Recording These Results Will Pose An Interesting Challenge For The #myHealthRecord I Suspect.
This popped up last week: NSW Pathology to deploy PixCell ’s HemoScreen devices for point-of-care testing Dean Koh | 02 Dec 2020 PixCell Medical, maker of a rapid diagnostic product, announced that NSW Pathology, the provider of public pathology services for the New South Wales (NSW) government, will deploy PixCell’s HemoScreen hematology analyzer for rapid, lab-accurate Complete Blood Count (CBC) testing, accessible at the point of care. PixCell has worked closely with NSW Health Pathology over the past year to evaluate the HemoScreen and the public pathology service provider is ready to implement the point-of-care te...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - December 10, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Digital technology and health inequalities: a scoping review
This report, published jointly by Public Health Wales and the King ’s Fund, explores how a lack of access, skills and motivation for using digital technologies could contribute to inequalities in health and other outcomes. It explores approaches to reduce widening differences between groups.ReportPublic Health Wales - news (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - December 4, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Digital health and data Public health and health inequalities Source Type: blogs
A strategic approach to social care data in Wales: report on the discovery phase
This report, following a rapid review of the existing data landscape, ambitions, challenges and opportunities, outlines a suggested approach to developing a national data strategy for social care.ReportSocial Care Wales - publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - December 3, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Social care Source Type: blogs
Vertical integration of GP practices with acute hospitals in England and Wales: rapid evaluation
This report, commissioned by the National Institute for Health Research and undertaken together with the Health Services Management Centre at the University of Birmingham and the Health Services Research Group at the University of Cambridge, evaluates what has led to this kind of vertical integration in England and Wales, how it has been implemented, and with what consequences.ReportMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - December 1, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Integrated care, collaboration and partnership Source Type: blogs
Wills Formalities Beyond COVID-19: An Australian-United States Perspective
Bridget J. Crawford (Pace University), Kelly Purser (Queensland University), Tina Cockburn (Queensland University), Wills Formalities Beyond COVID-19: An Australian-United States Perspective, 5 U. New S. Wales L. J. Forum (2020): Executing a valid will during the COVID-19 pandemic can be... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - November 18, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Wills Formalities Beyond COVID-19: An Australian-United States Perspective
Kelly Purser (Queensland University), Tina Cockburn (Queensland University), Bridget J. Crawford (Pace University), Wills Formalities Beyond COVID-19: An Australian-United States Perspective, 5 U. New S. Wales L.J. Forum (2020): Executing a valid will during the COVID-19 pandemic can be difficult,... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - November 16, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Advancing Reproductive Rights through Legal Reform: The Example of Abortion Clinic Safe Access Zones
Ronli Sifris (Monash University), Tania Penovic (Monash University), Caroline Henckels (Monash University), Advancing Reproductive Rights through Legal Reform: The Example of Abortion Clinic Safe Access Zones, 43 (3) U. New S. Wales L. J. (2020): The past two decades have... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - October 29, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
How coronavirus has affected equality and human rights
This report summarises evidence that helps to understand the effects of the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic on different groups in society. It highlights potential long-term risks to equality and human rights covering key issues in the areas of: work; poverty; education; social care; and justice and personal security. It makes targeted recommendations for the UK, Scottish and Welsh Governments to ensure equality and human rights considerations are integrated into the policy response to the pandemic.ReportMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - October 20, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Equality and diversity Source Type: blogs
Updating ethnic contrasts in deaths involving the coronavirus (COVID-19), England and Wales: deaths occurring 2 March to 28 July 2020
This report confirms that when adjusting for age, rates of death involving Covid-19 remain greater for most ethnic minority groups, and most notably so for people of Black African, Black Caribbean, Bangladeshi and Pakistani ethnic background. The statistical modelling shows that a large proportion of the difference in the risk of Covid-19 mortality between ethnic groups can be explained by demographic, geographical and socioeconomic factors. It also found that although specific pre-existing conditions place people at greater risk of Covid-19 mortality generally, it does not explain the remaining ethnic background differenc...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - October 19, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Local authorities, public health and health inequalities Source Type: blogs
Female Health Practitioners Disciplined for Sexual Misconduct
Jenni Millbank (University of Sydney), Female Health Practitioners Disciplined for Sexual Misconduct, 43 U. New S. Wales L. Rev (2020): Within a broader study of Australian tribunal determinations concerning sexual misconduct by the five major health professions (2010 –2017) it became... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - October 13, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Prevalence of Advance Care Planning Documentation in Australian Health and Residential Aged Care Services: Report 2019
Karen Detering (Austin Health), Craig Sinclair (University of New South Wales), Ben White (Queensland University of Technology), Linda Nolte, Kim Buck, Marcus Sellars, Helana Kelly, Prevalence of Advance Care Planning Documentation in Australian Health and Residential Aged Care Services: Report... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - October 11, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
This Looks Like A Pretty Useful Project In These COVIDTimes.
This appeared last week: Real time GP data to be used for Australian COVID-19 management Led by the Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre, the project will compile data from 500 practices to map the impact of the pandemic on the country's health system. By Asha Barbaschow | August 17, 2020 -- 01:12 GMT (11:12 AEST) | Topic: Innovation Data from general practices across New South Wales and Victoria is being compiled to build a real-time reporting system that shows where and how COVID-19 is impacting Australia's health system. The project is led by the Digital Health Cooperative Research Centre (CRC), which is comprised...
Source: Australian Health Information Technology - August 25, 2020 Category: Information Technology Authors: Dr David G More MB PhD Source Type: blogs
Advance Care Planning in Australia during the COVID-19 Outbreak: Now More Important Than Ever
Craig Sinclair (University of New South Wales), Linda Nolte, Ben White (Queensland University of Technology), Karen Detering (Austin Health), Advance Care Planning in Australia during the COVID-19 Outbreak: Now More Important Than Ever, 50 (8) Internal Med. J. 918 (2020):... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - August 24, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Deleting Health Research Data Under the GDPR and the Law of Confidence of England and Wales
Khaled El Emam (University of Ottawa), Ruth Boardman, Phil Bradley-Schmieg, Deleting Health Research Data Under the GDPR and the Law of Confidence of England and Wales, SSRN: Health researchers and public health professionals need to understand when they have to... (Source: HealthLawProf Blog)
Source: HealthLawProf Blog - August 18, 2020 Category: Medical Law Authors: Katharine Van Tassel Source Type: blogs
Hear us: the experiences of refugee and asylum-seeking women during the pandemic
Sisters Not Strangers - Sisters Not Strangers, a coalition of eight organisations, surveyed over 100 asylumseeking women from England and Wales to hear how they are surviving during the Covid-19 pandemic. The survey was completed by women seeking and refused asylum, as well as those with leave to remain. These responses were supplemented by a survey of 24 staff and volunteers who have been supporting asylum-seeking women since the outbreak.ReportMore detail (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - August 11, 2020 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Library Tags: Equality and diversity Source Type: blogs
