Royal College of Physicians support AllTrials
Royal College of Physicians statementThe Council of the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) has agreed to support the principles of the ‘All trials registered, all trials reported’ campaign.This reflects the RCP’s commitment towards delivering greater transparency for the benefit of patient care. Greater clinical trials transparency will aid scientific progress and in turn benefit patient care.In signing up to the campaign, the RCP is keen to stress the urgency with which the community must determine how clinical trial transparency should be delivered. There are important questions around the appropriate scope, ra...
Source: PharmaGossip - May 18, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
The medical patient at risk: recognition and care of the seriously ill or deteriorating medical patient
This toolkit recommends that patients admitted as emergencies should
only transfer out of the acute medical unit to a ward area that has
facilities to meet their clinical needs. It makes recommendations for
the use of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS), launched by the RCP
in 2012, in order to rapidly identify patients who are severely ill or
at risk of sudden deterioration.
Toolkit
NEWS
Outline clinical response to NEWS triggers
Systemic inflammatory response syndrome, sepsis and shock
Factors increasing a patient's risk of acute kidney injury
Royal College of Physicians - news (Source: Health Manage...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - May 9, 2013 Category: UK Health Authors: The King's Fund Information & Library Service Tags: Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: blogs
Do you smoke?
Smoking may be a sign of psychiatric illness, says report, after a third of smokers are found to have a mental disorder - Health News - Health & Families - The Independent
Smoking may be a sign of psychiatric illness, experts say. Doctors should routinely consider referring people who smoke to mental health services, in case they need treatment, they add.
The controversial recommendation from the British Lung Foundation, a charity, comes in response to a major report, Smoking and Mental Health, published this week by the Royal College of Physicians and the Royal College of Psychiatrists with the Faculty of Public Health....
Source: PharmaGossip - April 26, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: insider Source Type: blogs
ACCME Launches International Academy for CPD Accreditation and other ACCME News
This month, the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) has been busy with a number of activities and announcements. Below is a summary of some of the events, activities, and other information regarding the CME industry and stakeholders contained in their March 2013 newsletter.
International Academy for CME/CPD Accreditation Leaders
The ACCME and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada have joined together to create the International Academy for CPD Accreditation. The purpose of the Academy is to provide an opportunity for interchange for leaders serving in continuing medical e...
Source: Policy and Medicine - April 11, 2013 Category: Health Medicine and Bioethics Commentators Authors: Thomas Sullivan Source Type: blogs
Report of the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust public inquiry
This report is the result of a public inquiry into the commissioning,
supervisory and regulatory bodies in the monitoring of Mid
Staffordshire hospital between January 2005 and March 2009. Following
the earlier NHS inquiry in 2010, this report considers why the serious
problems at the trust were not identified and acted on sooner, and
identifies important lessons to be learnt for the future of patient
care. It makes 290 recommendations designed to change the culture of
care in the NHS; strengthen leadership; and improve openness and
transparency.
Final report
Press release
Further reading
The King's Fund - ...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - February 7, 2013 Category: UK Health Authors: The King's Fund Information & Library Service Source Type: blogs
UK Pharma & Docs Inch Toward Payment Disclosure
The push for greater transparency about financial ties between the pharmaceutical industry and physicians has prompted a collection of 20 medical and industry trade organizations to develop a template for disclosing payments made by drugmakers to doctors. Specific information to be disclosed, however, has not yet been decided while a so-called consultation is under way.
“This consultation is intended to establish whether there is, in principle, support for a publically available, single, searchable system for disclosure of payments that is inclusive of all commercial life science organisations working in healthcare,̶...
Source: Pharmalot - January 29, 2013 Category: Pharma Commentators Authors: Ed Silverman Tags: Uncategorized ABPI Conflicts of Interest Royal College of Physicians Source Type: blogs
