Reflections at Pi

I am notoriously bad at keeping up with my Google Reader, but I find that when I do take the time, I find a bunch of interesting info. I just added the Wall Street Journal’s health news. (I’ve got a lot of medical folks in my family.) I read an interesting article about hospitals using colored bracelets to key a Do Not Resuscitate order. I get that there is fine balance between maintaining a patient’s privacy and ensuring wishes are honored. I also get that hospitals make mistakes and families don’t always know the wishes of its members. This seems like an easy checking mechanism. I’m thinking of getting a medic alert bracelet for some of my major allergies, since I already carry an Epipen just in case. In way, the other bracelets aren’t any different. This is a far cry better than what those rubber gummy bracelets were used to signify a few years back.