The Emergency Medical Team Operating System: design, implementation, and evaluation of a field hospital information management system.

In case of sudden-onset disasters (SODs), the World Health Organization deploys specialized emergency medical teams (EMTs); yet, the coordination and operation of such teams pose significant challenges. One issue is the lack of digital information systems and standards. We developed a highly customizable and scalable electronic medical record (EMR) system, tailored to EMT requirements, called the "Emergency Medical Team Operating System" (EOS).

Evaluating Electronic Health Record Limitations and Time Expenditure in a German Medical Center.

Objectives: This study set out to obtain a general profile of physician time expenditure and electronic health record (EHR) limitations in a large university medical center in Germany. We also aim to illustrate the merit of a tool allowing for easier capture and prioritization of specific clinical needs at the point of care for which the current study will inform development in subsequent work.

Methods: Nineteen physicians across six different departments participated in this study.

Humming Facilitates a Gradual Increase in Vocal Intensity by Alleviating the Enhancement of Vocal Fold Contact and Supraglottic Constriction.

Objectives: This study aimed to assess whether or not humming can help increase vocal intensity gradually with only a slight increase in the glottal contact and supraglottic compression.

Methods: Seventeen healthy nondysphonic speakers were asked to perform two phonatory tasks in order: gradually increasing vocal loudness (crescendo) during sustained phonation of a vowel or production of a hum (vowel- or humming-crescendo task: VCT or HCT, respectively), while the sound pressure levels (SPL), electroglottographic (EGG) signals and high-speed laryngeal movies were simultaneously recorded. The glottal contact parameter of the EGG signals and the glottal opening and laryngeal outlet parameters as well as the duration of prephonatory transient glottal closure on the laryngeal movies were calculated.