General practice - developing confidence, capability and capacity
NHS England - This ten point action plan aims to recognise and develop the roles that general practice nurses have which transform care and can help deliver the plan to make the NHS fit for the future. It brings together key actions which aim to meet general practice workforce challenges by attracting new recruits, supporting existing general practice nurses and encouraging return to practice.GuidanceNHS England news (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - July 28, 2017 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Developments in primary and community care Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
The Top Medical Specialties with the Biggest Potential in the Future
Some say technology will replace 80% of doctors in the future. I disagree. Instead, technology will finally allow doctors to focus on what makes them good physicians: treating patients and innovating, while automation does the repetitive part of the work. While every specialty will benefit from digital health, some will especially thrive due to these innovations. Here, we enlisted the medical fields with the biggest potential for development in the future.
No More Repetition – Doctors of the Future Will Treat and Innovate
Artificial intelligence, wearable sensors, virtual reality, medical robots – these disrup...
Source: The Medical Futurist - July 11, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Health Sensors & Trackers Personalized Medicine AI artificial intelligence gc4 Healthcare IBM Innovation medical technology wearables Source Type: blogs
Survey of medical clinical academic staffing levels 2017
This report raises concerns over the falling number of clinical academic staff in UK medical schools. It finds that since 2010, the number of medical clinical academics has declined by 4.2 per cent with the reducing occurring disproportionately at the senior lecturer level. The survey results also highlight the need for a rapid expansion in the number of clinical academics in general practice in order to meeting the growing demands for primary care.ReportPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - July 7, 2017 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Advance Care Planning and End of Life (ACPEL) Conference
Discussions: A Randomized Controlled Trial and Video Intervention - Maureen Douglas, University of Alberta 4. Identification of indicators to monitor successful implementation of Advance Care Planning policies: a modified Delphi study - Patricia Biondo, University of Calgary5. The economics of advance care planning, Konrad Fassbender, University of Alberta; Covenant HealthSession 2: Health Care Consent, Advance Care Planning, and Goals of Care: The Challenge to Get It Right in OntarioHealth Care Consent, Advance Care Planning, and Goals of Care: The Challenge to Get It Right in Ontario - Tara Walton, Ontario Pal...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - June 15, 2017 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Thaddeus Mason Pope, JD, PhD Tags: Health Care syndicated Source Type: blogs
Is the Direct Primary Care Model Dead?
By NIRAN AL-AGBA, MD
A recent Medical Economics article asked “Is the DPC model at risk of failing?”
The piece focuses on two large DPC-like organizations, Qliance Medical Management of Seattle, Washington and Turntable Health of Las Vegas, NV, working in partnership with Iora Health, which recently closed their doors. Qliance and Turntable were not actually DPC practices by strict definition; they were innovative large business operations providing healthcare services to patients and excluding third party payers. Their idea was commendable, but their closure indicates little cause for concern in regard to the growing ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - June 6, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Qliance Turntable Health Source Type: blogs
Is This An Admission That The myHR is Not An Really Ideal Tool For Care-Coordination?
This release appeared last week:Media Release – 15/05/17cdmNet takes on central role in Health Care Homes reformPrecedence Health Care has been selected to provide crucial enabling technology for the Australian Government’s new Health Care Homes initiative, a major health system reform proposed by the Primary Health Care Advisory Group’s Report into “Better Outcomes for People with Chronic and Complex Health Conditions”. Precedence will provide the risk stratification tool used by all Health Care Homes from October 2017 onwards, including general practices and Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services. The ...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - May 23, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, May 22nd 2017
In this study, researchers analysed data of millions of British patients between 1995 and 2015 to see if this claim held true. They tracked people who were obese at the start of the study, defined as people with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more, who had no evidence of heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol or diabetes at this point. They found these people who were obese but "metabolically healthy" were at higher risk of developing heart disease, strokes and heart failure than people of normal weight.
No such thing as 'fat but fit', major study finds
Several studies in the past have sug...
Source: Fight Aging! - May 21, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
Excess Weight Increases Disease Risk and Shortens Life
In this study, researchers analysed data of millions of British patients between 1995 and 2015 to see if this claim held true. They tracked people who were obese at the start of the study, defined as people with a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or more, who had no evidence of heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol or diabetes at this point. They found these people who were obese but "metabolically healthy" were at higher risk of developing heart disease, strokes and heart failure than people of normal weight.
No such thing as 'fat but fit', major study finds
Several studies in the past have sug...
Source: Fight Aging! - May 17, 2017 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Medicine, Biotech, Research Source Type: blogs
Access to general practice: progress review
This report looks at patient access to general practice services during core hours and expresses concerns over rolling out extended access. It finds that the number of GPs has dropped in the last year despite targets to recruit 5000 more.ReportHouse of Commons Committe of Public Accounts - news (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - April 27, 2017 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Developments in primary and community care Patient involvement, experience and feedback Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
I Wonder Why Discharge Summaries Are Not Discussed With The Patient Before Being Uploaded To The myHR.
This blog appeared last week:My Health Record in General Practice Monday, 10 April 2017Dr Steve Hambleton, MBBS FAMA FRACGP (Hon) GAICDFollow Dr Steve on Twitter @SteveJHambletonAmongst my other roles, I've been a GP at the Kedron Park 7-Day Medical Centre in Brisbane for the past 29 years. Many of my patients have been in my care for a long time and I know them very well but I cannot be there for them every day. Like a lot of GPs who have been in the same practice for a long time, I mainly treat people with chronic and complex disease.I believe one of the responsibilities of General Practitioners is to facilitate patients...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 20, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
Medicine comes in second for me
My entire childhood I wanted to become a doctor. When asked by adults what I wanted to be when I grew up, it was always the same answer. Never did I consider being a fireman or policeman or professional athlete. It was always the same answer: doctor. You see, my father was a small-town, general practice doctor who was somewhat of a legend in town because of his unfailing dedication to his patients. He delivered babies and performed minor surgeries as well as the other things a small-town general practitioner would be required to do. My father even performed his own vasectomy. When teased by many of his friends for being nu...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - April 10, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Authors: < a href="http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/stephen-f-chambers" rel="tag" > Stephen F. Chambers, MD < /a > Tags: Physician Primary care Source Type: blogs
The general practice nursing workforce development plan
This report collates examples of good practice across England. Together with promoting the importance of general practice nursing it provides details of potential workforce issues and provides appropriate recommendations. It looks at four areas: entry into general practice – raising the profile as a first career choice and increasing the availability of training placements for students; establishing the role of the GP Nurse – ensuring appropriate training and support is available for new GPNs; enhancing the role with professional development and career progression ; and expanding the healthcare support workforce with s...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 8, 2017 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Reducing hospital admissions by improving continuity of care in general practice
The Health Foundation - This briefing summarises research that analysed data from over 230,000 anonymised patient records for older people aged 62 - 82 years. The research found that there were fewer hospital admissions for certain conditions when the patient saw the same GP more consistently. Patients who saw their usual GP two or more times out of every ten were associated with six per cent fewer avoidable hospital admissions.BriefingHealth Foundation publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 27, 2017 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Developments in primary and community care Patient involvement, experience and feedback Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: blogs
JellyBean 054 Bits and Bumps with Dr Penny Wilson
Bits and Bumps on and off the road. The Nomadic GP has dropped anchor. After a serpentine route around some very beautiful locations Dr Penny Wilson has found a place to put down some roots. At least for a while. In Broome. And why not? It has been quite a journey so far involving fame and femininity, mis-quotes and misogyny, genitalia and generalism.
Twenty years of schooling and they put you on the day shift. And then some one says: “Sorry….. but are you really a doctor?”
Penny Wilson burst onto the scene a few years back when an article that she wrote on her NomadicGP blog hit a nerve. The nerve in question is ab...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - February 15, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Doug Lynch Tags: JellyBean Bits and Bumps Dr Penny Wilson just a GP Source Type: blogs
Cracking down on health tourism
Should GPs be the financial gatekeeper to NHS services? Related items fromOnMedica Five-year plan for general practice unveiled New visa rules could prompt exodus of hundreds of doctors, warns BMA Scotland sets out health and social care blueprint for next decade GP surgery closures displace 200,000 patients GPs have limited role in relieving winter A&E pressure (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - February 1, 2017 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: blogs
