Dentistry in England
National Audit Office - This memorandum was to support the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee's Dentistry Services inquiry in 2019. Due to the general election on 12 December 2019 the Committee has now closed this inquiry.MemorandumMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 30, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS finances and productivity Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
COVID Med Supply Makes Donating Personal Protective Equipment Easy
Personal protective equipment (PPE) is already running short at hospitals around the world dealing with the COVID-19 epidemic. However, there are dispersed stocks of face masks, shields, gloves, and other equipment that painters, dentists, demolition crews, and others may have on hand but are not sure how and where to donate them.
Dr. Derek O’Keeffe of the National University of Ireland, Galway and Dr. Kevin Johnson of the University of Limerick, have now created a centralized website where clinical facilities can post what they need and those with the available equipment can publish what it is they have extras o...
Source: Medgadget - March 27, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Public Health Source Type: blogs
Health Care Scope of Practice Laws Reveal Another Weakness in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic
Jeffrey A. SingerOn March 24 Arizona Governor Doug Ducey issuedanexecutive order allowing CRNA ’s (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists) to practice independently of physicians or surgeons, thus adding needed personnel to the health care work force during this public health emergency. Guidelines issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services state that nurse anesthetists should be “supervised” by a physician, thus preventing these well ‐trained specialized nurses from providing anesthesia independently while freeing up physician anesthesiologists so more patients can receive care. Because ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - March 26, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer Source Type: blogs
A Full-Scale Assault on Medical Debt, Part 2
By BOB HERTZ
The first section of this article stated that many forms of medical debt can be reduced or cancelled by stronger enforcement of consumer protection laws. These debts are not inevitable and are not due to poverty. It would not require trillions of federal dollars to cancel them, either – just the willingness to go against lobbyists.
Therefore
I advocate the following attacks on medical debt:
Phase One
We must
cancel balance bills and surprise bills if there was no prior disclosure.
In most cases,
providers will not have the right to collect anything more than what the insurers pay them.
...
Source: The Health Care Blog - March 9, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Economics The Business of Health Care balance bills Bob Hertz health economics medical debt surprise billing Source Type: blogs
Pay and conditions circular (M & D): 1/2020 (9 March 2020)
NHS Employers - This circular informs employers of the pay arrangements applicable from 1 April 2020 for doctors and dentists in training employed on national medical and dental terms and conditions of service.CircularMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 8, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
C. difficile (C. diff): An urgent threat
Clostridioides (previously Clostridium) difficile (C. diff) is the most common cause of diarrhea among hospitalized patients and the most commonly reported bacteria causing infections in hospitals. In a 2019 report, the CDC referred to C. diff as “an urgent threat.”
Who is most at risk?
C. diff infection (CDI) occurs more commonly following antibiotic therapy or hospitalization, and among older adults or patients with weakened immune responses. In 2002, an epidemic strain of C. diff emerged, causing more severe disease with inflammation of the colon (colitis) and an increase in deaths. This strain adheres better to the...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - February 20, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Lou Ann Bruno-Murtha, DO Tags: Digestive Disorders Health Infectious diseases Prevention Source Type: blogs
The Department of Health and Social Care's written evidence to the Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration (DDRB) for the 2020/21 Pay Round
Department of Health and Social Care - The annual pay award for doctors and dentists is determined by the government following recommendations from the DDRB. For the pay round 2020 to 2021 the DDRB are not being asked for pay recommendations for doctors and dentists in training or general medical practitioners. This is because pay for these groups is already agreed through multi-year pay and contract reform deals.EvidenceMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 16, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Good for your teeth, bad for your bones?
Regular brushing and flossing are the cornerstones of good oral health. But what if you learned that your toothpaste was good for your teeth, but bad for your bones? That possibility has been raised by a recent study. The cause of this unprecedented finding may be triclosan, an antibacterial agent added to toothpaste to reduce gum infections and improve oral health. However, it may actually be causing more harm than good.
Rethinking a popular germ killer
Triclosan is an antibacterial agent that’s been around for decades. Not only has it been used in soaps, hand sanitizers, and deodorants, but it’s found its way into cu...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - February 13, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Robert H. Shmerling, MD Tags: Dental Health Osteoporosis Source Type: blogs
Clarity Through Action
What’s the connection between clarity and action? Can you achieve better clarity just by diving in and taking lots of action?
The short answer is yes. In fact, often this is a superior approach to making advance plans, at least in terms of the clarity gains you’ll experience.
A key reason that direct action can help you gain clarity is that when you take action, you map out more of the possibility space. Action usually involves exploration. The more you take action, the more you explore. Even when your actions don’t work out, you’re still mapping out part of the possibility space. And this can easily help you...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - January 29, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Creating Reality Productivity Source Type: blogs
Clarity Through Action
What’s the connection between clarity and action? Can you achieve better clarity just by diving in and taking lots of action?
The short answer is yes. In fact, often this is a superior approach to making advance plans, at least in terms of the clarity gains you’ll experience.
A key reason that direct action can help you gain clarity is that when you take action, you map out more of the possibility space. Action usually involves exploration. The more you take action, the more you explore. Even when your actions don’t work out, you’re still mapping out part of the possibility space. And this can easily help you...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - January 29, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Creating Reality Productivity Source Type: blogs
Artificial Intelligence vs. Tuberculosis – Part 2
By SAURABH JHA, MD
Clever Hans
Preetham Srinivas, the head of the
chest radiograph project in Qure.ai, summoned Bhargava Reddy, Manoj Tadepalli, and
Tarun Raj to the meeting room.
“Get ready for an all-nighter, boys,”
said Preetham.
Qure’s scientists began investigating
the algorithm’s mysteriously high performance on chest radiographs from a new
hospital. To recap, the algorithm had an area under the receiver operating
characteristic curve (AUC) of 1 – that’s 100 % on multiple-choice question
test.
“Someone leaked the paper to AI,”
laughed Manoj.
“It’s an engineering college joke,...
Source: The Health Care Blog - January 24, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Artificial Intelligence Health Tech Health Technology @roguerad AI Saurabh Jha TB tuberculosis Source Type: blogs
Why do you need a dentist?
The post Why do you need a dentist? appeared first on Dr. William Davis. (Source: Wheat Belly Blog)
Source: Wheat Belly Blog - January 20, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Dr. Davis Tags: Wheat Belly Lifestyle abscess caries cavities dental dentists gingivitis grain-free teeth tooth Source Type: blogs
High-Trust Pricing
Many entrepreneurs find pricing decisions for their products and services really challenging. You’ll often hear such people asking each other, “What should I charge?”
I’ve read a number of books about pricing with complex ideas on how to do it correctly. Most involved some form of testing and optimization. They all shared the same underlying assumption though: that the optimal prices are those which extract the most long-term profit. Since that’s extremely difficult to predict, testing is essential.
Testing of that nature can be dreadfully boring though, and you still won’t know if...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - January 13, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Abundance Productivity Source Type: blogs
Inspiration Beats Procrastination
Inviting a stronger flow of inspiration kicked off by the 365-day creative challenge is helping me get more done than I expected, including completing some stale to-do items that I never felt inspired to do before.
This morning I updated all of my YouTube videos (42 of them) to have end screens that invite people to visit my blog, subscribe to my channel, or check out other videos on my channel. For instance, an abundance-related video will now invite people to watch a Deep Abundance Integration invite video next.
I also set most videos to invite people to watch my latest video, which is currently the Stature invite ...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - January 10, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Steve Pavlina Tags: Productivity creativity inspiration procrastination Source Type: blogs
Y-Brush Automatically Brushes Teeth in 10 Seconds
At the ongoing CES 2020 gathering in Las Vegas we stopped by the booth of Y-Brush, an unusual new toothbrush that supposedly cleans teeth in about ten seconds. It uses sonic vibrations to penetrate deep between the teeth and can be used by adults and children.
Here’s a company rep telling us about this interesting device:
Link: Y-Brush homepage… (Source: Medgadget)
Source: Medgadget - January 9, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Dentistry Exclusive Source Type: blogs
