Weekly Overseas Health IT Links – 24 October, 2020.
Here are a few I came across last week. Note: Each link is followed by a title and few paragraphs. For the full article click on the link above title of the article. Note also that full access to some links may require site registration or subscription payment. ----- https://www.digitalhealth.net/2020/10/guys-and-st-thomas-epic-preferred-supplier/ Guy ’s and St Thomas’ chooses Epic as ‘preferred supplier’ for £175m EHR One of the biggest NHS trusts in London has selected Epic as its ‘preferred supplier’ for a new electronic health record (EHR) in a deal worth £175million. Hanna Crouch – 9 October, 202...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - October 24, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
7 Things You Can ’ t Expect From A.I. In Healthcare
Welcome back to our two-part series that explores the potential of A.I. in healthcare! The first article was all about what we can expect from the technology in the foreseeable future. We explored 7 of its possibilities that will enhance healthcare as we know it, in a way that parallels science-fiction depictions.
With A.I.-based technologies’ ability to elucidate medical conditions in unconventional ways and even forecasting public health crises, it might seem like the technology will replace every facet of healthcare.
However, this is far from being the case. In particular, the human factor is very much rel...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 22, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Prans Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Digital Health Research E-Patients Future of Medicine Future of Pharma Healthcare Design Healthcare Policy Medical Education Personalized Medicine Portable Medical Diagnostics Robotics Science Fict Source Type: blogs
Your Privacy In The Digital Health Era: The Medical Futurist ’s Guide
As solutions like remote care are becoming the norm, 3D-printing disrupts the normal supply chain and even the number of life science studies on tools like artificial intelligence (A.I.) skyrocket, it’s become clear that we are not anticipating the digital health era; we are in the digital health era due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
First and foremost, it’s an era defined by a cultural transformation that will upend the traditional structure of healthcare. Clinical-grade sensors are available outside of the ivory towers of medicine; patients demand such tools so that they can become more proactive in managing the...
Source: The Medical Futurist - October 1, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Prans Tags: Digital Health Research E-Patients Future of Medicine Future of Pharma Genomics Health Sensors & Trackers Healthcare Design Healthcare Policy Personalized Medicine Security & Privacy Telemedicine & Smartphones amazon device epati Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: Oxford Health ’ s Response to My Freedom of Information Request
By David Tuller, DrPH A few weeks ago, the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust posted a pamphlet about coronavirus and fatigue that could have been written by the GET/CBT ideological brigades in the 1990s. It was attributed to–or blamed on?–a mysterious entity called the “psychosocial response group.” No information about these psychosocialists was available on […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - May 2, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Department of Health and Social Care: group accounting manual 2020-21
Department of Health and Social Care -This manual includes mandatory accounting guidance for DHSC group bodies completing statutory annual reports and accounts. These group bodies include clinical commissioning groups, NHS trusts, NHS foundation trusts and arm ’s length bodies.ManualDepartment of Health and Social Care - publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - April 30, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS finances and productivity Source Type: blogs
Will Medical Workers Deal With PTSD After COVID-19?
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is commonly linked with war veterans. This mental health condition however can be triggered by suffering or witnessing any terrifying event like accidents, natural disasters, violent experience – or a disastrous pandemic. It comes as no surprise that medical health professionals and other people in the frontline of the fight against coronavirus are expected to have a surge in trauma-related illnesses, particularly PTSD. Beside protecting and helping personnel physically as well as mentally, there are also digital health solutions that can come to the rescue.
A Canadian resea...
Source: The Medical Futurist - April 28, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Judit Kuszkó Tags: Health Sensors & Trackers Telemedicine & Smartphones Virtual Reality digital health ptsd stress stress management medical professionals digital healthcare coronavirus covid covid19 Source Type: blogs
UK Court of Protection Authorizes " Ceiling of Care " over Mother ’ s Objections
In late March, the UK Court of Protection granted a "medical futility" declaration sought by University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust.
The patient is "ED," an incapacitated 35-year-old woman. The declaration was opposed by ED's moth... (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - April 24, 2020 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: My Follow-Up Freedom-of-Information Request to Oxford Health
By David Tuller, DrPH Given that Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has removed the coronavirus-and-fatigue pamphlet containing the antidiluvian medical advice, I have sent a freedom-of-information request to follow up on one I sent the other day. ********** Dear FOI office: I am a public health researcher and journalist at the University of California, Berkeley. I recently […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - April 20, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: Oxford Health Blinks, Removes Pamphlet on Post-COVID Illness
By David Tuller, DrPH In this traumatic time, small victories should be savored. Last week, I noticed a tweet from patient and advocate Tom Kindlon about a pamphlet from the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, the entity that oversees NHS services in the Oxford region. Other patients and advocates also flagged it on social media […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - April 20, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: My FOI Letter about Oxford ’ s Post-COVID-19 Fatigue Pamphlet
By David Tuller, DrPH As I reported yesterday (oops!–it was Thursday, not yesterday–this is a correction made a few minutes after posting!), the Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, which oversees NHS services in the area, recently published a pamphlet on coronavirus and fatigue that reads as if the last 25 years hadn’t happened. To try […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - April 18, 2020 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Mental health services: meeting the need for capital investment
NHS Providers - There there has been prolonged under-investment in facilities across the English NHS. However, while restricted capital funding is affecting all sectors of the NHS, there is a particular need for capital investment within the mental health sector. This briefing summarises the findings of a survey NHS Providers sent to NHS mental health trusts and foundation trusts to gather further evidence on the sector ’s capital funding needs, to support the case they are making for the sector to receive its fair share of capital investment in future.ReportPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 23, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Mental Health Source Type: blogs
Consultation on proposed updates to the risk assessment framework for independent sector providers of NHS services
NHS Improvement -NHS Improvement is consulting on proposed updates to the risk assessment framework for independent sector providers of NHS services (IPRAF). The consultation is aimed mainly at licensed independent providers of commissioner requested services, but also contains information for all other licensed independent providers, including NHS-controlled providers that have been told they will be regulated under the IPRAF. The proposed updates have no implications for our oversight of NHS trusts or foundation trusts. The consultation closes on 28 February 2020.ConsultationNHS Improvement - consultations (Source: Healt...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 4, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Regulation, governance and accountability Source Type: blogs
Putting patients at the heart of a digital hospital
Dr Afzal Chaudhry, director of digital and CCIO at Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, writes about the organisation ' s eHospital programme. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - January 21, 2020 Category: Information Technology Tags: Electronic Health Records (EHR, EMR) Source Type: blogs
Investigation into the rescue of Carillion ’s PFI hospital contracts
This report finds that the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, which was due to open in June 2017, is now forecast to be completed more than five years late, in the autumn of 2022, and the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has not yet set an opening date. It is now predicted to cost a total of £1,063 million to build and run compared to the original £746 million. The 669-bed Midland Metropolitan Hospital, which was originally due to open in October 2018, is now expected to open in July 2022. The investigation focuses on the role of central government and the Trusts in relation to the tw o hospital proj...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - January 16, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: NHS finances and productivity Regulation, governance and accountability Source Type: blogs
