Long Covid: the NHS plan for 2021/22
NHS England and NHS Improvement -A five-point plan including advice for clinicians and information for patients, post-Covid assessment clinics, and specialistonline rehabilitation support was published in October 2020. This plan outlines ten key next steps to be taken to support those suffering from long Covid.PlanNHS England and NHS Improvement - publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - June 17, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Covid-19 Source Type: blogs
Why do people with pain report differently on questionnaires than they do in physical performance testing?
One of the topics thrown around by people who don’t have an up-to-date understanding of pain is why people say one thing on a questionnaire, for example, what they can and can’t do, and perform quite differently when asked to do the same task in a clinic. It’s a good question, on the face of it: after all, people should know what they can and can’t do, and be consistent. If there is a difference, well obviously the physical performance test is far more objective than self-report – the therapist is right there watching, so there’s no room for doubt about which measure is The Most Accurate...
Source: HealthSkills Weblog - June 13, 2021 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: BronnieLennoxThompson Tags: Assessment Motivation Pain conditions Professional topics Science in practice malingering measurement performance testing Source Type: blogs
Amazon Eliminates Marijuana Screening for New Hires
Jeffrey Miron and Pedro Braga SoaresAmazon recentlyannounced that it will no longer include marijuana in the company ’s drug screening program for new hires (other than for positionsregulated by the Department of Transportation). Amazon says marijuana will instead be treated like alcohol, which means “impairment checks” on the job site and testing for all drugs and alcohol after job incidents.Drug screening and testing arewidespread in the US, covering nearlyhalf of all workplaces. But Amazon ’s announcement, and the recent spate ofmarijuana medicalizations and legalizations, have prompted discussion of who should ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - June 8, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: Jeffrey Miron, Pedro Braga Soares Source Type: blogs
In search of an evidence-based approach to occupational therapy practice education that would include simulation experiences
Simulation is a methodology used to replicate real-world tasks. Simulation provides experiences that lead to direct learning or that can be used as an assessment of competence. Such tasks have been used as a primary tactic in occupational therapy and other rehabilitation services since their inception - although they were generally applied in a therapeutic context. For example, an individual would learn how to dress themselves out of context to develop skill, and then that skill would be transferred to contextual learning. Sometimes, more esoterically, a simulated activity broken down into com...
Source: ABC Therapeutics Occupational Therapy Weblog - June 3, 2021 Category: Occupational Health Tags: OT Education OT practice policy Source Type: blogs
National stroke service model: integrated stroke delivery networks
NHS England - This document outlines best practice stroke care; from prevention initiatives aimed addressing health inequalities, more efficient diagnosis through improved imaging services, cutting-edge treatments and innovative rehabilitation and life after stroke services.DocumentMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - June 1, 2021 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Source Type: blogs
Research Professors & Research Associates positions at the BCBL- Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language
Research Professors& Research Associates positions at the BCBL- Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebasti án, Basque Country, Spain) www.bcbl.euThe Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language (San Sebasti án, Basque Country, Spain) offers Research Professors& Research Associates research fellow positions in seven main broad areas of research:- Language development across the life span- Speech perception, productions and disorders- Reading and dyslexia- Multilingualism- Neurodegeneration, brain damage and rehabilitation- Language and other cogni...
Source: Talking Brains - May 27, 2021 Category: Neuroscience Authors: Greg Hickok Source Type: blogs
Interrupting the Medical Ableism Feedback Loop
by Joseph Stramondo, PhD
The COVID-19 pandemic reveals systemic health inequities in ways that are hard to ignore. These inequities tracked race, class, and several other overlapping and interlocking oppressions, including ableism. Ableism roughly refers to an ideology that disrespects and unjustly disadvantages disabled people on account of their disability. Ableism can appear in the attitudes and beliefs of individual people or it can be “baked in” to a system of institutions and practices. Systemic ableism was most apparent early on in the pandemic, in the way cris...
Source: blog.bioethics.net - May 19, 2021 Category: Medical Ethics Authors: Blog Editor Tags: Disability Featured Posts Health Disparities Justice ableism Disability, Chronic Conditions and Rehabilitation social determinants of health Social Justice Source Type: blogs
Trial By Error: Journal Editorial Calls for Caution in Exercise-Based Rehab Programs for Long COVID
By David Tuller, DrPH The Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy recently published an editorial called “Humility and Acceptance: Working Within Our Limits With Long COVID and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.” The editorial emerged from a collaboration between rehabilitation specialists and patients, mostly from Canada. It confronts the conundrum of whether those experiencing […] (Source: virology blog)
Source: virology blog - May 15, 2021 Category: Virology Authors: David Tuller Tags: Uncategorized Journal of Orthopaedic & Sports Physical Therapy Long Covid Simon Decary Source Type: blogs
A Unique Partnership Delivers Acute and Holistic Home Care
Mayo Clinic, Kaiser Permanente, and Medically Home join forces to offer patients the best of both worlds, forging a partnership that has the potential to redefine the hospital industry.John Halamka, M.D., president, Mayo Clinic Platform, and Paul Cerrato, senior research analyst and communications specialist, Mayo Clinic Platform, wrote this article.One of the problems facing most patients who require hospital admission is removing their familiar surroundings and emotional supports. While these resources might be considered less critical than specialized clinical expertise, there ' s little doubt that these "less important...
Source: Life as a Healthcare CIO - May 14, 2021 Category: Information Technology Source Type: blogs
The New Deal and Recovery, Part 13: Fear Itself (Continued)
George Selgin(This post continuesmy discussion of the " regime uncertainty " hypothesis, according to which theNew Deal hampered recovery by causing businessmen to fear policy changes that might render their investments unprofitable.)Insull ' s MonstrosityThe 1935 Revenue Act wasn ' t the only measure that had businessmen and investors shuddering that August. Less than a week after it became law, FDR signed the still-more controversialPublic Utility Holding Company Act, granting the SEC the power to break up the nation ' s utility holding companies.On the eve of the Depression,Paul Mahoney explains, most U.S. electric and ...
Source: Cato-at-liberty - April 30, 2021 Category: American Health Authors: George Selgin Source Type: blogs
First Brain-Computer Robotic Stroke Rehab System Authorized by FDA
Neurolutions, a company with offices in Santa Cruz, CA and St. Louis, MO, won FDA de novo authorization to introduce its IpsiHand stroke rehab system in the United States. This is the first approval of a brain-computer interface technology for the rehabilitation of stroke patients, and it promises a faster and more complete recovery of hand function in many patients.
The IpsiHand system takes advantage of the uninjured side of the brain to trigger the opening and closing of a robotic exoskeleton placed over the affected arm. The patient wears a brain-wave detecting EEG headset that interprets the relevant signals a...
Source: Medgadget - April 29, 2021 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Medgadget Editors Tags: Neurology Rehab Source Type: blogs
Sympathy for the Devil
As the aptly named Mr. Chauvin awaits sentencing, I get the impression that many people think he will get a much longer sentence than is likely to be the case. I ' ve read up on this a bit and while the statute in Minnesota allows up to 40 years for second degree murder, in fact the guidance for a first time offender is only 12 1/2 years. Lest you be too outraged, the definition of the crime for which he was convicted does not include that he intended to cause death. (About that question we cannot know.) Since there are hints the judge is sympathetic to him, it ' s doubtful he ' ll impose a longer sentence than ...
Source: Stayin' Alive - April 22, 2021 Category: American Health Source Type: blogs
What Would The Ideal Hospital Look Like?
If your imagination could run wild, how would you envision the future of hospitals? Hi-tech big machines, physicians analysing data obtained from patients’ devices, LED screens greeting visitors by their names using facial recognition, virtual patient visits, and robots leading operations… Well, experts have pretty much the same idea. Recently we wrote a lot about the future of hospitals. We emphasised the importance of good design both inside and outside the point of care. We imagined that these institutions will become “health centres for patients for preventing diseases, for acute care patients and for patient...
Source: The Medical Futurist - April 20, 2021 Category: Information Technology Authors: Judit Kuszkó Tags: Covid-19 Forecast Lifestyle medicine Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Digital Health Research E-Patients Future of Medicine Health Sensors & Trackers Healthcare Design Healthcare Policy Medical Education Personalized Medicine Po Source Type: blogs
Fight Aging! Newsletter, April 19th 2021
In conclusion, airway pressure treatment and adherence are independently associated with lower odds of incident AD diagnoses in older adults. Results suggest that treatment of OSA may reduce risk of subsequent dementia. (Source: Fight Aging!)
Source: Fight Aging! - April 18, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Reason Tags: Newsletters Source Type: blogs
