their relation to psychological factors may aid us in better understanding the reasons why men are at increased risk for hazardous behavior and violent death.
Resuscitative interventions and "no-CPR" orders.
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Cardiopulmonary resuscitation. Not for all terminally ill patients.
Where there are clear clinical indications that a patient suffering from a terminal illness would not benefit from cardiopulmonary resuscitation, there is no legal or ethical requirement that CPR be discussed with the patient as a treatment option or that CPR be administered if the patient stops breathing or suffers cardiac arrest.