Peter O’Meara Gives an Introduction to Community Paramedicine at EMS Today 2015
Peter O’Meara, PhD, discussed community paramedicine programs with an international panel at EMS Today 2015. He focused on the questions, “How and why they are emerging all over the world?” O’Meara, from Australia, Mike Nolan, from Canada, and Gary Wingrove, from the U.S., will talked about the philosophy and aims behind community paramedicine programs, what they do, who they benefit, funding options and more.
Some additional key points made by O’Meara were:
Community paramedicine is emerging throughout the world in response to ageing populations and health system stresses.
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Source: JEMS Special Topics - February 26, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: News EMS Today Conference Source Type: news
Peter O ’Meara Gives an Introduction to Community Paramedicine at EMS Today 2015
Peter O’Meara, PhD, discussed community paramedicine programs with an international panel at EMS Today 2015. He focused on the questions, “How and why they are emerging all over the world?” O’Meara, from Australia, Mike Nolan, from Canada, and Gary Wingrove, from the U.S., will talked about the philosophy and aims behind community paramedicine programs, what they do, who they benefit, funding options and more.
Some additional key points made by O’Meara were:
Community paramedicine is emerging throughout the world in response to ageing populations and health system stresses.
Succ...
Source: JEMS Special Topics - February 26, 2015 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: News EMS Today Conference Source Type: news
Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surgery review
Patients see neurosurgeons as gods, but what is the reality? Henry Marsh has written a memoir of startling candourWe go to doctors for help and healing; we don't expect them to make us worse. Most people know the aphorism taught to medical students, attributed to the ancient Greek Hippocrates but timeless in its quiet sanity: "First, do no harm." But many medical treatments do cause harm: learning how to navigate the risks of drug therapies, as well as the catastrophic consequences of botched or inadvised surgical operations, is a big part of why training doctors takes so long. Even the simplest of therapies carries the ri...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - March 19, 2014 Category: Science Authors: Gavin Francis Tags: The Guardian Private healthcare Culture Society Reviews Books Neuroscience UK news Hospitals NHS Source Type: news
Nigeria: Crisis in the Health Sector - Clinical Governance Is the Way to Go
[Vanguard]A HEALTH professional and former Nigerian Ambassador to the Netherlands, Dr. Olatokunbo Awolowo-Dosunmu, has proposed the principle of clinical governance as solution to the perennial crisis within the nations health sector. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - January 29, 2014 Category: African Health Source Type: news
Thousands of patients at risk from incorrect use of IV drips, warns Nice
This article was amended on 10 December 2013. The original headline and subheading incorrectly stated that thousands of patients were dying from incorrect use of IV drips, and that one in three patients die within days of surgery from too much fluid. These did not reflect the facts in the story and have been corrected.HospitalsHealthMedical researchThe National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice)NHSDoctorsHaroon Siddiquetheguardian.com © 2013 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds (Source: Gua...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - December 10, 2013 Category: Science Authors: Haroon Siddique Tags: The Guardian Doctors News Health Medical research Society The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice) Hospitals NHS Science Source Type: news
Views sought on Read code 'cross maps'
The HSCIC is consulting on the Read code V2 and clinical terms V3 cross-maps which link Read codes with classifications OPCS-4 (for procedures) and ICD-10 (for diagnosis).
These cross-maps enable hospitals to satisfy mandatory data collections and submissions, such as the “admitted patient care commissioning data set” and hospital episode statistics, and they support secondary use cases such as epidemiology, clinical governance, commissioning and payment by results. (Source: NHS Networks)
Source: NHS Networks - July 3, 2013 Category: UK Health Authors: Maria Axford Source Type: news
When can dentists supply medicines?
Source: North West Medicines Information Centre
Area: Evidence > Medicines Q & A
The Human Medicines Regulations 2012 allows dentists to issue any medicine (PoM, P or GSL) directly to a patient but this only applies if patients are receiving private treatment.
The current NHS terms of service do not allow dentists to supply any medicines, other than those for immediate use before the issue of a prescription, directly to a patient.
The NHS regulations as set out in the NHS Act 2006 do not allow dentists providing an NHS service to provide any form of pharmaceutical service.
Prescription only medicines issued by...
Source: NeLM - Medicines Q and A - January 28, 2013 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
Two new quick reference guides published: Clinical Governance and Protecting Children and Young People
New concise quick reference guides have been published explaining principles of Clinical Governance and Protecting Children and Young People, providing useful signposting for pharmacists to the range of comprehensive resources available. In England and Wales, clinical governance is one of the ess (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)
Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - September 29, 2011 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
NHS Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework Service Developments (England)
Changes to the NHS Community Pharmacy Contractual Framework (CPCF) are planned to be implemented across England in October 2011. This will see the introduction of a new medicines service, targeted medicines use reviews, and changes to clinical governance requirements.
The new services pro (Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News)
Source: Royal Pharmaceutical Society News - August 24, 2011 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Source Type: news
