Medici per l'ambiente - A cura di ISDE Modena in collaborazione con "Marketing sociale". Newsletter N°17

Per aiutarti a capire dove ti curi, ma anche dove vanno i tuoi soldi di contribuente, Wired pubblica i dati integrali sulla qualità delle cure in tutti i 1.200 ospedali italiani, pubblici e privati, raccolti dall’Agenzia nazionale per i servizi sanitari (Agenas)del ministero della Salute. 

Da dove arrivano esattamente questi dati? Ogni anno Agenas raccoglie i valori presenti nelle schede di dimissione ospedaliera (Sdo) che l'ospedale compila per le dimissioni di ogni paziente ricoverato. Da tutte le schede di dimissione ospedaliera vengono calcolati gli indici di rischio con cui il ministero della Sanità tiene sotto controllo le performance dei vari nosocomi. Un lavoro imponente che fino allo scorso anno veniva eseguito in silenzio. Solo nel 2012, infatti, questi dati stati resi accessibili ai medici e ai giornalisti accreditati. Wired li pubblica integralmente per la prima volta in un formato ricercabile.

I woke up this morning to a couple of DMs from physicians alerting me to the Twitter thread seen below (tweets read bottom to top).  Is it unprofessional?  Decide for yourself. Whether you change d...

A new report from McKinsey estimates that big data could save the health care industry up to $450 billion, but it has to overcome a few obstacles first.

The Internet is quickly becoming patients’ resource of choice to learn more about their doctors. But doctors have been slow to embrace it for one reason: they aren’t sure how to be a doctor online.

Medical schools and their students are using social media. Almost all US medical schools have a Facebook presence, yet most do not have policies addressing student online social networking behavior. While social media use rises, policy informing appropriate conduct in medical schools lags behind. Established policies at some medical schools can provide a blueprint for others to adopt and adapt.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Physicians should avoid making or accepting friend requests through social networking websites with past or current patients, a new policy statement advised.

For several years, health advocates have tried to assemble a treaty to fund research and development on neglected diseases that predominate in poor countries. This week, US and EU negotiators gutte...

The Harvard professor, who created the concept of shared value, hopes to bring social and environmental considerations to the top of the policy and corporate agenda

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I can think of innumerable patients who, in the nick of time, deliver a deadpan statement that changes the course of their anesthetic.