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Productivity of the English National Health Service: 2019/20 update
This report updates the Centre for Health Economics ’ time-series of National Health Service (NHS) productivity growth for the period 2018/19 to 2019/20. NHS productivity growth is measured by comparing the growth in outputs produced by the NHS to the growth in inputs used to produce them. NHS outputs include all the activities undertaken for NHS p atients wherever they are treated in England. It also accounts for changes in the quality of care provided to those patients. NHS inputs include the number of doctors, nurses, and support staff providing care, the equipment, and clinical supplies used, and the facilities of ho...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 28, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS performance and productivity Source Type: blogs

The National Health Service Pension Schemes (Member Contributions etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2022
This report sets out the reasons for changing the amount that members contribute to the NHS pension scheme. It takes into account the desirability of not making any changes at this point in time. This report is a statutory report and has been laid before Parliament.Policy paperDepartment of Health and Social Care - publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 10, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs

DHSC annual report and accounts 2020-21
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) - The annual report and accounts gives an overview of the DHSC ’s resources and how it has used them to fulfil its statutory functions during the financial year 2020 to 2021. It describes DHSC’s performance against objectives and includes the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care’s annual report on the performance of the National Health Service in England.Annual reportMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - January 31, 2022 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Regulation, governance and accountability Source Type: blogs

Trial By Error: Some National Health Service Branches Fail to Respond to New NICE Guidelines for ME/CFS
By David Tuller, DrPH In late October, the UK’s National institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) released its new ME/CFS guideline, which specifically recommend against graded exercise therapy (GET) and a specialized form of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). Last week, I wrote about how King’s College London continues to host a page on “CBT […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - November 16, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized NICE Source Type: blogs

Building (Tobacco Smoking Rates) Back Better
Jeffrey A. SingerHouse Budget Chair John Yarmuth (D-KY)reportedly added a “nicotine tax” that will affect nicotine‐containing vaping products to the “Build Back Better” bill, currently under construction by House Democrats, as part of a manager ’s amendment. The nicotine tax amendment can be found onpage 1973 of what is currently a 2,135-page bill.Democratic legislators are seeking new ways to “pay” for the purported $1.75 trillion “Build Back Better” package, and it appears Rep. Yarmuth is willing to single out would‐be tobacco quitters for an extra part of the tab.Nicotine ‐cont...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - November 3, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey A. Singer Source Type: blogs

Could smartphones and ride-sharing apps solve transportation in healthcare?
Patients living in rural, suburban or urban areas with poor infrastructure often don’t have the proper means to get to the doctor’s appointment on time. In extreme cases, they have to wait even for emergency situations so much that they can call an ambulance and receive care in a hospital. Ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft offer non-emergency medical transportation services, while start-ups, such as Circulation or Ride Health also promise to deal with the issue. Could smartphones and networked services solve transportation in healthcare? Why is getting to the doctor such a hassle? Wherever they...
Source: The Medical Futurist - September 23, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Future of Medicine Health Insurance Healthcare Design Telemedicine & Smartphones Hospital patient startup transportation uber lyft ride-hailing medical transportation NEMT Circulation Kaizen Helth Veyo Ambulnz RoundTrip Source Type: blogs

The Top 12 Health Chatbots In 2021
Over the past years, smart algorithm-powered, text- or voice-based interfaces have multiplied, and they are also taking their place in healthcare. The Medical Futurist believes Molly, Ginger, Replika and the others will ease the burden on doctors in primary care and help patients learn to take care of their health responsibly. Would you like to try one? Check out the following video about healthcare chatbots: The age of talking algorithms is here In 2018, Google stunned the world with the latest feature of the Google Assistant, Duplex, which was able to make an appointment in a hair salon in eerily hum...
Source: The Medical Futurist - August 31, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: berci.mesko Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Future of Medicine Healthcare Design AI chatbot digital health Innovation List medical Personalized medicine technology chatbots health chatbot Source Type: blogs

Trial By Error: Neurology Journal Fixes False Claim in MUS Paper – But Fails to Publish a Correction Notice
By David Tuller, DrPH I’ve recently bugged two separate journals to correct the same error—a mis-citation of a study concerning the estimated costs to the UK’s National Health Service of so-called “medically unexplained symptoms” (MUS). One of the journals, Psychological Medicine, has corrected the mistake and has also published a standard notice called a corrigendum […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - July 31, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized Bermingham correction MUS Psychological Medicine Source Type: blogs

The NHS long-term plan: Digital ambitions
Dr Saif Abed, founding partner of health IT consultancy AbedGraham, looks at the new 10-year plan for the National Health Service in England. (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog)
Source: Healthcare IT News Blog - June 15, 2021 Category: Information Technology Tags: Cybersecurity and Privacy, Core Technologies, Security Source Type: blogs

Let's Talk About Hospitals And Rural Healthcare (Particularly Mother-Baby Care): My Letter To The NC Government Commission/NC State Treasurer In Support Of Randolph County's Application For A Loan To Save Randolph Health
Author ' s Note: The lawyers have a saying, " Res Ipsa Loquitur " " . Translated from Latin, it means, " The thing speaks for itself " . This is the text of the letter I sent to theNC Local Government Commission (embellished with a few links and additional comments in red) . . .in support of the state of North Carolina granting a loan to Randolph County (via the NC Rural Healthcare Stabilization Act) . . . for purposes of assisting in the " rescue " of Asheboro ' s Randolph Health - in a bankruptcy Court-approved buy-out of Randolph ' s assets by American Healthcare Systems, LLC.On May 4th, afte...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - May 7, 2021 Category: American Health Tags: Asheboro Atrium Health Bankruptcy Cone Health Duke Lifepoint LGC Medical Whistle-blower Mother-Baby Care NC Rural Heatlh NCDHHS Non-profit Randolph Health UNC Health Wake Forest Baptist Source Type: blogs

Productivity of the English National Health Service: 2018/19 update
This report updates the Centre for Health Economics ’ time-series of NHS productivity growth for the period 2017/18 to 2018/19. NHS productivity growth is measured by comparing the growth in outputs produced by the NHS to the growth in inputs used to produce them. NHS outputs include all the activities undertaken for NHS patients wherever they are treated in England. It also accounts for changes in the quality of care provided to those patients. NHS inputs include the number of doctors, nurses and support staff providing care, the equipment and clinical supplies used, and the facilities of hospitals and other premises wh...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - April 28, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: NHS performance and productivity Source Type: blogs

Trial By Error: My Letter to Professor Anthony David Asks Why MUS Experts Keep Misquoting a Major Study
By David Tuller, DrPH Earlier this week, I wrote to the journal Psychological Medicine about a significant mistake in a paper on functional neurological disorders. The mistake involved a misquotation of Bermingham et al, a key 2010 analysis of the National Health Service costs associated with care for working-age people found to be “somatising.” One […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - April 17, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

A North Carolina Pediatric Hospitalist Tells Her Pandemic Story to Senator Richard Burr: Thirteen Months (And Counting) In Medical Whistle-blower Hell - Courtesy Of Private Equity/For-Profit Healthcare And Cruelly-Indifferent/Morally-Bankrupt State & Federal Oversight
Author ' s Note: I cannot " sound-bite " the last year - and perhaps it ' s time to write the book. Scroll about half-way down to read the letter to Senator Burr. The bottom line is that for thethird time in 23 years, as a Pediatrician staffing a community hospital, I was fired " with-out cause " immediately after intervening in a neonatal ( " bad baby " ) case, rescuing the situation/ " saving " the baby, and reporting it INTERNALLY to Peer Review. NO discussion. NO recourse. NO review. A total cover-up. And EVERY SINGLE TIME I ' ve asked the state/Federal government to enfor...
Source: Dr.J's HouseCalls - February 28, 2021 Category: American Health Tags: ACA Apollo Global Management ApolloMD Ballad Heath Central Carolina Hospital CMS Duke Lifepoint ETSU Medicaid Medical Whistleblower NCDHHS Pandemic Quality Assruance Randolph Health Richard Burr Trump Source Type: blogs

This Seems Like A Sensible And Timely Warning!
This appeared last week. Email, SMS vaccine scams on the way: cyber experts Tom Burton Government editor Feb 16, 2021 – 4.34pm Cyber experts and authorities are warning of an inundation of vaccine scams, as Australia prepares to distribute COVID-19 vaccines from February 22. The roll-out of the vaccine in the US and Britain has inspired many vaccine-related scams, with a 300 per cent jump in vaccine-related websi te domains in the lead-up to the first jabs being distributed. More than 5000 new domains were registered, according to the CEO of cyber research firm, Security in Depth, Michael Connory. “We’ve been seeing ...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - February 25, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs

3 Reasons Why National Digital Health Transformations Fail
An armada of digital health technologies is set to bring healthcare to the 21st century. Artificial intelligence can make the alarm fatigue epidemic a thing of the past. Medical-grade, portable diagnostic devices make patients the point-of-care. With such potentials and more, it’s no wonder that some governments are developing national digital health strategies to transform their current systems. A survey from the American Hospital Association suggests that around 85% of hospital executives already factor digital innovation as part of their long-term strategy. Bringing about such a change requires heavy investments. T...
Source: The Medical Futurist - February 23, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Pranavsingh Dhunnoo Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Digital Health Research E-Patients Future of Medicine Future of Pharma Healthcare Design Healthcare Policy Portable Medical Diagnostics Security & Privacy technology portable diagnostics cybersecur Source Type: blogs