Data Stream
Clearing Out the Clutter
Medicine hasn’t escaped the KonMari phenomenon. We asked readers to look at their daily
practice and ask themselves, “What doesn’t spark joy?” Here’s what they said they’d like
to tidy up:
10 %
pagers and
other 20th-
century
drug-interaction devices
alerts from EHRs
10
%
A View to a Thrill
The 2019 ASH Annual Meeting is being held in Orlando, also known as
“The Theme Park Capital of the World.” Meeting organizers are taking full
advantage of the host city’s amenities and exploring several experimental
locales for Special Education sessions, including:
16 %
EPIC electronic
health record inboxes
prior authorization
calls
22 %
• The Kennedy Space Center in Cape
Canaveral, for the first zero-gravity
education talk
• The Incredible Hulk Coaster at
Universal’s Islands of Adventure, for
a thrilling look at the role of radiation
therapy in lymphomas
43 %
solicitations for
submissions from
predatory journals
Fortunately, 0% mentioned their ASH Clinical News issues!
• The Gator Gauntlet Zip Line at
Gatorland, for the Training Program
Directors’ Workshop session on whether
learning is enhanced when faced with
mortal danger
Express Yourself
We finally got a blood drop emoji this
year … but it was designed to represent
menstruation, not hematology.
We’ve decided to take
matters into our own
hands and create a set of
heme-mojis.
Let us know what we’re missing!
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ASH Clinical News
April 2019