LATEST DEVELOPMENTS * Victoria recorded 28 new virus cases, the first time its been in the 20s since June 24. * Eight further deaths in Victoria took the state’s toll to 745 and the national figure to 832. * Five new cases were linked to a community outbreak in Casey, on Melbourne’s outskirts, with authorities… Read More »
As the coronavirus pandemic’s curve of infected Americans ratchets up in the U.S., people are seeking comfort from listening to Dolly Parton’s bedtime stories, crushing on Dr. Anthony Fauci’s science-wrapped-with-empathy, and streaming the Tiger King on Netflix. These and other self-care tactics are taking hold in the U.S. as most people are “social distancing” or… Read More »
A goal of most hospital CEOs today is to drive efficiency in the operating room suite. Often, much of the data needed to draw conclusions regarding OR efficiency is readily available, but not well organized. As a result, little is done from these monthly OR reports leading to no significant changes in OR efficiency. We’ve… Read More »
We can learn a lot about ourselves by looking at, and thinking about, perceptual illusions and our biases. Look at the image above. The classic, Muller-Lyer illusion. We know that the two lines are the same size. But no matter how much we intuitively “know” this to be true, we see the top line as… Read More »