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 'gps'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 01:59:57 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5159314&cid=t_102947_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Femergency-room-balancing-act There seems to be an undercurrent of debate going on with regard to emergency room wait times. I’ve come across a number of articles and blogs lately having to do with the growing trend of hospitals advertising the wait times of their ERs to the surrounding community. Healthcare IT is helping many to go mobile with these timely messages. Patients in need of emergency care can text their zip code to 4ER411 and receive a list of area hospitals and their ER wait times from Miami-based ER Texting. read more (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5159314 Thu, 25 Aug 2011 14:02:16 +0100 5159314 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5118760&cid=t_102947_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fintegrating-social-media-emergency-preparedness-efforts The NEJM includes an article that addresses the integration of social media in emergency preparedness efforts from the perspective of physicians. I appreciate the examples they share and agree with the authors.  Key issues include: read more (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5118760 Thu, 11 Aug 2011 14:29:50 +0100 5118760 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4820959&cid=t_102947_113_f&fid=38236&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.healthcareitnews.com%2Fblog%2Fnew-it-companies-bring-innovation-emergency-situations My recent blog on “Mobile Solutions Key to Evolving Emergency Care” prompted me to further ponder the current availability of mobile healthcare devices that enable a patient to initiate communication – even at a very basic, even non-verbal level - with caregivers before they arrive at the ER. Two companies – both relatively new to the industry it seems – caught my eye. No sticky read more (Source: Healthcare IT News Blog) Healthcare IT News Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4820959 Fri, 13 May 2011 13:01:00 +0100 4820959 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3969158&cid=t_102947_136_f&fid=39215&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcancersuucks.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F09%2Fdeveloping-yet-another-skill.html Well we will see if I can develop a new skill. I am at laura's in Brooklyn, not quite ready tp pass put, having slept the better part of the last 24 hours before heading up here. She has no internet access, or it doesn't work for me, so Here I go, trying to write something for my blog and then post it later. Since it is after midnight, it is 9-11, although that is not why I am in New York. Moving in was not much fun, so this weekend we will try to have fun. First of all, I made it here without GPS- yes that piece of technology I had never visualized a year agao, and which I hate, and which I really only know how to put funny/unintelligible accents on- yeah, good job, made it to brooklyn the old fashioned way. Sheer luck, and taking a left at the Hassidic Jew.As usual when driving to new Yo... Cancer does suck but it is a little funny. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3969158 Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:14:00 +0100 3969158 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3933087&cid=t_102947_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fa-medical-alert-bracelet-inside-your-iphone%2F2010.09.03 OnCall Defender Medical Alert (available via iTunes) is an iPhone app that features 3G connection to a 24-hour security monitoring service. Via a subscription service, you can use your iPhone to send an emergency notification to the service after which local law enforcement or EMT services, depending on the type of alarm, will be dispatched. The advantage over using 911 is that the monitoring service automatically receives GPS localization of your whereabouts and that you can cancel the emergency call within 15 seconds. The service costs $16.99 a month or $9.99 with a one-year subscription. (more…) *This blog post was originally published at iMedicalApps* (Source: Better Health) Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3933087 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:38:28 +0100 3933087 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3816369&cid=t_102947_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Flook-like-you-know-where-youre-going-gps-glasses%2F Smart phones have made getting directions to unfamiliar destinations really easy. But some people are annoyed by the fact that you have to stare at your cell phone screen to know where to go. We don’t mind looking at our screen, as long as we don’t look clueless. That’s what we hate: Looking like we don’t know where we’re going. Well, we might not have to worry about looking like lost tourists for much longer. The Nakajima Lab at the University of Electro-Communications in Toyko has created a pair of glasses that tells you where to go by flashing little lights in your peripheral vision. As you can tell in the video, it looks weird to have flashing lights in your glasses, but it’s fairly subtle. And maybe from far away people will think our eyes are just ... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3816369 Tue, 03 Aug 2010 21:21:06 +0100 3816369 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3753761&cid=t_102947_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F07%2F14%2Ftelling-the-story-of-hartfields-a-new-retirement-village-for-the-twenty-first-century%2F This study tracked key decisions made, and challenges faced, as the scheme developed. Publisher: Joseph Rowntree Foundation Size of Publication: 42p Published: 21/04/2010 Filed under: Community Services, Culture, Grey Literature, Housing, Local Authorities, Quality of Life, Regeneration Tagged: Community, Culture, GPs, Healthy lifestyles, Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Residence (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3753761 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 09:05:31 +0100 3753761 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3750121&cid=t_102947_112_f&fid=34971&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdoctorandpatient.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F07%2Fhow-technology-helps-doctors-save-time.html This is a guest post from Aditya Patkar, Marketing Director, Plus91.Doctors need to incorporate technology in their daily life to increase their efficiency. Let’s look at how Dr. Thakkar can use everyday easily available off-the-shelf inexpensive technology intelligently, to help him become more productive. .1. A website and and Email Id2. A smart Mobile Phone3. A pen drive4. A laptop or PC with Internet5. An EMR solution1. Website and Email Id:a. Dr Thakkar’s contact Information with a google map is readily available , so that his staff does not have to waste time giving directions to patients as to how to reach the clinic !b. Important patient information captured on the website: Dr. Thakkar likes each patient to fill in a comprehensive form before he sees them. In the past, pat... The Patient's Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3750121 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 04:47:00 +0100 3750121 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3710513&cid=t_102947_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F06%2F28%2Fhealth-service-journal-2010-10th-june%2F Fade Fade: Hard budgets for GPs – profit or productivity? Fade Skinny: The coalition government’s plans for revamping practice based commissioning with ‘real’ budgets are dominated by concerns over ensuring the policy will incentivise service improvement and not simply produce wealthier GPs. (Print subscription held at Fade Library) Filed under: Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Budgets, Current Awareness, GPs, Journals, Practice Based Commissioning (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3710513 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:50:21 +0100 3710513 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3706616&cid=t_102947_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F06%2F28%2Fhealth-service-journal-2010-10th-june%2F Fade Fade: Hard budgets for GPs – profit or productivity? Fade Skinny: The coalition government’s plans for revamping practice based commissioning with ‘real’ budgets are dominated by concerns over ensuring the policy will incentivise service improvement and not simply produce wealthier GPs. (Print subscription held at Fade Library) Filed under: Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Budgets, Current Awareness, GPs, Journals, Practice Based Commissioning (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3706616 Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:50:21 +0100 3706616 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3382769&cid=t_102947_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fshould-gps-go-to-their-patients.html The Jobbing Doctor, in a characteristically thoughtful post, touches on this difficult issue:I am starting my morning surgery very early next week in order to attend a funeral. I have looked after the person in question for 3 years, and have got to know her and her family well. I was surprised, shocked and saddened by her death.The Jobbing DoctorI grappled with this difficult problem for years and never felt entirely comfortable with it. The conclusion I came to, rightly or wrongly, was that I was not going to go to a patient's funeral unless I would have gone to the funeral had I not been their doctor. Maybe that decision was wrong. I do not know. I do know, though, that it would not have been possible, or appropriate, to go to all the funerals. Some patients who died I hardly knew. Their... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3382769 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:34:00 +0100 3382769 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3358920&cid=t_102947_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F03%2F12%2Fhealth-service-journal-2010-11th-march%2F Fade Fade: NHS managers demand power to fire GPs Fade Skinny: Managers are calling for the power to “fire” GPs and to get rid of small practices to make the huge spending cuts needed in coming years. (Print subscription held at Fade Library) Filed under: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Journals Tagged: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, GPs, NHS (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3358920 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:27:52 +0100 3358920 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3358923&cid=t_102947_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F03%2F12%2Fbmj-2010-vol-340-no-7744%2F Contents page Fade Fave: New figures show big discrepancies in GPs’ funding Fade Skinny: Figures released by a London primary care trust, as a result of a request made under the Freedom of Information Act, show huge differences in funding between general practices. The highest paid practices in Camden, north London, earn more than twice as much per patient as the lowest paid, with the figure for the base contract per patient ranging from as low as £57.72 (65; $90) to as high as £145.34. (NHS Athens is required to access this article online) Filed under: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Journals Tagged: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, FoI, Funding, GPs (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3358923 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:23:13 +0100 3358923 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3350618&cid=t_102947_180_f&fid=38610&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.productivity501.com%2Fprivacy-and-technology%2F7061%2F Conclusion I’m not trying to scare you away from using technology. There are a lot of good things that technology can do for you. If you live in complete fear, you’ll never leave your house in the first place. Of course, staying at home can be dangerous, too. You might get hit by a meteor. It is worth understanding that some of the things you make public can provide people with ill intent very detailed information about where and who you are. You can’t live under a rock, but understanding what information you are making available is important. Follow Productivity501 on Twitter.. If you liked this, please consider sharing it with others: --- at Productivity501:Past Post: Two Types of Technology UsersPrevious Post: Technology UsersTwo Types of Tech... Productivity501 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3350618 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:00:18 +0100 3350618 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3331251&cid=t_102947_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F03%2Fincompetent-gps-and-prostate-cancer.html Do you remember the Nigel Molesworth "self-adjusting thank-you letter"?  OK, OK, most of you are not that old, but it amused a very young Dr Crippen. I cannot find a copy of it, but it went something like this:Dear (Aunt) (Uncle) (Stinker) (Gran) (Clot) (Pen-Pal) Thank you very much for the (train) (tractor) (germ gun) (kite) (delicious present*) (sweets) (space pistol) (toy socks). It was (lovely) (useful) (just as good as the other three) (not bad) (super)And I hav (played with it constantly) (busted it already) (no patience with it) (given it to the poor boys) (dismantled it) I am feeling (very well) (very poorly) (lousy) (in tip-top form) (sick) I hope you are too.My birthday when next present is due is on . . . . . . Love from . . . . . .All good fun. Medical and other journalist... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3331251 Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:31:00 +0100 3331251 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3216527&cid=t_102947_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F01%2F28%2Fhealth-service-journal-2010-28th-january%2F Fade Fade: SHA steps in to GP branch row Fade Skinny: NHS London has been criticised for delaying the opening of a branch surgery in Kingston, despite the cooperation and competition panel having already recommended its go-ahead. (Print subscription held at Fade Library) Posted in Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Current Awareness, GPs, Journals, Strategic Health Authorities (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3216527 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:10:53 +0100 3216527 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3075454&cid=t_102947_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F12%2F10%2Fbritish-journal-of-general-practice-2009-vol-59-no-569%2F Contents Page Title: The present state and future direction of primary care: a qualitative study of GPs’ views Skinny: A qualitative study exploring the views of GP principals and salaried doctors on current working practices and the future of primary care in England. Study uses semi-structured interviews including questions on motivations for working in primary care and descriptions of working lives. (Print subscription held at Fade Library) Posted in Competition, Employment, General Practice, Journals, Motivation, Primary Care Tagged: Competition, GP Principals, GPs, Motivation, Primary Care, Salaried GPs, Workforce (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3075454 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:11:39 +0100 3075454 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2930910&cid=t_102947_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F10%2F27%2Fhealth-service-journal-2009-22nd-october%2F Fade Fade: Tory plan could give GPs interest bonanza Fade Skinny: GP practices could earn thousands of pounds a year in interest payments under Conservative plans to turn practice based commissioning budgets into “hard cash”. (Print subscription held at Fade Library Posted in Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Budgets, Current Awareness, GPs, Journals, Practice Based Commissioning (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2930910 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:00:47 +0100 2930910 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2838881&cid=t_102947_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F09%2F28%2Fjournal-of-the-american-medical-association-2009-vol-302-no-12%2F Contents Fade fave: Association of an educational program in mindful communication with burnout, empathy and attitudes among primary care physicians. Fade skinny: Primary care physicians report high levels of distress, which is linked to burnout, attrition, and poorer quality of care. Programs to reduce burnout before it results in impairment are rare; data on these programs are scarce. The article aims to determine whether an intensive educational program in mindfulness, communication, and self-awareness is associated with improvement in primary care physicians’ well-being, psychological distress, burnout, and capacity for relating to patients. Posted in Current Awareness, Journals Tagged: Burnout, Distress, Educational Programme, General Practitioners, GPs, Psychological Stress, ... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2838881 Mon, 28 Sep 2009 10:31:37 +0100 2838881 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2751903&cid=t_102947_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D7807 I think there are mixed signals about testing coming out from the MOH especially when there were earlier media reports about the Health Minister encouraging doctors to use the “rapid test”. The Star reported As the death toll from Influenza A (H1N1) rose to 38, the Government green-lighted the use of rapid test kits for private clinics and hospitals to conduct flu checks on the public. Health Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai said private healthcare providers can use these kits to help cope with the large number of patients wanting to be checked, and for faster detection and containment of the pandemic. “Use of rapid test kits was discouraged in the private sector earlier when the H1N1 outbreak was still small and mostly imported. “Now that it has reached the community lev... Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2751903 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 23:00:00 +0100 2751903 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2737729&cid=t_102947_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F08%2Fovarian-cancer-gps-accused-of-murder-by.html More of this at "The Natflap"It's enough to make one wish that the Times did "bum and tit" on page three like their red top colleagues. Mind you, it probably won't be long before they do. The Times is not the paper it was, but I have read it ever since the personal adverts were on the front page. It's become a bit like the lavatory. Where else is there to go?Today, on page three, the Times accuses me of negligence, incompetence and, in American terms, culpable homicide. What have I done? I have ignored the symptoms of women who have ovarian cancer.As I drove into work, I could recall two patients of mine, both now dead, who had ovarian cancer. I pressed a few buttons on the computer. Over the last ten years, I had in fact had three women with ovarian cancer. One I diagnosed myself. She pre... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2737729 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:56:00 +0100 2737729 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2719920&cid=t_102947_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FNx6VRdY9LG4%2F Who knew there were so many things you could buy to help keep your kid safe? It wasn’t so difficult keeping our younger son out of harm’s way — in just a couple of years from the time he learned to walk, he developed some common sense and now he’s more or less like the rest of us. Photo courtesy of ken ratcliff (flickr.com) A GPS locator could be a godsend. Pricey but you can actually map your child’s location. (Someone put a photo on flickr.com of their cat’s night meanderings with a GPS device.) The Safety Turtle is an alarm that’s triggered to a base station the instant a child falls into water. Good if you have a pool or are visiting someone who lives near water. If only my cousin had Alex-proofed her house two Thanksgivings ago. Anchor tall... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2719920 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 15:09:19 +0100 2719920 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2716158&cid=t_102947_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FekaGkd5TvPM%2F I’m stunned (and relieved) that no one has called Child Protective Services on us. Not yet, anyway. One summer I lost Alex — I mean really lost him — in Central Park when he walked away when I wasn’t looking. The Parks Department and the police helped find him. Jeff and I lost Alex at an airport. Decided TSA means “time to search for Alex.” And we lost him in Cape Cod, briefly, when we were getting ready to get in the car and suddenly couldn’t find him. Heartstoppingly, we were about 20 yards from a busy highway. Photo courtesy of Dan Zen (flickr.com) Understandably we’ve done a bit of looking around for products that might head off disaster. I like the site mypreciouskid.com because they have a special needs section. Otherwise you’re l... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2716158 Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:37:28 +0100 2716158 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2663913&cid=t_102947_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F08%2F03%2Femergency-medicine-journal-2009-vol-26-no-8%2F This study looks at evaluating the cost effectiveness to primary care trusts (PCT) in commissioning general practitioner (GP) referrals in-hours to emergency care practitioners (ECP). A retrospective case note review for patients referred by GPs in-hours to ECP over a 4-month period to ascertain any added value over a GP visit was carried out. In a 4-month period 105 patients were referred. In most cases (90.5%) the ECP was utilised as a substitute for a GP rather than providing any additional skills. Defining an avoided attendance as the ECP undertaking an intervention outside a GP skill set this equated to a 9.5% avoided attendance rate compared with the ECP service standard rate of 60%. This has implications both in terms of financial benefit and ongoing ECP service sustainability. (NHS... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2663913 Mon, 03 Aug 2009 09:32:32 +0100 2663913 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2570340&cid=t_102947_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F07%2F03%2Fbmj-2009-vol-338-no-7711%2F content page Fade Fave: Doctors’ leaders back new guidance on using patients’ records for research Fade Skinny: Leading GP bodies have given their support to new guidance on how patients’ medical records should be used in medical research. The guidance, published this week by the medical charity the Wellcome Trust, aims to make it clearer to GPs and researchers how they can ensure that medical records are used safely in research. (NHS Athens is required to access this article online) Posted in Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals Tagged: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, GPs, Patient Records, Research (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2570340 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:16:11 +0100 2570340 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2477587&cid=t_102947_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fswine-flu-news-update-4-gps-will-not-be.html An odd report from the BBC today. Naturally, it is provocative. No surprise there. Probably, it is rubbish. Not much surprise there. The report is based upon some odd remarks, probably taken out of context, attributed to Dr Dean Marshall. Never heard of him but he is said to be“one of the BMA's lead negotiators on flu planning, said of the pandemic”BBCDr Marshall seems to have confused two issues. GPs “death in service benefit” and GPs medical insurance. Or, at least, this badly written and confusing BBC report portrays him as being confused. The report starts provocatively:Some GPs may refuse to work if the swine flu pandemic spreads throughout the UK, union leaders have warned.That, if I may use a technical term, is bollocks. I can assure you that all GPs will continue to work as... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2477587 Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:33:00 +0100 2477587 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2452460&cid=t_102947_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fpatients-right-to-change-doctor.html I am strongly in favour of a patient's right to choose the their own doctor. I cannot think of anything worse than having a patient who does not want to see me.I work in a more or less urban area. My practice boundaries are compact. There are two single handed GPs and a partnership of two GPs within our boundaries, and two large and excellent group practices just outside our boundary. Thus, if a patient is dissatisfied with the service we provide, they have no difficulty in moving to a different practice. There is genuine choice.In rural areas there is less choice of GPs.  There may be no choice at all.A few days ago, Andrew Lansley said:Alan Johnson published a Primary Care Strategy in July 2008 which sounded good. The headlines claimed that we'd all be able to choose our GP. But when ... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2452460 Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:21:00 +0100 2452460 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2259376&cid=t_102947_122_f&fid=37835&url=http%3A%2F%2Fintelligencetesting.blogspot.com%2F2009%2F03%2Fchc-intelligence-definitions-table-for.html In 1997, as part of a book chapter I wrote for Flanagan et al's 1997 CIA book, I developed a table of Cattell-Horn-Carroll cognitive ability definitions (CHC Theory; back then called Extended Gf-Gc theory), which I extracted from Carroll's (1993) seminal treatise. As described in that chapter, Jack Carroll was gracious enough to review and make suggestions via an iterative back-and-forth process...eventually blessing that 1997 table.Since then this table of broad and narrow CHC definitions has more-or-less become the "official" set of working definitions and has surfaced in most CHC publications.Since then I've worked to refine these definitions. Part of the refinement process has been seeking feedback from other professionals. I've recently revised the table as it will be used by all auth... Intelligent Insights on Intelligence Theories and Tests (aka IQ's Corner) blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2259376 Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:36:00 +0100 2259376 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2172962&cid=t_102947_87_f&fid=34935&url=http%3A%2F%2Fmedicine.com.my%2Fwp%2F%3Fp%3D6122 Feminists around the world have reacted with horror to a new line of lingerie that comes equipped with a GPS tracking system.read more | digg story I guess feminists might not react so much in horror if the “chastity belts” were available in styles for both men and women Related MMR posts: Chastity belts to reduce sex crimes? from the Malaysian Medical Resources Modern Day GPS Chastity Belt (Source: Malaysian Medical Resources) Malaysian Medical Resources blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2172962 Mon, 09 Feb 2009 05:00:00 +0100 2172962 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2523538&cid=t_102947_132_f&fid=35021&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FYourBonesGotALittleMachine%2F%7E3%2FIrpDF3V_XGQ%2F Since I got a new toy for Christmas, I’ve become interested in geolocation and the fun things you can do when you have an internet-connected GPS-enabled device in your pocket. I’m also a compulsive delicious tagger, so I quickly discovered the existing practice for geotagging delicious bookmarks. Essentially, this seems to be: add the tag ‘geotagged‘, along with the tags ‘geo:lat=X.xxx‘ and ‘geo:lon=X.xxx‘, where the X.xxx’s are the latitude and longtitude numbers that are likely to come straight out of your GPS, in decimal degrees (WGS84). This is all very nice, but the problem with tags in this format is that there is no easy or efficient way to use them to retrieve all items tagged for a particular locality. Sure, if I’m standi... Your bones got a little machine. blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2523538 Mon, 29 Dec 2008 06:21:53 +0100 2523538 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1974986&cid=t_102947_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F11%2Fgps-abandon-ship.html Prodicus has just been to the doctor to find that two nurses are running a “minor illness” clinic. They have a little list of "minor" illnesses they feel competent to treat: Sore throatEaracheColds and Flu......and one or two other conditions. Actually the "little list" runs to over fifty complaints. Trouble is, these well-meaning quacktitioners do not understand the difference between mild symptoms and minor illness and do not have the diagnostic skills to discriminate between minor and major illness. I challenge any one out there to make their little list of 50 “minor” problems that they would be happy to have treated by a nurse. When you have done that, take a look at the full list here.Now I will give you a little list. A list of, say, three dangerous, possibly even life-threa... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1974986 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:19:00 +0100 1974986 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1439665&cid=t_102947_133_f&fid=35129&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwhitterer-autism.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Fit-is-better-to-arrive-than-to-travel.html We bimble back in the car with full tummies. My son conducts a conversation with someone who is invisible. He takes both roles, an impressive achievement for someone who can remain silent for 5 hours solid:- “which you prefer? Decepticon or autobot? I don’t know? Neither to do I?” This question and answer circuit, circles and fills every molecule of the car, when we happen to pass a particular sign. The visual cue pokes my youngest into action, “Jack in dah Box! Jack in dah Box! Jack in dah Box!” I glower and keep an eye on the speedometer. “Mom?“Yes dear?”“How many minutes until we get home?”“I’m not sure. Here, lets turn on the GPS, we can bet on how inaccurate it is.”“Ooo 9.6 miles. Darn it. That’s gonna take forever!”“Apparently not! It will only take ... Whitterer on Autism blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1439665 Mon, 12 May 2008 16:31:00 +0100 1439665 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1409685&cid=t_102947_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F04%2Flies-damn-lies-and-gordon-brown.html I am still trying to recover from the Prime Minister’s brazen effrontery on this morning's Today programme.  I was listening to it whilst reading the Times. You may “listen again” here.   The juxtaposition of Prime Ministerial lies and the real news is breathtaking. Unusually, Gordon Brown did admit to something short of papal infabillity on the question of how the abolition of the 10p tax rate was handled but, for the rest, it was a Panglossian tissue of lies.Secret tax adds £200 to the cost of family carsThe Treasury admitted to The Times last night that it was quietly abolishing the exemption for older cars from the highest rates of vehicle excise duty. This means that owners of larger cars bought since March 2001 will find that their road tax will rise steeply from next Apri... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1409685 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:18:00 +0100 1409685 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1353928&cid=t_102947_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F04%2Fjane-asher.html I have always been a Jane Asher fan. When I was a small child she was stepping out with Paul McCartney and so much in the news. The Beatles en masse were frequent guests at the Asher household in Wimpole Street (or was it Harley Street?). Jane’s brother Peter had a one hit wonder with “A world without love” (what ever did happen to Gordon?). Jane went on to marry the greatest living British cartoonist, to bake some cakes and, in her spare time, do a little acting. Then at medical school I came across “Talking Sense” written by her father, the late, great Richard Asher, a wise and learned physician who first described myxodematous madness and, more famously, Munchasuen’s syndrome. Richard Asher had an ability to see the wood amongst the trees. Take a look at his wonderful articl... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1353928 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:12:00 +0100 1353928 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1331347&cid=t_102947_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fgps-accused-of-slightly-adulterated.html Yesterday afternoon the Public Accounts Committee grilled NHS Chief Exec David Nicholson about the GPs' pay deal. Glaswegian Labour MP Ian Davidson (reportedly the Pa Broon of Labour politics) asked Nicholson if the Was GPs huge pay rise not "a manifestation of sheer unadulterated naked greed"? When Nicholson said no, Pa quipped that it must be only "slightly adulterated naked greed".Full story here (Source: NHS Blog Doctor) NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1331347 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 16:45:00 +0100 1331347 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1300282&cid=t_102947_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fopening-hours-scam-illusion-of-health.html The government's top down, didactic approach to the extended opening-hours fraud that is being foisted on GPs on your behalf and at your expense shows the characteristic features of New Labour's approach both to the medical profession and to the (ab)use of taxpayers money.Patients want easier access to doctors at a time of their choosing, particularly early in the morning, late in the evening and at weekends. Let us leave on one side for a moment the question as to whether it is possible or reasonable to accede to all these demands. Reasonable or not, the government is telling the patients that they are going to get what they want.This is yet another expensive governemnt fraud. GPs are going to get yet another wadge of taxpayer's money for hitting another meaningless target. The government... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1300282 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:00:00 +0100 1300282 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1277825&cid=t_102947_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F03%2Fsome-gps-are-underpaid-letter-from.html British GP goes for lunchLaurence Slavin, one of the senior partners at Ramsay Brown, is one of the most experienced medical accountants in the country. He represents over 2500 GPs, one of whom is me, though he does not know that. Every time he audits our accounts, he gives us detailed statistical information about the mean, median and mode of GPs' net personal profits. I have thus always known the truth about GPs' income. He is so tired of all the misrepresentation in the media that he has written to The Times about it.Read his letter in full The facts of GPs’ pay Some GPs earn £250,000 or more, but most earn far, far less Sir, I am compelled to write following the suggestion that GPs now earn more than £250,000 per annum. I am a partner in a firm of chartered accountants that repr... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1277825 Tue, 04 Mar 2008 12:29:00 +0100 1277825 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1263360&cid=t_102947_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F02%2F28%2Fnhs-pay-modernisation-new-contracts-for-general-practice-services-in-england%2F (Executive Summary) from the National Audit Office notes that it has contributed to improved recruitment and retention of GPs, with numbers increasing from 26,833 to 30,931 since 2003. However, the contract has cost the Department £1.76 billion more than it originally budgeted for. In the first two years of the contract, productivity has fallen by an average of 2.5 per cent per year. GPs are working on average seven hours less per week than in 1992, partly because of the removal of the responsibility for out of hours care. While the number of consultations with patients has increased, these are not in proportion with the increase in costs. Primary Care Trusts’ spending on GP services has however now started to level off. The largest overspend of the contract was due to an underestimati... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1263360 Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:48:49 +0100 1263360 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1255015&cid=t_102947_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F02%2Fcheap-shot-from-taxpayers-alliance.html An irritating rant from the Taxpayers’ Alliance (TPA) drops into my emailbox.Now, do not get me wrong. The increase in taxation over the last ten years has been outrageous. Gordon Brown’s stealth taxation has bordered on fraudulent. When I was a child, it was only rock stars, fund managers and stockbrokers who paid top rate tax. Gordon Brown consistently refused to index the tax bands, so that now we have police sergeants and senior nurses paying it. Crazy. Something needs to be done about that.The TPA go to the other extreme. Their mission statement is both simple and simplistic. Reduce taxation. At all costs. At any cost. Does not matter who suffers.Today, the TPA is having a go at people who work in the NHS and, guess what, in particular at GPs.There are almost 8,500 retired NHS emp... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1255015 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 16:41:00 +0100 1255015 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1245028&cid=t_102947_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F02%2Fbenefit-scrounging-scum-sick-note.html Britain's largest local authority, Birmingham Council, is to install a telephone lie detection system in an effort to combat benefit cheats. BBC | 7th Sep 2007 It's a pity that the lie detectors aren't being used on officials at the Department for Work and Pensions because when this development was reported in The Independent in December 2004, the DWP vehemently denied that there were any plans to introduce voice risk analysis (VRA) technology. Community Care | 31st May 2007 More at Ten Percent | Big Brother Of The Underclass++++++++++Sarah is 55.She works in security at Birmingham Airport. If a female causes a “beep” as she goes through, Sarah does the body check. She has been working at the airport for 18 years. Before that, she worked for W.H. Smiths. In her late thirties she ha... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1245028 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:04:00 +0100 1245028 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1238139&cid=t_102947_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F02%2Fbritmeds-and-dr-grumble.html It is hard work collecting and arranging a selection of British orientated, medically related blogs each week, and Dr Crippen crumbed for a few months last year. Wonderful to see that the young, vigorous Dr Rant team has once again sprung into action. Take a look here.And it gets better. Dr Grumble, a hospital consultant, is back as well after a break. He is having a go at GPwSIs, and also expressing his views on GPs. And Lord Khazi.Lovely stuff.This evening I have just discovered "Two weeks on a Trolley." What on earth can that be about? (Source: NHS Blog Doctor) NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1238139 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:25:00 +0100 1238139 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1234592&cid=t_102947_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F02%2Fgp-makes-correct-diagnosis-uk-in-shock.html Mrs Enid HuttThe story was first picked up by the Daily Mail. It is rare enough for a GP to make a diagnosis at all, but to make the correct one...well, it’s unheard off.Mrs Enid Hutt was out having dinner in a local restaurant when GP Dr Clever walked up to her. “He did not even say 'hello'" Mrs Hutt told the Daily Mail. "He just came out with the diagnosis. “Christ, you’re fat” he said.” Mrs Hutt, who weighs 86 stone and has to be wheeled about on a trolley, was going to ask to see a specialist about her painful knees. “Now, thanks to Dr Clever, I don’t need to” said Mrs Hutt. “He has changed my life." (Source: NHS Blog Doctor) NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1234592 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:37:00 +0100 1234592 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1219441&cid=t_102947_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F02%2Fcrippen-diary-2008-february-1.html What do you want to do when you grow up...February 2008 (1)A duty day.I arrived at work just after 7.30 and already there is a queue at the desk. The job of the duty doctor is to pick up the urgent phone calls of partners who are away (one on holiday, one on maternity leave) and then, once all booked appointments are gone, any patient who says their problem cannot wait until tomorrow gets a phone call from me. If I agree that it will not wait until tomorrow, I see them. I have a fully booked surgery in the morning, but my afternoon is unscheduled allowing me to pick up all such emergencies.My booked morning surgery was stressful. The whole day was fraught, I did not stop, and the phone calls did not stop. I left the Health Centre at 6.57 pm and “no”, Allan, I am not staying on another ... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1219441 Fri, 08 Feb 2008 22:45:00 +0100 1219441 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1196700&cid=t_102947_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F02%2Fgreedy-gps-devil-has-his-say.html An excellent post from The Devil on the battering that GPs are currently taking from the government quoting in full a long letter from a GP who is on the GPC. The only problem with that, of course, is the the General Practitioners Committee is a subsection the BMA.The General Practitioners Committee (GPC) is a committee of the BMA with authority to deal with all matters affecting NHS general practitioners. It is the only body which represents all GPs in Great Britain, whether or not they are members of the BMA. (BMA)A characteristically arrogant and dishonest statement by the BMA who are so far up the arse of the government that they are close to being an official spokesman. Let us not forget their cynical betrayal of the junior hospital doctors during the MTAS battles. The BMA is not auth... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1196700 Sat, 02 Feb 2008 14:17:00 +0100 1196700 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1185719&cid=t_102947_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F01%2Fdoctor-bashing-4-dr-meanswell-and.html One of the joys of returning to the medical blogosphere after a long break is catching up on new blogs, and blogs I had missed. The tantalisingly named Lake Cocytus is in fact the hiding place of The Shrink, a consultant psychiatrist who clearly enjoys his job and sees patients personally. By reading the small print of a statute he has found a way to get free home care for at-risk patients. Brilliant. Sadly, The Shrink does not like GPs. Well, each to his own. He tells a worrying story of neglect and incompetence by a GP who he portrays as failing to provide proper care for a patient.The Shrink’s article is short and the inference is that the GP he describes is a genereic representative of the whole profession. But, as the script writer might say, is there a back story? There usually is.... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1185719 Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:44:00 +0100 1185719 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1131407&cid=t_102947_122_f&fid=36582&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FSharpBrains%2F%7E3%2F211159811%2F We have suggested before (The Ten Habits of Highly Effective Brains)... "Don't Outsource Your Brain. Not to media personalities, not to politicians, not to your smart neighbour... Make your own decisions, and mistakes. And learn from them. That way, you are training your brain, not your neighbour's."   Well, let me add now: Don't Outsource Your Brain to Your GPS system, either... Read article: here (via Drudge) - "A 32-year-old Californian whose rental car got smashed by a Metro-North train last night was issued a minor summons for causing the fiery crash that stranded railroad commuters for hours." - "Bo Bai, a computer technician from Sunnyvale who said he was merely trusting his car's global positioning system when he steered onto the tracks, was cited for ob... SharpBrains blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1131407 Fri, 04 Jan 2008 15:47:33 +0100 1131407 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1079769&cid=t_102947_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F196872548%2F Parents can now keep track of where a child is, provided that child has a cell phone, the cell phone is turned on, and the parent has a special service from a phone company. The December 6th New York Times describes the two services, Family Locator and Chaperone. A parent who subscribes to these services goes to a website and, after logging in, can see where the child’s phone is, on a map or by street address.I can see Charlie carrying a cell phone with such a service when he is older (right now, it goes without saying, he does not go anywhere without supervision). By then, I’m hoping these kinds of technology might be even more precise. Not to mention the fact that it will be nice someday to speed-dial “Charlie” and hear “hi Mom” (or maybe, if I’... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1079769 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 22:25:51 +0100 1079769 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=637746&cid=t_102947_87_f&fid=34595&url=http%3A%2F%2Fnhsblogdoc.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fmother-died-after-eight-gps-failed-to.html The stark headline in The Times, with the photograph of the unfortunate Penny Campbell holding her young son, is enough to put the fear of God into anyone feeling unwell during the evening and at weekends.The headline should have read, “Mother died after a consultant surgeon and eight GPs failed to spot septicemia” but that would have confused the issue. The current media and government mission statement is to slag off overpaid, lazy GPs. And indeed that is exactly the mission that is being pursued in The Times today:Failings in out of hours GP care will claim more victimsAnd some commentators on NHS BLOG DOCTOR seem to feel the same:Dr C - why didn't EIGHT DOCTORS, highly intelligent, trained individuals spot this woman's problem? She DIED. EIGHT DOCTORS! Why?The answer is in the ques... NHS Blog Doctor blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=637746 Sat, 26 May 2007 08:44:00 +0100 637746 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=512722&cid=t_102947_137_f&fid=35348&url=http%3A%2F%2Falzheimersdad.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2F118-gps-shoes-find-lost.html I believe I've already said that my dad a month or so ago peed in the hallway on the wall. Last week my mom caught him peeing on a different wall. She yelled at him and he went right into the bathroom and used the toilet.The dog, for the first time since she's had him, peed in the house too. I lose my pee-everywhere cat and my mom gets a pee-everywhere husband. This item was in the news a few days ago and is now getting more wide-spread coverage. A man has invented sneakers with built-in GPS circuitry. Unlike some of the other GPS things I've looked at, where you download the information which isn't "live", this is live GPS enabling you to locate people. The sneakers cost $325 plus $20/month to monitor them. You can activate the GPS by pushing a button on the shoe itself if you get lost (s... "Had a Dad" Alzheimer's Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=512722 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:53:00 +0100 512722 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=478984&cid=t_102947_140_f&fid=34838&url=http%3A%2F%2Fbipolarmale.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2Fmrs-mo-went-to-see-our-gp-yesterday.html Mrs Mo went to see our GP yesterday. For those of you not familiar with our “envy of the world” health service I will give a brief outline. You’re probably aware that our NHS is free at the point of access but unaware that you’d probably be quicker trying to solve a 9 dimensional Rubik cube than try and gain access to the service. You can forget it for a common problem like toothache. All our local dentists are now private. The only one in my town charges an annual fee of £120 just to stay on his books never mind the cost of treatment. The nearest NHS dentist waiting list that I can apply to be put on is 50 miles away. I can’t discuss out of hours medical care without powerful sedation so let’s forget that. Living in a rural area, our local ambulances only get called out on av... Bipolar Mo blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=478984 Sat, 03 Feb 2007 12:05:00 +0100 478984