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Tag Archives: British Medical Journal (BMJ)
Babylon Health Applies Artificial Intelligence to Improving Integration of Care and Population Health in Wolverhampton (HTN / RWT / BMJ / Lancet / NHS England / BBC News)
Summary Babylon Health and the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust have announced a ten year partnership to explore the application of an artificial intelligence app to delivering joined-up digital care for Wolverhampton’s population. Full Text Link Reference Babylon agrees 10 year … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Assistive Technology, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, New Cross Hospital, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Nuffield Trust, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Telecare, Telehealth, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
Tagged Access to Personal Health Records Online, Access to Primary Care, Adoption of Innovations, Ageing and Long-Term Care, Ageing Population, AI Health Assistant: Medical Information and Triage Advice, AI Symptom Checkers, Ali Parsa: CEO and Founder of Babylon, Anticipatory Care Planning and Integration, Applications of Big Data, Apps, apps for Smartphones or Tablets, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Artificial Intelligence Enhanced Anticipatory Care, Ask A&E: Free COVID-19 Care Assistant (Powered by Babylon), Babylon, Babylon GP at Hand (BGPaH) Evaluation Studies, Babylon’s AI Symptom Checker, Babylon’s Artificial Intelligence, BBC Health News, BBC Technology News, Beyond Integrated Care: Population Health Systems, Birmingham and Solihull, Blurring Boundary Between Primary and Secondary Care, BMJ, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, Booking Appointments, Bristol Medical School: University of Bristol, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Cannock Chase Hospital, Centre for Academic Primary Care: University of Bristol, Co-Design, Co-Design: People-Driven Change, COVID-19 and NHS Use of Digital Technology, COVID-19 Care Assistant, Department of Population Health Sciences: University of Bristol, Digital Care Plans, Digital Care Records, Digital Change in Health and Social Care, Digital Health, Digital Health Innovations, Digital Innovation, Digital Interventions for Health System Improvements, Digital Maturity, Digital Outpatients, Digital Patient Portal, Digital Service Transformation, Digital Services, Digital Services for Patients, Digital Suppliers, Digital Technology, Digital Technology and Innovation, Digital-First Integrated Care, Digital-First Primary Care, Efficiencies and Productivity Gains, Efficiency and Effectiveness, Efficiency Opportunities, Electronic Booking, Electronic Consultations (eConsults), GP at Hand (Babylon), GP at Hand app (Babylon Health), Greener NHS Campaign, Health and Care Infrastructure, Health and Care of Older People, Health Assessments, Health Information Technology, Health Innovation, Health Management, HTN: Health Tech Newspaper, Innovation and Co-Design, Integrated Digital Care: An Information Revolution, Integrated Digital Health System (Wolverhampton), Integrated Digital Health Systems, Integration of Primary Community and Secondary Healthcare, Integration of Primary Secondary and Community Care, Ipsos MORI Social Research Institute, IT Infrastructure, Joined-Up Care, Joined-Up Healthcare: Digital Technology, Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR), Merging the Interfaces of Primary and Secondary Care, Monitoring Patients Remotely, Net Zero, Net Zero NHS: Greener NHS Campaign, NHS Hammersmith and Fulham CCG, NHS Hammersmith and Fulham Clinical Commissioning Group, Optimising Benefits of Digital Technology, Optimising Patient Outcomes Using Digital Technology, Patient Access to Records, Patient Activation, Patient Choice, Patient Control Over Appointment Booking and Prescriptions, Patient Empowerment, Patient Facility to Watch Consultations Again (Improving Adherence to Clinician Instructions), Patient Facility to Watch Consultations Again (Improving Health Literacy), Patient Facility to Watch Consultations Again (Improving Memory of Instructions), Patient Records, Personal Clinical Records, Personalised Care Plans, Population Health, Primary and Secondary Care, Private Video-Consultation Services in Primary Care, Professional Record Standards Body (PRSB), Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unnecessary Travel, Reducing Unnecessary Trips to Hospital, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Remote Appointments, Remote Care Monitoring, Remote Consultations, Remote Health Monitoring, Remote Support, Remote Technologies for Healthcare Quality Improvement, Self Care (Technology-Supported), Self-Management (Technology-Supported), Service Transformation, Smartphone apps, Smartphones, Sultan Mahmud: Director of Integration Innovation and Research at RWT, Technological Trends, Technology and Innovation, Technology-Supported Self-Management, Telecare (Remote Collection of Patient Data), Telehealth (Remote Monitoring), Telehealth to Monitor Patients Remotely, Telemedicine, Telemonitoring, TeleTracking, Text Messaging, Transformative Health Technology, Transformative Technology, Treating Patients Closer to Home, University Hospital Birmingham (UHB) NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, University of Bristol, Vertical Integration (of Primary and Secondary Care), Video Consultations, Video Consultations to Avoid Outpatient Attendances, Video or Face-to-Face Consultations, Wearable Technology, Wearables (Technology), West Park Hospital, York Health Economics Consortium, York Health Economics Consortium (YHEC), Zesty: Digital Outpatients
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Recently Published Resources on Falls Prevention – In the Community and in Hospitals (BMJ / NHS Improvement / NIHR / JAMA Internal Medicine)
Summary There are uncertainties about the effectiveness of environmental interventions to reduce risk of falls among older persons living in the community. A BMJ systematic review covers the options, coming down in favour of occupational therapist-led environment risk assessments and … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Assistive Technology, Commissioning, Community Care, Falls, Falls Prevention, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS Improvement, NICE Guidelines, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Royal College of Physicians, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Antipsychotics in People With Dementia: Key Therapeutic Topic [KTT7], Australia, BMJ, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, British Medical Journal (BMJ), CareFall: Reducing Inpatient Falls Risk and Improving Post Fall Care, College of Healthcare Sciences, Community-Based Care, Community-Based Care for People With Dementia, Community-Based Support, Community-Dwelling Older Adults, Delirium: Prevention Diagnosis and Management: NICE Clinical Guideline (CG103), Department of Health Sciences: University of York, Environmental Assessment and Modification, Environmental Intervention to Reduce Risk of Falls, Evaluation of FallSafe Quality Improvement Project, Falls and Fractures, Falls and Musculoskeletal Health, Falls Assessment, Falls in Hospitals, Falls in Older People, Falls in Older People (NICE Quality Standard: QS86), Falls Prevention Programmes, Falls Reduction, Falls Reduction in Community Dwelling Older Adults, Falls Reduction in Hospitals, Falls Risk Factors, FallSafe Project, FallSafe Quality Improvement Project, FallSafe: Care Bundles to Reduce Inpatient Falls, France, Gerontopole of Toulouse: Toulouse University Hospital, Home Adaptations, Home Modifications, Hospital Falls Prevention, Housing Adaptations, Housing Modifications, Improving Post-Fall Care (CareFall), Incidence and Costs of Inpatient Falls in Hospitals, Inpatient Falls, Institute of Ageing: Toulouse University Hospital, JAMA Internal Medicine, James Cook University (Queensland), Later Life, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, Long-Term Exercise Programmes, Mackay Base Hospital (Queensland), Mackay Institute of Research and Innovation: James Cook University (Queensland), Mental Health Services for Older People: Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, Multi-Factorial Falls Assessments and Care Plans, Multifactorial Interventions (Falls), Musculo-Skeletal Disorders, National Audit of Inpatient Falls (NAIF), National Audit of Inpatient Falls Audit Report 2017, NHS Improvement Falls Collaborative Clinical Updates, NICE Clinical Gguidance 161 (CG161), NICE Clinical Guideline CG103, NICE Key Therapeutic Topic [KTT7], NIHR Signal, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Occupational Therapist Led Environmental Assessment and Modification, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Intervention Study (OTIS), Patient Falls Improvement Collaborative, Physical Activity, Physical Activity Programmes, Physical Exercise Programmes, Preventing Falls In Older People Living in the Community, Queensland Health: Mackay Base Hospital, Risk Factors for Falls, Royal College of Physicians (RCP), School of Health Sciences: University of Nottingham, Toulouse University Hospital (CHU Toulouse), University of Nottingham, University of Oxford, University of Toulouse, University of York, UPS/Inserm: University of Toulouse, York Trials Unit: University of York
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Hormone Replacement Therapy Associated With Small Increased Risk of Developing Alzheimer’s Disease (BBC News / BMJ / NHS Digital)
Summary Research from Finland discovered a 9% to 17% increase in the risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease in women taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for more than 10 years. The public has been advised not to be overly concerned, as absolute risk … Continue reading
Posted in BBC News, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Statistics, Universal Interest
Tagged BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, BMJ, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Division of Family Medicine: Karolinska Institute, EPID Research Oy (Finland), Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Estradiol, Finland, Folkhälsan Research Center (Finland), Helsinki University Hospital, Hormone Replacement Therapy, Hormone Therapy and Cognition, HRT, Jane and Aatos Erkko Foundation, Karolinska Institute, Karolinska Institute: Department of Neurobiology Care Sciences and Society, Medroxyprogesterone Acetate, Modifiable Risk Factors, National Institute for Health and Welfare (Finland), NHS Digital, NHS Digital (Formerly NHS Choices), Norethisterone Acetate, Obstetrics and Gynecology: University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Oestrogen-Progestogen Therapy, Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy and Risk of Alzheimer’s Disease, Progestogens, Research Centre for Child Psychiatry: University of Turku, Risk Factors, Risk Factors and Preventive Interventions for Alzheimer Disease, Sweden, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, University of Turku
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Brain Training in Later Life: Limited Value for Prevention of Cognitive Decline? (BBC News / BMJ / NHS Digital)
Summary A Scottish study indicates that self-reported intellectual engagement (in the form of performing puzzles, crosswords and other problem-solving activities) during later life has little influence on the trajectory of decline of memory or mental processing speed. The cognitive reserve … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer’s Research UK, BBC News, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), In the News, International, NHS Digital (Previously NHS Choices), Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Scotland, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Aberdeen Birth Cohort Studies, Alzheimer's Research UK, Bazian, BBC Health News, Behind the Headlines, Biology and Biotechnology Science Research Council, BMJ, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, Brain Training, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Cognitive Decline, Cognitive Decline Studies, Cognitive Impairment, Cognitive Impairment (Potential Risk and Protective Factors), Cognitive Interventions, Cognitive Reserve, Cognitive Reserve Hypothesis, Cognitive Stimulation, Cognitive Training, Cognitive Training Exercises, Cognitively Stimulating Activities, Critical Appraisals, Curiosity (Openness), Dementia Risk Reduction and Prevention, Department of Psychology: National University of Ireland, Department of Psychology: University of Aberdeen, Engage Your Brain: GCBH Recommendations on Cognitively Stimulating Activities, Enjoyment and General Engagement, Global Council on Brain Health (GCBH), Healthy Ageing, Healthy Behaviours, Healthy Lifestyles, Healthy Living, Henry Smith Charity, Hobbies and Interests, Institute of Applied Health Sciences: University of Aberdeen, Intellectual Engagement (Self-Reported), Ireland, Lifelong Learning, Meaningful Activity, Meaningful Activity and Occupation, Meaningful Occupation, Medical Research Council, Mentally Challenging Occupations, Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), Modifiable Risk Factors, National University of Ireland (Galway), Neuroprotective Lifestyles, NHS Grampian (Aberdeen), Positive Engagement, Problem-Solving Skills, Progression of Mild Cognitive Impairment, Rates of Conversion From Mild Cognitive Impairment to Dementia, Scottish Government Health Department, Scottish Mental Health Survey of 1947, Skills and Hobbies, Slowing of Cognitive Decline, University of Aberdeen, Use It or Lose It Hypothesis, Use It or Lose It Hypothesis: Benefit of Cognitively Stimulating Activity, Wellcome Trust
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Pre-Eclampsia and Risk of Dementia (BMJ)
Summary Danish research indicates that pre-eclampsia is associated with a subsequent increased risk of dementia in later life, particularly with vascular dementia. Full Text Link Reference Basit, S. Wohlfahrt, J. [and] Boyd, HA. (2018). Pre-eclampsia and risk of dementia later … Continue reading
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Quick Insights, Universal Interest
Tagged BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Cardiovascular System Disorders, Cognitive Impairment (Potential Risk Factors), Danish Civil Registration System, Dementia Risk Factors, Denmark, Department of Epidemiology Research: Statens Serum Institut, Epidemiology, Epidemiology and Statistics, Neurocognitive Disorders, Neurodegenerative Disease Research, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative Disorders, Neurological Disorders, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Overlapping Risk Factors, Pre-Eclampsia, Pre-Eclampsia and Risk of Dementia, Risk Factors, Statens Serum Institut (Copenhagen), STOX1 Gene, Vascular Consequences of Pre-Eclampsia, Vascular Dementia, Vascular Risk Factors
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