Why Clinicians should Care about YouCare and Other Wearable Health Devices.

In this issue of Journal of Medical Systems, Neri et al. share results from their study in which they compared the YouCare device to a standard Holter monitor. The wearable used in the study incorporates a single electrocardiogram lead in a crop top garment that is customized for each patient.

A Prospective Observational Study of EHR-Based Versus Virtual Desktop-Based Access to Pediatric Anesthesia Emergency Algorithms.

When pediatric anesthesia emergencies occur, situations can deteriorate rapidly. At our hospital, the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia's (SPA) emergency algorithms are used as cognitive aids during crises, and nurses are tasked with accessing the algorithms. Operating room nurses' typical workflow includes continuous display of the of the electronic health record (EHR) intraoperative navigator, which can delay navigating to the virtual desktop window and the algorithms' icon.