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Cancer care in the wake of a cyberattack: how to prepare and what to expect.

5 Aug, 2021 | 08:41h | UTC

Cancer Care in the Wake of a Cyberattack: How to Prepare and What to Expect – JCO Oncology Practice

 

Commentary on Twitter

https://twitter.com/tbplante/status/1422729615488032768

 

RCT: Text-message reminders can increase COVID-19 vaccinations.

4 Aug, 2021 | 09:12h | UTC

Behavioral Nudges Increase COVID-19 Vaccinations – Nature

Commentaries:

Text-message ‘nudges’ can encourage holdouts to get COVID vaccination, study finds – UCLA

Text reminders boost vaccine appointments – Carnegie Mellon University

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Value-based radiology: what is the ESR doing, and what should we do in the future?

30 Jul, 2021 | 11:33h | UTC

Value-based radiology: what is the ESR doing, and what should we do in the future? – Insights into Imaging

 

What’s new in intensive care: environmental sustainability.

30 Jul, 2021 | 11:32h | UTC

What’s new in intensive care: environmental sustainability – Intensive Care Medicine

 

Research aims to stop fuzzy phrasing, medical errors in surgery.

29 Jul, 2021 | 11:09h | UTC

Research aims to stop fuzzy phrasing, medical errors in surgery – University of Kansas

Original study: Semantically Ambiguous Language in the Teaching Operating Room – Journal of Surgical Education (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

 

Editorial: Nine lessons learned from the Covid-19 pandemic for improving hospital care and health care delivery.

28 Jul, 2021 | 10:17h | UTC

Nine Lessons Learned From the COVID-19 Pandemic for Improving Hospital Care and Health Care Delivery – JAMA Internal Medicine

 

Report: Improved ventilation essential to safe use of buildings and public spaces, say leading engineers.

28 Jul, 2021 | 10:16h | UTC

News release: Improved ventilation essential to safe use of buildings and public spaces, say leading engineers – Royal Academy of Engineering

Report: Infection Resilient Environments: Buildings that keep us healthy and safe – National Engineering Policy Centre

Related:

WHO: Roadmap to improve and ensure good indoor ventilation in the context of COVID-19

CDC releases new ventilation guidelines for indoor environments to reduce Covid-19 risk

Guidance: Using Ventilation and filtration to reduce aerosol transmission of COVID-19 in long-term care homes

 

Commentary on Twitter

https://twitter.com/trishgreenhalgh/status/1419607205565894657

 

Amazon and Google are finally tackling one of healthcare’s biggest problems: unstructured health data.

28 Jul, 2021 | 09:50h | UTC

Amazon And Google Are Finally Tackling One Of Healthcare’s Biggest Problems: Unstructured Health Data – Forbes

 

RCT: Real time remote symptom monitoring during chemotherapy for cancer may reduce symptom burden and improve quality of life.

26 Jul, 2021 | 02:18h | UTC

Real time remote symptom monitoring during chemotherapy for cancer: European multicentre randomised controlled trial (eSMART) – The BMJ

Commentaries:

Remote 24-hour monitoring shows sizable, positive effect on cancer patients – BMJ

Remote Monitoring System Reduces Chemotherapy Symptom Burden – HealthDay

eSMART trial adds support for remote symptom monitoring in people with cancer – medwire News

Related:

Study: Cancer patients benefit from using automated device to manage their symptoms

Study: Web-Based Symptom Monitoring Increases Overall Survival in Lung Cancer

#ASCO2017 – Survival in a Trial Assessing Patient-Reported Outcomes for Symptom Monitoring During Cancer Treatment

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Oncology Medical Home: ASCO and COA Standards – “The OMH model is a system of care delivery that features coordinated, efficient, accessible, and evidence-based care and includes a process for measurement of outcomes to facilitate continuous quality improvement”.

22 Jul, 2021 | 10:49h | UTC

Oncology Medical Home: ASCO and COA Standards – JCO Oncology Practice

Commentary: Oncology Organizations Release New Standards for Medical Home Care – Pharmacy Times

 

Systematic review: In hospitalized non‐ICU patients, multicomponent non-pharmacological interventions are estimated to reduce the incidence of delirium by 43% compared to usual care.

20 Jul, 2021 | 10:07h | UTC

Non‐pharmacological interventions for preventing delirium in hospitalised non‐ICU patients – Cochrane Library

Summary: Non-drug approaches for preventing delirium in adults receiving care in hospital outside of intensive care and high dependency units – Cochrane Library

 

Joint Opinion from ACC/AHA/ESC/WHF | Clinician Well-Being: Addressing Global Needs for Improvements in the Health Care Field.

16 Jul, 2021 | 10:48h | UTC

Clinician Well-Being: Addressing Global Needs for Improvements in the Health Care Field A Joint Opinion From the American College of Cardiology, American Heart Association, European Society of Cardiology, and the World Heart Federation

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Opinion | The case for mandating COVID-19 vaccines for health care workers.

14 Jul, 2021 | 11:22h | UTC

The Case for Mandating COVID-19 Vaccines for Health Care Workers – Annals of Internal Medicine

News release: Case is strong for mandating COVID-19 vaccination for health care workers – American College of Physicians

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Real-World Evidence: The low validity of temperature screening for COVID-19 triage.

14 Jul, 2021 | 11:11h | UTC

Real-World Evidence: The Low Validity of Temperature Screening for COVID-19 Triage – Frontiers in Public Health

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

Pediatric telehealth in the COVID-19 pandemic era and beyond.

7 Jul, 2021 | 08:56h | UTC

Pediatric Telehealth in the COVID-19 Pandemic Era and Beyond – Pediatrics

 

Choosing Wisely for COVID-19: ten evidence-based recommendations for patients and physicians.

6 Jul, 2021 | 10:21h | UTC

Choosing Wisely for COVID-19: ten evidence-based recommendations for patients and physicians – Nature Medicine

 

Covid: Masks upgrade cuts infection risk, research finds.

30 Jun, 2021 | 10:16h | UTC

Covid: Masks upgrade cuts infection risk, research finds – BBC

 

WHO issues first global report on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in health and six guiding principles for its design and use.

29 Jun, 2021 | 09:56h | UTC

News release: WHO issues first global report on Artificial Intelligence (AI) in health and six guiding principles for its design and use – World Health Organization

Guidance: Ethics and governance of artificial intelligence for health – World Health Organization

Commentary: Artificial Intelligence ‘Very Promising’ for Health, Says WHO – Health Policy Watch

 

Commentary on Twitter (thread – click for more)

 

Opinion | A strategy to reduce the carbon footprint of clinical trials.

24 Jun, 2021 | 09:45h | UTC

A strategy to reduce the carbon footprint of clinical trials – The Lancet

 

The BMJ Series: The future of nursing.

16 Jun, 2021 | 08:18h | UTC

Homepage: The future of nursing – The BMJ

How to reposition the nursing profession for a post-covid age

How the nursing profession should adapt for a digital future

How to attain gender equality in nursing—an essay

Nursing’s pivotal role in global climate action

 

Cohort study: the use of potentially inappropriate medications in adults with chronic kidney disease is common and linked to increased risk of hospitalization, mortality, and falls.

11 Jun, 2021 | 08:11h | UTC

Risk of Potentially Inappropriate Medications in Adults With CKD: Findings From the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) Study – American Journal of Kidney Diseases (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

M-A: Effectiveness of telerehabilitation in physical therapist practice.

10 Jun, 2021 | 09:29h | UTC

Effectiveness of Telerehabilitation in Physical Therapist Practice: An Umbrella and Mapping Review With Meta–Meta-Analysis – Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Journal

 

Radiology malpractice cases most often involve cancer-related diagnostic errors.

10 Jun, 2021 | 09:27h | UTC

Radiology malpractice cases most often involve cancer-related diagnostic errors – Health Imaging

Original study: Oncologic Errors in Diagnostic Radiology: A 10-Year Analysis Based on Medical Malpractice Claims – Journal of the American College of Radiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

 

M-A: Hospital-at-home interventions for patients with chronic disease who present to the emergency department – similar mortality risk, lower risk for readmission, lower depression and anxiety scores, and a lower risk for long-term care admission vs. in-hospital stay.

9 Jun, 2021 | 08:20h | UTC

Hospital-at-Home Interventions vs In-Hospital Stay for Patients With Chronic Disease Who Present to the Emergency Department: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Network Open

Invited commentary: Hospitalization at Home for Patients With Acute Exacerbation of Chronic Disease—Further Evidence to Inform Practice – JAMA Network Open

Related: Pandemic Boosts an Old Idea—Bringing Acute Care to the Patient AND Randomized trial: Admission Avoidance Hospital at Home + Geriatric Assessment led to similar outcomes compared to hospital admission for older persons AND Most COVID-19 patients receiving home-based hospital care did not require escalation to traditional hospital setting – Approximately 1 in 5 were admitted within 14 days. Higher oxygen saturation was associated with decreased odds of transfer, whereas higher comorbidity burden was associated with increased risk.

 

Challenges and solutions for physician mothers: a critical review of the literature.

6 Jun, 2021 | 23:46h | UTC

Challenges and Solutions for Physician Mothers: A Critical Review of the Literature – Mayo Clinic Proceedings

 

Commentary on Twitter

 

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