Elicio - Just What Exactly Is All This About I Wonder. I Find It Very Hard To Tell.
Last week this press release arrived:Media Invitation - Launch of Improvement Foundation ’s New Patient Data Platform powered by Telstra HealthWednesday, August 31st, 2016 - Improvement FoundationAustralian health services are now able to obtain real time health data from disparate primary and secondary healthcare software systems, transforming the way that data is collected and acces sed from medical software systems.The Improvement Foundation, Australia’s leading provider of quality improvement solutions for the healthcare sector, have joined forces with Telstra Health, Australia’s biggest digital health company, t...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - September 3, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
Dr. Hamori Invited Expert at Cannes Plastic Surgery Conference
Dr. Hamori presents a simplified classification system for labial protrusionVisit Dr. Hamori ' s website dedicated to Female Genital Aesthetic Surgery + Vaginal Rejuvenation atwww.labiaplastyboston.comBoston-area plastic surgeon Dr. Christine Hamori has been invited to present at the internationally renownedF.A.C.E. 2 F@ce Aesthetic Congress in Cannes, France, September 9-10, 2016.She will present to other plastic surgeons and industry attendees on hersimplified classification system for labial protrusion as well as aesthetic enhancement of the labia majora with autologous fat known as “labial puff” enhancement. Dr. Ha...
Source: What's New In Plastic Surgery? - September 2, 2016 Category: Cosmetic Surgery Tags: aesthetic congress cannes classification system france labial protrusion plastic surgeon Source Type: blogs
Safe working in general practice
This report discusses measures which could help to manage the rising workload of GPs and help to calculate sustainable and safe working levels within the specialty. It outlines proposals for GP appointments to be lengthened to 15 minutes and consultations to be limited to a target of 25 a day. It also considers the potential impact of locality hubs - a central facility where demand, patient lists and safe working limits would be managed for a number of local practices and suggests that GPs could benefit from the integration, collaboration and flexible employment patterns potentially on offer. ReportPress release (Sou...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - August 29, 2016 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Integrated care Patient safety Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Impossible things
Can the NHS fly through the turbulences? Related items fromOnMedica Five year plan for general practice unveiled UK ’s vote to leave EU will impact on NHS GPs and physicians innovate to improve care BMJ calls for the UK to remain in the European Union Innovative use of technology key to improving patient outcomes (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - August 15, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: blogs
Welcome to My World: Med Wreck
By HANS DEUVEFELT, MD
Part of a series on primary care challenges and their solutions.
Medication reconciliation is something we do every day, in the clinic and in the hospital. It shouldn’t be as hard as it is.
A patient with multiple medical problems returns for a fifteen minute quarterly visit. He saw his cardiologist three weeks ago and was told to double his metoprolol.
There are two ways to catch this change: when the cardiologist’s office note comes in, or as we check the patient in for his visit.
The cardiologist’s office note, generated by one of the leading EMRs, runs seven pages and contains entries a...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 10, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: John Irvine Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs
Here Is Something The ADHA Should Start Working To Address As Soon As Possible. It Will Be A Long Job.
This report appeared a little while ago:Reality check - reliable national data from general practice electronic health recordsDeeble Institute Issues Brief No. 18Julie Gordon, Graeme Miller, Helena Britt14 July 2016Source: & nbsp;Deeble Institute for Health Policy ResearchDownload fileHere is the link:http://apo.org.au/resource/reality-check-reliable-national-data-general-practice-electronic-health-recordsHere is the Executive Summary: “Since 1998, data about general practice activity in Australia has been collected, analysed and disseminated through the Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH) program. BEACH ...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - July 25, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
Perinatal mental health toolkit
< p > < strong > Royal College of General Practice (RCGP) - & #0160; < /strong > < br / > This resource is aimed at family doctors and other healthcare professionals, as a go-to collation of resources that could support them to deliver the care their patients with perinatal mental health need. It includes variety of resources to offer patients from information leaflets, links to supporting charities and social media peer support groups amongst many others. Health professionals may face additional challenges in seeking help for perinatal mental health problems and there a specific section of the toolkit to address this need...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - July 21, 2016 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Mental Health Source Type: blogs
Is bigger better? Lessons for large scale general practice
This report shows that three quarters of English practices have now joined large-scale GP organisations, formed to help cope with rising pressure and policies demanding longer hours and new services. It finds these organisations can help to sustain general practice in the face of intense financial pressure and shortages of doctors and nurses. However, they have so far made limited progress in expanding into new services, and taking on a strategic role in redesigning care.
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Source: Health Management Specialist Library - July 18, 2016 Category: UK Health Authors: The King's Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Commissioning Developments in primary and community care Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Weekly Australian Health IT Links – 18th July, 2016.
Here are a few I have come across the last week or so.Note: Each link is followed by a title and a 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.General CommentAn interesting week with a fair bit of activity in the private and academic sector. Useful to see some stats on use of the myHR.All seems to be very quiet on the ADHA front this week.-----http://www.medicalrepublic.com.au/gps-warming-e-health-records/8 July, 2016GPs warming to e-health recordsPosted by julie lambert The financial pinch ...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - July 17, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
It Looks Like The Stick Is Working Well On The GPs As Far As The myHR Is Concerned. Not That The System Is Actually Being Used Much!
This appeared a few days ago.8 July, 2016GPs warming to e-health recordsPosted by julie lambert The financial pinch on GPs is clearly sharpening interest in electronic health records.According to the latest figures, 1085 general practices uploaded health summaries to the My Health Record system in the week to 19 June, more than 2.5 times the weekly average of 400 a week during April.In the same period, the number of health summaries uploaded has jumped from 2000-3000 per week to more than 8000, while the number of views by healthcare providers has shown a similar increase from around 400 per week to almost 1100.The spurt i...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - July 16, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David More MB PhD FACHI Source Type: blogs
Health leaders' panel: survey six - footprints, financing and staff morale
The Nuffield Trust - Since July 2014, the Nuffield Trust has regularly surveyed a panel of 100 health and social care leaders in England for their views on a range of issues including: finance, general practice and rationing. This is the sixth poll in the series and this poll focuses on NHS finances, staff morale and the Sustainability and Transformation Plan (STP) areas. The poll results identify a decline in staff morale in the last six months, linked to heavy workloads and financial pressures in the sector. Respondents also highlighted concerns about the successful implementation of STPs due to the survival instin...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - June 9, 2016 Category: UK Health Authors: The King's Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Integrated care NHS finances and productivity Regulation, governance and accountability Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
Would Brexit destabilise the NHS?
The answer cannot be looked at solely by the amount of money we give over to the EU eliteRelated items from OnMedicaIt ‘beggars belief’ that seven-day NHS plans are uncosted, say MPsFive year plan for general practice unveiledJuniors’ contract concerns about far more than payGPs, consultants and public back striking juniorsBack to the Future – Part 4 (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - June 6, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: blogs
Ever wanted to be a Clinical Forensic Medicine Registrar?
This post is written by Dr Nicola Cunningham, Senior Forensic Physician at Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine and Emergency Physician at St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne.
Ever wondered what it would be like to work in a field like “CSI”?
A term as a Clinical Forensic Medicine Registrar at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VFM) is as close as it gets as a doctor to navigating your way through the murky bowels of crime and experiencing the fascinating world of forensic labs, police stations and courts.
We don’t have a theme song by the Who, and we never look as glamorous at two in the morning, but w...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - May 31, 2016 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Chris Nickson Tags: Emergency Medicine Forensic medicine Job registrar VIFM Source Type: blogs
Identity crisis
General Practice has lost its identity, says Chris Preece, and unless we do something to address it soon – others will define it for usRelated items from OnMedicaPrimary Care Home has positive impact on care and servicesGPs and physicians innovate to improve careTreatment of whistleblowers a “stain on NHS”, say MPsHunt ‘never planned to insist on changes to existing contracts’BMA calls for maximum number of patients per GP (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - May 22, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Source Type: blogs
A survey of GP trainees
The King's Fund - As part of our recent report Understanding pressures in general practice we conducted a survey of GP trainees, exploring their intended future working patterns along with their views on the pressures facing general practice. We received responses from 218 trainees and the findings indicated that a minority of respondents intend to work full-time in general practice; many respondents intend to have 'portfolio careers' (spending part of the working week on clinical work in general practice with the rest of the time spent on other work); and that the most commonly cited reason for not wishi...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - May 15, 2016 Category: UK Health Authors: The King's Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
