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A diagnosis of any type of diabetes can be a frightening and lonely experience at any age. You may have read stories about others living with diabetes or heard of “a friend of a friend” who had the condition. Those tales may not have been lavished in positives and, if you’ve been recently diagnosed, may even have had a negative impact upon you. At the time of my own diagnosis with type 1 diabetes, there was little in the way of peer support. That was a long time ago, in 1984. I remember talk of diabetes “camps” but, quite frankly, at the tender age of eight the prospect terrified me and I- Posted
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Tweets posted from the UK between January 2018 and October 2020 were extracted using the Twitter application programming interface. The volume of tweets on remote care delivery increased markedly following the COVID-19 outbreak. Five main themes were identified in the tweets: access to remote care, quality of remote care, anticipation of remote care, online booking and asynchronous communication, and publicising changes to services or care delivery. Mixed public attitudes and experiences to the changes in service delivery were found. The proportion of positive tweets regarding access to,- Posted
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The report highlights a dip in patient satisfaction with NHS services, probably due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The data also demonstrates increased variation in patient satisfaction between different providers. Trends identified in the report include: Sharp falls in ratings for maternity provision across England Significant variation in ratings for different A&E departments Falls in rapid access to care across whole trusts- Posted
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The report found large variations between organisations. National trends show: Overall there is a considerably greater volume of positive feedback compared with negative feedback from patients on the care they received from providers. A decrease in patient satisfaction across most quality domains throughout the autumn of 2019 into early 2020. Distinct improvements in reported experiences of acute care as the Covid crisis took hold. Signs of plateauing and possible declines emerging in late summer / early autumn 2020.- Posted
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Patient safety and the media: Friend and foe?
Patient Safety Learning posted a calendar event in Community Calendar
untilUncover the impact and value of media stories exposing patient safety incidents. Shaun Lintern, Health Correspondent at The Independent, will join Jonathan Hazan, Chair of Patient Safety Learning and Moira Durbridge, President of the Patient Safety Section of the Royal Society of Medicine, for this interactive webinar which will explain how the media work to promote patient safety stories, illustrate how media stories can be a spur to local patient safety improvements and show how the media can be a powerful medium for communicating patient safety. Register -
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Time To Talk Mental Health UK: Facebook support group
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Talking Medicines raises £1.1m to scale up AI patient tracking
Clive Flashman posted a news article in News
Talking Medicines, a social intelligence company for the pharmaceutical industry, has secured £1.1 million funding deal to scale up its AI-based platform for measuring patient sentiment. Tern, an investment company specialising in the Internet of Things (“IoT”), is the lead investor in a syndicated funding round alongside The Scottish Investment Bank, Scottish Enterprise’s investment arm. Led by CEO Jo Halliday alongside co-founders Dr Elizabeth Fairley and Dr Scott Crae, Talking Medicines will use the funds to support the launch and roll-out of a new AI data platform, which will tra- Posted
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Using Twitter to assess patient takes on patient experience
Clive Flashman posted a news article in News
A qualitative study of Twitter hashtags revealed power hierarchies can damage the patient experience and clinician relationship. In an analysis of a popular Twitter hashtag, researchers found that patients largely take umbrage when they feel their doctor does not believe their ailment or knowledge about their healthcare, and when they perceive a power hierarchy between themselves and their clinician. Although not as many patients are using Twitter to get peer feedback on certain providers (the Binary Fountain poll showed only 21% of patients do this), the social media website still h- Posted
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