The future is unpredictable. The unexpected happens often and can have a major impact. Nevertheless, some thought of how the future might look is important in preparing for it. Scenarios […]
Month: March 2020
Recording consultations—an inevitable future which could improve healthcare
Patient start recording visits In 2014, I wrote a short article in The BMJ called “Patientgate—digital recordings change everything” [1], where I argued that the arrival of smartphones and their […]
Tessa Richards: Light amid the gloom
From covid-19 to the climate emergency there’s much to worry us, so it’s good for morale to flag positive stories. For advocates of patient partnership two spring to mind. Firstly, […]
Matt Morgan: A letter from ICU
It must be so hard listening to endless news reports that end with “don’t worry, this illness mainly affects the elderly, frail, vulnerable, or those with serious underlying health conditions.” […]
Staff wearing beards and covid-19: trickier than it looks
We have lately been asked for an opinion on whether doctors who may be exposed to the coronavirus are under an obligation to remove their beards—and, presumably, any other facial […]
Covid-19: is CT scanning ready to answer a diagnostic call?
What is the role of imaging in combatting covid-19 pulmonary infections? […]
Carl Heneghan: Assessing mortality during the covid-19 outbreak
On the 31st of December 2019, the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China, was first reported to the World Health Organization. Since then, 118,468 confirmed cases and 4,267 deaths related to […]
To wear or not to wear: WHO’s confusing guidance on masks in the covid-19 pandemic
WHO’s guidance on wearing masks during the covid-19 pandemic does little to clear up public confusion, say Aileen Lai-yam Chan, CC Leung, TH Lam, and KK Cheng […]
Slowing down the covid-19 outbreak: changing behaviour by understanding it
There are many strategies to change people’s transmission-related behaviours as a method for flattening the peak of the epidemic […]
Salil Patel: Covid-19—why putting a name to it matters
During emerging epidemics, we should be quicker to name and slower to sensationalise, urges Salil Patel […]