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Berwick: "You cannot achieve excellence in combat with your future workforce" - Hospital Dr article on comments after the

Berwick: "You cannot achieve excellence in combat with your future workforce" - Hospital Dr article on comments after the imposition of the junior doctor contract.
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk

"to truly improve health equity, we need to swim even further upstream and engage in advocacy for an entire population.

"to truly improve health equity, we need to swim even further upstream and engage in advocacy for an entire population. The WHO Commission on the Social Determinants of Health was explicit that to achieve health equity, we need to tackle the inequitable distribution of power, money and resources". Swimming...
Source: bmj.com

Royal colleges say that 40,000 deaths a year linked to air pollution and costs UK £20bn a year - Hospital Dr

Royal colleges say that 40,000 deaths a year linked to air pollution and costs UK £20bn a year - Hospital Dr
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk

How does England’s NHS pay for hospital stays? « Healthcare Economist

How does England’s NHS pay for hospital stays? « Healthcare Economist
Source: healthcare-economist.com

APOD: 2016 February 11 - LIGO Detects Gravitational Waves from Merging Black Holes

APOD: 2016 February 11 - LIGO Detects Gravitational Waves from Merging Black Holes
Source: nasa.gov

eLearning Modules will Die… and 702010 will hold the Smoking Gun: "When talking about technology and learning it’s hard

eLearning Modules will Die… and 702010 will hold the Smoking Gun: "When talking about technology and learning it’s hard not to think about elearning modules. They’ve been the bread and butter of digital learning solutions for decades and the industry behind them has helped many, including myself,...
Source: learnnovators.com

LIGO detects first ever gravitational waves – from two merging black holes - physicsworld.com

LIGO detects first ever gravitational waves – from two merging black holes - physicsworld.com
Source: physicsworld.com

Citable Items: The Contested Impact Factor Denominator: Thomson Reuters' approach of indexing by journal section and revising

Citable Items: The Contested Impact Factor Denominator: Thomson Reuters' approach of indexing by journal section and revising by demand leads to great inconsistencies across journals and inflates the Impact Factors of elite journals. The solution: remov...
Source: sspnet.org

Just finished reading Enabling Collaboration - a book on "achieving success through strategic alliances and partnerships"

Just finished reading Enabling Collaboration - a book on "achieving success through strategic alliances and partnerships" by Martin Echavarria (@coherence360). Getting things done invariably involves working with others and when those others are themselves complex organisations it requires some thought....
Source: enablingcollaboration.com

What are the Costs and Benefits of Providing Comprehensive Seven‐day Services for Emergency Hospital Admissions? Meacock,

What are the Costs and Benefits of Providing Comprehensive Seven‐day Services for Emergency Hospital Admissions? Meacock, Rachel. Doran, Tim. Sutton, Matt. Health Economics. "There is as yet no clear evidence that 7-day services will reduce weekend deaths or can be achieved without increasing weekday...
Source: wiley.com

ClinicFinder App for displaced people finding healthcare in Europe. Doctors of the World have released an App for those

ClinicFinder App for displaced people finding healthcare in Europe. Doctors of the World have released an App for those with the most need, the least information, and who find themselves in Europe. It is aimed at refugees and migrants and helps them find free primary healthcare and emergency services. There...
Source: clinicfinder.org

Outrage over Government block on publishing guidance on NHS safe staffing levels - Hospital Dr: NICE has published four

Outrage over Government block on publishing guidance on NHS safe staffing levels - Hospital Dr: NICE has published four evidence reviews on NHS safe staffing levels which it had been ordered to suppress by NHS England.
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk

Chief Executive at the GMC to stand down at the end of the year - Hospital Dr

Chief Executive at the GMC to stand down at the end of the year - Hospital Dr
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk

Delhi embraces car restrictions on key working day - BBC News: The first full day of car restrictions in the Indian capital,

Delhi embraces car restrictions on key working day - BBC News: The first full day of car restrictions in the Indian capital, Delhi, is largely observed - but how it affects pollution remains to be seen, writes Atish Patel.
Source: bbc.co.uk

French drug trial turns disastrous, leaving 1 brain dead and 5 hospitalized

French drug trial turns disastrous, leaving 1 brain dead and 5 hospitalized
Source: arstechnica.com

Bed blocking in Cornwall increases by 69% as new scheme fails - BBC News: A new health scheme designed to reduce the rate

Bed blocking in Cornwall increases by 69% as new scheme fails - BBC News: A new health scheme designed to reduce the rate of hospital bed blocking instead sees figures soar by 69%.
Source: bbc.co.uk

How can we use quality data to make Care Homes safer?: Dr Adam Gordon is Clinical Associate Professor in Medicine of Older

How can we use quality data to make Care Homes safer?: Dr Adam Gordon is Clinical Associate Professor in Medicine of Older People at The University of Nottingham and an Honorary Consultant Geriatrician at Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; he tweets @...
Source: wordpress.com

Exercise-based rehabilitation for coronary heart disease | Cochrane

Exercise-based rehabilitation for coronary heart disease | Cochrane
Source: cochrane.org

Cross-party NHS commission proposed to review health and care funding in England - Hospital Dr: A cross-party NHS commission

Cross-party NHS commission proposed to review health and care funding in England - Hospital Dr: A cross-party NHS commission to review future funding and structure of health and care services in England, will be proposed in the House of Commons.
Source: hospitaldr.co.uk

GNU Health 3.0 released. "GNU Health is a Free/Libre project for health practitioners, health institutions and governments.

GNU Health 3.0 released. "GNU Health is a Free/Libre project for health practitioners, health institutions and governments. Its modular design allows to be deployed in many different scenarios: from small private offices, to large, national public health systems. It covers the functionality of Electronic...
Source: gnu.org