HEALTH
Specimen collection errors, wireless point-of-care testing, operating room supply management, safe patient discharge processes—I’ve turned these and scores of other medical topics into interesting, accessible, and above all, accurate articles for health care professionals.
Below you’ll find clips from the leading trade magazine for laboratory professionals, the College of American Pathologists’ CAP Today. On the consumer side, I’ve contributed to Understanding Health, an educational initiative led by Dr. Nancy Snyderman, chief medical editor for NBC News. Like to see samples? Just ask.
Singing New Tunes for Hepatitis Testing
CAP Today, April 2009
How do you test for a virus that can hide from you for years?
Glimmers of Hope in C. diff Testing
CAP Today, February 2009
Killer diarrhea: It’s here, it’s to be feared, but do we have to get used to it?
Laying Antiquated Autopsy Facilities to Rest
CAP Today, August 2008
Autopsy facilities fight “out of sight, out of mind” syndrome.
All In Your Head: How Believing You Can Sleep Helps Fight Insomnia
Understanding Health, August 2006 (available on request)
"The more you want to sleep, the less likely it is that you will."