|
|
|
 |
|
| |
|
|
Commentaries |
262 |
Non-motor Movement Disorders: Internal Tremor
Joseph H. Friedman, MD |
263 |
No Man Is an Island
Stanley M. Aronson, MD |
|
|
|
CONTRIBUTIONS |
264 |
Introduction: Spotlight On Quality In Rhode Island
Vera DePalo, MD; Lynn McNicoll, MD, FRCPC |
265 |
Improving Patient Safety With the Use of Surgical Checklists
Harry C. Sax, MD |
268 |
The Role of Health Information Technology In Improving Quality and Safety In RI: Can New Money Solve Old Problems?
Laura L. Adams, MS, RN |
270 |
A History of Quality: The Rhode Island Medical Society’s Commitment
Newell E. Ward, PhD |
273 |
The Rhode Island ICU Collaborative: The First Statewide Collaborative Four Years Later
Lynn McNicoll, MD, FRCPC; Vera A. DePalo, M; Margaret Cornell, MS, RN; Jean Marie Rocha, MPH, RN; Laura L. Adams, MS |
279 |
Performance Improvement In Internal Medicine Residency Education: Memorial Hospital of Rhode Island Curriculum
Anna Ocasiones Troncales, MD; Susan Potter, RN, MA; Eleanor M. Summerhill, MD
|
|
|
|
COLUMNS |
282 |
GERIATRICS FOR THE PRACTICING CLINICIAN
Fall Prevention Interventions In Acute Care Settings: The Rhode Island Experience
David Carroll, BSN, RN; Linda Pappola, BSN, RN; Lynn McNicoll, MD, FRCPC
|
285 |
PUBLIC HEALTH BRIEFING
Screening Colonoscopy In the Underserved Population
Amanda Pressman, MD; Joseph D. DiMase, MD, FACP, FACG |
286 |
2009 Tar Wars Rhode Island Statewide Poster Contest |
287 |
JUDICAL DIAGNOSIS
The FTC Red Flags Rule: Requirements of Healthcare Providers For Compliance
Linn Foster Freedman, JD
|
288 |
POINT OF VIEW
Doctors and Torture
Herbert Rakatansky, MD |
289 |
PHYSICIAN’S LEXICON
The Couched Words of Psychoanalysis
Stanley M. Aronson, MD
|
290 |
August Heritage |
| |
|
| |
Cover “Sea of Books,” digital. By James Taylor, an illustrator and graphic novelist. Since 2005, he has written and illustrated Nil: A Land Beyond Belief, Rex Libris, and Warlord of Io. More of his work can be found at: www.jtillustration.com |
| |
|
| |
Medicine and Health/Rhode Island (USPS 464-820), a monthly publication, is owned and published by the Rhode Island Medical Society, 235 Promenade St., Suite 500, Providence, RI 02908, Phone: (401) 331-3207. Single copies $5.00, individual subscriptions $50.00 per year, and $100 per year for institutional subscriptions. Published articles represent opinions of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy of the Rhode Island Medical Society, unless clearly specified. Advertisements do not imply sponsorship or endorsement by the Rhode Island Medical Society. Periodicals postage paid at Providence, Rhode Island. ISSN 1086-5462. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Medicine and Health/Rhode Island, 235 Promenade St., Suite 500, Providence, RI 02908. Classified Information: RI Medical Journal Marketing Department, P.O. Box 91055, Johnston, RI 02919, phone: (401) 383-4711, fax: (401) 383-4477, e-mail: rimj@cox.net. Production/Layout Design: John Teehan, e-mail: jdteehan@sff.net. |
|
