Dame Fiona Caldicott has agreed to lead an independent from Government review of the balance between protecting patient information and its sharing, to improve patient care.
The Department expects to respond to the panel’s recommendations when the review publishes during 2012.
The recommendation for a review of the balance between protecting patient information and its sharing, to improve patient care was part of the Future Forum’s recommendations to Government on the modernisation of health and care.
... more.
My source:
IHTSDO CoP
Friday, 16 March 2012
Sunday, 11 March 2012
Use and ab-use of knowledge
The effective ‘use’ of knowledge is constantly espoused in health care both informally with patients and formally in evidence based research. Knowledge is the key to improving patient safety and delivering efficient, high quality care interventions and effective outcomes. Things become complicated in health and social with the number of potential knowledge sources and the disciplines intent on seeing, gathering, recording and utilizing knowledge that is theirs. From that adopted vantage point they are bound to have a certain perspective.
There are still vestiges of C.P. Snow’s The Two Cultures (1959) when we view the use and ab-use of knowledge, particularly the way knowledge is sliced, diced, partitioned and housed into disciplines. In the Introduction to Michel Serres' Parasite, Cary Wolfe notes that:
Literally looking at the model we see that whilst there is increasing interdisciplinarity and collaboration between disciplines, practitioners and managers, academics and policy makers … there remains much ab-use between the domains of (care) knowledge.
If by definition abuse brings individuals, agencies and whoever falls in-between into disagreement, dispute and possibly much worse then clearly a tool that can help furnish a common understanding and insight should be welcomed.
For all that Hodges’s model can offer as a common foundation and bridge for the disciplines, we must ask where is the patient, the carer and the public? Is there a new discipline emerging?
What is needed to help gauge the potentials of use and ab-use in health and social care ...?
Additional links - for the image:
Coxeters Loxodromic Sequence of Tangent Circles
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/CoxetersLoxodromicSequenceofTangentCircles.html
Donald Coexeter
http://www.geometry.net/detail/scientists/coxeter_donald.html
Snow, C.P. (2001 [1959]). The Two Cultures. London: Cambridge University Press.
Wolfe, C. (2007). Introduction to the New Edition. Bring the Noise: The Parasite and the Multiple Genealogies of Posthumanism. In Serres, M. (1980). The Parasite. University of Minnesota Press.
Image source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coxeter_circles.png
There are still vestiges of C.P. Snow’s The Two Cultures (1959) when we view the use and ab-use of knowledge, particularly the way knowledge is sliced, diced, partitioned and housed into disciplines. In the Introduction to Michel Serres' Parasite, Cary Wolfe notes that:
... the Latin prefix ab- meaning, the Oxford English Dictionary tells us, “off, or away from”: "abuse" value at a tangent to use and exchange value, at a distance from it: a different vector, a different type of value (Wolfe, 2007). p. xx.
Literally looking at the model we see that whilst there is increasing interdisciplinarity and collaboration between disciplines, practitioners and managers, academics and policy makers … there remains much ab-use between the domains of (care) knowledge.
If by definition abuse brings individuals, agencies and whoever falls in-between into disagreement, dispute and possibly much worse then clearly a tool that can help furnish a common understanding and insight should be welcomed.
For all that Hodges’s model can offer as a common foundation and bridge for the disciplines, we must ask where is the patient, the carer and the public? Is there a new discipline emerging?
What is needed to help gauge the potentials of use and ab-use in health and social care ...?
Additional links - for the image:
Coxeters Loxodromic Sequence of Tangent Circles
http://mathworld.wolfram.com/CoxetersLoxodromicSequenceofTangentCircles.html
Donald Coexeter
http://www.geometry.net/detail/scientists/coxeter_donald.html
Snow, C.P. (2001 [1959]). The Two Cultures. London: Cambridge University Press.
Wolfe, C. (2007). Introduction to the New Edition. Bring the Noise: The Parasite and the Multiple Genealogies of Posthumanism. In Serres, M. (1980). The Parasite. University of Minnesota Press.
Image source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Coxeter_circles.png
Saturday, 10 March 2012
SPECIAL ISSUE cfp Qualitative Research in the Sociotechnology Domain
CALL FOR PAPERS -
SUBMISSION DUE DATE: 30th April 2012
SUBMISSION DUE DATE: 30th April 2012
SPECIAL ISSUE ON Qualitative Research in the Sociotechnology Domain
International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development
Guest Editor: M. Gordon Hunter
INTRODUCTION:
The goal of this special issue is provide a venue for the detailed analysis and discussion on sociotechnical philosophy and practices which underpin successful organizational change.
OBJECTIVE OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE:
This special issue will highlight current qualitative investigations in Sociotechnology. The main emphasis of qualitative researchers is the personnel involved in organizations. So, qualitative researchers attempt to make sense of, or interpret, phenomena in terms of their meanings attributed by individuals. They must work closely with research participants. Thus, those involved with the qualitative researcher are not considered subjects, but are more likely considered partners or fellow research participants, involved in the investigation of a research question. This special issue will provide a forum to discuss the link between the aspects of social and technology from a qualitative perspective.
RECOMMENDED TOPICS:
Topics to be discussed in this special issue may include (but are not limited to) the following qualitative research methods:
- Action Research
- Case Study
- Ethnography
- Grounded Theory
- Narrative Inquiry
- Submissions involving other novel qualitative research methods employing primary and/or secondary data are also encouraged
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this special theme issue on Qualitative Research in the Sociotechnology Domain on or before [30th April 2012]. All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another publication. INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNAL’S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guidelines submission.pdf. All submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review basis. Papers must follow APA style for reference citations.
ABOUT International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development IJSKD:
The overall mission of the International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development (IJSKD) is to provide a practical and comprehensive forum for exchanging research ideas and down-to-earth practices which bridge the social and technical gap within organizations and society at large. At the same time it will provide a forum for considering the ethical issues linked to organizational change and development. It will encourage interdisciplinary texts that discuss current practices as well as demonstrating how the advances of - and changes within - technology affect the growth of society (and vice versa). The aim of the journal is to bring together the expertise of people who have worked practically in a changing society across the world for people in the field of organizational development and technology studies including information systems development and implementation.
This journal is an official publication of the Information Resources Management Association
Editor-in-Chief: Elayne Coakes
Published: Quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form)
All submissions should be directed to the attention of:
M. Gordon Hunter
Guest Editor
International Journal of Sociotechnology and Knowledge Development
E-mail: ghunter AT uleth.ca
Thursday, 8 March 2012
International Women’s Day
Some links for today:
On International Women’s Day,
Protect Women Human Rights Defenders ...
Newsweek's 150 Fearless Women - 10 Supported by Front Line Defenders
Sources - as above and ...
HIPnet
Educate Girls in Africa
On International Women’s Day,
Protect Women Human Rights Defenders ...
Newsweek's 150 Fearless Women - 10 Supported by Front Line Defenders
Sources - as above and ...
HIPnet
Educate Girls in Africa
Wednesday, 7 March 2012
Health & Social Care - Shoeing the Horse*
Anvil
*humanistically ...
Anvil image:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blacksmith_anvil_ganson.svg
Original horseshoe image:
http://www.ranchomilagrokansas.com/
Tuesday, 6 March 2012
[CIOP] Welcome to new list - Community Informatics for Older Persons
There recently has been an expansion of technology applications for older persons. These efforts include communications for elderly with others, connections with families, medical monitoring, group activities, assistance with hospital transitions, and tele-health. An important aspect is the framework of communities, either as a way to view applications or the use of the inforrmation and communications technology application in a group setting, such as a wii activity by a group.
Especially promising are the research activities being done internationally.
This is demonstrated by the latest issue of the Journal of Community Informatics on Technology and Older Persons, with a significant collection of varied current studies. The work on this journal included the cooperation of an international group of professionals for nearly a year.
It will be exciting and worthwhile to have the discussions and online meeting of professional minds.
To subscribe to new elist Community Informatics for Older Persons send an email
To: sympa@vcn.bc.ca
Message: subscribe ci-for-older-persons
Or go to http://vancouvercommunity.net/lists/info/ci-for-older-persons
Gene
Gene Loeb, Ph.D.
My source: ciresearchers
Especially promising are the research activities being done internationally.
This is demonstrated by the latest issue of the Journal of Community Informatics on Technology and Older Persons, with a significant collection of varied current studies. The work on this journal included the cooperation of an international group of professionals for nearly a year.
It will be exciting and worthwhile to have the discussions and online meeting of professional minds.
To subscribe to new elist Community Informatics for Older Persons send an email
To: sympa@vcn.bc.ca
Message: subscribe ci-for-older-persons
Or go to http://vancouvercommunity.net/lists/info/ci-for-older-persons
Gene
Gene Loeb, Ph.D.
My source: ciresearchers
Monday, 5 March 2012
RCN nursing journals are now available through HINARI
Dear All,
I am pleased to share that, as of last month, the journals published by the Royal College of Nursing (UK) are now available through HINARI, which means that HINARI users can now access the following journals:-
- Cancer Nursing Practice
- Emergency Nurse
- Learning Disability Practice
- Mental Health Practice
- Nurse Researcher
- Nursing Children and Young People Nursing Management
- Nursing Older People
- Nursing Standard
- Primary Health Care
This brings the total number of nursing journals available via HINARI to 172, including journals from BMJ Publishing, Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, Informa Healthcare, John Wiley, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Mary Ann Liebert, Sage, SLACK, and Thieme.
Best wishes to all.
Richard Gedye
Publisher Co-ordinator
Research4Life
My source:
HIFA2015 Health Information For All by 2015
I am pleased to share that, as of last month, the journals published by the Royal College of Nursing (UK) are now available through HINARI, which means that HINARI users can now access the following journals:-
- Cancer Nursing Practice
- Emergency Nurse
- Learning Disability Practice
- Mental Health Practice
- Nurse Researcher
- Nursing Children and Young People Nursing Management
- Nursing Older People
- Nursing Standard
- Primary Health Care
This brings the total number of nursing journals available via HINARI to 172, including journals from BMJ Publishing, Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, Informa Healthcare, John Wiley, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Mary Ann Liebert, Sage, SLACK, and Thieme.
Best wishes to all.
Richard Gedye
Publisher Co-ordinator
Research4Life
My source:
HIFA2015 Health Information For All by 2015
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