Scots doctors dissect critical report
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Damning critique: BMA Scotland disagrees with report
Helen Puttick, Health Correspondent
Published on 18 Mar 2010
Scottish doctors have published a damning critique of a report which claimed Scotland had the most expensive but poorest health service in the UK.
Read more on BMA Scotland publishes a critique of the recent Nuffield study on health spending…
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22nd and 23rd September 2010
Glasgow Science Centre www.glasgowsciencecentre.org
Giving you advance notice that our conference this year will be the biggest and brightest yet! We are staging this event at the prestigious Glasgow Science Centre where you not only have great views over the Clyde and City but complementary entrance to the fun science exhibits. The futuristic building mirrors BCS Health Scotland’s innovative and forward looking approach..
UK BMI Map
The BMI map, issued by Slimming World, the UK’s leading weight loss organisation, puts people in the East Midlands at greatest risk with around 7 out of 10 adults in cities like Leicester, Derby and Nottingham now approaching the borderline between overweight and obesity. The map shows an average BMI of 28.9kg/m². The higher a person’s BMI, the greater the risk of developing life-threatening conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and stroke.
Read more on Survey finds Scots to be the UK’s second-fattest people….
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-Nurses and doctors set to benefit from easier and quicker access to patients’ records-
Eton, UK – 03 February 2010 – InterSystems has announced that it has signed a framework contract with NHS National Service Scotland to supply its InterSystems TrakCare™ connected health information system as the new national patient management system for Scotland.
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A damning report today says Scotland has the worst-performing health service in the UK
Brian Currie and Helen Puttick
Published on 20 Jan 2010
A damning report today says Scotland has the worst-performing health service in the UK despite being better funded than England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Filed under Planning, Scottish Healthcare by on Jan 20th, 2010. 1 Comment.
MedApps and Meridian Health Launch Remote Monitoring Pilot for CHF Patients
Scottsdale, Arizona – January 14, 2010 – MedApps, Inc., a leading mHealth (mobile / remote health monitoring) company, announced today that it will partner with Meridian Health, a leading comprehensive healthcare provider in New Jersey, to initiate a chronic disease management pilot focused on patients discharged from acute care settings with Congestive Heart Failure (CHF). The focus of the program is to monitor the participants on a daily, near real-time basis, to improve patient outcomes and decrease re-admissions to the hospitals within 30 days.
Read more on MedApps Launch Remote Monitoring Pilot for CHF Patients…
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Nothing to do with healthcare technology. It is seasonal and as Homer would say Duh!!
Most men pour larger measures than women
Most people who drink spirits at home pour well over what they would get in a pub when trying to give a single measure, figures suggest.
The government’s Know Your Limits Campaign found that among 600 people tested, the average amount poured was 38ml, compared with a standard 25ml.
Those aged 31 to 50 – the most generous pourers – gave an average of 57ml.
For a person thinking they were drinking 7.5 units a week, the extra measures would equate to 17 units.
It could also mean that people wrongly think they are drinking within the NHS recommended limits of two to three units a day for women and three to four units a day for men.
The alcohol industry has been offering free measuring cups with certain mixer drinks this Christmas.
Filed under Scottish Healthcare by on Dec 31st, 2009. Comment.
In an article in Business Week the Mobile Clinical Assistant (MCA) came out as one of the “25 Products That Might Just Change The World”
Find out more about this article Mobile Clinical Assistant
Read more on 25 Products That Might Just Change The World – Mobile Clinical Assistant…
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Twelve groups of inventive seniors in mechanical engineering at Northeastern showed the best of their creative work
Undergrad researcher Caitlyn Bintz tries on stroke rehab glove. Photo by Craig Bailey
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The health service in Scotland will face “significant” financial pressures over the next five years, a spending watchdog has predicted.
Audit Scotland said the impact of the recession on public sector spending meant NHS budgets were likely to fall.
Read more on Audit Scotland warns of future financial pressure…
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