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 'health professions'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:26:20 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5174608&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FDwEY8Iozcz0%2F By Jane Sarasohn-Kahn. Nuns and priests were CEOs at 770 of 796 Catholic hospitals in the U.S. in 1968. This year, there are only 8 of them leading 636 hospitals. Sister Mary Jean Ryan, who retired as CEO of SSM Healthcare, says, “We’re a dying breed.” Why has this happened, and why should we care — whether or not we’re Catholic? The New York Times covered this story on August 22, 2011, titled, Nuns, a ‘Dying Breed,’ Fade from Leadership Roles at Catholic Hospitals. NY Times editors smartly placed this story in the “U.S.” section and not under the “Religion” corner of the paper. At the crux of this historical transition at religious hospitals is whether the values that drove the heart and soul of these institutions — caring for the needy, the safety net population... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5174608 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 13:23:01 +0100 5174608 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5139724&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2Fm6fuFkOI9lw%2F WATCH exclusive video interviews with 15 of this year’s Top 25 Women in Healthcare! They discuss some of the key factors that have contributed to their career success and share their advice for other women considering a career in healthcare administration. (Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care) Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5139724 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:31:29 +0100 5139724 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5050565&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FZZi-5Y7hlwk%2F By Jane Sarasohn-Kahn. Patients who perceive their visit to the doctor was patient-centered, with more communication, receive fewer diagnostic tests and referrals, and yield lower expenses for diagnostic testing. A new study finds that patient-centered care leads to lower spending on health care over one year of care due to fewer specialty care referrals. A contributing factor to lower costs is increased patient participation during the visit, which reduces patients’ anxiety and perceived need for further investigations and referrals. In the milieu of more effective patient-physician communication, physician gets more knowledge about the patient. This brings greater trust between patient and doctor, as described in Patient-Centered Care is Associated with Decreased Health Care Utiliza... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5050565 Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:11:21 +0100 5050565 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4984441&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FYjC2kQK_oQo%2F By Val Jones. I’ve often heard physicians say that “the history is 90% of the diagnosis.” In other words, they can usually determine the underlying cause of a patient’s problem just by listening to their account of how it evolved. The physical exam is merely to confirm the diagnosis, and is often cursory, limited, or ignored. I believe that the physical exam is far more important than it seems – and I learned this during my recent oral medical specialty board examination. Although I have been sworn to secrecy regarding the content of the test questions, I will share an epiphany that I had during the exam. The examiners’ job is to describe a patient and then ask the examinee what else she’d like to know and what she’d do next. With each description, I found myself struggling... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4984441 Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:39:26 +0100 4984441 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4921413&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FQeyJQ0P52KI%2F Anna Gawlinski The following is a guest post by: Anna Gawlinski, RN, DNSc, FAAN, Director, Research and Evidence-Based Practice and Adjunct Professor at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and UCLA School of Nursing and Elizabeth Henneman, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor at The School of Nursing at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. It’s easy to criticize the current state of our health care system. All over the place, even outside of Washington DC, people are talking left and right (politically, that is) when they should be talking right and wrong (care, that is). But, one important talking point that’s almost always left out of the equation is our role, the role of the nurse. Or more specifically, the critical care nurse whose job it is to save you or your family members’ lives... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4921413 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 13:02:44 +0100 4921413 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4636435&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2F7PyugaOGtdk%2F Addressing the inevitability of nurses caring for older adults with mental health and substance abuse issues, the American Academy of Nursing’s Geropsychiatric Nursing Collaborative (GPNC) released a new short video: “Discover Mental Health: The Forgotten Piece in Elder Care.” The video conveys that while not every student will become a geropsychiatric nurse, almost all nurses at some point in their careers will care for older adults with mental health issues. Therefore, nurses will need the requisite knowledge, skills and compassion to improve the quality of life for this most challenging, rewarding and neglected population. View the video. Note that this video can be used as a standalone resource or segments can easily be excerpted for specific uses. It is available for... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4636435 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 13:28:40 +0100 4636435 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4600532&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2F5n5qHqGAweM%2F The following is a guest post by Sandra Phillips Sperry and Caryl Mahoney. Sandra Phillips Sperry, MPA, APC, RN, CMC, FACHE is the Principal & EVP of Management Transitions a health care transition management firm and Founder & CEO of Connect2Care America, LLC an internet based health care advocacy service established in 2010. She is a senior healthcare executive with over 20 years of diverse experiences in hospital operations, financial management, clinical integration, business development, and hospital facilities planning and design. Caryl Mahoney has extensive executive experience in Human Resources, Organizational Development, Strategic Planning, Employee Relations, Coaching and Communications.Caryl’s experience includes healthcare management as a senior executive, c... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4600532 Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:34:06 +0100 4600532 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4575051&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FcvuqgcTkCAQ%2F The following is a guest post by Elizabeth Madigan, PhD, RN, FAAN who is a professor of nursing at the Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. She has been an RN for more than 30 years and has spent the last 14 years as a researcher focused on quality and safety in health care, primarily home health care. By Elizabeth Madigan. There really is no low hanging fruit in safe health care. The “hurray for checklists in health care” mantra that has been recently promoted in the popular media, misses a couple key points—it’s not the checklist that improves the outcomes—it’s the change in the organizational culture and where that cultural change happens. Anyone who has worked in quality improvement or performance improvement long enou... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4575051 Fri, 11 Mar 2011 14:22:16 +0100 4575051 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4540544&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=35747&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthaffairs.org%2Fblog%2F2011%2F02%2F17%2Ffoundation-blogs-round-up-health-reform-disparities-global-health-obesity-and-more%2F%3Fcat%3Dgrantwatch As my work week draws to a close, I have put together a quick listing of some foundation-related posts that I think you might want to check out. If your foundation has a blog about health care and it is not listed on GrantWatch Blog’s Blogroll, let me know about it! Disparities in Health: “Poll [...] (Source: Health Affairs Blog) Health Affairs Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4540544 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:56:06 +0100 4540544 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4489687&cid=t_241390_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D4117 Jump to follow-up The long-awaited government decision concerning statutory regulation of herbalists, traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and acupuncture came out today. Get the Department of Health (DH) report [pdf] It is not good news. They have opted for statutory regulation by the Health Professions Council (HPC). This is much what was recommended by the disgraceful Pittilo report, about which I wrote a commentary in the Times, and here, A very bad report: gamma minus for the vice-chancellor, and here. The DH report is merely an analysis of responses to the consultation, but the MHRA says "The Health Professions Council (HPC) has now been asked to establish a statutory register for practitioners supplying unlicensed herbal medicines. The proposal is, following cre... DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4489687 Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:04:09 +0100 4489687 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4459953&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FR1hfmzvterw%2F By Jane Sarasohn-Kahn. In February 2011, 1 in 10 jobs in the U.S. is in health care employment; nearly 14 million people in the U.S. work in health care employment, with health care representing 10.7% of all jobs in America. The growth rate of health care jobs rose 1.2 percentage points since the recession kicked in late 2007. Since the start of the recession, health employment grew 6.3%; the number of non-health jobs fell by 6.8%. The chart starkly illustrates this story (click the chart to enlarge for easier reading). Altarum Institute has crunched the health job numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and published their analysis in Health Sector Economic Indicators, published February 9, 2011. Altarum’s top-line: health care employment has reached an “all-time high�... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4459953 Thu, 10 Feb 2011 16:54:40 +0100 4459953 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4411519&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2Fpkd6PIGGRnM%2F By Jane Sarasohn-Kahn. While 8 in 10 U.S. adults want a physician to have primary responsibility for the diagnosis and management of their health care, many people are not sure who’s a medical doctor. Surprisingly numbers of health consumers don’t think that orthopaedic surgeons, family practitioners, dermatologists, psychiatrists, and ophthalmologists are MDs. The American Medical Association‘s survey, Truth in Advertising, published in January 2011, follows up the AMA’s 2008 survey which had similar results.  Data based on consumers answering the question, “Is this person a medical doctor,” are organized in the chart. 90% of people say that a physician’s additional years of medical education and training are ‘vital’ to optimal patient care. At the same time, only 51% ... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4411519 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:29:15 +0100 4411519 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4258860&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2F7gpw8bM5xI0%2F By Tine Hansen-Turton.  In the face of an acute primary care physician shortage, and the steady reduction in the number of physicians who are willing to accept Medicaid and Medicare, it is unclear whether our existing primary care system will be able to meet the needs of the 30 + million Americans who shortly will become insured as a result of national health reform. Health care delivery is strained under tremendous pressure from the demands of chronic health issues, downward trends in third party payments, and while insurance coverage will address some of these issues, many of these problems may persist even when near universal insurance coverage is achieved in the United States. So what else needs to happen to make health care reform a success?  In recent years, a series of “disrupti... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4258860 Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:27:06 +0100 4258860 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4249054&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.americanmedicalinnovation.org%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2FGone_Tomorrow.pdf Debra Lappin The following is a guest post by the President of the Council for American Medical Innovation, Debra Lappin. By Debra R. Lappin. A recent survey of 6,000 people across six countries found that a majority believe that the United States will lose its billing as the most innovative country in less than 10 years.  Aside from the competitive and reputational repercussions of such a drop, losing ground in innovation, especially medical innovation, means significantly less hope to discover cures, invent devices, and fundamentally bend the cost curve for health care, thus having a positive impact on the nation’s deficit. America’s medical innovation enterprise will lead our nation out of the current economic recession. It provides excellent jobs in the public and private sect... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4249054 Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:10:59 +0100 4249054 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4125006&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FpufvL1ARXbo%2F You’re Invited 10 Years after Legislation was Enacted, How Safe are Health Care Professionals from Sharps? THURSDAY, November 4th, 2010 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. (Continental Breakfast Served)   The American Nurses Association (ANA) will host a critical discussion on the Needlestick Safety and Prevention Act, 10 years after it was enacted. The new ANA President Karen Daley, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN who was instrumental in the Act’s passage will be a featured speaker. Panelists will discuss where we need to go from here in order to further improve needlestick safety.  According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), more than 1,000 needlesticks and other sharp object injuries occur each day in health care settings and many others go unreported. SPEAKERS: Karen Daley, PhD, M... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4125006 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:11:23 +0100 4125006 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4045087&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FXpocto71kcY%2F By Diana J. Mason. The Institute of Medicine’s (IOM) report on the Future of Nursing released on October 5th at the National Press Club was developed by an interdisciplinary committee after public hearings around the country and an exhaustive review of the literature on various related themes, such as the evidence on the outcomes of nursing care. Physicians Harvey Fineberg (President of the IOM) and Risa Lavizzo-Mourey (President of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation) spoke to the importance of the report for improving health and health care in the United States. Risa specifically pointed out that the report was not so much about nursing as it was about how to transform health care. Additionally, committee member and physician Jack Rowe (former head of Aetna) spoke eloquently to the ... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4045087 Fri, 08 Oct 2010 15:51:05 +0100 4045087 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3987052&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FdzoOWDQ-hDU%2F By Gwen Mayes. It was 1998 and I was new in town.   By town, I mean a Midwest city on a big river with well over two million residents and two academic medical centers.  Having been diagnosed with a rare heart disorder many years before, finding a good cardiologist in town was one of my first priorities.  I checked my health plan, researched the local paper, called the university medical centers and settled on a highly regarded, mid-50s, white-haired cardiologist in private practice with an affiliation at one of the medical centers in the area.  Our relationship lasted six months.  Well, maybe one year, but that would be a stretch. As a former physician assistant, I handled the paperwork and repetitive tests that come with seeing a new doctor without concern.  But the first few mont... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3987052 Mon, 20 Sep 2010 13:06:26 +0100 3987052 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3933085&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FWrfQckbNMs0%2F By Phyllis Kritek. As a registered nurse, I feel great pride in my profession. The list of reasons is long. One factor enjoys external validation, nurses have topped Gallup’s Honesty and Ethics ranking of different occupational groups every year but one since they were added in 1999. The exception is 2001, when firefighters were included on the list on a one-time basis, shortly after the September 11th terrorist attacks. I consider it an understandable outlier.  Apparently citizens think we are ethical and honest. This amazing achievement is no accident. The ethos of nursing, since Nightingale, has gone well beyond the familiar “Do No Harm”. Ours has been an ethos of patient advocacy. We teach and enforce it with the same intensity of focus we give to medication administration. I t... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3933085 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:15:14 +0100 3933085 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3907596&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsilver.neep.wisc.edu%2F%7Elakes%2Fiatrogenic.pdf Disruptive Women Archelle Georgiou was interviewed for the blog below, originally posted on August 21st on Big Think.  In order to be a patient advocate you need to be well informed of the issues, this post reminds us of that: You may want to think twice before your next visit to the doctor’s office. According to Dr. Barbara Starfield’s now-famous study, iatrogenic deaths (those resulting from treatment by physicians or surgeons) are the third leading cause of mortality in the United States, resulting in the loss of 225,000 lives per year. Of that total, nosocomial (hospital-acquired) infections kill 80,000, physician errors claim 27,000, and unnecessary surgery results in 12,000 deaths.   But iatrogenic errors aren’t the only reason people should avoid hospitals, says ph... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3907596 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 13:48:39 +0100 3907596 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3845097&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2F4T8wLlTFaKs%2F By Robin Strongin. Over the next several weeks Disruptive Women will be blogging about the various aspects of patient advocacy.  To get ready for these posts think about what patient advocacy means to you. Comment on this post to let us know what it means to you, its level of importance in health care and any questions you may have about it. Communication and asking questions are crtical aspects of patient advocacy, so we hope you will join us in this very important dialogue over the coming weeks. Related posts:Calling Patient Advocates–Share Your Story Health Reform: Patient Rights, Patient Reponsibilities Patient Outreach: The (Oft-Neglected) Critical Component of Health Reform (Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care) Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3845097 Mon, 09 Aug 2010 13:45:21 +0100 3845097 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3831350&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2F-Z5_nGyLY_c%2F Did you miss Disruptive Women bloggers Indu Subaiya, Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, Trisha Torrey, and Regina Holliday this week on the Real Women on Health! Radio series? Or did you hear them, but want to listen again? If so, you can listen to the podcasts now available. Related posts:One more chance to catch Disruptive Women on Real Women on Health! Roll Out the Red Carpet: Disruptive Women in Health Care Announces New Bloggers Online Radio Series Showcases Innovative Influencers Transforming Healthcare (Source: Disruptive Women in Health Care) Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3831350 Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:30:03 +0100 3831350 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3827062&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fgoto%2Fhttp%3A%2F%2Fama.pr-optout.com%2FUrl.aspx%3F13801x1096026x-434408 By Val Jones. I received this press release today and was depressed by the prevalence of meritless lawsuits in this country. Most physicians (95%) are sued at some point in their careers, and as many as 90% of these suits are found to be meritless. If that doesn’t make you want to quit practicing medicine, I don’t know what does. This kind of litigious climate definitely adds to my stress levels — and makes me fearful of caring for very sick and fragile patients who are likely to have poor outcomes, regardless of what I do. Many of my colleagues practice medicine with one eye always looking over their shoulder, wondering when that one bad apple will take them to court in an attempt at a financial windfall. In Canada, those who bring frivolous lawsuits to court are responsible for all... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3827062 Thu, 05 Aug 2010 13:30:54 +0100 3827062 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3761425&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FTPUSPtic6HM%2F By Santi Bhagat, MD.  It seems that children with chronic medical conditions and disabilities (CMCD) just disappear into thin air when they grow up.  No-one tracks these young people, so we have no idea what happens to them.  We don’t know if they have insurance and doctors; are sick and in emergency rooms; go to school and have jobs; and/or live independently and have social lives. It is estimated that 600,000 young people with CMCD enter adulthood every year, into a system devoid of any supports and services, a system that is completely unprepared for them.   To help improve things for children with CMCD as they transition into young adults , Physician-Parent Caregivers (PPC), is launching EMERGE–a new campaign  next week…stay tuned…I will be blogging mor... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3761425 Fri, 16 Jul 2010 10:51:32 +0100 3761425 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3742308&cid=t_241390_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2FpGT6eB9yg14%2F A while back I added the CBTish blog – a blog written by a cognitive-behaviour therapist – to my bookmarks for possible inclusion into our TWIM roundups. I haven’t included it because I’ve found myself too irritated by the blog’s general air of smugness, self-satisfaction and intellectual grandstanding. The author certainly didn’t endear himself to me by declaring that, “In general, any personality disorder disables you in a very serious way that makes it impossible for you to be a blogger.” That should come as a surprise to Writing in the Margins of My Mind, Confessions of a Serial Insomniac, Bippidee and many others. This week CBTish has weighed in on the debate over psychotherapy regulation, which we’ve featured heavily on Mental Nur... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3742308 Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:36:58 +0100 3742308 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3729943&cid=t_241390_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2FsPMyan6swKk%2F Back in May we reported on a very bizarre document from the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). The UKCP, whose chair Professor Andrew Samuels is vehemently opposed to plans for psychotherapy to become regulated by the Health Professions Council (HPC), produced a critique of the HPC’s system of fitness to practice. It contained all kinds of weird semantic non-arguments, and suggested that asking psychotherapists to undergo criminal record checks would be racist. It also objected to the idea that somebody falsely accused of abuse due to therapist-induced False Memory Syndrome should be able to complain against the therapist. The HPC’s response to the UKCP’s critique has now been leaked to Mental Nurse. (PDF file) In a letter to the UKCP’s Andrew Samuels, the HPC ch... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3729943 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 18:24:42 +0100 3729943 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3710631&cid=t_241390_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2FVy2PSrTWgMM%2F One of the reasons psychotherapy needs to come under the auspices of the Health Professions Council is due to the lack of a single, statutory register. At present a therapist can be registered with the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), or indeed, no professional body at all. Shockingly, we have learned that a therapist struck off by the BACP was able to stay registered with the UKCP, despite having committed a serious breach of confidentiality. Sandra Black was struck off by the BACP in July 2009 (scroll down to find the relevant case). She had written a story about one of her clients which appeared in a psychotherapy book. Although she changed the name of the client, the details of the case were such that an... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3710631 Tue, 29 Jun 2010 13:35:46 +0100 3710631 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3662666&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FCT0KowWQM3A%2F Paul F. Levy, Disruptive Women’s June 2010 Man of the Month, was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston in January 2002.  BIDMC is one of the nation’s preeminent academic health centers, providing state-of-the-art clinical care, research, and teaching in affiliation with Harvard Medical School.  Previously, Mr. Levy was the Executive Dean for Administration at Harvard Medical School, where he was responsible for administrative, budgetary, and facility issues, as well as community and governmental relations.  He was also involved in coordinating collaborative ventures between HMS and its affiliated hospitals.  Before joining Harvard Medical School, Paul Levy was Adjunct Professor of Environmental Policy at MIT, where... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3662666 Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:39:12 +0100 3662666 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3635692&cid=t_241390_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F06%2F07%2Fwhat-women-want-a-manifesto-for-health-2010%2F Title: What Women Want: A Manifesto For Health 2010 Skinny: Report from the 2020 Health think tank with recommendations for the incoming government on different aspects of health and health care from a woman’s perspective to address the gender imbalance in health literature (this report is about health in general not women’s health) . Considers: Public Health Pharmaceutical and Biotechnology Domiciliary Care to Reduce hospital Admissions Primary Care Surgery Nursing Preventive Health Physiotherapy Nutrition and Dietetics Patient Information Demand Management Self Care Older People Health Visiting Foundation Trusts Sharing Information and Communication Publisher: 2020 Health Size of Publication: 32p. Published: March 2010 Filed under: AHPs, Grey Literature, Medical Staff, NHS... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3635692 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 11:23:17 +0100 3635692 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3545500&cid=t_241390_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2FckQr6n6nwOk%2F Since the leaking to Mental Nurse of the UKCP document The United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy’s Critique of HPC’s Fitness To Practise System, we’ve just received another leak. This time it’s an e-mail from Professor Andrew Samuels (chair of the UKCP, and coordinator of the leaked document) to his UKCP colleagues. As I’ve said before, the leaked critique of Fitness to Practise is a bizarre document, strongly hinting that it’s racist to do criminal record checks and that people who’ve had their lives ruined by false memory syndrome shouldn’t be allowed to complain about it. The full text of the e-mail is below, but here are the highights: - Professor Samuels admits not showing the document to the UKCP board of trustees prior to submitting it to t... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3545500 Sat, 08 May 2010 15:18:21 +0100 3545500 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3362390&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2Fgvehq6g2VsU%2F By Rebecca Camp. AUSTIN, TX– Today’s SXSH <a href=http://sxsh.org>SXSH</a> conference (South By Social Health) saw many successful, multi-disciplinary approaches to weaving together new media and health care. I was bothered, however, by a theme that’s becoming increasingly common in the health care conversation: patients treated as consumers. When a company follows capitalistic principles, the goal is to increase value by offering better services at a lower price. The company strives to improve their bottom line by offering more value than their competitor, in an effort to put their competitor out of business. Offering good customer service complements this strategy. In industries other than health care, the result is a benefit to the consumer: quality products and se... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3362390 Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:29:31 +0100 3362390 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3306838&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FVVzEAmPVQuE%2F Disruptive Women welcomes Personal Trainer Morris White as our February 2010 Man of the Month. A personal trainer for 22 years, Morris White has both men and women – and even children as young as 12 – as clients. He helps them with basic fitness, sport-specific fitness and self defense. He also trains people with special needs, including those with disabilities and eating disorders, and those recovering from a stroke and heart attack. In his own life, he is a power lifter and a practitioner of Kung Fu, Yoga, desert hiking and survival quests and sustainable healthy living. He is currently working on a fitness community site. I can vouch for his impact. I’m now in my third year with him, with regular work outs at 6 AM. The benefits have been worth every trek to the gym in those before... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3306838 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:37:37 +0100 3306838 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3287735&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FTZTsFXr_ZhQ%2F Probably the thousands of nurses who have been following this case were encouraged to read the press report of its outcome:  “Texas jury finds nurse not guilty for reporting a physician for unsafe practices. It took the jury less than an hour on February 11, 2010, to return a not guilty verdict for the nurse, Anne Mitchell, of felony charges of “misuse of official information,” for reporting a physician to the Texas Medical Board for what she believed was unsafe patient care.  Since news of the criminal indictment – and Mitchell’s being fired from her job – first spread through the nursing community, nurses across the country have followed developments. Labeling the criminal indictments “outrageous,” an outpouring of support – and financial contribut... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3287735 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:39:08 +0100 3287735 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3283652&cid=t_241390_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2Ftj516P8NYLE%2F A couple of weeks ago we broke the news that Professor Andrew Samuels, chair of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), had been caught outright lying about his role in the Derek Gale abuse case. Howard Martin, the original complainant in the case that resulted in Derek Gale being struck off by the Health Professions Council, has now written an open letter to David Pink, the chief executive of the UKCP. We are publishing it here on Mr Martin’s behalf: +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 16th February 2010 Dear David Pink and the Board of Trustees, This is an open letter to you with regards to Andrew Samuels, his role in the HPC v Gale hearings and his subsequent public statements concerning this matter that have led to media accusations that he is a liar. You are no do... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3283652 Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:55:43 +0100 3283652 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3271023&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FFqPJsH31wU0%2F Immediately after the snow stopped falling in Washington DC this week, another news story took DC by storm–the resignation of Billy Tauzin, effective June 30th. Mr. Tauzin’s departure comes at a critical time for those involved with health reform efforts, not to mention PHRMA’s own thick portfolio of issues that include patents and trade, the economy, taxes (think offshore), and shrivelling pipelines, just to name a few. The job pays well, but the applicant will surely inherit a daunting to-do list.  Job Qualifications  It’s a given that she would have impeccable bipartisan connections at the highest levels of government (both here and abroad); a robust rolodex full of private sector titans and Wall Street mavericks; a keen understanding of marketplace complexiti... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3271023 Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:16:44 +0100 3271023 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3227862&cid=t_241390_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2FieAyWNT2X18%2F A surprising number of those campaigning against psychotherapy becoming regulated by the Health Professions Council also seem to have some sort of link with Derek Gale, the arts therapist and cult guru who was struck off by the HPC for physically, sexually and emotionally abusing his clients. People like Andrew Samuels, Professor of Analytical Psychology at Essex University and chair of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy. The transcripts of the Derek Gale hearings describe a letter from Samuels (PDF file, pages 36 and 37) offering to supervise Gale if he was allowed to continue practising. Some might consider this a conflict of interest in Samuels’ lobbying to try to prevent psychotherapists from having to join their arts therapist colleagues on the HPC register. Since then... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3227862 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:06:45 +0100 3227862 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3212327&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FlRPxlJJ8kb0%2F I’ve grown weary of the public continuing to rate nurses as the most trusted profession (annual Gallup polls every year of this decade except 2001 when fire fighters understandably led the ratings), only to have leaders in health care agree but ignore us. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation released a Gallup poll that surveyed over 1500 opinion leaders in health care, including government officials, health care and insurance executives, and university faculty. The survey found that: Doctors (54%) and nurses (42%) are the information sources about health and healthcare in whom opinion leaders have a great deal of confidence. Government (75%) and health insurance executives (56%) are viewed as most likely to exert a great deal of influence on health reform, compared to only 37% for doc... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3212327 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:17:55 +0100 3212327 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3175869&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FbMPuYqPwMdA%2F Healthcare (insurance) reform has passed in the Senate and final negotiations are happening before it moves on to the President’s desk for signature. While the legislation is not perfect – in fact some would say far from perfect – it is a piece of legislation that is very much in keeping with our American philosophy, our constant pursuit of progress and change. As the late Senator Kennedy’s career on Capitol Hill demonstrated, change is usually incremental, usually negotiated and usually compromised. But at the end of the day, change usually amounts to progress. I see tremendous progress, too, as I look back on a decade’s worth of work to promote access to affordable quality health care using nurse practitioners in the role as primary care providers, thereby a... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3175869 Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:22:10 +0100 3175869 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3092764&cid=t_241390_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2FX_iTUY7WpoM%2F This entry is part 15 of 15 in the series Regulation of PsychotherapyLast week I highlighted the role of Andrew Samuels, Professor of Analytical Psychology at Essex University, in the Derek Gale abuse case. Samuels is currently claiming (see comments thread) that it’s an “urban myth” that he offered to be his Gale’s supervisor if Gale’s suspension from the Health Professions Council was lifted. If it’s an urban myth, it’s one that has spread to the transcripts of the HPC hearing. (PDF file: see pages 36, 37 and 47) It turns out Professor Samuels wasn’t the only prominent psychotherapist to leap to Gale’s support when he was up before the HPC for running a deeply abusive therapy cult. Time now to meet Brian Thorne, Emeritus Professor of ... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3092764 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 22:41:27 +0100 3092764 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3075597&cid=t_241390_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F138ugUcWHE8%2F This entry is part 14 of 14 in the series Regulation of PsychotherapyMeet Andrew Samuels, Jungian psychotherapist and Professor of Analytical Psychology at the University of Essex. He’s a leading spokesperson for the campaign against HPC regulation of psychotherapy. A month ago he was elected chair of the UK Council for Psychotherapy, the main umbrella body for psychotherapy organisations in Britain. So, how will the UKCP’s new chair engage with the Health Professions Council on the tricky issue of regulating psychotherapy? The answer, it would seem, is by posting ranty, paranoid video messages attacking the chief executive of the HPC. In the video Samuels accuses the HPC of planning to prosecute him after “psychotherapist” becomes a protected title, though this app... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3075597 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:22:58 +0100 3075597 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2977363&cid=t_241390_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2FhZaMGtt1z7g%2F This entry is part 13 of 13 in the series Regulation of PsychotherapyYesterday I posted about the Maresfield Report, which offers a “devastating critique” (well, according to their press release) of the case for regulation of the psychotherapy profession by the Health Professions Council. Among other things they offer the stunning revelation that psychotherapists shouldn’t be regulated because, er, they aren’t required to abide by child protection or Protection of Vulnerable Adults legislation. This really is quite an unbelievable claim on their part. If I stated in work that confidentiality could override child protection/POVA concerns, then I’d be hauled into supervision to have some very fundamental questions asked about whether I’m safe to practice. ... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2977363 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:17:14 +0100 2977363 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2923261&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FtIc1MZKvMEc%2F As this first full term at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has unraveled, I see how much they were prepping us during summer term.  My days have been filled with work, outside activity, caffeine, and a test of how long I can go without sleep and still be productive—similar to what I imagine the days are like for most of the Disruptive Women in Healthcare!  Classes this term included biostatistics, evolution of infectious diseases, program planning for health behavior change, health policy I, and public health economics seminar.  I chose the more rigorous biostatistics course (and will take others throughout the year) in an effort to become more quantitative and enhance my ability to analyze and conduct cost-effectiveness studies and economic evaluations in particul... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2923261 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 13:44:33 +0100 2923261 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2920246&cid=t_241390_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F10%2F22%2Fintroducing-the-journal-of-participatory-medicine%2F Well, today’s the day. After many months of long, hard work by many talented professionals — among them, Sarah Greene, managing editor; co-editors Jessie Gruman and Charles Smith; and Alan Greene, deputy editor — the Journal of Participatory Medicine is now live! What is the Journal of Participatory Medicine? And what the heck is “participatory medicine” and how does it relate to mental health? The second question first. Participatory Medicine is a cooperative model of health care that encourages and expects active involvement by all connected parties (patients, caregivers, healthcare professionals, etc.) as integral to the full continuum of care. The ‘participatory’ concept may also be applied to fitness, nutrition, mental health, end-of-life care, and al... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2920246 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:31:16 +0100 2920246 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2890648&cid=t_241390_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D2329 Two weeks left to stop the Department of Health making a fool of itself. Email your response to tne Pittilo consultation to this email address HRDListening@dh.gsi.gov.uk I’ve had permission to post a submission that has been sent to the Pittilo consultation. The whole document can be downloaded here. I have removed the name of the author. It is written by the person who has made some excellent contributions to this blog under the pseudonym "Allo V Psycho". The document is a model of clarity, and it ends with constructive suggestions for forms of regulation that will, unlike the Pittilo proposals, really protect patients Here is the summary. The full document explains each point in detail. Executive Summary Statutory regulation lends prestige, but needs to be balanced ... DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2890648 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:37:04 +0100 2890648 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2857412&cid=t_241390_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D2310 More boring politics, but it matters.  The two main recommendations of this Pittilo report are that Practitioners of Acupuncture, Herbal Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine should be subject to statutory regulation by the Health Professions Council Entry to the register should normally be through a Bachelor degree with Honours For the background on this appalling report, see earlier posts. A very bad report: gamma minus for the vice-chancellor The Times (blame subeditor for the horrid title), and some follow up on the Times piece The Health Professions Council breaks its own rules: the result is nonsense Chinese medicine -acupuncture gobbledygook revealed Consultation opens on the Pittilo report: help stop the Department of Health making a fool of itself  Why degrees in Chinese med... DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2857412 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:23:19 +0100 2857412 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2800489&cid=t_241390_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2Frhq51S782lM%2F I’ve previously highlighted the unregulated nature of counselling and psychotherapy in the UK. Arts therapists and clinical psychologists are now regulated by the Health Professions Council, so that any rogue practitioners can be struck off. The same does not apply to psychotherapists or counsellors. The risk this presents was demonstrated by the Derek Gale case. Struck off as an arts therapist by the HPC for abusing his clients, he simply retitled himself as a psychotherapist and carried on practicing. Because of cases like Derek Gale, I fully support the ongoing moves for counsellors and psychotherapists to be regulated by the HPC alongside their arts therapist and psychologist colleagues. Yesterday, a second arts therapist, Andrew Davies, was struck off by the HPC. The reasons are... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2800489 Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:00:46 +0100 2800489 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2800490&cid=t_241390_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2FAc5xEsnD3IQ%2F (Guest post by Arthur Musgrave) My apologies for the delay in posting this, the second part of my response to your comment – Arthur Your point about a solution to the current debate as to who should have prior claim to the titles ‘counsellor’ and ‘psychotherapist’ demands careful consideration. I agree with you that the business of psychotherapy/counselling is done with people who are suffering and in psychological distress. I also agree with you that personal coaching is generally seen as a self‑improvement thing. In other words these two activities are distinct. But the HPC doesn’t regulate activities – it regulates titles. So, as far as the principles underpinning this form of regulation are concerned, provided people don’t either use a protected title or imply they’... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2800490 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:15:50 +0100 2800490 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2757749&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2F80YWoP3WjxU%2F As an insurance broker in the metro Washington DC area, I have been in the trenches of selling, and advocating for our customers for their small group health insurance, disability programs and life insurance plans for over 17 years. Needless to say, it has been maddening in the last five years to watch rates rise and our customers get increasingly frustrated with the system. I spend my days arguing with insurance companies about what they will cover and what they won’t — and I’m consistently amazed that these large firms often don’t have a handle on the benefits they provide in their policies. To say the right hand doesn’t know what the left is doing is a dramatic understatement. I am one of the first to admit that something needs to be done. Last fall I hosted the DC Health Summ... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2757749 Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:21:24 +0100 2757749 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2709098&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2FHwbwZv4liLk%2F Those who have spent their careers in the trenches of healthcare and are now reading the uncertain headlines in the news each day and fearing for the future of healthcare, fear not! There are fresh crops of enthusiastic students, eager to make a difference and keep the ball rolling in the quest to improve healthcare, sprouting up in graduate programs starting across the nation this summer. Having started the Johns Hopkins Masters of Public Health (JHSPH) program in July, it has been a thrilling month and will no doubt be a fast year with many choices to make for classes, volunteer opportunities, and research projects. The plethora of options was described by one former student as “going to the grocery store when you’re hungry.” Not to mention, each student shopping in the... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2709098 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:44:23 +0100 2709098 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2705115&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2Fp5NNDon-iTs%2F EAST COAST.  In and around the DC Beltway, there is a tremendous amount of excitement when it comes to Health Information Technology (HIT).  Lots of mainstream IT vendors, trade associations and HIT gurus are licking their chops.  Policy wonks, legislative aides and administration appointees have been diligently debating the thorny issues of the day: privacy, security, standards, and meaningful use. WEST COAST.  In and around Silicon Valley, there is a tremendous amount of excitement when it comes to Health Information Technology (HIT). Lots of software engineers, health 2.o entrepreneurs, and venture capitalists are licking their chops.  IT experts,  computer intelligensia, and bleeding edge developers have been diligently innovating the thorny issues of the day: privacy, security,... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2705115 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 04:08:11 +0100 2705115 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2681976&cid=t_241390_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2F-tXXULvZMjA%2F This entry is part 9 of 9 in the series Regulation of Psychotherapy[This blog previously hosted a two-part article by Howard Martin, the original complainant in the Derek Gale case. Martin heavily criticised the current professional bodies for psychotherapy, and argued that this demonstrates the need for psychotherapists to be statutorily regulated to prevent abuse. Richard House, a practising psychotherapist, responds here to Martin. Z] This is a full critical response to Howard Martin’s recent ‘Mental Nurse’ post from someone in the Independent Practitioners Network and the Alliance for Counselling and Psychotherapy who is implacably against the HPC regulation of the psy therapies.   It would be very easy to respond with equally vituperative vitriol to Howard’s quasi-rant of a p... Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2681976 Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:30:41 +0100 2681976 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2681977&cid=t_241390_111_f&fid=34834&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FMentalNurse%2F%7E3%2FqZbo05rjFMc%2F In conclusion, in view of the foregoing arguments, the case for an independent commission to investigate thoroughly the various regulatory possibilities is, in my view, absolutely unanswerable. (Source: Mental Nurse) Mental Nurse blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2681977 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 09:07:06 +0100 2681977 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2613856&cid=t_241390_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D1899 Jump to follow-up .The University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN) is the first place I asked to see teaching materials that were used on its homeopathy “BSc” course. The request was refused, and subsequent internal appeals were refused too, Clearly UCLAN had something to hide. An appeal to the information commissioner took almost two years to be judged, but the case was won. The eventual decision by the Information Commissioner rejected all the grounds that UClan had used to evade the Freedom of Information Act. UClan appealed against the judgement and I still haven’t got the stuff but that hardly matters now, because the course in question shut its doors. In any case, plenty of stuff from similar courses has leaked out already. Meanwhile, in September 2008,... DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2613856 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:21:41 +0100 2613856 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2610924&cid=t_241390_90_f&fid=36413&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D1899 .The University of Central Lancashire (UCLAN) is the first place I asked to see teaching materials that were used on its homeopathy “BSc” course. The request was refused, and subsequent internal appeals were refused too, Clearly UCLAN had something to hide. An appeal to the information commissioner took almost two years to be judged, but the case was won. The eventual decision by the Information Commissioner rejected all the grounds that UClan had used to evade the Freedom of Information Act. UClan appealed against the judgement and I still haven’t got the stuff but that hardly matters now, because the course in question shut its doors. In any case, plenty of stuff from similar courses has leaked out already. Meanwhile, in September 2008, UCLAN announced an in... DC's goodscience blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2610924 Thu, 16 Jul 2009 22:21:41 +0100 2610924 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2424004&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FDisruptiveWomenInHealthCare%2F%7E3%2F6dv_K2sasuk%2F Heart disease is the number one killer of women. The problem is, women have different symptoms then men — so they often don’t realize they’re having a heart attack. The Queen of Hearts Foundation is co-hosting a women’s wellness seminar in Atlanta June 2 and 3 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel Atlanta Perimeter At Ravinia - (Address is: 4355 Ashford Dunwoody Rd NE, Atlanta - (888) 444-0401) If you’re in Atlanta, the cost is only $10 — and it could save your life. Queen of Hearts co-founders, Katy Atterbery and Carmen Perez, talked to Disruptive Women’s Wendy Grossman. DW: Did you know each other before you started the foundation? KA: We met while volunteering on a project regarding women and heart here in Atlanta in 2004. We formed the foundation in May 20... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2424004 Wed, 20 May 2009 14:33:03 +0100 2424004 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2416778&cid=t_241390_87_f&fid=38368&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fv%2FFY1uterf56E%26amp%3Brel%3D1%26amp%3Bcolor1%3Dd6d6d6%26amp%3Bcolor2%3Df0f0f0%26amp%3Bborder%3D0%26amp%3Bfs%3D1%26amp%3Bhl%3Den%26amp%3Bautoplay%3D0%26amp%3Bshowinfo%3D0%26amp%3Biv_load_policy%3D3%26amp%3Bshowsearch%3D0 The following guest post is written by Melinna Giannini, President, CEO, and Founder of ABC Coding Solutions (formerly Alternative Link), who has worked in the health insurance industry since the 1980s. She is one of the nation’s leading experts on contracting, billing, and practice management for nursing and other forms of integrative healthcare. Melinna designed ABC codes to fill gaps in national code sets used for managing healthcare reimbursement and outcomes analysis. The U.S. healthcare system can no longer rely on medicine as its primary form of healthcare. Our U.S. medical schools cannot increase the physician workforce fast enough to keep pace with population growth and the needs of baby boomers. The physician workforce decreased from 772,000 doctors to 633,000 doctors since 200... Disruptive Women in Health Care blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2416778 Mon, 18 May 2009 17:53:35 +0100 2416778 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2414826&cid=t_241390_97_f&fid=36415&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dcscience.net%2F%3Fp%3D1284 The Health Professions Council (HPC) is yet another regulatory quango. The HPC’s strapline is “Working with health professionals to protect the public” At present the HPC regulates; Arts therapists, biomedical scientists, chiropodists/podiatrists, clinical scientists, dietitians, occupational therapists, operating department practitioners, orthoptists, paramedics, physiotherapists, prosthetists/orthotists, radiographers and speech & language therapists. These are thirteen very respectable jobs. With the possible exception of art therapists, nobody would doubt for a moment that they are scientific jobs, based on evidence. Dietitians, for example, are the real experts on nutrition (in contrast to “nutritional therapists” and the like, who are part of... DC's Improbable Science blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2414826 Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:18:12 +0100 2414826 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2206727&cid=t_241390_109_f&fid=34750&url=http%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Fblog%2Farchives%2F2009%2F02%2F22%2Fpatient-health-questionnaire-phq-9-can-improve-care%2F There’s usually a canyon-sized gap between what researchers find in their studies and what goes on in clinical practice, otherwise known as “the real world.” One of those differences is the simple act of measurement. Most clinicians simply don’t spend a lot of time measuring or worrying about measuring their client’s progress. If this is a problem in the mental health professions, it’s virtually a non-existent exercise in primary care practices. You know, those places where most people actually get their antidepressants. Why should anyone care about measuring what a person is feeling or experiencing? Well, research has shown that such measurements help a professional keep better track of their patient’s concerns, and whether the current medication... World of Psychology blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2206727 Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:15:49 +0100 2206727 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1955153&cid=t_241390_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.podbean.com%2Fmedias%2Fweb%2FaHR0cDovL21lZGlhMi5wb2RiZWFuLmNvbS8zNzc4Ni91L1RoZUNvbW1pc3Npb25lcjMxMS5tcDM%2FTheCommissioner311.mp3 World Class Commissioning and Audit Commission Auditors’ Local Evaluation (Use of Resources from 08/09) Three new NICE Commissioning Guides Mental Health Act Briefing: Children & Young People Taking the long term view: the Department of Health’s strategy for delivering sustainable development 2008-2011 NHS must rise to technology challenge Commissioning IAPT for the whole community: Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Improving outcomes in cardiovascular disease; a guide for practice-based commissioners Self-referral pilots to musculoskeletal physiotherapy and the implications for improving access to other AHP services Integrated care pilot programme - prospectus for potential pilots Standard Podcasts [ 5:55m] Feed for Podcast Posted in Current Awareness, Grey L... 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