Number 7
July 1999
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| While many
Stanford medical staff members are off on vacation this month, Stanford
Family Practice physician Richard Lee has returned from Mt. Everest's
17,500-foot base camp with some insights on how to treat altitude sickness.
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| Make no mistake:
Richard Lee's primary assignment was to help three climbers in his care
successfully summit Mt. Everest. But there was also time to observe the
efficacy of drugs designed to help climbers at extreme altitude - and fix
a generator or two.
Lee, a staff physician with Stanford Family Practice, recently returned from Mt. Everest where he served as medical advisor to a climbing team. Lee said all three climbers in his care not only conquered the world's highest mountain, but two of them threw in an ascent of neighboring Nuptse for good measure. Before he set off, Lee asked what kind of doctor was useful on an Everest expedition. Climber/patient Charles Corfield jokingly replied, "One that can fix generators and trouble shoot electronics and other things." Lee rose to the electronic challenge, and when he wasn't doling out medicine and advice to the climbers, he spent his time fixing communications equipment and tending power supplies. (See Story) |
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COLUMNS Chief of Staff President of the Medical Staff Fact File: Social Services
NEWS
Lee's Patients Soar Five Miles High On-Line Chart Training Offered for Physicians Cost Studies Seperate Value from Price County Medical Association Honors Stanford Physicians |
On-line Chart Training Offered for Physicians Physicians can soon use their office computers to learn how to retrieve information on their patients electronically when Stanford Hospital's new Enterprise Clinical Information System (ECIS) "goes live" on Oct. 3. Suzanne Taylor, a registered nurse who leads the education effort for
ECIS, said the system will initially offer results reporting, followed
early next year by another enhancement, Physician Order Entry (POE). The
latter will enable physicians to enter their orders directly into the computer.
(See Story)
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New Blood Draw Protocol Cancelled - (See Story) County Medical Association Honors Stanford Physicians - (See
Story)
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The Update is prepared for the Medical Staff Office by the Medical Center Office of Communications. Mike Goodkind, EditorJoyce B. Thomas Copy Editor |
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