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Missing GP records in Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk 'total 9,000' - BBC News: More than 9,000 patients' records have gone missing

Missing GP records in Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk 'total 9,000' - BBC News: More than 9,000 patients' records have gone missing since private firm Capita took over NHS file transferring services, a BBC survey shows.
Source: bbc.co.uk

Virgin Care given £700m health contract in Bath and North East Somerset - BBC News: A contract to provide community health

Virgin Care given £700m health contract in Bath and North East Somerset - BBC News: A contract to provide community health and care in Bath and North East Somerset over the next seven years is approved for Virgin Care.
Source: bbc.co.uk

In Celebration of Open Data | PLOS Biologue:   It’s not every day I get to write something that is just fun. In celebration

In Celebration of Open Data | PLOS Biologue:   It’s not every day I get to write something that is just fun. In celebration of OpenCon, and to recognise all of the fantastic articles that we’ve published at PLOS with a focus on Data Sharing across all of the PLOS journals, we’re really excited...
Source: plos.org

Man snaps gnome 15,000 times to improve road safety - BBC News: A garden gnome is being used in a one-man photographic campaign

Man snaps gnome 15,000 times to improve road safety - BBC News: A garden gnome is being used in a one-man photographic campaign to improve road drainage.
Source: bbc.co.uk

E-learning predictions for 2017. Joining the folly of futurists and pollsters here are my e-learning predictions for 2017.

blog post image E-learning predictions for 2017. Joining the folly of futurists and pollsters here are my e-learning predictions for 2017. I'm looking forward to engaging with as many of them as I can. Conversational technology. Why not have immediate access and personal learning support on platforms through messaging...
Source: agnate.co.uk

Why Technology Will Not Get Cheaper: The long-desired hope that digital publishing will be cheaper gets more cold water,

Why Technology Will Not Get Cheaper: The long-desired hope that digital publishing will be cheaper gets more cold water, as infrastructure and personnel costs continue to rise, with no real end in sight.
Source: sspnet.org

The Causes and Consequences of a Need for Self-Esteem: A Terror Management Theory Jeff Greenberg. Tom Pyszczynski. Sheldon

The Causes and Consequences of a Need for Self-Esteem: A Terror Management Theory Jeff Greenberg. Tom Pyszczynski. Sheldon Solomon.
Source: springer.com

More Evidence That Cranberry Products Don't Prevent Urinary Tract Infections: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by André Sofair,

More Evidence That Cranberry Products Don't Prevent Urinary Tract Infections: By Amy Orciari Herman Edited by André Sofair, MD, MPH, and William E. Chavey, MD, MS Cranberry capsules did not help prevent bacteriuria plus pyuria in a study of nursing home residents published in … NEJM Journal Watch.
Source: jwatch.org

Medtech Innovator Champion Emerges from Live Pitch Battle |: It was early in the morning at the Medtech Innovator finals

Medtech Innovator Champion Emerges from Live Pitch Battle |: It was early in the morning at the Medtech Innovator finals at Advamed 2016 in Minneapolis, but you wouldn't have guessed it given the way everyone was per
Source: medgadget.com

We’ve Reached Peak Infographic, and We’re No Smarter for It: It’s time to acknowledge the shortcomings of infographics

We’ve Reached Peak Infographic, and We’re No Smarter for It: It’s time to acknowledge the shortcomings of infographics as much as we celebrate their upsides.
Source: hbr.org

OpenTrials API information: Since our beta launch last week, we’ve had a steady stream of technical questions about how

OpenTrials API information: Since our beta launch last week, we’ve had a steady stream of technical questions about how to use and interact with the data that powers OpenTrials. Good news! Right now we have a public API avail…
Source: opentrials.net

CBC threatens podcast app makers, argues that RSS readers violate copyright: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation publishes

CBC threatens podcast app makers, argues that RSS readers violate copyright: The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation publishes several excellent podcasts, notably the As It Happens feed; like every podcast in the world, these podcasts are available via any podcast app in the …
Source: boingboing.net

Association of e-Cigarette Vaping and Progression to Heavier Patterns of Cigarette Smoking: This cohort study uses survey

Association of e-Cigarette Vaping and Progression to Heavier Patterns of Cigarette Smoking: This cohort study uses survey data to assess associations between baseline e-cigarette use among high school students and use of combustible cigarettes 6 months later. Adam M. Leventhal. Matthew D. Stone. Nafeesa...
Source: jamanetwork.com

Arrival by ambulance explains variation in mortality by time of admission: retrospective study of admissions to hospital

Arrival by ambulance explains variation in mortality by time of admission: retrospective study of admissions to hospital following emergency department attendance in England: Background Studies finding higher mortality rates for patients admitted to hospital at weekends rely on routine administrative...
Source: bmj.com

Survey of large publishers: 30 percent of our website visits come from Facebook: For publishers, Facebook is the proverbial

Survey of large publishers: 30 percent of our website visits come from Facebook: For publishers, Facebook is the proverbial 800-pound gorilla in the room: They know they have to deal with it, but they aren't always sure of the best strategy for approach. "A new report out today from the International...
Source: niemanlab.org

Book Review — The Traps of Big Data Revealed in “Weapons of Math Destruction” by Cathy O’Neil: The new book, “Weapons

Book Review — The Traps of Big Data Revealed in “Weapons of Math Destruction” by Cathy O’Neil: The new book, “Weapons of Math Destruction,” calls out many worrying trends in the application of big data, with particularly salient entries on higher education rankings, for-profit un…
Source: sspnet.org

Essential Tremor, Tremor Dominant Parkinson's Disease, Neuropathic Pain Treatment | INSIGHTEC "Exablate Neuro, is the first

Essential Tremor, Tremor Dominant Parkinson's Disease, Neuropathic Pain Treatment | INSIGHTEC "Exablate Neuro, is the first focused ultrasound device approved by the FDA to treat patients with essential tremor. Exablate Neuro is a non-invasive, image-guided personalized thalamotomy, treated through...
Source: insightec.com

The Prince by Machiavelli. Been meaning to read this for some time. It seemed more of a recap of history of Italy in the

The Prince by Machiavelli. Been meaning to read this for some time. It seemed more of a recap of history of Italy in the early 16th century and a lengthy job application pamphlet. Basically, "I know what's been going on and how complex everything is so give me a job". It was rewarding though that some...
Source: amazon.co.uk

Good read - The Path. A quick overview of 5 Chinese philosophies making them relevant to how we should think about how we

Good read - The Path. A quick overview of 5 Chinese philosophies making them relevant to how we should think about how we live today. I've not read much about them and assumed they were pretty much ancient and irrelevant, reduced to one-liner aphorisms, but Michael Puett has been teaching a popular...
Source: amazon.co.uk

IBM big data used for rapid diagnosis of rare leukemia case in Japan | The Japan Times: In a possible first in Japan, doctors

IBM big data used for rapid diagnosis of rare leukemia case in Japan | The Japan Times: In a possible first in Japan, doctors have used artificial intelligence to diagnose a rare type of leukemia and identify life-saving therapy far faster tha
Source: japantimes.co.jp