Keith J. Ruskin

Melding Structured Care With Improvisation—Jazz in Medicine

This Viewpoint draws parallels from the improvisation within structure of jazz music and explains how to harmonize the use of structured pathways with the need to improvise in patient care.

Technology fatigue, cognitive load, and clinician well-being in modern anesthesia practice

PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Medical devices like physiologic monitors, anesthesia machines, and ventilators, are designed by biomedical engineers but used by clinicians. Advanced medical technology can be incorporated into clinical practice safely, but addressing alarm fatigue, resilience...