Wednesday 14 January 2015

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Ingestible wearables?
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2010 almost 40 percent of adults older than 65 were taking five or more prescriptions a day. Therefore it must be tough for some people to keep track of what they have and haven't taken. For years many efforts have been put into finding a way to monitor medicine intake. One of the latest inventions are the nanomeds, tiny tiny sensors

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Making clinical practice better: Postgraduate study at ScHARR
 Master of Advanced Emergency Care student Keith Roberts talks about how studying with ScHARR has helped to improve his career as a paramedic.
Where is my mind? - Experiences of my first write club
Armed with pen and paper I attended "write club" in ScHARR Library yesterday afternoon facilitated by my IR colleague Helen Buckley Woods and joined by 4 other ScHARR colleagues keen to get some writing done in peace and quiet.I'll be honest, I very nearly cancelled at the last minute, having competing tasks that needed doing and such is life not getting as much done in the morning as I
Teletubbies creator and pioneering mind mechanic awarded honorary degrees
A world-leading brain trainer who inspired Team GB Olympic success and the television producer who brought Teletubbies, Roland Rat and Rosie and Jim to our screens are amongst the esteemed recipients to receive honorary degrees at the University of Sheffield this week (14-16 January 2015).
Work Those Apps - 18 New Year Resolutions for your Mobile Device
Last week I was invited by a colleague in the Faculty of Social Sciences at my University to deliver a Ignite presentation on learning technologies alongside some of their colleagues. I'd never delivered a Ignite presentation before and only ever gone as far as presenting two Pecha Kuchas previously, one in Sheffield and one in Barnsley. Pecha Kucha presentations are 20 slides of 20 seconds that a
Latest journal articles from HEDS
Published in December….Preference-based health-related quality of life in the context of aphasia: a research synthesis Whitehurst DGT, Latimer NR, Kagan A, Palmer R, Simmons-Mackie N, Hoch JS Aphasiology 08 Dec 2014 Mapping from the Health Assessment Questionnaire to the EQ-5D: The Impact of Different Algorithms on Cost-Effectiveness Results.Pennington B, Davis SValue Health 17(8):762-771 Dec 2014Pr
Insight: wearables in healthcare
What an innovative idea: the ability to engage patients in their own treatment and provide better and faster care. As many of us may already know, wearables in healthcare have the ability to do just this. They allow hospitals to track patients' vital signs even when they have left the hospital. Patients' preference to track this type of information is said to increase through 2020.To read more cli

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Making clinical practice better: Postgraduate study at ScHARR
Making clinical practice better: Postgraduate study at ScHARR Making Clinical Practice Better: Master of Advanced Emergency Care student Keith Roberts talks about how studying with ScHARR has helped to improve his career as a paramedic. To find out more... From: scharr Views: 45 0 ratings Time: 03:47 More in Education
Making clinical practice better: Postgraduate study at ScHARR
Making clinical practice better: Postgraduate study at ScHARR Making Clinical Practice Better: Master of Advanced Emergency Care student Keith Roberts talks about how studying with ScHARR has helped to improve his career as a paramedic. To find out more... From: scharr Views: 45 0 ratings Time: 03:47 More in Education
ScHARR Seminar Series
The spring series has been confirmed, and includes 2 HEDS-y topics, although all seminars are open to everyone.   Seminars will run almost weekly on Tuesdays at 12.30 to 1.30 and are usually in the Pemberton Lecture Theatre in Regent Court (unless mentioned otherwise).  Here is the list:13th Jan - Ed Wilson, University of Cambridge ~ How detailed does a piggybacked economic evaluation alongside an
Emergency medical services interval and mortality in significant head injury: A retrospective cohort study
Author(s):Fuller, G. | Lawrence, T. | Woodford, M. | Coats, T. | Lecky, F.Publication year: 2015Journal / Book title: European Journal of Emergency MedicineAccess all results for your search in Scopus
Qualitative evaluation of the implementation of the Interdisciplinary Management Tool: A reflective tool to enhance interdisciplinary teamwork using Structured, Facilitated Action Research for Implementation
Author(s):Nancarrow, S.A. | Smith, T. | Ariss, S. | Enderby, P.M.Publication year: 2015Journal / Book title: Health and Social Care in the CommunityAccess all results for your search in Scopus
Alcohol tax pass-through across the product and price range: Do retailers treat cheap alcohol differently?
Author(s):Ally, A.K. | Meng, Y. | Chakraborty, R. | Dobson, P.W. | Seaton, J.S. | Holmes, J. | Angus, C. | Guo, Y. | Hill-Mcmanus, D. | Brennan, A. | Meier, P.S.Publication year: 2015Journal / Book title: AddictionAccess all results for your search in Scopus
mHealth apps - the dreaded gender divide
There has been a big increase in the demand for mHealth apps over the past few years. According to an article in The Atlantic, not all mHealth apps are taking into account gender specific preferences. according to the Atlantic, one example of this is Apple's HealthKit. Apple's HealthKit allows you to track calories, heart rate, blood alcohol content and more. The Atlantic has noted that it does no


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