Last week I attended the International Congress on Telehealth and Telecare at the King’s Fund, which was an opportunity to discuss the current opportunities in telehealthcare. The focal point for […]
Year: 2011
Muir Gray: Viva Wittgenstein
The single greatest influence on my work has been the inscrutable, often incomprehensible Ludwig Wittgenstein, philosopher and MRC Lab Technician. Much of his writing I find very difficult. The early […]
Martin McShane: Phoenix – myth or reality?
I attended, what I think, was the last National Patient Safety Forum last week. I have been a member since it was set up following the publication of Safety First. […]
Tony Delamothe: TED Day 3: Of revolutions, algorithms, and wonder
By the end of the third day it was clear that one of the major conference themes had become “Revolution 2.0,” political upheaval facilitated by Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. In […]
Monica Jackson: the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquake
Two minutes’ silence were observed on Tuesday to mark one week passing since the earthquake. I was in the hospital canteen and at the end of the silence a prayer […]
Richard Lehman’s journal review – 7 March 2011
JAMA 2 Mar 2011 Vol 305 913 A friend recently began a piece on outcomes research with Bishop Joseph Butler’s maxim, “Every thing is what it is, and not some […]
Tony Delamothe: TED Day Two: The many paths to changing the world
Day 2 began with a choice: a clinic on sand sculpting or breakfast with Al Gore, both scheduled to begin at 7am. I felt I owed it to the VP. […]
Tracey Koehlmoos: Measles eradication – lofty goal or major distraction?
Immunization really is the bread and butter work of global public health, so that many of us engaged in global health trace our roots to vaccination campaigns for polio or, […]
Chris Ham: Education, integration, and involvement: three key steps to quality improvement
Taking time out from the debate about NHS reform, I visited Intermountain Healthcare (IHC) in Salt Lake City, Utah, to find out what makes it one of the most admired […]
Research highlights 4 March 2011
“Research highlights” is a weekly round-up of research papers appearing in the print BMJ. We start off with this week’s research questions, before providing more detail on some individual research […]