MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'continuity'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 03:34:41 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4540613&cid=t_346102_113_f&fid=34625&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FNeilVerselsHealthcareItBlog%2F%7E3%2FB_GaJoDmWgM%2F Since last summer, various government agencies, notably the Department of Veterans Affairs, have been touting the Blue Button Initiative as an easy way of  sharing electronic data with patients. Just click the blue button in the patient EHR portal and download data into a personal health record or a printout. Sounds simple enough. Late yesterday, my successor at a publication I was the primary writer of until late last year, cited the importance of the Blue Button, particularly when coupled with Microsoft’s HealthVault PHR platform. (If I turned in my story as late as 4:52 p.m. for that client, I would have been docked at least $150, but that’s neither here nor there.) The fact that HealthVault and other “untethered” PHRs are non-starters when it comes to the publi... Neil Versel's Healthcare IT Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4540613 Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:39:50 +0100 4540613 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3573636&cid=t_346102_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F05%2F18%2Fnursing-times-2010-vol-106-no-7%2F Fade Fave: Developing self management plans to help people woth COPD to control their condition Fade Skinny: People with long term conditions should be involved with the development of self management tools. A trust explains how they consulted patients to meet their needs. Contact the library for a copy of this article Filed under: Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Continuing Health Care, Continuity of Care, COPD, Long Term Conditions, Patient Information, Self-management Tools (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3573636 Tue, 18 May 2010 07:19:33 +0100 3573636 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2781974&cid=t_346102_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F10%2Fexercise-prometheus%2F Title: Exercise Prometheus guidance handbook The Skinny: Exercise Prometheus is an exercise for the social care sector to assess and develop its resilience planning in readiness for a second wave of the pandemic swine flu. It is designed primarily for use by local authorities in partnership with their local  providers of social care, the exercise has been developed by the Health Protection Agency from experience gained in previous pandemic influenza exercises. Publisher: DH Size of Publication: 17p Published: 09/09/2009 Additional Documents: Download introductory PowerPoint presentation Download modelling spreadsheet Download scenario and questions Download lessons identified template Posted in Business Continuity, Capacity, Grey Literature, Influenza, Interagency Relations, Local Au... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2781974 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:01:18 +0100 2781974 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2510165&cid=t_346102_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F06%2F24%2Fthe-flu-pandemic-game-a-business-continuity-training-resource%2F Title: The Flu Pandemic Game: a business continuity training resource The Skinny: Developed by Camden Primary Care Trust using NHS resources in partnership with Camden Council and adapted by the DH this game is designed as a training resource for their staff and to help managers of local businesses and voluntary organisations develop their business continuity plans. Game Versions: Camden PCT Flu Pandemic Game for GPs Camden PCT Flu Pandemic Game for healthcare and other related organisations Publisher: DH Size of Document: 13p and 25p Published: 23/06/2009 Posted in Business Continuity, Grey Literature, Influenza, Local Authorities, NHS, Pandemic, Primary Care, Voluntary Sector Tagged: Business Continuity, Games, Grey Literature, Influenza, Interagency Relations, Local Authorities, Pand... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2510165 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:27:05 +0100 2510165 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2305906&cid=t_346102_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F03%2F28%2Fpandemic-flu-guidance-for-businesses-risk-assessment-in-the-occupational-setting%2F explains how businesses can help reduce the spread of flu in the event of a pandemic. It provides information to allow businesses to assess the types of measures that may be used in their particular occupational setting. Posted in Grey Literature, Influenza, Pandemic, Public Health, Strategic Planning Tagged: Business Continuity, Grey Literature, Guidance, Influenza, Pandemic, Strategic Planning (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2305906 Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:05:07 +0100 2305906 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1516411&cid=t_346102_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F06%2F13%2Fthe-nhs-resilience-and-business-continuity-management-guidance-2008-interim-strategic-national-guidance-for-nhs-organisations%2F is best practice guidance to give National Health Service (NHS) organisations support in developing and refining Business Continuity Management (BCM) processes. It aims to: Improve resilience within the NHS ensure through the adoption of resilience principles the continuous operational delivery of healthcare services when faced with a range of disruptive challenges e.g. staff shortages, denial of access, failures in technology, loss of utility services and failure of key suppliers. help drive NHS compliance with the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 (CCA 2004) Allow a unified and cohesive approach to BCM which parallels the new British Standard BS25999,, and develop a resilient healthcare system which can be benchmarked against other similar sized organisations. It is issued with an Initial ... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1516411 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 15:50:50 +0100 1516411 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1362487&cid=t_346102_113_f&fid=35744&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2Fe-CareManagement%2F%7E3%2F267383423%2F What are companies like Google, Microsoft, and Dossia (sponsored by Intel, Wal-Mart, AT&T and others) hoping to accomplish in health care? What is the emerging Personal Health Information Network (PHIN) and why should you care? What’s the Continuity of Care Record (CCR) Standard, and how is it destined to become an initial focal point of data exchange initiatives? Why is the PHIN potentially disruptive to many business models? What types of companies or organizations could be affected the most? What are opportunities and threats to major health care players — hospitals, physicians, health plans, enterprise HIT vendors, ambulatory HIT vendors, and others? What specific actions can you take to be a leader in advancing the PHIN and positioning your company for success? ... e-CareManagement blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1362487 Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:46:20 +0100 1362487