Managing risk in health and care this winter: update
This report assesses NHS planning for the upcoming winter season and finds whilst the level of planning and support is more developed than last year, the system still requires emergency funding to ensure patient safety. NHS Providers warns that a failure to make an emergency investment of £200-£350 million will lead to longer patient waiting times and increased patient safety risks. ReportPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - September 4, 2017 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: NHS finances and productivity NHS measurement and performance Patient safety Source Type: blogs
The Top Telemedicine Solutions Bringing Patients and Doctors Closer To Each Other
Telemedicine fulfills a natural demand in the digital age: how to bring patients and doctors closer to each other without the need to lose long hours through traveling, but gain all the benefits of healthcare. Telemedicine should become such an integral part of the healthcare system in the future that it would not be labeled as “telemedicine” anymore but just another ordinary way to talk to peers or patients. Until that happens, let’s see the top telemedicine solutions out there.
The “teledactyl” wanted to feel patients at a distance
Telemedicine is usually depicted as a new technology that needs to be pushed int...
Source: The Medical Futurist - August 16, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Telemedicine digital health future gc4 Health 2.0 Healthcare Hospital mhealth Personalized medicine technology Source Type: blogs
Combined performance summary: April 2017
NHS England - This publication summarises the data around NHS performance for April 2017. It finds that the long-term trend of increased demand on urgent and emergency care and elective activity continues and that waiting time standards for A&E waiting times, ambulance response times and cancer waiting times were not met.ReportNHS England news (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - June 12, 2017 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: NHS measurement and performance Source Type: blogs
10 Ways Artificial Intelligence Could Make Me a Better Doctor
Artificial intelligence (AI) will redesign complete healthcare systems in the near future, but it will also impact the life of the “average doctor” positively. Let me show you 10 ways AI could make me better at my job.
AI for a more efficient healthcare
Automation through AI, robotics or 3D-printing will make healthcare more efficient and more sustainable. These new digital technologies will improve healthcare processes resulting in the earlier and more efficient treatment of patients. It will eventually shift the focus in medicine from treatment to prevention. Moreover, medical professionals will get the chanc...
Source: The Medical Futurist - June 8, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: TMF Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine AI future gc4 Health Healthcare Innovation List medical technology Source Type: blogs
Value-sizing The Patient Experience
The following is a guest blog post by Sarah Bennight, Marketing Strategist for Stericycle Communication Solutions, as part of the Communication Solutions Series of blog posts. Follow and engage with them on Twitter: @StericycleComms
In health IT, we talk about the patient experience all the time. Many of us have dedicated our entire careers to improving the patient experience. It has become so central to improving healthcare that patient-reported experience results determine a significant portion of reimbursement.
But today’s patient experiences do beg the question: are they a pie in the sky dream or something tangible...
Source: EMR and HIPAA - June 8, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: Guest Blogger Tags: Care Management System Digital Health Healthcare Healthcare Communication HealthCare IT mHealth Patients Communication Solutions Series Health Care Communications Patient Communication Patient Experience Sarah Bennight Stericycle Source Type: blogs
Using Watson to Diagnose Skin Cancer: Interview with IBM Computer Vision Scientist, Noel Codella
With an approximate 100,000 people in the US diagnosed with melanoma each year and a total of 5 million diagnosed with a variety of other skin cancers, a lot of research has gone into improving current methods of early detection and speeding up diagnoses. Unfortunately, in addition to a highly-trained pair of eyes and significant waiting time, physicians require skin biopsies to confidently diagnose a skin lesion as melanoma, the deadliest form of the skin cancers. Thankfully, researchers at IBM have been studying how to take advantage of Watson’s computing capabilities, combined with recent advances in machine learning ...
Source: Medgadget - June 8, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Mohammad Saleh Tags: Dermatology Exclusive Informatics Oncology Source Type: blogs
Peek into the Future of Hospitals: Smart Design, Technologies and Our Homes
A simple, round table with a desktop computer and a projector, where the patient and the doctor have their friendly chat. Whenever an examination is necessary, they cross the “blue line” in the room indicating the “boundaries of the clinic” elegantly. It’s definitely not rocket science, but the patient satisfaction index is soaring. What’s the secret?
Radboud University Medical Centre & Cleveland Clinic leading the way into the future of hospitals
The scenery takes place at the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department of Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen in the Netherlands. The head of the departm...
Source: The Medical Futurist - June 6, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Healthcare Design architecture future of hospital gc4 hospital design Innovation technology Source Type: blogs
2016 adult inpatient survey: statistical release
This report outlines the findings of the 2016 adult inpatient survey which illustrates the experiences of care of over 77,000 patients who received care in an NHS hospital during July 2016. It provides a snapshot of the quality of care in NHS hospitals and finds that patient experience has remained relatively stable since 2006. The report identifies significant improvements in the quality of communication and confidence in medical staff however it warns that there are a substantial amount of areas which have shown decline such as patient involvement, waiting times and post-discharge care.ReportFurther information (Source: ...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - May 31, 2017 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Patient involvement, experience and feedback Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: blogs
NHS pressures
British Medical Association (BMA) -This briefing warns that the NHS in England is unlikely to recover from the pressure it faces during the winter, with trends suggesting that the health system is entering a state of year-round crisis. The analysis of NHS performance data shows that bed occupancy, delayed transfers of care and A&E waiting times are all increasing and that key performance targets are consistently not being met across the health system.BriefingPress release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - May 30, 2017 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: NHS measurement and performance Patient involvement, experience and feedback Patient safety Source Type: blogs
Technology for Addiction Treatment and Recovery
Text based recovery options might be a solid supplemental option for addiction recovery.
“Terence…understands the many variables of addiction and applies them to his feedback,” writes A.N. “He’s been an invaluable part of my recovery process.”
While this type of therapist review may not be unusual, this one is unique because it comes from a user of the text-based online therapy provider, BetterHelp.
Along with Talkspace, BetterHelp and other online therapy providers are growing in popularity, with each service boasting thousands of subscribers. The services offer unlimited text-based mes...
Source: World of Psychology - May 19, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Psych Central Staff Tags: Addiction Alcoholism Disorders Publishers Recovery Substance Abuse Technology The Fix Treatment Addiction Recovery addiction support Addiction Treatment betterhelp Online Therapy Renée Fabian talkspace Therapists therapy Source Type: blogs
Election briefing: quality of care in the NHS
The Health Foundation -This briefing focuses on the quality of care in the English NHS. It finds that waiting times for many NHS urgent and emergency services in England were at their worst in 2016/17 for the last five years, but there is so far little evidence that the quality of care for some of the big killers – like heart attack, stroke and cancer – is deteriorating.BriefingThe Health Foundation - publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - May 11, 2017 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Patient involvement, experience and feedback Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: blogs
A Day at The Future of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Healthcare Conference
At the end of April leaders and innovators from the fields of artificial intelligence and healthcare gathered in Old Street—London’s digital tech hub, affectionately known as “silicon roundabout.” The event was hosted by Innovatemedtec in partnership with Aviva Ventures and brought together participants from academia, industry, and London’s substantial start-up scene.
The day began with a keynote address from Rabin Yaghoubi, Chief Commercial Officer at Babylon Health. Rabin’s team at Babylon created an AI-powered virtual physician app that boasts over 750,000 users worldwide. The keynote introduced a r...
Source: Medgadget - May 10, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Tom Peach Tags: Exclusive Source Type: blogs
Health Affairs May Issue: ACA Coverage, Access, Medicaid & More
This study complements other work on this subject, suggesting that Medicaid patients face some additional barriers in the receipt of care.
Weak relationship between physician price and quality
As a rule, consumers expect that “you get what you pay for.” To find out if this adage holds true for health care, Eric Roberts and coauthors from Harvard Medical School examined the association between physician practices’ commercial prices for office visits and the quality of care provided, using national data from the 2013 Medicare Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers Survey (CAHPS) and linked Medicare claims for surv...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - May 1, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Lucy Larner Tags: Elsewhere@ Health Affairs Health Affairs journal Source Type: blogs
What Has Digital Health Ever Done For Us? Well, At Least 60 Things!
I have 60 responses to the pressing question on every skeptic, healthcare-oriented person’s mind: what has digital health ever done for us?
I’m sure you remember the scene from one of the most brilliant Monty Python movies ever made: Life of Brian. The insurgent commando plans the abduction of Pilate’s wife in return for all the horrors they had to endure from the Roman Empire. And then they ask the rhetorical question: what have they ever done for them. Apart from sanitation, medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system and public health, what have the Romans ever done for them?
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Source: The Medical Futurist - April 25, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Healthcare Design 3d printing AI artificial intelligence augmented reality digital health GC1 genetics genomics Innovation nanotechnology robotics sensors social media virtual reality Source Type: blogs
OnkoNetwork Drastically Reduces Pre-Treatment Waiting Time For Oncology Patients
Since the introduction of a special software and optimization of patient management practices in November 2015, in the Hungarian county of Kaposvár the average time from the discovery of a cancerous disease until the actual medical consultation about the treatment plan has been reduced drastically from 54 to 21 days. Those 33 days could mean the difference between life and death. Sometimes you do not need pricey or hyper-high-tech solutions for making a difference in healthcare. Sometimes it is enough if you respond to patients’ needs by optimizing processes. Let’s see how OnkoNetwork, the first Hungarian patient mana...
Source: The Medical Futurist - March 23, 2017 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Future of Medicine Healthcare Design gc4 Source Type: blogs
