Home health care & long-term conditions: How to succeed with personal health ...Mohammad Al-Ubaydli
Dr Mohammad Al-Ubaydli (CEO of Patients Know Best)
Dr Al-Ubaydli is author of the book "Personal health records: A guide for clinicians", in which he surveyed the different ways in which patients can work with their clinical team using software. A new generation of tools allows patients to manage their health and Mohammad will cover some of these in his talk, including products by large US companies like Google and Microsoft, as well as the UK software industry. He will also describe the experiences of his own company, Patients Know Best, which integrates its patient-controlled medical records platform into the NHS secure network.
M12S18 - Records and Information Management: What Healthcare Should be Learni...MER Conference
Speakers: Hon. Ronald J. Hedges, Linda Kloss, & Deborah Kohn, MPH RHIA FACHE
Healthcare organizations are making unprecedented investments in information technology to accelerate the transition from paper to electronic health records as a foundation for improving care delivery.
The health care industry is learning that implementing information management and communications technology does not ensure that information is complete, accurate, reliable, secure, or used appropriately.
In fact, research is revealing new data errors and other information-related unintended consequences can impede safe use of technology.
Read More: http://www.rimeducation.com/videos/rimondemand.php
The Challenge of Adoption: A Nurse's View of EMR and the Road Ahead
- A Nurse's View of the EMR -- Kathy English, Kris Hanke
- Closed Loop Pharmacy Safety Demo -- Kris Hanke
- Clinical Coordinator -- Carol Blair, Midland Memorial
- Questions and Discussion
- Medsphere.org: Tip of the Month
The December call will center on a Nurse's perspective of the EMR and will feature a demonstration of the closed loop medication capabilities of OpenVista. This would be an excellent call for any clinical application coordinators, specialists and nurses to join. Please feel free invite any colleagues that might find this topic relevant.
When: December 18, 12:30 - 2pm Pacific
Where: Dial-in: (888) 346-3950 // Participant Code: 1302465
Web conference: http://www.medsphere.com/infinite/
Details and Recording available here: http://medsphere.org/blogs/events/2008/12/18/community-call-december-2008
Home health care & long-term conditions: How to succeed with personal health ...Mohammad Al-Ubaydli
Dr Mohammad Al-Ubaydli (CEO of Patients Know Best)
Dr Al-Ubaydli is author of the book "Personal health records: A guide for clinicians", in which he surveyed the different ways in which patients can work with their clinical team using software. A new generation of tools allows patients to manage their health and Mohammad will cover some of these in his talk, including products by large US companies like Google and Microsoft, as well as the UK software industry. He will also describe the experiences of his own company, Patients Know Best, which integrates its patient-controlled medical records platform into the NHS secure network.
M12S18 - Records and Information Management: What Healthcare Should be Learni...MER Conference
Speakers: Hon. Ronald J. Hedges, Linda Kloss, & Deborah Kohn, MPH RHIA FACHE
Healthcare organizations are making unprecedented investments in information technology to accelerate the transition from paper to electronic health records as a foundation for improving care delivery.
The health care industry is learning that implementing information management and communications technology does not ensure that information is complete, accurate, reliable, secure, or used appropriately.
In fact, research is revealing new data errors and other information-related unintended consequences can impede safe use of technology.
Read More: http://www.rimeducation.com/videos/rimondemand.php
The Challenge of Adoption: A Nurse's View of EMR and the Road Ahead
- A Nurse's View of the EMR -- Kathy English, Kris Hanke
- Closed Loop Pharmacy Safety Demo -- Kris Hanke
- Clinical Coordinator -- Carol Blair, Midland Memorial
- Questions and Discussion
- Medsphere.org: Tip of the Month
The December call will center on a Nurse's perspective of the EMR and will feature a demonstration of the closed loop medication capabilities of OpenVista. This would be an excellent call for any clinical application coordinators, specialists and nurses to join. Please feel free invite any colleagues that might find this topic relevant.
When: December 18, 12:30 - 2pm Pacific
Where: Dial-in: (888) 346-3950 // Participant Code: 1302465
Web conference: http://www.medsphere.com/infinite/
Details and Recording available here: http://medsphere.org/blogs/events/2008/12/18/community-call-december-2008
Case for Candidacy - Mayo Clinic Social Media Advisory BoardKaren Herzog
Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media is crowdsourcing their Advisory Board so they can lead the social media revolution in health care, improving health and well-being for people everywhere.
I graciously submit my application for candidacy.
Pipeline session speech and medical intelligence – revolutionizing the doctor...Nick van Terheyden
speech and medical intelligence – revolutionizing the doctor and patient experience
Speech is delivering efficiencies and improves EHR adoption
Adding Clinical Language Understanding is set to revolutionize healthcare delivery allowing the clinician to focus on the patient not the technology delivering real time medical intelligence at the point of care.
Medical Intelligence helps healthcare providers transform patient stories into high-value clinically actionable medical information
Improving the quality, efficiency and value of documentation and help drive better care without burdening the clinicians with data entry tasks
Preparing for the Coming Change: An Overview of the Healthcare Analytics MarketHealth Catalyst
Jim Adams, Executive Director, The Advisory Board, discusses the two market forces in particular, population health management and the retail revolution, that are driving the need for new applications of analytics and business intelligence (BI).
Attendees will learn:
The role of analytics in population health and the growing retail market
The key challenges provider organizations are facing in developing analytics capabilities
The pros and cons of the core strategies providers are utilizing to develop analytics capabilities and the vendors that map to those strategies
Bring your most pressing healthcare problems and spend an hour listening to one of the most seasoned industry analysts talking through the top forces shifting the landscape of the healthcare market in 2015.
We hope you'll come away with some insight and refined thinking about solutions that will drive your work forward. Please do join us.
Advisor Live: Understanding the MACRA Quality Payment Program and What You Ca...Premier Inc.
Join this session for a clear understanding of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) Quality Payment Program final rule with comment period, and implications for eligible clinicians, hospitals and health systems.
Understand the requirements and what you need to do to succeed under the two pathways: Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Model (APM) Incentive.
Speakers:
Danielle Lloyd, MPH, Vice President, Policy & Advocacy, Deputy Director DC Office, Premier Inc.
Aisha Pittman, MPH, Director of Quality Policy & Analysis, Premier Inc.
The Advisory Board Company Drives Healthcare Transformation with APIs and Mob...CA Technologies
As a global research, technology and performance improvement partner for over 180,000 leaders in healthcare and higher education, The Advisory Board Company is at the forefront of helping providers leverage investments in electronic medical records and identity management to deliver secure, consistent access across every digital channel from web to mobile and beyond. In this session, Ivan Sager, Director of Product Engineering, The Advisory Board Company, will discuss how API integration, mobile SDKs and centralized security are critical capabilities for driving innovation in healthcare.
For more information, please visit http://cainc.to/Nv2VOe
Brought to you by the Mobile Collective, with the support of the ICT KTN, the CI KTN, and the Mobile Applications Centre at Imperial College.
Featuring: Patients Know Best, Wellnote, Epicollect, & MoDiSe
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Health care consumers benefit from understanding some of the issues involved in providing them with the best care, and some things they can do themselves to prepare for and learn about these issues. Doctors, nurses, and other health professionals dedicate their lives to caring for their patients. But providing health care can be complicated.
Case for Candidacy - Mayo Clinic Social Media Advisory BoardKaren Herzog
Mayo Clinic Center for Social Media is crowdsourcing their Advisory Board so they can lead the social media revolution in health care, improving health and well-being for people everywhere.
I graciously submit my application for candidacy.
Pipeline session speech and medical intelligence – revolutionizing the doctor...Nick van Terheyden
speech and medical intelligence – revolutionizing the doctor and patient experience
Speech is delivering efficiencies and improves EHR adoption
Adding Clinical Language Understanding is set to revolutionize healthcare delivery allowing the clinician to focus on the patient not the technology delivering real time medical intelligence at the point of care.
Medical Intelligence helps healthcare providers transform patient stories into high-value clinically actionable medical information
Improving the quality, efficiency and value of documentation and help drive better care without burdening the clinicians with data entry tasks
Preparing for the Coming Change: An Overview of the Healthcare Analytics MarketHealth Catalyst
Jim Adams, Executive Director, The Advisory Board, discusses the two market forces in particular, population health management and the retail revolution, that are driving the need for new applications of analytics and business intelligence (BI).
Attendees will learn:
The role of analytics in population health and the growing retail market
The key challenges provider organizations are facing in developing analytics capabilities
The pros and cons of the core strategies providers are utilizing to develop analytics capabilities and the vendors that map to those strategies
Bring your most pressing healthcare problems and spend an hour listening to one of the most seasoned industry analysts talking through the top forces shifting the landscape of the healthcare market in 2015.
We hope you'll come away with some insight and refined thinking about solutions that will drive your work forward. Please do join us.
Advisor Live: Understanding the MACRA Quality Payment Program and What You Ca...Premier Inc.
Join this session for a clear understanding of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (MACRA) Quality Payment Program final rule with comment period, and implications for eligible clinicians, hospitals and health systems.
Understand the requirements and what you need to do to succeed under the two pathways: Merit-Based Incentive Payment System (MIPS) and Alternative Payment Model (APM) Incentive.
Speakers:
Danielle Lloyd, MPH, Vice President, Policy & Advocacy, Deputy Director DC Office, Premier Inc.
Aisha Pittman, MPH, Director of Quality Policy & Analysis, Premier Inc.
The Advisory Board Company Drives Healthcare Transformation with APIs and Mob...CA Technologies
As a global research, technology and performance improvement partner for over 180,000 leaders in healthcare and higher education, The Advisory Board Company is at the forefront of helping providers leverage investments in electronic medical records and identity management to deliver secure, consistent access across every digital channel from web to mobile and beyond. In this session, Ivan Sager, Director of Product Engineering, The Advisory Board Company, will discuss how API integration, mobile SDKs and centralized security are critical capabilities for driving innovation in healthcare.
For more information, please visit http://cainc.to/Nv2VOe
Brought to you by the Mobile Collective, with the support of the ICT KTN, the CI KTN, and the Mobile Applications Centre at Imperial College.
Featuring: Patients Know Best, Wellnote, Epicollect, & MoDiSe
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Health care consumers benefit from understanding some of the issues involved in providing them with the best care, and some things they can do themselves to prepare for and learn about these issues. Doctors, nurses, and other health professionals dedicate their lives to caring for their patients. But providing health care can be complicated.
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Introduction
EHR is a systemized digital chart that contain collective information about patients. The EHR at Practice Fusion offers free sign up which offers an experience that does not incur any cost. There are minimal requirements to sign up as only personal information is needed. Navigation around the record is efficient and easy due to the availability of tutorials. The information is provided instantly through the easy access from any location, making it relatively fast. Information security is enhanced because access to the records is only by authorized users (Shan 2015)
Charting with doctors is a feature in the EHR and there are many doctors present to attend to patients. Online services present at the system are effective because I have the ability to book appointment online. The history of a patient treatment can be recovered from the records for further treatment. Information from the EHR can be shared between doctors in different departments or facilities that facilitates treatment at different locations and facilities.
Standards
Acute care is treatment that is short-term but treats severe injuries and illness. Ambulatory care involves the outpatient care where patients receive treatment and go home the same day without admission in the hospital. There are certain standards that govern the EHR in this type of care. For both the medical care, security and privacy standards should be maintained. This entails that those who are authorized to access patient information should not disclose the information to anyone. This promotes confidentiality and privacy.
The EHR keeps lists of all the problem as per the standards for reference in continuous treatment. Medication issued to patients also have to be listed to provide a follow up. The EHR offers information on all allergies affecting customers together with their preventive measures. According to the regulations the EHR should be enabled to exchange and share patient information. The ERH has to be certified by the health and human services.
Challenges
The web-based nature of the EHR poses as a threat to healthcare provider as records are vulnerable to hacking. Information leakage may damage the reputation of the provider. Healthcare providers’ maybe resistance to EHR due to time taken to adapt the system. The adaptation duration decreases productivity hence ineffective in initial stages. Doctor patient interactions are disrupted by the EHR due to lack of face to face appointments.
Doctors tend to overlie on the EHR systems to make decision which leads to poor medical assistance. The EHRs are relatively expens.
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Introduction
Electronic Health Record (EHR) is the computerized storage and sharing of patients’ health information to help in continuous monitoring of the patients’ health (Shickel B., 2017). This is a system developed to enable health clinics share information that can help in providing effective medication to the patients with different kinds of health needs. The data on patients is stored and accessed by the clinics during visits from the patient which will help in care management of the patients. An electronic health record system can be helpful as the information stored consist of medical history of a patient, laboratory tests, treatment plans, immunization dates and various allergies of the patients. This is helpful when the patient visits different clinic health providers where they will not need to explain the situations over and over again.
Electronic health record system automates information sharing and reduces the traditional paper work which was tiresome and had a great risk of losing information. With the HER, information on patients is kept in a secure system where only authorized persons can access it. Errors are minimized in provision of health care since the information kept can be more accurate and available at any given time.
Wasatch Family Clinic will greatly benefit from this strategy of recording, keeping and sharing of information on patients. The nurses can use the system to easily record the patients’ names, numbers and all other critical information required during scheduling for clinical attendance of any patient. Tracing of the information will be easier compared to using the traditional form of papers in storing information for a patient.
Need to share data
Information on health status of a patient has to be kept with care and only authorized persons can be able to access them. This helps in building ethical handling of patients’ information which creates their trust on the health care providers (Drazen J., 2015).
Wasatch Family Clinic needs to share their health data with the patients for them to understand their health issues. The clinic also needs to share data with other health facilities in order to increase the patient’s safety and a great care.
Duplicate registrations will be avoided by sharing data in the different departments of the health care center. A real-time link can be created for the patients from registration, through consultation, testing and final medication. This can save Wasatch family Clinic from traditional paper work which took most time when searching for medical records of a patient at every stage in the clinic. Time can also be saved when the information of the patient is a system shared by the departments of the clinic health center.
Wasatch Family Clinic will also benefit economically when the data is shared improving service time and hence reducing.
Practical lessons from rolling-out web-based PHRsRowan Purdy
Dr Brian Fisher's presentation explores the practical lessons learned from the roll-out of web-based PHRs within his own practice and how they have influenced his predications for the future.
MEDINFO 2013 Panel on Personalized Healthcare and Adherence: Issues and Chall...Pei-Yun Sabrina Hsueh
Venue: The 14th World Congress on Medical and Health Informatics will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark.
http://medinfo2013.dk
Moderator: Dr. Marion Ball (IBM Research/JHU); Panelists: Dr. Vimla Patel (NYAM), Dr. Bern Shen (Healthcrowd), Dr. Pei-Yun Sabrina Hsueh (IBM Research)
Organizer: Dr. Pei-Yun Sabrina Hsueh (phsueh@us.ibm.com)
Personalization is key to the delivery of wellness care including preventive measures and disease management regimes, where patients take on increased responsibility for
their own health. While personalized care has already taken a giant leap through genomics, it remains a challenge to understand how individual differences play a role in patient adherence and manage recommended changes accordingly.
Practical methods of creating and evaluating personalized
systems have not been fully established. In particular, the role of data-driven analytics in producing actionable insights for practitioners is unclear, and the use of behavioral data has created additional challenges to the understanding of patient adherence for effective care delivery.
The panel will discuss the challenges that face many countries around personalized care from various perspectives. These range from behavioral aspects such as maintaining good practices, cognitive aspects such as how do individuals make decisions in the lights of good evidence, social aspects such as how to engage patients in sustaining adherence behavior, to technological aspects such as how to evaluate individual applicability of data-driven analytics and personalized technological systems.
The panel is expected to contribute to the global community by presenting lessons learned from
existing pilot designs and a collective list of recommendations for pilot design of personalized services at the conclusion of this panel.
Technology is transforming care, but most health information systems are a long way from becoming comprehensive and seamless. Visit http://kp.org/choosebetter to learn how a sophisticated, multifunctional system enables caregivers to improve outcomes, helps members take charge of their health, and gives businesses the data they need to manage their health care costs.
This review by the National Data Guardian for Health and Care (NDG), Dame Fiona Caldicott, makes recommendations to the Secretary of State for Health. These are aimed at strengthening the safeguards for keeping health and care information secure and ensuring the public can make informed choices about how their data is used.
The NDG proposes new data security standards for the NHS and social care, a method for testing compliance against the standards, and a new opt-out to make clear how people’s health and care information will be used and in what circumstances they can opt out.
Dame Fiona’s report argues that the public should be engaged about how their information is used and safeguarded, and the benefits of data sharing, with a wide-ranging consultation on her proposals as a first step.
A letter from Dame Fiona Caldicott and David Behan, Care Quality Commission Chief Executive, to the Health Secretary outlines the common themes between the NDG review and a review of data security in the NHS carried out by the CQC.
The Global Social Impact Investment Steering Group (GSG) was established in August 2015 as the successor to the Social Impact Investment Taskforce, established by G8. The GSG is continuing the work of the Taskforce in catalysing a global social impact investment market across a wider membership. Its members include 13 countries plus the EU, as well as active observers from government and from leading network organisations supportive of impact investment.
Across the world, attitudes are changing. Old certainties about tightly defined roles for government, civil society and business are dissolving. Social sector organisations are becoming more business-like, and business is looking ever more to delivering sustainable value.
Long Term Conditions: Long Term Conditions What’s wrong and what do we need?Mohammad Al-Ubaydli
Dr Steven Laitner (Co-Chair of the NHS East of England Long-Term Conditions Programme Board, GP and Associate Medical Director)
Steve will talk about the East of England Vision for improving the lives of people with Long Term Conditions like COPD, diabetes, CHF etc. He will then talk about the need for innovation to support patients in managing their own long term conditions and improving their health and the productivity of health services.
Darren Umbers (UK Sales Director, Philips Respironics) (pictured)
Darren will talk about both devices and support services Philips is offering in the UK for sleep apnoea patients. This will include CPAP devices to aid breathing and nebulizers able to report compliance. He will also talk about “back office” support for these devices. Darren will therefore pick up on the references that Steve will make to monitoring devices and treatment and cover patient support to some extent.
Prix Galien International 2024 Forum ProgramLevi Shapiro
June 20, 2024, Prix Galien International and Jerusalem Ethics Forum in ROME. Detailed agenda including panels:
- ADVANCES IN CARDIOLOGY: A NEW PARADIGM IS COMING
- WOMEN’S HEALTH: FERTILITY PRESERVATION
- WHAT’S NEW IN THE TREATMENT OF INFECTIOUS,
ONCOLOGICAL AND INFLAMMATORY SKIN DISEASES?
- ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND ETHICS
- GENE THERAPY
- BEYOND BORDERS: GLOBAL INITIATIVES FOR DEMOCRATIZING LIFE SCIENCE TECHNOLOGIES AND PROMOTING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE
- ETHICAL CHALLENGES IN LIFE SCIENCES
- Prix Galien International Awards Ceremony
Explore natural remedies for syphilis treatment in Singapore. Discover alternative therapies, herbal remedies, and lifestyle changes that may complement conventional treatments. Learn about holistic approaches to managing syphilis symptoms and supporting overall health.
NVBDCP.pptx Nation vector borne disease control programSapna Thakur
NVBDCP was launched in 2003-2004 . Vector-Borne Disease: Disease that results from an infection transmitted to humans and other animals by blood-feeding arthropods, such as mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas. Examples of vector-borne diseases include Dengue fever, West Nile Virus, Lyme disease, and malaria.
- Video recording of this lecture in English language: https://youtu.be/lK81BzxMqdo
- Video recording of this lecture in Arabic language: https://youtu.be/Ve4P0COk9OI
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Title: Sense of Taste
Presenter: Dr. Faiza, Assistant Professor of Physiology
Qualifications:
MBBS (Best Graduate, AIMC Lahore)
FCPS Physiology
ICMT, CHPE, DHPE (STMU)
MPH (GC University, Faisalabad)
MBA (Virtual University of Pakistan)
Learning Objectives:
Describe the structure and function of taste buds.
Describe the relationship between the taste threshold and taste index of common substances.
Explain the chemical basis and signal transduction of taste perception for each type of primary taste sensation.
Recognize different abnormalities of taste perception and their causes.
Key Topics:
Significance of Taste Sensation:
Differentiation between pleasant and harmful food
Influence on behavior
Selection of food based on metabolic needs
Receptors of Taste:
Taste buds on the tongue
Influence of sense of smell, texture of food, and pain stimulation (e.g., by pepper)
Primary and Secondary Taste Sensations:
Primary taste sensations: Sweet, Sour, Salty, Bitter, Umami
Chemical basis and signal transduction mechanisms for each taste
Taste Threshold and Index:
Taste threshold values for Sweet (sucrose), Salty (NaCl), Sour (HCl), and Bitter (Quinine)
Taste index relationship: Inversely proportional to taste threshold
Taste Blindness:
Inability to taste certain substances, particularly thiourea compounds
Example: Phenylthiocarbamide
Structure and Function of Taste Buds:
Composition: Epithelial cells, Sustentacular/Supporting cells, Taste cells, Basal cells
Features: Taste pores, Taste hairs/microvilli, and Taste nerve fibers
Location of Taste Buds:
Found in papillae of the tongue (Fungiform, Circumvallate, Foliate)
Also present on the palate, tonsillar pillars, epiglottis, and proximal esophagus
Mechanism of Taste Stimulation:
Interaction of taste substances with receptors on microvilli
Signal transduction pathways for Umami, Sweet, Bitter, Sour, and Salty tastes
Taste Sensitivity and Adaptation:
Decrease in sensitivity with age
Rapid adaptation of taste sensation
Role of Saliva in Taste:
Dissolution of tastants to reach receptors
Washing away the stimulus
Taste Preferences and Aversions:
Mechanisms behind taste preference and aversion
Influence of receptors and neural pathways
Impact of Sensory Nerve Damage:
Degeneration of taste buds if the sensory nerve fiber is cut
Abnormalities of Taste Detection:
Conditions: Ageusia, Hypogeusia, Dysgeusia (parageusia)
Causes: Nerve damage, neurological disorders, infections, poor oral hygiene, adverse drug effects, deficiencies, aging, tobacco use, altered neurotransmitter levels
Neurotransmitters and Taste Threshold:
Effects of serotonin (5-HT) and norepinephrine (NE) on taste sensitivity
Supertasters:
25% of the population with heightened sensitivity to taste, especially bitterness
Increased number of fungiform papillae
micro teaching on communication m.sc nursing.pdfAnurag Sharma
Microteaching is a unique model of practice teaching. It is a viable instrument for the. desired change in the teaching behavior or the behavior potential which, in specified types of real. classroom situations, tends to facilitate the achievement of specified types of objectives.
The prostate is an exocrine gland of the male mammalian reproductive system
It is a walnut-sized gland that forms part of the male reproductive system and is located in front of the rectum and just below the urinary bladder
Function is to store and secrete a clear, slightly alkaline fluid that constitutes 10-30% of the volume of the seminal fluid that along with the spermatozoa, constitutes semen
A healthy human prostate measures (4cm-vertical, by 3cm-horizontal, 2cm ant-post ).
It surrounds the urethra just below the urinary bladder. It has anterior, median, posterior and two lateral lobes
It’s work is regulated by androgens which are responsible for male sex characteristics
Generalised disease of the prostate due to hormonal derangement which leads to non malignant enlargement of the gland (increase in the number of epithelial cells and stromal tissue)to cause compression of the urethra leading to symptoms (LUTS
Flu Vaccine Alert in Bangalore Karnatakaaddon Scans
As flu season approaches, health officials in Bangalore, Karnataka, are urging residents to get their flu vaccinations. The seasonal flu, while common, can lead to severe health complications, particularly for vulnerable populations such as young children, the elderly, and those with underlying health conditions.
Dr. Vidisha Kumari, a leading epidemiologist in Bangalore, emphasizes the importance of getting vaccinated. "The flu vaccine is our best defense against the influenza virus. It not only protects individuals but also helps prevent the spread of the virus in our communities," he says.
This year, the flu season is expected to coincide with a potential increase in other respiratory illnesses. The Karnataka Health Department has launched an awareness campaign highlighting the significance of flu vaccinations. They have set up multiple vaccination centers across Bangalore, making it convenient for residents to receive their shots.
To encourage widespread vaccination, the government is also collaborating with local schools, workplaces, and community centers to facilitate vaccination drives. Special attention is being given to ensuring that the vaccine is accessible to all, including marginalized communities who may have limited access to healthcare.
Residents are reminded that the flu vaccine is safe and effective. Common side effects are mild and may include soreness at the injection site, mild fever, or muscle aches. These side effects are generally short-lived and far less severe than the flu itself.
Healthcare providers are also stressing the importance of continuing COVID-19 precautions. Wearing masks, practicing good hand hygiene, and maintaining social distancing are still crucial, especially in crowded places.
Protect yourself and your loved ones by getting vaccinated. Together, we can help keep Bangalore healthy and safe this flu season. For more information on vaccination centers and schedules, residents can visit the Karnataka Health Department’s official website or follow their social media pages.
Stay informed, stay safe, and get your flu shot today!
These simplified slides by Dr. Sidra Arshad present an overview of the non-respiratory functions of the respiratory tract.
Learning objectives:
1. Enlist the non-respiratory functions of the respiratory tract
2. Briefly explain how these functions are carried out
3. Discuss the significance of dead space
4. Differentiate between minute ventilation and alveolar ventilation
5. Describe the cough and sneeze reflexes
Study Resources:
1. Chapter 39, Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology, 14th edition
2. Chapter 34, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology, 26th edition
3. Chapter 17, Human Physiology by Lauralee Sherwood, 9th edition
4. Non-respiratory functions of the lungs https://academic.oup.com/bjaed/article/13/3/98/278874
New Drug Discovery and Development .....NEHA GUPTA
The "New Drug Discovery and Development" process involves the identification, design, testing, and manufacturing of novel pharmaceutical compounds with the aim of introducing new and improved treatments for various medical conditions. This comprehensive endeavor encompasses various stages, including target identification, preclinical studies, clinical trials, regulatory approval, and post-market surveillance. It involves multidisciplinary collaboration among scientists, researchers, clinicians, regulatory experts, and pharmaceutical companies to bring innovative therapies to market and address unmet medical needs.
Acute scrotum is a general term referring to an emergency condition affecting the contents or the wall of the scrotum.
There are a number of conditions that present acutely, predominantly with pain and/or swelling
A careful and detailed history and examination, and in some cases, investigations allow differentiation between these diagnoses. A prompt diagnosis is essential as the patient may require urgent surgical intervention
Testicular torsion refers to twisting of the spermatic cord, causing ischaemia of the testicle.
Testicular torsion results from inadequate fixation of the testis to the tunica vaginalis producing ischemia from reduced arterial inflow and venous outflow obstruction.
The prevalence of testicular torsion in adult patients hospitalized with acute scrotal pain is approximately 25 to 50 percent
Working with patients online: tips for the real world
1. Royal Society of Medicine
2009 / 05 / 19
Working with patients online
tips for the real world
Dr. Mohammad Al-Ubaydli
2. The banality of good
I like to focus on low-brow tips
rather than high-brow hype
Computer originally seen as barrier
between patient and GP
But you just had to turn the monitor around
Computer becomes a bridge, not a barrier
But the future really is wonderful
because of participatory medicine
3. A bit about me…
Trained as physician at the
University of Cambridge.
Trained as programmer and
worked as NIH Staff Scientist.
Honourary Senior Research
Associate, UCL Medical School.
Continuing research on PHRs from
2,700 US hospitals, new book in
2010: book.patientsknowbest.com
4.
5. Roadmap
How to work online with your patients
1. Basics: definitions, and why do this at all?
2. Clinical tips
3. Social factors
4. Finances
7. Some definitions
Clinicians Patient
Electronic patient records Patient portals Personal health records Personal records
8. Some definitions
Clinicians Patient
Electronic patient records Patient portals Personal health records Personal records
Data by clinicians
for clinicians
9. Some definitions
Clinicians Patient
Electronic patient records Patient portals Personal health records Personal records
Easing the patient’s burden
Scheduling appointments
Ordering medication refills
Secure messaging
Access to the EPR
See: Pyer et. al 2004, Ralston et. al 2007.
10. Some definitions
Clinicians Patient
Electronic patient records Patient portals Personal health records Personal records
Data by patient for patient
Powerful but unstructured
NHSmail users have mailbox shrunk
06 Feb 2008
NHS staff who use the health service’s email service NHSmail have been informed that
after a recent move to Microsoft Exchange their mailbox size has been capped.
Some 80% of NHS accounts have been capped at just 200Mb, which
appears miserly compared with the hefty 6Gb offered by Gmail for free, or
the 5Gb offered for free on Windows Live Hotmail.
11. Some definitions
Clinicians Patient
Electronic patient records Patient portals Personal health records Personal records
Markle Foundation’s ideal PHR:
Access controlled by patient
Lifelong records
Information from all
Universal access
Private and secure
Transparent
Easy exchange
See: Connecting for Health, 2004
12. Some definitions
Clinicians Patient
Electronic patient records Patient portals Personal health records Personal records
Our PHR helps
clinicians help
patients
13. Why do this at all?
There is no other way to cope
Aging and obesity mean more illnesses per patient
Modern medicine means more clinicians per patient
Budgets and workforce have reached their limits
Your patient is the newest and best
member of your team
Google means patient more useful than ever
Work together online to reduce stress in clinic
See: Chen 2009
15. Stick to patients you know
Safest for known patients
Explain that service is not for emergencies
Have a low threshold for asking patient to come in,
e.g. because an examination may uncover something
that would change your management
The longer your team has worked with the patient the
less likely they will leave out important information
Services do exist for new patients
For example, 3G Doctor has detailed questionnaire
followed by video phone consultation
16. Assume your writing is read
Your existing notes are already
owned by the patient
See: Data Protection Act and GMC guidelines Data Protection Act 1998:
All your notes may be read by a lawyer one day Responding to access requests
So write as though everyone is reading everything
5. A request for access must be made in
It is not hard to write transparently
writing, and no reason need be given.
Bad news is fine if it is written objectively, e.g. “Child Subject to any applicable exemption,
is dysmorphic”, or “I have no evidence that what
patient said is true” the applicant must be given a copy of
You must write complete notes as part of your duties as
the information and, where the data is
a doctor: do not hide the clinical truth not readily intelligible, an explanation
Protect confidential information by separate set of
(eg of abbreviations or medical
notes, just like GU specialists keep their notes separate terminology).
17. Say sorry and thank you (early and often)
The medical notes are full of errors
E-patient Dave* showed the errors in insurance-based
medical records
About 30% of medical notes have errors in them
Finding and fixing these errors is important but
laborious
Your patient will gladly help if you say
sorry and thank you
Sorry works (see: www.sorryworks.net), no one
expects perfection or cares about blame, but your
reaction determines the patient’s reaction
Saying thank you means the patient will help you even
more next time
* Dave deBronkart and I are on the Editorial Board of the
Journal of Participatory Medicine
18. Learn from patients
Online forums by and for patients teach thousands of clinicians already
Ask your specialist nurse to spend time on a forum and then teach the rest of the team what he / she learned
20. Protect patients from relatives…
Relatives may bully patient
You must assess whether or not the patient can make
independent decisions from their relatives
Young and disabled particularly vulnerable
If in doubt, do not grant access
Use in-person authentication
Mailing passwords means relatives can get access
Once you have in-person authentication you can
continue with electronic communication alone
21. …but make full use of relatives
Relatives are wonderfully helpful
They often care more about the patient’s health than
the patient does
They would like to help but have lacked the legal and
technical tools to pitch in
With consent, online work is excellent use
Help the family Chief Medical Officer
Typically female, forty and very busy
They have to manage the health information of
parents, children and spouse, often while employed
22. Learn how to type
You will benefit so much
Personal life: booking tickets, writing emails,
participating in forums
Daily work: everything is faster, and you do not have
to hide your typing from patients any more
If you spend an hour, you gain more than an hour
Do not wait for saviour – there is none
Retirement still leaves you with 22 years that you have
to struggle without proper typing skills
Speech recognition will never be as fast as typing,
and will not be good enough within the next ten years
Learn to fish for free at
http://tuxtype.sourceforge.net/download
24. Start asking for payment
US payers recognize the value of
working online by paying for it
Best outcomes when payer and clinician work together
Early adopters began before getting payments
Now get paid less for online consultations but these
take less time than in-person consultations do
No one will pay you… at first
If you don’t ask, you will never be paid
When you ask, you will still not be paid
But if you ask, then start doing the work, and have
results to show for it, you can get paid
25. We built our software for this
Secure NHS web site
Patient writes message to you
Ticks box for topic: this is what you
use for analysis in the future
26. We will help you get funding
East of England Development Agency is
funding us to work with PCTs to fund work
of clinicians
Secure messaging saves time for staff and patients
This saves money for NHS
We are teaching this to PCTs
If PCTs agree then they would fund secure messaging
This is part of world-class commissioning
Email us on pct@patientsknowbest.com
27. Dr. Mohammad Al-Ubaydli
Patients Know Best
me@mo.md
Thank you for listening
Questions please!