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...Frederiksberg University Hospital in Copenhagen looks like any other hospital in the developed world, except for one notable absence: there are no clipboards. Instead, doctors and nurses carry wireless handheld computers to call up the medical records of each patient, including their prescription history and drug allergies. If a doctor prescribes a medication that may cause complications, the computer's alarm goes off. In the hospital's department of acute medicine - where patients often arrive unconscious or disorientated - department head Klaus Phanareth's PDA prevents him from prescribing dangerous medications "on a weekly basis," he says. "There's no doubt...
...also bodes ill for other species, such as bivalves and sponges. Corals help diminish turbulence in the water, making it easier for other species to snatch their own food and for the larvae of those species to stay closer to the mother colonies that feed them. "We call [corals] the engineers of the ecosystem," says Ribes. "Without them, other invertebrates won't be able eat either. It's a chain reaction...
Barry Maiden, who was acclaimed in March for his Kendall Square restaurant, “Hungry Mother,” said he found out about the award in a phone call last month from the magazine, which boasts a total annual subscription of nearly a million, and serves as a sponsor for the Emmy award-nominated show “Top Chef...
...Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, and a Whiting Writers Award. However, for all the attention paid to him within the world of letters, here at Harvard, he might as well be the man Ralph Ellison’s title refers to. As a Harvard undergraduate, Whitehead did not call attention to himself. As he admitted to the Crimson in 2003, he “didn’t say anything.” Though he completed his coursework, he was not an exceptional student nor was he a central player in the publication scene on campus, eschewing the traditional...
...letter from the IRS, answer the letter. If you get a phone call, talk to the person on the phone, it's their job to try to resolve the problem. And be more or less honest on your taxes. In fact, I'd err on the side of overpayment...