tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733217Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:51:39 +0000Eclectic news and views on health informatics and elearning, by Rod Ward &amp; colleagues. UK bias but worldwide coverage. If you want to join the membership so that you can post comments - just let me know <a href="mailto:rod@rodspace.co.uk">rod@rodspace.co.uk</a><br> <a href="http://www.rodspace.co.uk/blog/blogger.html">Return to lastest posts</a><br>http://blog.rodspace.co.uk/noreply@blogger.com (Rod)Blogger811125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733217.post-7947808805139623440Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:51:00 +00002010-08-06T01:51:39.073+01:00Texting &#038; Diabetes Management: Launchpad to &#8216;mHealth&#8217;http://blog.rodspace.co.uk/2010/08/texting-diabetes-management-launchpad.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (From Bob Pyke Jr)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733217.post-6419828744211360360Tue, 03 Aug 2010 09:54:00 +00002010-08-03T11:00:51.173+01:00mobile technologiesiPadAs the new owner of an iPhone I have been noticing several discussions about the use of apple mobile devices in healthcare settings. Yesterday the US site "nursing schools.net" published a piece entitled What the iPad May Mean for Medicine which attempts to examine the advantages and disadvantages - and overall seems to be quite positive about the possibilities.This got me thinking about the http://blog.rodspace.co.uk/2010/08/ipads-in-healthcare.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rod)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733217.post-444298253331395280Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:43:00 +00002010-08-02T17:51:31.540+01:00conferenceHealth InformaticsFollowing my post earlier today about two forthcoming health informatics conferences, this afternoon has brought information about two more. These events seem to be getting like buses - and all come along at once.BCS Health Scotland Conference 2010 will be held on 22nd and 23rd September in Glasgow and the Southern Institute for Health Informatics 2010 Conference: Digital Wellbeing will be in http://blog.rodspace.co.uk/2010/08/are-health-informatics-conferences-like.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733217.post-3617715311341653695Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:32:00 +00002010-08-02T12:53:03.712+01:00conferenceHealth InformaticsAn interesting looking conference has just been announced on The International implementation of electronic health records and another on Healthcare Informatics is being organised by the Health Service Journal.The International implementation of electronic health records is being organised by The Centre for Research on Families and Relationships (CRFR) at The University of Edinburgh and Imperial http://blog.rodspace.co.uk/2010/08/forthcoming-conferences.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733217.post-2810371316217886076Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:38:00 +00002010-06-29T16:07:53.069+01:00open peer reviewimpact factorspeer reviewopen accesscitation indicesRegular readers of this blog will know I am a supporter of the principles behind open access publishing, as a way of enabling the sharing of knowledge as widely as possible. One of my favourite open access journals is the Journal of Medical Internet Research (JMIR). During the last couple of weeks my dealings with the journal have increased and the journal has introduced a fairly innovative new http://blog.rodspace.co.uk/2010/06/open-access-publishing-open-peer-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733217.post-7889707221303548820Tue, 29 Jun 2010 08:24:00 +00002010-06-29T09:28:08.073+01:00RCNjobehealthThe Royal College of Nursing is once again advertising for an eHealth Nurse Adviser (Ref: NU0210-0610) - further details are available at https://www.amris.com/rcn/view_vacancy.php?requirementId=941&work_sphere= Alternatively, email: recruit@rcn.org.uk or telephone 020 7647 3552 to request an application pack, quoting the appropriate reference.For an informal discussion, please contact Jackie http://blog.rodspace.co.uk/2010/06/rcn-ehealth-advisor-post-advertised.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733217.post-709708562463182632Thu, 17 Jun 2010 11:10:00 +00002010-06-17T12:41:42.032+01:00researchHealthSpaceSummary Care RecordsToday a major evaluation report of England's Summary Care Record (SCR) and HealthSpace programmes has been published at https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/scriefullreport.pdfI haven't yet digested the full 234 pages, but I have scanned the executive summary (p9-21( and it appears to be an extensive multi-level mixed-method study which has examined the initiatives from a variety of perspectives and http://blog.rodspace.co.uk/2010/06/scr-healthspace-evaluation-published.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733217.post-6620861567483884763Wed, 12 May 2010 11:08:00 +00002010-05-12T12:10:23.929+01:00NPfITCfHNHSHow Cameron and Clegg plan to change NHS IT Interesting (& fast) analysis, by Michael Cross for Smart Healthcare.com of how the new Con-Lib coalition (? Cleggons) are likely to affect NHS IT.http://blog.rodspace.co.uk/2010/05/how-cameron-and-clegg-plan-to-change.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733217.post-7331620004554972552Tue, 04 May 2010 17:19:00 +00002010-05-04T18:19:22.583+01:00Check out this SlideShare Presentation: Communication in the 21st Century: Connections, Collaboration, and Social MediaView more presentations from Daniel Sands.http://blog.rodspace.co.uk/2010/05/communication-in-21st-century.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (From Bob Pyke Jr)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733217.post-5199925698555933797Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:11:00 +00002010-04-28T07:39:55.937+01:00conference reportsHCToday I attended the HC2010 conference at the ICC in Birmingham.This was the first time I'd been to this conference for a few years and previously my attendance had always been to Harrogate. The traffic getting into Birmingham was slow and paying for car parking was a nightmare, but it was certainly easier travelling for me than the trip to Yorkshire.I managed to get sorted for the presentations http://blog.rodspace.co.uk/2010/04/hc2010-conference.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rod)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733217.post-1856333721127784190Thu, 25 Mar 2010 18:58:00 +00002010-03-25T22:06:22.776Zconference reportsclinical informaticsCfHHealth InformaticsToday I spent an interesting (and busy) day at the NHS Clinical Informatics Best Practice Marketplace organised by the UK Faculty of Health Informatics and held at the Watershed in Bristol. It included a wide range of speakers, exhibitors and delegates who shared examples of good practice, and some real life barriers, to the implementation of informatics projects in the National Health http://blog.rodspace.co.uk/2010/03/nhs-clinical-informatics-best-practice.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733217.post-5657009937185406387Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:01:00 +00002010-03-12T16:09:24.650Z This blog is now located at http://blog.rodspace.co.uk/. You will be automatically redirected in 30 seconds, or you may click here. For feed subscribers, please update your feed subscriptions to http://blog.rodspace.co.uk/feeds/posts/default. http://blog.rodspace.co.uk/2010/03/this-blog-has-moved.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733217.post-7970736354433999062Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:42:00 +00002010-03-10T02:42:53.537ZJust saw a beautiful demo of Emota: emotional networking. Think isolated seniors, caregivers, family far away. Brilliant http://su.pr/1rnNuxhttp://blog.rodspace.co.uk/2010/03/just-saw-beautiful-demo-of-emota.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (From Bob Pyke Jr)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733217.post-771028555966151482Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:07:00 +00002010-03-03T09:13:53.694ZconferenceHealth Informaticscall for papersI've just heard about the Information Technology and Communications in Health (ITCH) which will be held February 24 - 27, 2011, Inn at Laurel Point, Victoria, BC Canada.I'd not heard of this conference before but the current call for papers looks interesting.Health Informatics: International Perspectives is the working theme for the 2011 international conference. Health informatics is now a http://blog.rodspace.co.uk/2010/03/itch-2011.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733217.post-3496905738322492085Wed, 03 Mar 2010 08:59:00 +00002010-03-03T09:05:36.368ZnursinginnovationNHSNursing InformaticsThe report of the Prime Minister’s Commission on the Future of Nursing and Midwifery in England sets out the way forward for the future of the professions which was published yesterday, calls for the establishment of a "high-level group to determine how to build nursing and midwifery capacity to understand and influence the development and use of new technologies. It must consider how pre- and http://blog.rodspace.co.uk/2010/03/commission-on-future-of-nursing-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733217.post-7950642373257043172Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:34:00 +00002010-02-22T22:34:37.941ZMobile apps, services vendor rolls out a new healthcare division MobileHealthWatchhttp://blog.rodspace.co.uk/2010/02/mobile-apps-services-vendor-rolls-out_22.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (From Bob Pyke Jr)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733217.post-2335227209609729734Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:34:00 +00002010-02-22T22:34:35.283ZMobile apps, services vendor rolls out a new healthcare division MobileHealthWatchhttp://blog.rodspace.co.uk/2010/02/mobile-apps-services-vendor-rolls-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (From Bob Pyke Jr)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733217.post-3949074055621589112Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:04:00 +00002010-02-18T02:05:25.071Zhttp://content.healthaffairs.org/cgi/content/full/29/2/259http://blog.rodspace.co.uk/2010/02/cell-phone-medicine-brings-care-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (From Bob Pyke Jr)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733217.post-5724018122248692635Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:34:00 +00002010-02-09T20:38:33.568ZHealth InformaticsA new Health Informatics Specialist Workforce Development Strategy for England is being developed, based on research and intelligence gathered from across the NHS and other key stakeholder groups and organisations. The aim is to have a draft ready for consultation in May/June 2010. To help inform the content and to test out ideas and assumptions, two workshops are to take place aiming to bring http://blog.rodspace.co.uk/2010/02/new-health-informatics-specialist.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Rod)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733217.post-7090687161106045614Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:14:00 +00002010-02-09T11:20:49.446ZeducationterminologiesstandardsThe Yorkshire Centre for Health Informatics (YCHI) has recently won a grant proposal from the UK Faculty of Health Informatics to explore how data standards and terminologies are being used in education. We will be running a one-day masterclass event on Thursday, 11th March 2010, where we hope to attract participants from academe, industry and the NHS to discuss their experiences of data http://blog.rodspace.co.uk/2010/02/data-standards-and-terminologies.htmlthebubblejungle@gmail.com (Mark Hawker)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733217.post-7980019229362632670Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:36:00 +00002010-02-04T01:36:40.152ZCould video calling make iPads a healthcare contender? MobileHealthWatchhttp://blog.rodspace.co.uk/2010/02/could-video-calling-make-ipads.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (From Bob Pyke Jr)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733217.post-4595066454280641056Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:56:00 +00002010-01-20T16:56:45.156ZGive Nurses A Bigger Role In Improving Health Care - Kaiser Health Newshttp://blog.rodspace.co.uk/2010/01/give-nurses-bigger-role-in-improving.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (From Bob Pyke Jr)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733217.post-6767298879073474252Fri, 15 Jan 2010 02:12:00 +00002010-01-15T02:12:05.926ZAre Your Ears Burning?- 20 Tools for Tracking Social Mediahttp://blog.rodspace.co.uk/2010/01/are-your-ears-burning-20-tools-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (From Bob Pyke Jr)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733217.post-8366109867070377783Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:03:00 +00002010-01-15T01:03:20.016ZCheck out this SlideShare Presentation: I am as guilty as the resr when it comes to ppthttp://om.ly/eExbhttp://blog.rodspace.co.uk/2010/01/guy-kawasakis-foreword-for-presentation.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (From Bob Pyke Jr)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8733217.post-7904579676820740197Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:20:00 +00002010-01-15T00:20:27.622ZInteresting article on how Denmark Leads the Way in Digital Care, from the NYTimes.comhttp://blog.rodspace.co.uk/2010/01/denmark-leads-way-in-digital-care.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (From Bob Pyke Jr)0