Comments on: Tech Turns Hospitals Into Concert Halls, Diseases Into Songs http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/04/surgical-symphony WBUR is Boston's NPR News Station, featuring NPR news and programs such as Car Talk, On Point, Here & Now, Only A Game and Radio Boston. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:31:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: TJ http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/04/surgical-symphony/comment-page-1#comment-29436 TJ Thu, 30 Dec 2010 19:21:39 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=15291#comment-29436 Brilliant concept! Brilliant concept!

]]> By: Karen Tannenholz http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/04/surgical-symphony/comment-page-1#comment-29420 Karen Tannenholz Thu, 30 Dec 2010 03:13:12 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=15291#comment-29420 I like the idea of the pleasant music in the operating room when all machines are operating properly. However, if it is true that the patient can sense what is going on, even if unconscious, he or she will know something is wrong when they hear the dischordant music. An alternative would be to have the music stop when a monitor senses distress. I like the idea of the pleasant music in the operating room when all machines are operating properly. However, if it is true that the patient can sense what is going on, even if unconscious, he or she will know something is wrong when they hear the dischordant music. An alternative would be to have the music stop when a monitor senses distress.

]]> By: Kyriacos Markianos http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/04/surgical-symphony/comment-page-1#comment-29412 Kyriacos Markianos Wed, 29 Dec 2010 15:43:35 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=15291#comment-29412 Please note that Dr. Ramoni passed away last July. Sincerely, Kyriacos Markianos --------------------------------- Kyriacos Markianos kmarkianos@enders.tch.harvard.edu 617-919-4665 Assistant Professor Program in Genomics Children’s Hospital Boston and Department of Pediatrics Harvard Medical School --------------------------------- http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/04/surgical-symphony Please note that Dr. Ramoni passed away last July.

Sincerely,

Kyriacos Markianos

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Kyriacos Markianos
kmarkianos@enders.tch.harvard.edu
617-919-4665

Assistant Professor
Program in Genomics Children’s Hospital Boston
and Department of Pediatrics
Harvard Medical School
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]]> By: Ron Matthews http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/04/surgical-symphony/comment-page-1#comment-9299 Ron Matthews Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:00:42 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=15291#comment-9299 Reading the postings of Tarbox, Erick, and JClev19, it makes it easier for me to understand why the mortality rate drops when doctors go on strike, as was the case in 1973 Los Angeles and Israel in 2000. I say let the allopathic behemoth continue its inexorable descent into irrelevance and look for alternatives that focus on health rather than illness. Reading the postings of Tarbox, Erick, and JClev19, it makes it easier for me to understand why the mortality rate drops when doctors go on strike, as was the case in 1973 Los Angeles and Israel in 2000.

I say let the allopathic behemoth continue its inexorable descent into irrelevance and look for alternatives that focus on health rather than illness.

]]> By: JClev19 http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/04/surgical-symphony/comment-page-1#comment-9279 JClev19 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:56:12 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=15291#comment-9279 As someone who works in the medical device industry, all I can say is "good luck." There are very specific and concise standards governing all aspects of medical devices (EU, AAMI, ISO, etc..), including warning tones, and anything smacking of originality inevitably gets quashed. Standards take a long time to change.... As someone who works in the medical device industry, all I can say is “good luck.” There are very specific and concise standards governing all aspects of medical devices (EU, AAMI, ISO, etc..), including warning tones, and anything smacking of originality inevitably gets quashed. Standards take a long time to change….

]]> By: Erick http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/04/surgical-symphony/comment-page-1#comment-9271 Erick Thu, 04 Mar 2010 16:51:28 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=15291#comment-9271 I don't think I want to trust a doctor to know the difference between the sound of a violin and a viola. How about they stop complaining about annoying beeps and just do their jobs? I don’t think I want to trust a doctor to know the difference between the sound of a violin and a viola. How about they stop complaining about annoying beeps and just do their jobs?

]]> By: Brian Tarbox http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/04/surgical-symphony/comment-page-1#comment-9261 Brian Tarbox Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:18:06 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=15291#comment-9261 I've done a very similar for computer outputs. Most computer programs write extensive log files as they run, my log4jfugue project converts those log files into a music stream. Just as a doctor can hear a disonent note, a programmer can hear oddities in a the music stream created by log4jfugue. See http://www.log4jfugue.org/press.html for details. I’ve done a very similar for computer outputs. Most computer programs write extensive log files as they run, my log4jfugue project converts those log files into a music stream. Just as a doctor can hear a disonent note, a programmer can hear oddities in a the music stream created by log4jfugue. See http://www.log4jfugue.org/press.html for details.

]]> By: Mark Three Stars http://www.wbur.org/2010/03/04/surgical-symphony/comment-page-1#comment-9260 Mark Three Stars Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:07:42 +0000 http://www.wbur.org/?p=15291#comment-9260 Sacha, I couldn't help but notice that the notes used to represent the healthy cells sound remarkably like opening notes of the original Star Trek theme. As an MIT Alum I think I felt it at a cellular level. Is it true? Regards, Mark Sacha,
I couldn’t help but notice that the notes used to represent the healthy cells sound remarkably like opening notes of the original Star Trek theme. As an MIT Alum I think I felt it at a cellular level. Is it true?
Regards,
Mark

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