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Real life screening and brief intervention: examples from across England

colette67 wrote 9 hours ago: Source: HubCAPP (Hub of Commissioned Alcohol Projects & Policies) Follow this link for fulltext … more →

Tags: Alcohol, Screening, Volume 1 Issue 2, brief intervention

Listen to their words....

jeffreyenglish wrote 1 day ago: Listen to their words.  They say what they mean and they mean what they say.  For the last 10 years, … more →

Tags: free market in health care, health-care reform, rationed care, Medical Economics, Truth About Health Care, lies about health care reform, death panels, socialized medicine, single payor

Who is a pessimist in medical science ?

drsvenkatesan wrote 6 days ago: Pessimism, from the Latin pessimus (worst), is a state of mind which negatively colors the perceptio … more →

Tags: cardiology -Therapeutics, Cardiology -unresolved questions, cardiology-ethics, auditing health, BMJ, cleansing medical literature, commerce in medicine, comparative effectiveness, drsvenkatesan

British Journal of Healthcare Management 2009 (Volume 15 Issue 12)

western4uk wrote 1 week ago: British Journal of Healthcare Management 2009 (Volume 15 Issue 12) Contents Page Fade Fave: Producti … more →

Tags: journals, Current Awareness, Health Economics, Jargon

GMC affiliates pilots: final report of the KPMG evaluation

western4uk wrote 1 week ago: Title: GMC affiliates pilots: final report of the KPMG evaluation Skinny: Independent evaluation of … more →

Tags: Grey Literature, Quality, Clinical Governance, Primary Care, NHS, ethics, regulation, professional discipline

NHS 2010 - 2015: from good to great: preventative, people-centred, productive

western4uk wrote 1 week ago: Title: NHS 2010 – 2015: from good to great: preventative,people-centred,productive Skinny: Fiv … more →

Tags: Grey Literature, Quality, Clinical Governance, Primary Care, NHS, Management, Financial Management, governance, Corporate Governance

Birth and beyond: a review of the evidence about antenatal education

western4uk wrote 1 week ago: Title: Birth and beyond: a review of the evidence about antenatal education Skinny: Synthesises publ … more →

Tags: Grey Literature, Midwifery, Antenatal Care, Obstetrics, Evidence Based Practice, Stakeholder Engagement, antenatal education

Replacing aspirin and warfarin for secondary stroke prevention: is it worth the costs?

joannetaylor33 wrote 1 week ago: Source: Current Opinion in Neurology 2009 Nov 25. [Epub ahead of print] Follow this link for abstrac … more →

Tags: Journal Article, Stroke, Volume 1 Issue 11, Aspirin, Prevention, warfarin

Effectiveness of policies and programmes to reduce alcohol harm

colette67 wrote 3 weeks ago: Title: Alcohol and Global Health 2: Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of policies and programmes … more →

Tags: Volume 1 Issue 1, Alcohol policy, Effectiveness, Alcohol Programmes, Alcohol Harm

Breast cancer math.

Michele wrote 1 month ago: The latest recommendation from a US task force is that women don’t need regular mammograms unt … more →

Tags: health, Science, Math, Screening, statistics, Risk, breast cancer, Mammograms

International Journal of Health Technology Assessment in Health Care 2009 (Vol 25 No 4)

mevlux wrote 1 month ago: International Journal of Health Technology Assessment 2009 (Vol 25 No 4) Contents Page Fade Fave: Ho … more →

Tags: journals, Databases, MEDLINE, Technology assessment, Embase, Contingent Valuation

Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals Ltd, R (on the application of) v National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence [2009]

western4uk wrote 1 month ago: Title: Bristol-Myers Squibb Pharmaceuticals Ltd, R (on the application of) v National Institute for … more →

Tags: Jurisprudence, Evidence Based Practice, Drug Therapy, Arthiritis

More for less: Are productivity and efficiency improving in the NHS?

western4uk wrote 1 month ago: Title: More for less: Are productivity and efficiency improving in the NHS? Skinny: Analytical brief … more →

Tags: Grey Literature, NHS, Management, hospitals, Financial Management, change, Primary Care, efficiency, Productivity

PSA testing study compared Dutch men who had it with Irish who didn't - with the Dutch showing far less cancer spread and fewer deaths

Jim Tucker wrote 1 month ago: URO TODAY: A study comparing Dutch men who got regular PSA testing for prostate cancer with Irish me … more →

Tags: Prostate Cancer, PSA tests, screening debate, blood test, blood tests, Cancer Research, catheter, comparative study, Dutch Men

in BC also demand resignations, terminations

thenonconformer wrote 2 months ago: WE READ ABOUT IT IN ONTARIO AND NOW NEXT IN BC ALSO HEALTH CONSULTANTS CORRUPTIONS, WHITE COLLARED C … more →

Tags: News and politics, Computer, Harper, Stephen Harper, Liberals, Canada, fraud, Health Minister, Government

It's Your Right!

drlamar wrote 2 months ago: [originally published in KCN, June 2000] We have many rights in this great land of ours:  the right … more →

Tags: chiropractic history, Finances, legislation, Chiropractic, health, Washington State Healthcare Legislation

A very sick Ontario EHealth scandal

thenonconformer wrote 2 months ago:    It is always the same old problem, Professionals, civil and Public servants, Doctors and medical … more →

Tags: News and politics, billion dollars, Consulting Companies, Dalton McGuinty, David Caplan, Deb Matthews, disgusting, eHealth, eHealth expenses

Comparative Effectiveness Research--Is Health Care Reform Possible Without It?

jm wrote 2 months ago: Improve health, reduce costs: that’s the mantra health care reform advocates keep repeating. A … more →

Tags: health-care reform, Comparative Effectiveness Research, comparative effectiveness, comparative studies, Comparative Analysis

Greater Manchester and Cheshire Cardiac and Stroke Network Event Presentations

Jo Jones wrote 3 months ago: Source: Greater Manchester and Cheshire Cardiac and Stroke Network Follow this link for presentation … more →

Tags: NHS, Presentation, Primary Care, Stroke, Volume 1 Issue 8, Commissioning, Education, Health promotion, key indicators


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