A Digitally Caring Environment: The Internet of Things in Hospitals
What do hospital beds tell about patients? How does an „indoor GPS”-system work? How could sensors and connected devices enhance both patient experience and medical resource efficiency? Here, we tell you everything about IoT within the walls of health facilities.
Emergency drones, Fitbits, and chatty hospital-beds
In April 2045, Paul was walking down the street with her 4-year-old daughter, Lily, in downtown Boston. They were heading to the ice cream & deli at the corner of the square two minutes from their home. Suddenly, the man experienced chest pain, started to breathe heavily and collapsed. Lily looked shocked...
Source: The Medical Futurist - January 24, 2019 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Health Sensors & Trackers Healthcare Design AI connected digital digital health digital health sensors doctor future of hospital IoT patient smart smart algorithm Source Type: blogs
NHS financial sustainability
This report concludes that the existence of substantial deficits in some parts of the system, offset by surpluses elsewhere coupled with growing waiting lists and year-on-year increases in waiting times, does not paint a picture that is sustainable. It also outlines the risk that extra funding will not be used effectively due to staff shortages as more money may be used to pay expensive agency staff or will go unspent as individual health care providers may not be able to recruit the staff to deliver additional activity.ReportNational Audit Office - press release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - January 18, 2019 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: NHS finances and productivity Source Type: blogs
How is the NHS performing? December 2018 quarterly monitoring report
This report once more finds that patients are waiting too long for care and NHS trusts and CCGs remain under tremendous financial pressure. Midway through 2018/19 we are seeing waits for routine and emergency care that have not been seen for a decade, and half of NHS providers are forecasting a financial deficit.ReportThe King's Fund - press release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - December 21, 2018 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Mental Health NHS finances and productivity NHS measurement and performance Source Type: blogs
Access to children and young people ’s mental health services: 2018
This report examines access to specialist services, waiting times for treatment, and provision for those children that are not able to receive treatment. The report uses Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to providers of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) and local authorities in England.ReportMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - October 8, 2018 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Mental Health Source Type: blogs
Wireless and Scanning – The Clarius Portable Ultrasound Review
Can you imagine making an ultrasound scan on your kitchen table? No need for a doctor’s appointment, no waiting time, no travel costs. With the appearance of pocket-sized and user-friendly diagnostic devices, such as the Clarius wireless portable ultrasound, it’s already possible. The Medical Futurist had the chance to test the mind-boggling technology able to revolutionize diagnostics. Here’s our great Clarius review.
When everyday heroes meet science fiction turned reality
On a partly cloudy September morning, The Medical Futurist team visited an ambulance crew in the Hungarian capital. We brought the experts two t...
Source: The Medical Futurist - September 27, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Medical Professionals Portable Diagnostics Researchers Telemedicine & Smartphones clarius clinical digital innovation future Health Healthcare portable ultrasound review technology Source Type: blogs
The Digital Health Buzzword Radar
Data-driven haircare, blockchain-enabled long island ice tea or artificially intelligent toilet paper: the buzzwords of our time seem to be everywhere, and digital health is no exception. Sometimes it even seems to be the breeding ground of overhyped technologies and overmarketing. Here, we collected the most often used digital health buzzwords and placed them on our buzzword radar.
Digital health is ripe for hype
As digital health is gaining momentum, more and more companies come forward with their disruptive ideas; or at least with their claims about having built disruptive digital health solutions. For the reason that o...
Source: The Medical Futurist - September 19, 2018 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Bioethics Business Future of Medicine Medical Professionals Patients Policy Makers Researchers AI artificial intelligence big data blockchain buzzword deep learning digital health DTC Genetic testing genetics genomics H Source Type: blogs
6 Questions to Help You Simplify and Focus on What Truly Matters This Fall
“Don’t be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of. One man gets only a week’s value out of a year while another man gets a full year’s value out of a week.”
Charles Richards
There are many important things in life.
Your family and friends. A hobby perhaps. Working out and staying healthy. The most important relationship in your life. And reading, learning and growing as a person.
But finding the time for what is most important in life is not always easy. It sometimes feels like there aren’t enough hours in the day.
But even if it may not feel like it, there are often ...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - September 13, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Happiness Personal Development Productivity Relaxation Success Source Type: blogs
6 Questions to Help You Simplify and Focus on What Truly Matters
“Don’t be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of. One man gets only a week’s value out of a year while another man gets a full year’s value out of a week.”
Charles Richards
There are many important things in life.
Your family and friends. A hobby perhaps. Working out and staying healthy. The most important relationship in your life. And reading, learning and growing as a person.
But finding the time for what is most important in life is not always easy. It sometimes feels like there aren’t enough hours in the day.
But even if it may not feel like it, there are often ...
Source: Practical Happiness and Awesomeness Advice That Works | The Positivity Blog - September 13, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Henrik Edberg Tags: Happiness Personal Development Productivity Relaxation Success Source Type: blogs
As I ’ve always suspected, Health Care = Communism + Frappuccinos
By MATTHEW HOLT
Happy 15th birthday THCB! Yes, 15 years ago today this little blog opened for business and changed my life (and at least impacted a few others). Later this week we are going to celebrate and tell you a bit more about what the next 15 years (really?) of THCB might look like. But for now, I’m rerunning a few of my favorite pieces from the mid-2000s, the golden age of blogging. Today I present “Health Care = Communism + Frappuccinos”, one of my favorites about the relationship between government and private sector originally published here on Jan7, 2005. And like the Medicare one from last we...
Source: The Health Care Blog - August 12, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: matthew holt Tags: Matthew Holt OP-ED 15th Birthday Celebration Commumism Frappuchinos Source Type: blogs
“Easy” is the Secret to Family Meals: Five Tools I Use
It’s no secret. I’m a fan of family meals. Eating together as a family while sitting around a table (in front of a TV doesn’t count) has been shown to reduce the odds that kids will be overweight, enhance their school performance, brighten their mood and decrease risky behavior. The reasons for these seemingly magical results are partially due to better nutrition but are also influenced by the conversations that naturally happen when a family joins together around a meal.
When I encourage busy moms and dads to make mealtime a family affair, I often get the response, “We want to have family meals, bu...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - July 10, 2018 Category: Child Development Authors: Alan Greene MD Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Family Dinner Family Meal Family Nutrition Source Type: blogs
Easy is the Secret to Family Meals: Five Tools I Use
It’s no secret. I’m a fan of family meals. Eating together as a family while sitting around a table (in front of a TV doesn’t count) has been shown to reduce the odds that kids will be overweight, enhance their school performance, brighten their mood and decrease risky behavior. The reasons for these seemingly magical results are partially due to better nutrition but are also influenced by the conversations that naturally happen when a family joins together around a meal.
When I encourage busy moms and dads to make mealtime a family affair, I often get the response, “We want to have family meals, bu...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - July 10, 2018 Category: Child Development Authors: Alan Greene MD Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Family Dinner Family Meal Family Nutrition Source Type: blogs
“Easy” is the Secret to Family Meals: Five Tools I Use
It’s no secret. I’m a fan of family meals. Eating together as a family while sitting around a table (in front of a TV doesn’t count) has been shown to reduce the odds that kids will be overweight, enhance their school performance, brighten their mood and decrease risky behavior. The reasons for these seemingly magical results are partially due to better nutrition but are also influenced by the conversations that naturally happen when a family joins together around a meal.
When I encourage busy moms and dads to make mealtime a family affair, I often get the response, “We want to have family meals, but we just don’...
Source: Conversations with Dr Greene - July 10, 2018 Category: Child Development Authors: Dr. Alan Greene Tags: Dr. Greene's Blog Family Dinner Family Meal Family Nutrition Source Type: blogs
Reports vs policy
New reports suggest the NHS needs 4% minimum cash injection to survive – will HMRC play ball? Related items fromOnMedica Fewer staff in NHS needed to get finances balanced Fund NHS standards or change them, warn NHS Providers Winter A&E waiting time cases quadruple over seven years Get real on the challenges facing the NHS, party political leaders told Excess workload prompts GP fears of missing serious illness in patients (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - June 7, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
‘The Price Ain’t Right’
A satirical take on the serious issues raised by the Institute for Fiscal Studies report on health funding Related items fromOnMedica GP contract for England brings overall 3.4% increase GPs warn government: fund service properly or it will collapse GMC warns of 'state of unease' amongst doctors Winter A&E waiting time cases quadruple over seven years Doctors unveils plan to ‘save’ general practice (Source: OnMedica Blogs)
Source: OnMedica Blogs - May 29, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: blogs
