Minimum bridging competencies for general practice nurses transitioning to community nursing: for use during Covid-19 pandemic
The Queen's Nursing Institute -These competencies aim to support nurses who are taking up new roles at short notice during the Covid-19 pandemic.CompetenciesThe Queen's Nursing Institute - news (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - May 21, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
A Stroke Survivor ’s Advice for Coping with the COVID-19 Crisis
When I was in the prime of my career as a global financial controller, I had a massive stroke. I worked for a premier investment hedge firm, traveling frequently, at the top of my game. When the stroke hit, it stopped everything — and I mean everything. There were no warning signs. Everything I had taken for granted was gone. Now the world is trying to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic — and most of us had no idea what was coming. Our lives, much of our work, our social interactions, and the economy itself have basically stopped, with few exceptions.
Just coping with this terrifying reality is a challenge. But...
Source: World of Psychology - April 21, 2020 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Ted W. Baxter Tags: Inspiration & Hope Personal coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic Stroke Trauma Source Type: blogs
AusHealthIT Poll Number 522 – Results – 12th April, 2020.
Here are the results of the poll.Do You Believe The Much Wider Implementation And Use Of Telehealth In Australian General Practice Will Be Safe, Efficient And Effective For Patients?Yes 38% (36)
No 61% (58)
I Have No Idea 1% (1)
Total votes: 95
It seems a majority feel the wide implementation of telehealth could be a little problematic with a range of issues emerging, possibly due to the suddenness of the change(s)
Any insights on the poll welcome as a comment, as usual.
A great turn out of votes given the Easter holiday.
It must also have been a very easy question as only 1/95 readers were not sure how to respond...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 11, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
It Looks Like Ramping Up TeleHealth Consultations In Response To COVID-19 May Not Be All That Straightforward.
At least one specialist health journalist is now reporting real issues with the rapid introduction of telehealth to avoid some COVID-19 risks. See here:4 April 2020Telehealth on path to rip govt ’s COVID plans (and general practice) asunderCOVID-19 General Practice Telehealth Posted by Jeremy Knibbs How did general practice get here?Where both the federal government and the general public aren’t aware that the profession that is their front line defence against the most serious crisis s ince both world wars, is rapidly drowning in front of their eyes. (See our survey story on how 50% of GP practices are reporting losin...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - April 4, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Did you miss me?
It’s been a while since I last posted on my blog, as I’ve had other projects on the go this summer. Over this time I’ve been pondering, as I usually do, why pain management/rehabilitation has so many problems. Conceptually, I can understand that pain is a complex experience that we’re a long way from understanding. I get that it’s a philosophically challenging subject. That because it’s subjective (like love, disgust, fatigue or hunger) it’s difficult to examine dispassionately.
I also get that it’s big business. Pain is one aspect of being human that captures the entrepr...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - February 23, 2020 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Low back pain Pain conditions Professional topics Science in practice Source Type: blogs
Realising the neighbourhood NHS: delivering a new deal for primary care
This report calls for general practitioners to become salaried employees of the NHS, rather than independent contractors, known as partners, who run their own GP practices. This move would overturn the historic model of general practice that has been in place since 1948. It argues that this shift, to be phased in, would enable the NHS in England to deliver better access to, and quality of, primary care in the community and would also help to address the workforce crisis in general practice.ReportPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 11, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
It Really Is A Total Betrayal Of Public Trust The Way The ADHA Is Madly Trying To Spin The MyHR As A Raging Success - And Many Uncritical Journalists Just Lap It Up!
In the last week or so we have had the ADHA ramp up its spin supporting the #myHealthRecord.First we had this:Media Release: My Health Record sees a 62 per cent increase in general practitioners viewing documents23 December 2019: According to data released by the Australian Digital Health Agency (the Agency), general practices increasingly lead the way in using My Health Record, with usage (viewing and uploading) rising substantially since March 2019. In data released in December as part of a refreshed My Health Record statistics dashboard, general practices averaged around 200,000 My Health Record views per month througho...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - February 1, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
How to build effective teams in general practice
The King's Fund -This guide draws on insights from our research, policy analysis and leadership practice to outline ways in which practices can create and sustain effective teams, as they come together to form primary care networks.The King's Fund - publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - January 8, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Leadership and leadership development Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
The Spin Just Keeps Flowing From A Now Really Discredited ADHA. Secrets Are Still Being Kept.
This popped up last week:https://www.digitalhealth.gov.au/news-and-events/news/media-release-my-health-record-sees-a-62-per-cent-increase-in-general-practitioners-viewing-documentsMedia Release: My Health Record sees a 62 per cent increase in general practitioners viewing documentsCreated on Monday, 23 December 2019According to data released by the Australian Digital Health Agency (the Agency), general practices increasingly lead the way in using My Health Record, with usage (viewing and uploading) rising substantially since March 2019. In data released in December as part of a refreshed My Health Record statistics dashboa...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - December 31, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Reference Manuals May Be Facing Obsolescence
We must ensure their relevance to contemporary patient care
By LONNY REISMAN, MD
It’s 1992 and disruptive technologies of the day are making headlines: AT&T releases the first color videophone; scientists start accessing the World Wide Web; Apple launches the PowerBook Duo.
In healthcare, with less fanfare, a Harvard physician named Dr. Burton “Bud” Rose converts his entire nephrology textbook onto a floppy disk, launching the clinical tool that would ultimately become UpToDate. Instead of flipping through voluminous medical reference texts, such as the Washington Manual, doctors could for the first ...
Source: The Health Care Blog - December 27, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Christina Liu Tags: Health Tech Health Technology Physicians Evidence Based Medicine Guidelines Lonny Reisman reference manuals UptoDate Source Type: blogs
Diagnosing the FBI Failures in the Inspector General's FISA Report
Julian SanchezJustice Department Inspector General Michael Horowtiz'slong-awaited report on "Crossfire Hurricane" —the FBI's investigation of potential links between Russian election interference and the Trump campaign—has finally been released.Like most news developments in our polarized age, the report is being spun in diametrically opposed ways by political partisans, as evidenced by the questions atWednesday's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the report. Both of these narratives, unfortunately, get it wrong in fundamental ways.For many Democrats and other Trump critics, the main takeaway from the Horowitz Rep...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - December 14, 2019 Category: American Health Authors: Julian Sanchez Source Type: blogs
How Does Sleeping Well Impact Brain Detoxification?
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Have you been sleeping well lately? We all
know that getting enough sleep is an important part of living a healthy and
engaged life. Of course, getting a good night's sleep keeps you sharp during
the day, and recent science has also shown how important it is in learning and
memory. Sleep is not only good for helping you pay attention in class or
remembering what you did yesterday though, it also helps keep ...
Source: PickTheBrain | Motivation and Self Improvement - December 11, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Rebecca Wilson Tags: featured health and fitness self improvement better sleep brain health science of sleep Source Type: blogs
Falling short: the NHS workforce challenge
This report analyses the changes in the size and composition of the NHS workforce in England in the context of long-term trends, policy priorities and future projected need. It builds on previous reports to provide analysis of longer-term trends and insights into the changing NHS staff profile. It focuses specifically on the NHS workforce issues that have been identified in recent years: nursing shortages, and shortages of staff in general practice and primary care.ReportThe Health Foundation - publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - November 27, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs
On Heatwaves and Unlikely Friendships
Dr Mariam Tokhi On Heatwaves and Unlikely Friendships
In the summer of 2013, there was a heatwave in Melbourne. I had been working long days, freezing my butt off on the air-conditioned wards of a large, city hospital.... (Source: Life in the Fast Lane)
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - October 16, 2019 Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Dr Mariam Tokhi Tags: Literary Medicine general practice heatwave Source Type: blogs
Ranks of NPs and PAs Expanding; Will Increasingly Dominate Primary Care
I have blogged extensively lately about the future of primary care, suggesting that NPs and PAs will dominate the professional ranks of this first tier of healthcare. NPs in particular are at the core of the staffing for the CVS and Walmart walk-in clinic facilities (see:Retail Drug Stores Emerging as Healthcare Hubs for First-Tier Primary Care;Walmart Shapes Its Own Primary Care, Unbundling Strategy;Defining and Delineating the Changing First Tier of Healthcare). Physicians, of course, will still play a critical role in primary care, consulting for the more complex cases and assisting in the referral of patients to ...
Source: Lab Soft News - October 14, 2019 Category: Laboratory Medicine Authors: Bruce Friedman Tags: Healthcare Business Healthcare Delivery Healthcare Innovations Medical Consumerism Population Health Public Health Source Type: blogs
