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Future Healthcare 2019: A Medgadget Report
Future Healthcare 2019 came to London’s Olympia with a two-day exhibition and conference featuring speakers from industry, the clinical setting, and a strong showing of start-up companies. The event was opened by former UK Secretary of Health Patricia Hewitt and former UK Science Minister Lord Drayson who addressed a crowd drawn from both the UK and internationally. The event was a prime opportunity to learn about the latest developments in the B2B healthcare market, collaborate with colleagues spread across scales—from healthcare providers to start-up companies—and to explore future commercial opportunities. Topics...
Source: Medgadget - March 21, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Tom Peach Tags: Exclusive Medicine Society Source Type: blogs

Consultation response: The National Health Service Pension Scheme, Additional Voluntary Contributions and Injury Benefits (Amendment) Regulations 2019
This report summarises the consultation findings and the government ’s response.ReportDepartment of Health and Social Care - consultations (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - March 5, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Consultations Workforce and employment Source Type: blogs

TestCard, a $4 Urine Test Read by Your Smartphone
Recently announced as one of the Digital Trends’ Top Tech of CES 2019, TestCard is a UK-based company that allows users to turn their smartphones into a clinical-grade urinalysis kit. The process starts with a postcard-like card mailed directly to the consumer. The card costs about $4 and contains three fold-out urine test strips, each with a QR code and several small, multi-colored square pads. A test strip is detached from the card and dipped in a urine sample, after which the accompanying mobile app utilizes the phone’s camera to scan and analyze the test strip. About 20 seconds later, the app displays the test ...
Source: Medgadget - February 6, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Cici Zhou Tags: Diagnostics Medicine Pathology Pediatrics Urology Source Type: blogs

Does hospital competition reduce rates of patient harm in the English NHS?
Competition and Markets Authority - Previous hospital mergers have reduced the number of distinct organisations offering publicly funded and provided care in the English National Health Service, reducing choice and between-hospital competition in some areas. This working paper tests the impact of variation in concentration on a new quality indicator: the prevalence of patient harm from falls, pressure ulcers, blood clots and urinary tract infections. It exploits a new source of identifying variation accounting for the multi-product nature of hospitals, using instrumental variables to address endogeneity. It fin...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 5, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Competition and choice Patient safety Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: blogs

Trial By Error: Bristol Investigating Crawley Papers
By David Tuller, DrPH In the last year, I have raised multiple concerns about studies from the University of Bristol with the UK Health Research Authority, among others. The HRA is the National Health Service arm that oversees approvals for research in England; the agency’s role is to ensure that research receives a favorable opinion […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - January 31, 2019 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized 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 - January 22, 2019 Category: Information Technology Tags: Privacy & amp; Security Source Type: blogs

Using Blockchain for More Efficient Healthcare Economy: Interview with Digipharm Founder, Ahmed Abdalla
If you’ve been following the news, you know that the U.S. healthcare system has many, many inefficiencies. Some have gone so far as to claim that U.S. healthcare is flat-out broken. While that may be over-dramatization for political purposes, many of the arguments presented are entirely valid. With recent modifications to U.S. legislature, the healthcare market is slowly moving toward outcomes-based pricing, a trend seen in many of the world’s leading health systems. But shifting the entire financial foundation of a decades-old ecosystem of complex institutions is no easy task, requiring quite a bit of innovation. Digi...
Source: Medgadget - January 2, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Mohammad Saleh Tags: Exclusive Informatics Medicine Public Health Society Source Type: blogs

Progress report on the National Health Service (Cross-Border Healthcare) Regulations 2013
Department of Health and Social Care -The National Health Service (Cross-Border Healthcare) Regulations 2013 implemented an EU directive on patients ’ rights to healthcare in the European Economic Area (EEA). The Secretary of State must review the regulations at least every five years. The report finds that the requirements of the regulations have been met and the regulations are still the most appropriate way to meet those requirements.ReportDepartment of Health and Social Care - publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - November 16, 2018 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Regulation, governance and accountability Source Type: blogs

The Case for Investing in a More Healthy and Engaged Health Workforce
Improving staff engagement leads to a variety of positive benefits. But defining and measuring engagement is not straightforward, and different demographic factors are associated with different levels of engagement. The National Health Service in England is looking at ways to increase engagement in its staff. (Source: The RAND Blog)
Source: The RAND Blog - November 8, 2018 Category: Health Management Authors: Christian Van Stolk; Marco Hafner Source Type: blogs

Mindfulness apps: How well do they work?
You’ve heard of mindfulness, but what is it, really? How is it different from meditation? Is mindfulness really helpful? Is it hokey? And can you learn it? Do you need to go to a week-long camp or a psychotherapist or a guru? The answer could be on your smartphone. What is mindfulness? There’s no specific definition of mindfulness or meditation, although most writers see mindfulness as one form of meditation, which includes many other activities such as visualization and contemplation. Mindfulness involves focusing completely on what’s going on inside you and outside you — being an observer without getting wrapped ...
Source: Harvard Health Blog - November 6, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: James Cartreine, PhD Tags: Health Mind body medicine Stress Source Type: blogs

The British are unafraid to talk about rationing. That ’s something to admire.
I am a huge fan of Britain’s National Health Service (NHS), but probably not for the reasons many people might assume. It’s not because it’s “socialist” (a horribly inaccurate description), or that it’s nationalized, or anything like that. I’m a huge fan because somehow the people of Britain have developed the courage to talk about health care using very adult language. In the U.S., we can rarely progress beyond the equivalent of screaming toddler fits. The British economy took a larger hit from the recession of 2008-9 than much of the rest of the world. Irrational exuberance apparently crossed the Atlantic a...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - October 23, 2018 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/richard-young" rel="tag" > Richard Young, MD < /a > Tags: Policy Public Health & Washington Watch Source Type: blogs

Time to adopt Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) as a public health intervention to ease depression?
This article was originally published on Mindful, including first steps to take when feeling the blues. Related reading: Mindfully debunking four meditation myths Book review: Grit is a tool in the toolbox, not the silver bullet To harness neuroplasticity, start with enthusiasm Six tips to build resilience and prevent brain-damaging stress (Source: SharpBrains)
Source: SharpBrains - October 15, 2018 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greater Good Magazine Tags: Cognitive Neuroscience Education & Lifelong Learning Health & Wellness cognitive-therapy depression depression screening Mental-Health mindfulness mindfulness-based cognitive therapy public-health UCLA Source Type: blogs

Trial By Error: My First Post on the IAPT Program
By David Tuller, DrPH Since 2008, the English arm of the National Health Service has been rolling out a program called Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, or IAPT. More than 900,000 people now receive IAPT services annually. This program arose out of the notion that many people were suffering from untreated depression, anxiety and other psychiatric […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - October 10, 2018 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: blogs

Noninvasive prenatal testing and sex-selection abortion
By Steve Phillips The National Health Service in Great Britain has decided to implement the use of noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) and that has raised some concerns. It would seem natural for there to be concern about this test used to detect prenatal genetic conditions such as Down syndrome, which commonly leads to the choice … Continue reading "Noninvasive prenatal testing and sex-selection abortion" (Source: blog.bioethics.net)
Source: blog.bioethics.net - September 28, 2018 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Steve Phillips Tags: Health Care abortion bioethics Culture / Ethnicity / Gender / Disability Health Care Practice human dignity reproduction syndicated Source Type: blogs

VR Helps Diffuse MRI Fears for Children and Their Parents
National Health Service physicist Jonathan Ashmore, PhD, has spearheaded the development of a virtual reality (VR) app that gives children who are nervous about their upcoming MRI an exact idea of what the procedure looks like.Children and their parents alike can be very anxious about a scheduled MRI. The inter-family anxiety can only worsen the experience for the young patient. The free app delivers a 360-degree perspective from inside the MRI so that children and fearful adults can be emotionally prepared for the experience before they undergo the scan. The app can be especially useful for evaluating epilepsy cases. It �...
Source: radRounds - September 20, 2018 Category: Radiology Authors: Julie Morse Source Type: blogs