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Why the UK's health and social care sectors must accelerate their lagging digital transformation - Open Access Government

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Image: © idrutu | iStock Max Parmentier, CEO and Co-Founder of Birdie, discusses the digital transformation within the UK's healthcare system and how new solutions can support patient care According to a recent survey published by the British Medical Journal , only a quarter of the UK's 182 NHS trusts use digital systems, even though 88% have access to them. To illustrate what this means day-to-day, there's a trust that uses roughly 25 million pages of A4 paper each year. In 2023, this is a bizarre reality. The government launched the NHS's digital transformation almost five years ago in the 'Long Term Plan'. That same year, Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced that email should replace paper and fax machines in hospitals. Yet, according to a Health and Social Care Committee report earlier this year, parts of the NHS lack even 'the most basic functioning IT equipment'. The report referred to the health service's progress as '

Breaking Patterns: A Case of Dieulafoy Lesion in a Young Patient Without Comorbid Conditions - Cureus

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NCH urgent access clinic moved back to Anderson Building - The Inquirer and Mirror

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The Inquirer and Mirror ( May 17, 2024)  The Nantucket Cottage Hospital's urgent access clinic is back in the Anderson Building now that expansion renovations have been completed. Effective Friday, May 24, the clinic will be open seven days a week through the summer season. Walk-ins are welcome, or to make an appointment call 508-825-1000. Adblock test (Why?)

Men and mental health: What are we missing? - AAMC

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Men and mental health: What are we missing?    AAMC

Tampa VA opens a new clinic in Sabal Park - WUSF

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A new satellite clinic run by the Department of Veteran Affairs in East Tampa's Sabal Park is open for veterans to get primary care, mental health support and other services. It's part of a growing partnership between the Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense. Officials from both agencies celebrated the Sabal Park clinic's grand opening during a ceremony on Monday. In the last year, the VA reported nearly 33,000 veterans in Florida signed up for health care. Many of them live in the Tampa Bay region, which has one of the largest veteran populations in the U.S. "It is always a challenge to have capacity meet that ever-growing demand, but it is our obligation to catch up to that demand as much as possible," Dr. Shereef Elnahal, VA Under Secretary for Health, said at the event.

Health Care for the Homeless - cchealth.org

Respite Center The Philip Dorn Respite Center, located in Concord, is a respite care program for homeless adults who are discharged from local hospitals and require medical stabilization services. Respite care refers to recuperative services for those homeless persons who may not meet medical criteria for hospitalization, but are too sick or medically vulnerable to reside in an emergency shelter and cannot be returned to the streets. The primary goal of this program and all emergency housing programs is to get homeless persons off the street and help them achieve their highest level of self-sufficiency. This program is a joint effort between Health Care for the Homeless and the Division of Health, Housing & Homeless Services. Criteria for admissions Clients are only admitted when discharged from a hospital/health center or skilled nursing facility. Walk-ins are not accepted. Additional criteria include: Must be at least 18 years old. Must be homeless or lack

Broad tapeworms (Diphyllobothriidae), parasites of wildlife and humans: Recent progress and future challenges - ScienceDirect.com

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Broad tapeworms (Diphyllobothriidae), parasites of wildlife and humans: Recent progress and future challenges    ScienceDirect.com