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Lung Cancer Screening--from the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
November is Lung Cancer Awarenesss Month and IASLC has issued some valuable talking points that could be useful for lung cancer screening with patients, colleagues, and the general public. Lung Cancer is the #1 cancer killer in the world, killing more people than breast, colorectal and prostate cancers combined. Recent advances in Lung Cancer Screening and Early Detection are providing hope for patients and their families that has never before existed in the field of lung cancer. The potential for saving lives through lung cancer low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening will dramatically change ...
Source: The Daily Sign-Out - November 13, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Mark D. Pool, M.D. Source Type: blogs

Lung Cancer Screening--from the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer
November is Lung Cancer Awarenesss Month and IASLC has issued some valuable talking points that could be useful for lung cancer screening with patients, colleagues, and the general public. Lung Cancer is the #1 cancer killer in the world, killing more people than breast, colorectal and prostate cancers combined. Recent advances in Lung Cancer Screening and Early Detection are providing hope for patients and their families that has never before existed in the field of lung cancer. The potential for saving lives through lung cancer low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening will dramatically change the d...
Source: The Daily Sign-Out - November 13, 2014 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Mark D. Pool, M.D. Source Type: blogs

Secretary of State's guidance under section 42A of the National Health Service Act 2006
Department of Health (DH) - This document provides guidance on how the Department of Health can provide loans, public dividend capital or guarantees of payment to foundation trusts and NHS trusts. It covers the type of finance that may be provided; how to request financial assistance; criteria for deciding whether and how to provide financial assistance; and the terms and conditions that may be applicable to finance that may be provided. Guidance DH news (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - October 21, 2014 Category: UK Health Authors: The King's Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: NHS finances and productivity Source Type: blogs

The draft National Health Service pension scheme regulations 2015: consultation
Department of Health (DH) - This consultation seeks views on draft regulations to introduce the new NHS pension scheme in accordance with the Public Service Pensions Act 2013. The deadline for submissions to the consultation at nhsregs15@dh.gsi.gov.uk is 5 December 2014. Consultation document Draft regulations DH consultations (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - October 21, 2014 Category: UK Health Authors: The King's Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Consultations Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs

Teaching Health Centers: An Attainable, Near-Term Pathway To Expand Graduate Medical Education
We describe a near-term and attainable pathway to expand GME that could gain consensus among these stakeholders. This approach would sustain and expand Teaching Health Centers (THCs), a recent initiative that directly funds community-based GME sponsoring institutions to train residents in primary care specialties, dentistry and psychiatry. We further propose selectively expanding GME to meet primary care and other demonstrable specialty needs within communities, and building in evaluations to measure effectiveness of innovative training models. Our proposal includes: Congressional reauthorization and funding of the THC GM...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - October 17, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Richard Rieselbach, Paul Rockey, Thomas Nasca, Kathleen Klink, Robert Phillips, Malcolm Cox, David Sundwall, John Frohna, and Katherine Neuhausen Tags: All Categories Disparities Health Care Costs Health Reform Hospitals Medicaid Medicare Physicians Policy Politics Primary Care Veterans Workforce Source Type: blogs

Disruptive Women UK Man of the Month
Disruptive Women UK launches today, Tuesday, September 30th in the House of Commons. This post is a part of a series running up to the launch welcoming Disruptive Women UK. Drum roll please…the first Disruptive Women in Health Care UK Man of the Month is The Right Honourable Aneurin Bevan. As Minister of Health, he spearheaded the establishment of the National Health Service. Bevan was a lifelong champion of social justice and the rights of working people. He was a Member of Parliament for 31 years and was one of the chief spokesmen for the Labour party’s left wing, and of left-wing British thought generally. Thank...
Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care - September 30, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: dw at disruptivewomen.net Tags: DW UK Man of the Month Source Type: blogs

Chance: The difference between an unlucky surgeon and a killer
Risk-adjusted 30- to 90-day outcome data for selected types of operations done by specific surgeons and hospitals are now being publicly posted online by England’s National Health Service. According to the site, “Any hospital or consultant [attending surgeon in the UK] identified as an outlier will be investigated and action taken to improve data quality and/or patient care.” After cardiac surgery outcomes data were made public in New York, some interesting unexpected consequences were noted. Continue reading ... Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A soci...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 15, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Skeptical Scalpel, MD Tags: Physician Surgery Source Type: blogs

On the origins of Maintenance of Certification in the National Health Service: A Serial Killer
By SAURABH JHA, MD Britain’s most prolific serial killer was a General Practitioner (GP), Dr. Harold Shipman. He wasn’t England’s most famous murderer. That accolade goes to Jack the Ripper. The Ripper killed five women in the streets of Whitechapel. Shipman might have been responsible for over 200 deaths. Shipman’s legacy to the medical profession was […] (Source: The Health Care Blog)
Source: The Health Care Blog - September 10, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: THCB GMC Harold Shipman Maintenance of Certification Validation Source Type: blogs

To those who admire the NHS: Empower primary care physicians
A recent report from the Commonwealth Fund, which placed U.S. last amongst developing nations in health care, analyzed Britain’s high score on the management of chronic conditions. The authors attributed care coordination to the widespread adoption of health information technology in the National Health Service (NHS). Continue reading ... Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how. (Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog)
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - September 7, 2014 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Dr. Saurabh Jha Tags: Policy Health reform Primary care Source Type: blogs

A Hospital That Is a World Leader On Transparency
By LEAH BINDER Jeremy Hunt, secretary of state for health in Britain, recently toured the Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle. He said the visit was “inspirational” and announced plans to have the British National Health Service (NHS) sign up “heart and soul” to a similar culture of safety and transparency. Hunt wants doctors and nurses […] (Source: The Health Care Blog)
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 31, 2014 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: THCB Leapfrog Group Transparency Virginia Mason Source Type: blogs

International Disclosure Laws: ABPI Issues EFPIA-Modeled Disclosure Template, Increases Itemized Reporting Fields
Starting in 2016, European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) member companies will make public the details of payments and transfers of value made to healthcare professionals and healthcare organizations. EFPIA sets out the requirements for tracking and reporting this information in its Disclosure Code. EFPIA member associations are required to transpose the language from this Code into their national codes. EFPIA states that the Code only sets out the “minimum standards,” for compliance. Polaris Insights Blog recently reported that the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Indu...
Source: Policy and Medicine - August 27, 2014 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs

What's Wrong Here? Michigan Medical Society Opposes Bill to Ban E-Cigarette Sales to Minors
The Michigan Medical Society has opposed legislation that would protect the public's health by prohibiting the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors.If that sounds strange, I'll repeat it so that you realize this is accurate.The Michigan Medical Society - representing the state's physicians - is opposed to legislation that would do nothing more or less than ban the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors.Even the e-cigarette industry itself supports this legislation. How ironic, then, that the state's physicians, along with other "anti-smoking" groups, are opposing this bill, which was enacted by the legislature and awai...
Source: The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary - July 24, 2014 Category: Addiction Source Type: blogs

Randolph Hospital Is The Biggest "Non-Profit" In Randolph County, North Carolina . . . And The Courier Tribune Must Protect It . . . At All Costs (Subtitled: What Does A Million Healthcare Dollars Buy In Asheboro?)
I've not blogged regularly since early 2013 - having moved my online activities over to Facebook . . . and, until fairly recently, curbed the time I spent there. I have enjoyed the time away from blogging, and have only put something up when the stars aligned and begged for commentary.Over the next week or so, I'm going to put up at least three posts . . . all inspired by what passes for newspaper "coverage" of local healthcare these days. It's only gotten worse since I began blogging in 2005. The world prefers "sound bites" (except when legislators are writing healthcare "reform" - then it's a 2000 page pile-o...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - July 20, 2014 Category: Pediatricians Tags: 501 (c)(3) Asheboro Bob Morrison Chip Womick Cone Hospital Courier Tribune IRS National Health Service Corps NHSC Non-profit Pediatrics Randolph Hospital Randolph Medical Associates Steve Eblin Source Type: blogs

Randolph Hospital Is The Biggest " Non-Profit " In Randolph County, North Carolina . . . And The Courier Tribune Must Protect It . . . At All Costs (Subtitled: What Does A Million Healthcare Dollars Buy In Asheboro?)
I ' ve not blogged regularly since early 2013 - having moved my online activities over to Facebook . . . and, until fairly recently, curbed the time I spent there. & nbsp;I have enjoyed the time away from blogging, and have only put something up when the stars aligned and begged for commentary. < strike > Over the next week or so, I ' m going to put up at least three posts < /strike > *. . . all inspired by what passes for newspaper " coverage " of local healthcare these days. (* I never got around to it.) It ' s only gotten worse since I began blogg...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - July 20, 2014 Category: American Health Tags: 501 (c)(3) Asheboro Bob Morrison Chip Womick Cone Hospital Courier Tribune IRS National Health Service Corps NHSC Non-profit Pediatrics Randolph Hospital Randolph Medical Associates Steve Eblin Source Type: blogs