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Medical Notes: August 7, 2022

Researchers have designed microrobots to brush your teeth Forget an electric toothbrush… in the future, robots may be brushing your teeth. In a recent study published in ACS Nano, researchers have designed microrobots that can perform this daily hygiene …
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ICU Inefficiency

With monitors surveying every part of patients’ bodies, hospital intensive care units appear to be a model of high tech. But systems engineers say ICU’s are actually models of inefficiency because few of those high tech devices talk to each other. Experts …
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Open Offices

Companies instituting open offices without walls often claim they improve collaboration and interaction. Studies now show that the opposite is true—that workers put on headphones and interact via email rather than in person in order to shut out distractions …
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Presenteeism

Going to work while not feeling well could be harming the economy. Three experts discuss the impact of presenteeism, when employees come into work but don’t get much done. Rob Hosking, Senior Vice President of the HR and staffing firm Randstad USA, was …
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Reengineering the ICU

Please note: an updated version of this story was recently published – ICU Inefficiency (2018). With monitors surveying every part of patients’ bodies, hospital intensive care units appear to be a model of high tech. But systems engineers say ICU’s …
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