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Psychology Around the Net: July 20, 2019
This week’s Psychology Around the Net has the latest on a new virtual reality therapy trial for people diagnosed with serious mental illnesses, how people with mental health disorders are helping amend their descriptions in diagnostic guidelines, the issues that stop you from setting boundaries and how you can overcome those issues, and more. People With Mental Health Disorders Amend the Descriptions: What would happen if input from people who actually deal with mental health disorders on a daily basis was taken into consideration when it comes to the diagnostic guidelines describing said disorders? A new study set ...
Source: World of Psychology - July 20, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Alicia Sparks Tags: Psychology Around the Net Addiction Cannabis cannabis dependency cannabis treatment Loneliness Nhs Procrastination Productivity Psychosis Setting Boundaries Shame virtual reality Source Type: blogs

Trial By Error: Some Thoughts on MUS and Bermingham; My Letter to Professor Payne
By David Tuller, DrPH In February, I wrote a post tracking how a core finding from Bermingham et al, a 2010 study, has been misrepresented repeatedly in claims about the costs to the National Health Service of so-called “medically unexplained symptoms.” The misrepresented finding has been cited by proponents of an NHS effort to divert […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - July 8, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

Trial By Error: BJGP Correction Coming, BMJ Still Stonewalls
By David Tuller, DrPH Today I received an e-mail from Professor Roger Jones, editor of British Journal of General Practice. I’ve been nudging him to correct a false statement in a 2017 editorial about the cost of so-called “medically unexplained symptoms” to the UK National Health Service. The false statement involved a misquotation of a […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - June 11, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

UK Hospitals Use Digital Health Tools To Triage Patients
The UK’s National Health Service is rolling out a digital health initiative at one of its leading hospitals to transform the way it triages and routes patients in its system, in an effort that leverages chatbots and telemedicine services. According to a piece in The Guardian, changes underway at the University Hospitals Birmingham trust are […] (Source: EMR and HIPAA)
Source: EMR and HIPAA - June 10, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: Anne Zieger Tags: AI/Machine Learning Analytics/Big Data C-Suite Leadership Clinical Communication and Patient Experience Health IT Company Healthcare IT Hospital - Health System Telemedicine and Remote Monitoring Bablyon Health Healthcare Chatbots Na Source Type: blogs

Trial By Error: British Journal of General Practice Agrees to Correction about MUS
By David Tuller, DrPH This week I’ve been taking some days for family stuff. But I have a minor victory to report. After a series of e-mails with the British Journal of General Practice about a false statement concerning the cost of “medically unexplained symptoms” to the UK National Health Service, the editor has agreed […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - May 29, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

Trial By Error: My Follow-Up Letter to the British Journal of General Practice
By David Tuller, DrPH Two weeks ago, I exchanged e-mails with Professor Roger Jones, editor of the British Journal of General Practice. I asked him to correct a false statement in an editorial about the cost of so-called medically unexplained symptoms to the National Health Service. In response, he invited me to send in “one […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - May 20, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

The National Health Service Litigation Authority directions
Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) - The National Health Service Litigation Authority (Arrangements for the Existing Liabilities Scheme) Directions 2019 allow the NHS Litigation Authority to carry out the Secretary of State ’s governance and other responsibilities under the contractual arrangements entered into by the Secretary of State with the Medical Protection Society.Guidance (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - May 13, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Regulation, governance and accountability Source Type: blogs

Spring training: Moving from couch to 5K
Need a little motivation and structure to ramp up your walking routine this spring? Want to wake up your workouts? Consider trying a couch-to-5K program. What is a couch-to-5K program? These free or low-cost coaching plans are designed to help would-be runners train for a 5-kilometer race, which is about 3.1 miles. The programs are available online, or as apps or podcasts. They typically feature timed walking and running intervals that gradually phase out the walking over a period of about nine weeks. Why try a couch-to-5K program? “The purpose of a couch-to-5K program is to give you time to acclimate and start to enjoy ...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - April 30, 2019 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Julie Corliss Tags: Exercise and Fitness Health Men's Health Women's Health Source Type: blogs

Delayed, deterred, and distressed: the impact of NHS overseas charging regulations on patients and the doctors who care for them
British Medical Association -The National Health Service (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulations 2017 currently determine the rules over charging ‘overseas visitors’ for NHS care in England. The British Medical Association (BMA) has been consistently critical of the regulations, which they believe have a negative impact on both patients and doctors and have conducted a survey of their membership to gain greater insight into how the regula tions affect doctors daily work. They state this survey provides clear evidence that the regulations are deterring vulnerable groups from accessing NHS treatment, threa...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - April 22, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Source Type: blogs

Productivity of the English National Health Service: 2016/17 update
This report updates the Centre for Health Economics ’ time-series of National Health Service (NHS) productivity growth for the period 2015/16 to 2016/17 and sets out trends in output, input and productivity since 2004/05.ReportPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - April 14, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: NHS finances and productivity Source Type: blogs

Complications of measles
Since it is not a brief answer, rather than respond to Mr. Bachtell ' s question in the comments, I ' ll do a front page post on it.CDC provides information about complications of measles here. This applies to the United States and other wealthy countries. Measles is much more dangerous in poor countries where many children are malnourished or debilitated from chronic infections, but that ' s a bit off topic.The actual death rate from measles in developed countries is about 1-2 per 1,000. However, 1 in 20 children will get pneumonia as a complication, which may require expensive treatment including mechanical ventilation. ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - April 12, 2019 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs

Charter to strengthen relations between the Helpforce programme and staff in the National Health Service
Helpforce -This charter shows how volunteers can make a valuable contribution to the NHS in England, without undermining paid staff or affecting patient safety. The aim is to ensure that the tens of thousands of people who give up their time to provide comfort and help to patients are given guidance about their roles. It ’s also intended to safeguard against their use as cheap substitutes for trained health staff.CharterHelpforce - press release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - April 3, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs

Administrative announcements
I would prefer that commenters adopt a consistent handle -- could be their real name or a pseudonym, but it would be best if we keep personae straight.In general, I publish comments if they constitute a substantive contribution to a discussion or to general knowledge. Occasionally, I allow a comment through in order to use it as an illustration of logical fallacy or inappropriate behavior. Obviously commenters won ' t like it when that happens, but they probably wouldn ' t like it either if I didn ' t publish it at all. Best solution: don ' t offer fallacious or offensive comments.I also may decline to publish something ju...
Source: Stayin' Alive - April 2, 2019 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs

Consultation response: the National Health Service pension scheme, Additional Voluntary Contributions and Injury Benefits (Amendment) Regulations 2019
Department of Health and Social Care - The Department of Health and Social Care consulted on proposals to change NHS pension scheme regulations. The government received almost 1,500 responses to the consultation. This outcome document summarises the consultation findings and the government ’s response.ResponseMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 31, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs

The Most Pressing Issues In Bioethics
Who owns medical and genetic data? How to regulate gene editing? Where is the boundary of enhancing physical or cognitive human capabilities? What to do with biological differences widening the gap of the haves and have-nots? Could we define where is the boundary to augment life? Will we sue robots or algorithms for medical malpractice? With the constant advancement of technology, unprecedented moral, ethical and legal concerns are surfacing. Channeling them into substantial debates will get us closer to their fair solution step by step. Here, we collected the most pressing issues in bioethics. Bioethicists of the world...
Source: The Medical Futurist - March 26, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Bioethics Cyborgization Genomics bioethical data debate DNA future gene editing genetic genetics Innovation legal longevity medical medical data moral sex sexuality technology Source Type: blogs