Peter and Sibil (post-doctoral research fellow) were lead authors of a submission to 68th Annual Meeting of American Association for Traumatic Surgery (AAST).The submission was accepted as a prestigous oral presentation and described a novel approach to automated continuous physiological data collection and analysis in the care of severe traumatic brain injury patients.

Center for Advancement in Patient Safety at University of Maryland (CAPSUM) had a successful third annual symposium. In addition to podium presentation, over 30 posters were presented on many of the patient safety activities at University of Maryland Medicine Center and its affiliated organizations. 

Current issue of Journal of Trauma has an article (Lead author: Ayan Sen, who is now in Henry Ford Hospital) on a time-motion study of discharge rounds. The paper quantified the short durations and goal-focused communication of the discharge rounds in Shock Trauma. The study was part of the National Science Foundation project on communication.

In an article just published in Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS), some of the mystery of learning by trials in placing subclavian lines was revealed. The most common technical errors observed were improper site for needle insertion relative to the clavicle; insertion of the needle through the clavicular periosteum; too shallow of a trajectory for the needle; improper or inadequate anatomic landmark identification; aiming the needle too cephalad; and inadvertent movement of the needle out of the vein before or during wire placement. The lead author did his research rotation with the Research in Patient Safety group.

Our new research suite with labs are now located in
419 W. Redwood St., Suite 230
Baltimore, MD 21201

Our office will be relocated next week two blocks away. The new location is 410 W. Redwood St, Suites 225, Baltimore, MD  21201. The phone numbers will remain the same (although there may be a few days of gap). We expect to be back to full-steam after the New Year.

An ethnographic study of how users created their own information tools was accepted for publication in Journal of Biomedical Informatics. The study provided recommendations on how computerized systems should be designed to help users tailor tools for safe and efficient care. 

Our study on systems factors of non-compliant behavior was published in the journal of Quality and Safety in Healthcare. The paper was selected as Editor's choice and is featured on the journal's website. The study was funded in part by National Science Foundation.

Danny and Liu are the proud new parents of Marvin, who was born last Tuesday. The family is doing very well.

Yan will present at the Informatics Grand Rounds at Hopkins. The presentation will be on the topic of supporting clinical communication through informatics and the National Science Foundation funded project on critical discourse.