AAP 2016 Top 10 #1: The reliability of telemedicine assessments
The first article in the AAP Top 10 series is a study on telemedicine for the assessment of children with fever and respiratory distress.
Do you see what I see? Video Laryngoscopy in the Peds ED
Video laryngoscopy is the wave of the future and it has already crested onto the shores of the pediatric ED. Unlike New Coke (TM) it is here to stay. Check out these videos that give an overview of the use of video laryngoscopy in the pediatric [...]
First step Jeopardy! Next step treatment recommendations
IBM's Watson supercomputer "can read all of the world's medical journals in less time than it takes a physician to drink a cup of coffee" notes Jon Gertner from Fast Company. Physicians at Sloan-Kettering in New York have spent the past six months 'teaching' treatment guidelines [...]
You may soon be able to use your iPhone to diagnose otitis media
At Emory University researchers are working on the Remotoscope, an accessory that turns the iPhone into an otoscope. Is this something that you would use in clinical practice if it were to become widely available? What features would it need to have to make it a [...]