by Matt Peters Ten years ago, the U.S. reached a milestone. The White House announced on May 24, 2013 that more than half of the nation’s doctors were using electronic health records. A few years prior, in 2008, that figure was only 17 percent. “Information is the lifeblood of modern medicine,” the announcement went on, ”but information can’t get where it needs to go when it’s on paper.” To address the limitations of paper-based medical records, the federal government invested $36 billion to improve health information technology and digitize our medical data. Unfortunately, our data still isn’t getting where it… Read More
Atrium: Graphic
Atrium is the report of the Northwestern Medical Humanities and Bioethics Program Graphic, Issue 10, Spring 2012 was guest co-edited by Catherine Belling and MK Czerwiec, full PDF of issue available here. Table of contents: The View from the Spectrum: The Challenges of Picturing Autism in Comics Form by Courrney Angermeier and Jeff Benham Aggression Management Manga: An Interview with Rinko Endo by MK Czerwiec Monsters and the Ghosts of PubMed by Alice Dreger Picture This: Illustrating the Future of HIPAA Docukents by Leah Eisenberg and Rose Anderon Saving Grace: Teaching about Breast Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Using Comic Form (in… Read More