I'm happy to see an RCT on Povidine vs Chlorhixidine - always wondered. 5+% SSI rate gives food for thought however #patientsafety jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

Understanding effective self management vs low value care in virtual care - This Ireland study nails some really good measures of the effectiveness of their SMILE tool #digitalhealth #patientsafety SMILE service using ProACT to monitor for patient deterioration at home - Pulse+IT

From JAMA April - why we work to safely digitise health care. Not all of us know all the guidelines all the time. Prompts that are properly stewarded work. Nice work on AMS in action. #patientsafety #digitalhealth jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

Thoughtful, insightful - virtual care can enhance much-needed access and our challenge is to identify when and for what conditions and cohorts that will be safe and efficacious. Thank you Australian Institute of Health Innovation MJA #DiGiTALhealth tinyurl.com/3az3kmnc

This chest pain AI diversified severity rank; reduced LOS for hospitalised patients. Take outs for me on clinical grade AI still - use clinically specific AI; test with ethics committee and match training population; monitor results Thx JAMA jamanetwork.com/journals/jamai…

I do love a good, evidence-based guideline update sponsored by the peak craft group thx JAMA jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/…

Trust in AI for health - Germans appear to retain a healthy suspicion tinyurl.com/59vcunpu

' Shifting from validating data sets to working with live data is challenging' Work ahead to move from aspiration to safe, validated hospital use of AI . Thank you JMIR Publications #patientsafety #digitalhealth tinyurl.com/4tuz62hz

No surprises here but forever grateful to the Danes and 89 families who did the study - reducing screen time for 2 weeks 'a decrease in internalizing behavioral issues and enhanced positive social interactions' Thank you JAMA too tinyurl.com/6x6zys5

Thanks Pulse+IT for reposting 'Home for dinner' by Prof Mike South at The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne tinyurl.com/efz96mk2. Says Christopher A. Longhurst, MD “We write novels when we see patients.. The longest international [Epic] client writes notes shorter than the shortest US client.”

Here's something we all need to be aware of - AI bias - 'Overall, AI-generated images of physicians were more frequently White (82% vs 63%; P < .001) and more frequently men (93% vs 62%; P < .001) compared with the US physician population' JAMA tinyurl.com/4jbr7dpf

Channelling my Inner David Astle - 'Made in' or 'Made of'?

Thank you Ben Coady The Sydney Morning Herald. You have nailed it re Oasis 'tinyurl.com/3jds6mnz'

So many architectural treasures in Melbourne - thx ABC News Just In for this piece on Streamline Moderne abc.net.au/news/2024-09-0…

This is really worth a look for clinical use of AI - tinyurl.com/8ukpw2v7. Sound and pragmatic; as much evidence as possible - evaluate and govern; transparency please - thank you ACSQHC Australian Institute of Health Innovation UOW #DiGiTALhealth Patient Safety

good fun but ABC five men and one woman - thanks Nikki Britton - on last night's episode. Too common and must try harder Media Watch

Sausage on a roll; vote in council election; swim. I love democracy at Clovelly NSW!

Well what if you were supporting an EMR modernisation - for example? JGIM Journal of General Internal Medicine has this wonderful Oct 2023 Supplement for us tinyurl.com/yc6ssz57 #digitalhealth #patientsafety

Interesting - AI generated reading and replies - did not shorten time to read or to reply. Nice study design and thank you JAMA and La Jolla tinyurl.com/28znur7a

Hmm - LLM to assess acuity of patients presenting to ED. 89% accuracy but how did the humans perform? Thx JAMA #patientsafety tinyurl.com/yk43t57j