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The Right Specimen
June 19, 2009 6:09 AM by Scott Warner

The New York Times reports that a laboratory sent letters to nearly a thousand patients for redraws after six patient samples on six specific days in a nine-month period were discovered as mislabeled. A hospital spokesman describes them as "isolated incidents," Read More...

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A Good Job
April 27, 2009 6:13 AM by Scott Warner

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report on unemployment is enlightening. A table lists different categories of the unemployed. The "official" rate is a percent total of the civilian labor force. That's 8.5% as of March. But the total including "marginally Read More...

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The Press
April 18, 2008 9:49 AM by Scott Warner

I sometimes wonder why an evening newscast devotes so much time to what the weather might do and so little to all the neat stuff happening under all that weather. Then it hits me like an extra of the Times . The news is a mile-wide, inch-deep phenomenon. Read More...

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A New Work Perspective
February 19, 2008 12:03 PM by Scott Warner

Law and medicine careers may be losing self-respect, according to this article in the Dallas News . While these professions are still solidly supported by pay, security, schooling and responsibility, there is a sense that their status is waning. Excerpt: Read More...

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Maine's HealthInfoNet
January 31, 2008 9:45 AM by Scott Warner

The first statewide electronic health information system, HealthInfoNet , was recently unveiled in Maine as reported here . This is a logical application of technology, an accelerating trend of making healthcare information--including prescriptions--available Read More...

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