Plugging the leaks in the UK care home industry: strategies for solving the financial crisis in the residential and nursing home sector
This report identifies where each pound that goes into the care home industry ends up by using a forensic study of the accounts of over 830 adult care home companies, including the 26 largest providers. If finds significant levels of leakage of money from front-line care, including to profit, rental bills and debt repayments. The companies examined have a combined income of £10.4bn, representing 68 per cent of the total estimated market value for independent providers in 2017.ReportMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - November 11, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Social care Source Type: blogs
Forensic neuropathologist featured in AMA ’s “Shadow Me” Specialty Series
Michelle Jorden, MDDr.Mich elle Jorden, chief medical examiner for the county of Santa Clara in California, was recently featured in the American Medical Association ' s " Shadow Me " Specialty Series. Dr. Jorden has been employed in Santa Clara County since 2008. She obtained her medical degree from Northwestern, and did her anatomic and neuropathology training at Stanford. She did her fellowship in forensic pathology at the Cook County Medical Examiner ’s Office in Chicago. (Source: neuropathology blog)
Source: neuropathology blog - November 7, 2019 Category: Radiology Tags: neuropathologists Source Type: blogs
Podcast: Haunted Asylums – Stigmatizing or Just Entertainment?
Each Halloween we encounter the same debate: are haunted asylums stigmatizing or are they simply entertainment? While some may think haunted asylums are tasteless at worst, they don’t feel like they’re an actual detriment to the mental illness community. In this episode, we look at this argument from both sides and really dig into what happens when we use mental illness as a theme for entertainment. While Jackie and Gabe both make great arguments, we toss this question back to you.
Are you offended by haunted asylums or do you see them as harmless entertainment — or something in between? Listen now and decide...
Source: World of Psychology - October 28, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Not Crazy Podcast Tags: General Not Crazy Podcast Stigma Trauma Source Type: blogs
Targeting Those with Mental Illness Will Not Prevent Mass Shootings
So now, according to the Washington Post, the Trump Administration is “…considering a controversial proposal to study whether mass shootings could be prevented by monitoring mentally ill people for small changes that might foretell violence.”1 As a psychiatrist, I keep wondering how many times the White House will scapegoat those with psychiatric illnesses rather than looking at the scientific data on mass shooters. To understand the problem, consider the case of “Tyler” (a composite of many mass shooter profiles).
Tyler is a 19-year-old, single, unemployed high school dropout. He was working as a short-orde...
Source: World of Psychology - September 19, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ronald Pies, M.D. Tags: Criminal Justice Mental Health and Wellness Stigma Violence and Aggression extreme risk protection order mass shooting Mental Illness red flag law Source Type: blogs
Back to School: Top Tips for Undergraduates Eyeing Careers in Biomedical Sciences
Finding a career path in
biomedical research can be challenging for many young people, especially when
they have no footsteps to follow. We asked three recent college graduates who
are pursuing advanced degrees in biomedical sciences to give us their best
advice for undergrads.
Tip 1: Talk with mentors and peers, and explore opportunities.
One of the most challenging things for incoming undergraduates is simply to find out about biomedical research opportunities. By talking to professors and peers, students can find ways to explore and develop their interests in biomedical research.
Credit: Mariajose Franco.
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Source: Biomedical Beat Blog - National Institute of General Medical Sciences - September 11, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Matt Mills Tags: Being a Scientist Profiles Training Source Type: blogs
Sharing Tension to Repair Chainsaw Injuries
As autumn rolls around, many people are cutting wood for their fireplaces, which can precipitate chainsaw, axe, and saw injuries. These lacerations can be tricky to repair because they often bleed profusely and leave jagged edges. They may also be dirty and harbor foreign bodies such as wood chips, metal, and rust. They may even disrupt underlying tendons, ligaments, and bones. Amputations are uncommon, but do occur.Extremity injuries from chainsaws leave ugly, macerated skin disruptions and lacerations. Even chainsaws that are turned off may cause lacerations and puncture wounds. Most injuries affect the hands and legs...
Source: The Procedural Pause - September 3, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: blogs
Handheld MasSpec Pen for Molecular Cancer Detection During Surgeries
Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin have developed a new handheld pen for rapid intraoperative cancer detection. Their work demonstrates that the tool can identify different molecular profiles between cancerous and non-cancerous tissue without harming the sampled tissues. This exciting development can one day improve cancer diagnosis and allow for more precise surgical removal of tumors.
Currently, surgeons rely on tissue sectioning and histology to determine whether or not the tumor has been fully excised. This process, which takes at least 30 minutes and requires trained operators, is time- and reso...
Source: Medgadget - August 30, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Siavash Parkhideh Tags: Diagnostics Oncology Pathology Surgery Source Type: blogs
Two Recent en banc Decisions Exemplify the Injustice, Impracticality, and Persistent Confusion Inherent to Qualified Immunity
In the last week, the Fifth and the Eighth Circuits, sitting en banc, have each issued major, fractured decisions on the subject ofqualified immunity– the judge-made defense to civil rights claims underSection 1983, which shields state actors from liability for their misconduct, even when they break the law. InCole v. Hunter, decided yesterday, the Fifth Circuit, in an 11-7 decision, affirmed the denial of summary judgment for two defendant police officers, who shot a teenage boy and then lied about what happened. The lawsuit brought by the victim and his family will therefore be able to go to trial, making this one of...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 22, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Jay Schweikert Source Type: blogs
Whole Body Donation – Not Adequately Regulated
Unlike organ donation, which is heavily regulated, whole body donation is not. What happens to a donated body depends on the kind of center to which it goes. For example, Medical Schools - teach medical students
Universities - teach forensics
Military - learn how bombs affect bodies
A new lawsuit alleges that the actual use of a donated body exceeded the scope of consent.
Jim Stauffer signed a form authorizing medical research on his mother’s body. He also checked a box prohibiting military, traffic-safety and other non-medical experiments. In fact, Stauffer’s body became part of an Army experiment to meas...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - August 10, 2019 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
What the Galveston Photo Means for Police Accountability
Earlier this week, a photo out of Galveston, Texaswent viral across social and traditional media. The photo shows two white Galveston police officers on horseback leading a handcuffed black man down the street with a rope. For many, particularly African Americans, the image evoked collective memories of the bygone era of slavery, when fugitive slaves would be captured by armed patrols and marched back to their white owners in shackles. The Galveston police chief, Vernon Hale, apologized and took blame for the incident, attempting to deflect the massive public outrage at the two officers for exercising what he admitted was ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - August 9, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Jonathan Blanks Source Type: blogs
Are We Over Connected Yet?
Some of us remember when distributed medical devices such as patient monitors had their own dedicated server. That server had one job, to support that manufacturer's medical devices. It was not connected to the enterprise network, in part because there was no network. It did not utilize wireless communication, although there were instances it which it might be susceptible to rogue wireless input. Even the manufacturer could not talk to it remotely. Other functions were not supported by this server. For example, the hospital’s vending machines were on their own.
Only a limited number of people had physical access th...
Source: Medical Connectivity Consulting - July 9, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: William Hyman Tags: Standards & Regulatory Source Type: blogs
Preliminary Evidence That Stress Makes Negative Memories Less Distinctive, With Implications For Witness Testimony
By Matthew Warren
Stress has complicated effects on our memories. Whereas some studies have found that we are better at remembering events that occurred during stressful situations, such as while watching disturbing videos, others have shown that stress impairs memory. Now a study published in Brain and Cognition suggests that stress doesn’t influence the strength of our emotional memories at all. Instead, the researchers claim, it is the fidelity of those memories – how distinct and precise they are – that changes when we go through stressful experiences.
Maheen Shermohammeda from Harvard University and colleague...
Source: BPS RESEARCH DIGEST - June 28, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: BPS Research Digest Tags: Forensic Memory Source Type: blogs
Jun 20, All About Forensic Psychology
A forensic psychology website designed to help anybody looking for detailed information and resources. (Source: Forensic Psychology Blog)
Source: Forensic Psychology Blog - June 20, 2019 Category: Forensic Medicine Source Type: blogs
