Research studies matter. Participants matter. “Personally, you’re fortunate if you can reach 50 percent of your enrollment targets in a study involving children,” Alexander said. “Recently Spectrum looked at Stanford, and 50 percent enrollment was a successful study.” –(Stanford Daily) That quote is painfully true. A recent conversation at the hospital got me thinking [...]

  The film “Up in the Air” is — ostensibly — all about George Clooney. Ryan Bingham (George Clooney) travels across the country 300+ days of the year and fires people for a living… Because bosses get scared and emotional ex-employees tend toward regrettable actions. But “Natalie Keener” (Anna Kendrick) truly steals the show. Natalie [...]

  Update (Jan. 15th, 2010): Thanks to Dr. Vartabedian (@Doctor_V) for featuring this campaign on his blog 33charts! Here it is: I snapped a photo of the Privacy-In-Practice posters that University Health Network (UHN) has posted in its hospitals. Looks like “Facebook, Twitter or blogs” are the big shots here. Do you think there are [...]