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Medicines information for your iPod

Published by Bruce on November 11, 2006 in Informatics. 0 responses

The variety of health-related multimedia available for your iPod (or other MP3 player) and online amusement continues to grow. First we had healthcare podcasts, then health news videocasts from the BBC, followed by 999 (111, 911) advice to store on your iPod. Soon your iPod will help you understand how to take your medicine.
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999 advice on your iPod

Published by Bruce on April 21, 2006 in Informatics. 0 responses

As reported by the BBC, the Sussex Ambulance Service NHS Trust are providing MP3-based first aid advice on how to deal with common and potentially serious situations (such as fits, collapses and resuscitation). This joins first aid advice available as a podcast on the iTunes Music Store by St. John's Ambulance.
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BBC testing health-news video podcasts

Published by Bruce on January 3, 2006 in Informatics. 0 responses

A while back I commented on the rise of healthcare-related audio podcasts. I nearly missed the fact that the BBC have, since November 2004, been beta testing BBC News Player feeds. Among the test feeds is one for health stories. This feed contains footage from BBC's TV news reports so differs in content from the existing text-only health-news feed from the news.bbc.co.uk site.
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Podcasting meets healthcare

Published by Bruce on October 5, 2005 in Informatics. 0 responses

Podcasting (from broadcasting + iPod) has become something of a phenomenon. As of today there are 304 podcasts in the "Health" category on the iTunes Music Store and most are free. True, some podcasts may be of dubious value, but there are some by well-regarded institutions. For example, the Mayo Clinic enlightens you on "Understanding infertility", or St. John Ambulance on "How to conduct a primary survey".
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QOF checklist and Read Codes

Published by Bruce on February 25, 2005 in Informatics. 4 responses

The New General Medical Services Contract (nGMS) for NHS general practitioners changes the way GPs are remunerated. Under the contract GPs are paid performance-related income according to a Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)—essentially a list of clinical and other standards associated with points (income) for achieving certain target thresholds. One of the informatics challenges of nGMS is therefore the recording of activity in a consistent and efficient manner.
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Guidelines: a solution for guideline overload

Published by Bruce on June 21, 2004 in Informatics. 0 responses

As previously raised, there are many competing guidelines (NICE, NSF, PCT, etc.) and formularies (Clinical Terms, prescribing) that clinicians must take account of at the point-of-care. Most clinical systems used in British general practice offer templates to prompt data entry and pick-list formularies for prescribing and coding, but these only go so far. How can a practice take account of this competing management advice to streamline and standardize patient care? The answer, somewhat paradoxically, may be to produce another guideline...
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