Branding in healthcare can be important as long as principles go beyond slogans and into practice, says Peter Brindley […]
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Kieran Walsh: Contextualised and evidence based health systems strengthening
The principles of evidence-based medicine demonstrate shortcomings in the current research around health systems strengthening, says Kieran Walsh […]
Richard Smith: An example of low value health care—time to talk about money and opportunity cost
I’m sitting in the eye clinic for perhaps the tenth time and concluding that the whole programme that I have been through has been a waste of time, resources, clinical […]
Martin McKee: Has the UK gone GUBU?
Martin McKee asks if the Irish word GUBU offers an adequate description of UK politics in 2019? […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Composite outcomes and core outcome sets
Last week I discussed the composite origins of the word “composite”. It comes from the Latin words cum, with or together, and ponere to put. Ponere comes from aposinere, a […]
Abraar Karan: Advice to new doctors
Abraar Karan offers his guide to new doctors who are swapping the book learning of medicine with taking care of real people […]
Jeffrey Aronson: When I Use a Word . . . Composite
Ideally, when studying the effects of an intervention one wants to measure the final outcome or outcomes. For example, the real endpoints of treating hypertension are the incidences of its […]
Peter Brindley: Making your mark and weathering the storm
Whether it’s braving the needle, raising children, or training doctors sometimes you just have to weather the storm and rely on your crew, says Peter Brindley […]
Kieran Walsh: Artificial intelligence in healthcare: are systems and providers deliberately opaque?
Artificial intelligence isn’t inherently opaque, deliberate obfuscation is practised to maintain hierarchies of power to the detriment of healthcare providers and patients, says Kieran Walsh […]
Richard Smith: An example of why patients need to control all their health and social care records
This blog is suffused with conflict of interest, but I hope that you’ll agree that it’s about improving the NHS rather than making money for me. Without being paid I […]