App Review. Mindfulness has been recommended by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence and the NHS to help mental wellbeing, but can the Headspace app be used by nurses and health professionals in clinical settings? To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details
The scheme involves a dementia-friendly mug and plastic tumbler playing pre-set messages to patients not drinking regularly enough. They can be programmed with personalised messages from patients’ families and help ward staff keep a check.
Deputy Director of the Grenfell Health and Wellbeing Service shares how they’re using virtual reality to increase access to psychological therapies in a blog published by NHS England.
GP practices in Staffordshire have launched an innovative V-Doc programme whereby GPs can link up with care homes via Skype.
Using Ipads attached to a trolley and some self monitoring equipment, GPs are operating morning ‘virtual ward rounds’ as part of a preventative programme to explore whether unplanned admissions can be reduced by the offer of regular virtual contact with doctors.
Rogue traders who bombard the elderly and vulnerable with nuisance phone calls are to be stopped in their tracks by a targeted government scheme designed to protect those with dementia.
Artificial intelligence (AI) has enormous potential to improve the safety of healthcare, from increasing diagnostic accuracy,1 to optimising treatment planning,2 to forecasting outcomes of care.3 However, integrating AI technologies into the delivery of healthcare is likely to introduce a range of new risks and amplify existing ones. For instance, failures in widely used software have the potential to quickly affect large numbers of patients4; hidden assumptions in underlying data and models can lead to AI systems delivering dangerous recommendations that are insensitive to local care processes,5 6 and opaque AI techniques such as deep learning can make explaining and learning from failure extremely difficult.7 8 To maximise the benefits of AI in healthcare and to build trust among patients and practitioners, it will therefore be essential to robustly govern the risks that AI poses to patient safety.. To read the full article, log in using your NHS OpenAthens details.
It contains answers to key questions around digital technology – why is digital important, how does it support policy and commissioning objectives, what is the art of the possible/benefits of going digital and how do you make sure you’re making the right decisions.
The aim of this study was to explore parents’ and professionals’ thoughts of how a gaze-controlled computer can be beneficial to children with severe multiple disabilities. All systems were provided primarily for symbol-based communication, but were also used for other purposes such as play, leisure and school activities. A further aim was to investigate factors affecting usability, specifically for communication.
[Probably a bit more about Activities of Daily Living than therapeutic uses] Inclusive design and smart technology for household appliances have the potential to boost the independence of older people and those with sight loss and other disabilities, new research suggests.
Two new reports, Inclusive Design – expert views and Smart Appliances and the Internet of Things, released today by consumer research charity Rica and sight loss charity Thomas Pocklington Trust, call attention to the need for inclusive products – those that are useable by the widest range of people. With an eye on future trends, the studies also highlight the potential benefits of emerging smart technology for older and disabled people, including those with sight loss.
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Technology enhanced, human-centred, assistive devices and environments implemented into healthcare across scale are developing but integration is needed for meaningful experiences. Please contact the library to receive a copy of this article - http://bit.ly/1Xyazai