Sunday 14 December 2014

ScHARRNews - Monday 1st December 2014 - Sunday 7th December 2014

DEC 07

What is Mild Cognitive Impairment and what can we do about it?
Last Thursday (23.10.2014), the Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare (CATCH) at the University of Sheffield hosted an international conference on Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). Speakers from the ...
Techno Therapies – A showcase of technologies for mental health ...
Thursday 6th November 2014 The University of Sheffield As part of the Economic and Social Science Research Councils (ESRC) Festival of Social Science, the Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare ...

DEC 06

Jobs and opportunities | PolisLombardia
Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health; School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) University of Sheffield. Master's in Public Policy Central European University. Lecturer in Criminology (3 year fixed term)
UK project extends trial of offering gift vouchers to boost ...
Principal investigator Dr Clare Relton from the University of Sheffield's School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), said: “For several decades now the majority of babies in the UK have not been getting enough breast ...
Health Economics and Decision Science (HEDS) Blog: HERG ...
HEDS is part of the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield. We undertake research, teaching, training and consultancy on all aspects of health related decision science, with a ...
'Future Fit: Health technologies for better lives' event
Weds 5 November 2014, 1.00pm - 3.30pm, Pemberton Rooms, School of Health and Related Research. This event features talks and an interactive exhibition of some of the new technologies for health in this exciting area, ...
Health Economics and Decision Science (HEDS) Blog: NICE ...
HEDS is part of the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield. We undertake research, teaching, training and consultancy on all aspects of health related decision science, with a ...

DEC 05

Design4Health2015 coming soon!
What? 3rd European conference on Design4Health When? Monday 13th - Thursday 16th July, 2015Where? Sheffield Hallam University, UKKeynote speakers are set to include Prof Rachel Cooper OBR, Prof Brendan McCormack, Dr Lucy Lyons and Prof Gail Cooper.  You can submit your abstracts online and the closing date it Monday 5th January 2015. 

DEC 04

Review of NICE open to all
The Department of Health reviews its arm’s length bodies once every 3 years, and NICE is currently being reviewed.  This includes an open consultation.  From the consultation website:“We want to know what you think of NICE, including:whether NICE needs to continue in its current formhow NICE is performingwhether NICE is providing good valueYou can also share your views in person at 1 of 2 workshop
Frankly, its Christmas!
There are many signs that Christmas is on its way: the lights in town, the presents in every shop window, the sound of tiny feet pattering downstairs to open their advent calendars. But perhaps the most universally recognised sign that Christmas is upon us the moment when our Frank dons his full festive ensemble:If you're at a loose end and need a hug from Sheffield's best-dressed skeleton, come o
Personal perspective: Industrial and health policy
As part of the government’s pre-Christmas, pre-election “we can only do this because we’re been successful” giveaway, Chancellor George Osborne has announced news of an increase in tax credits for R&D.  Tax credits are to increase to 230% for small and medium companies, and to 11%for large firms.ABPI chief executive Stephen Whitehead was happy with the news. “I welcome the chancellor’s decisio
Psychotherapeutic benefits of compassion-focused therapy: an early systematic review
Author(s):Leaviss, J. | Uttley, L.Publication year: 2014Journal / Book title: Psychological MedicineAccess all results for your search in Scopus
Innovate UK: Better interactions between people and machines
Innovate UK invites applications for its competition on better interactions between people and machines. This aims to encourage new, enhanced forms of interaction between computing systems and the people who use them. Proposals may address innovations in underlying technologies, in combining emerging technologies, or in employing tools to improve the user experience. Examples of such innovations a

DEC 03

Northern Ireland proceeds with Alcohol Minimum Unit Pricing - International Supermarket News
Northern Ireland proceeds with Alcohol Minimum Unit PricingInternational Supermarket NewsThe findings, from experts at the University's School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), whose research has been influential in providing evidence to inform policy decisions in the UK and beyond, also reveal the policy would lead to an estimated ...
Northern Ireland proceeds with Alcohol Minimum Unit Pricing - International Supermarket News
BBC NewsNorthern Ireland proceeds with Alcohol Minimum Unit PricingInternational Supermarket NewsA new report from the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group (SARG), commissioned by the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) and the Department for Social Development (DSD), shows that introducing a Minimum Unit Price (MUP ...Northern Ireland proceeds with minimum pricing policy
Northern Ireland proceeds with minimum pricing policy - Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade Review (registration)
Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade Review (registration)Northern Ireland proceeds with minimum pricing policyHarpers Wine & Spirit Trade Review (registration)Northern Ireland's Department of Health commissioned a report from the University of Sheffield's Alcohol Research Group, which shows that introducing a minimum price would reduce alcohol related deaths by 63 per year and save healthcare serv
Peer review is fraught with problems, and we need a fix
This piece was originally written by myself for The Conversation and published in November looking at the growing interest in post publication peer review. It is republished under a Creative Commons Licence.It was written in collaboration with Akshat Rathi from The ConversationImage used under a Creative Commons CC BY 2.0 licence © Sebastien Wiertz  http://bit.ly/12litMfPeer review is fraught with
Northern Ireland proceeds with Alcohol Minimum Unit Pricing
The Northern Ireland Executive has today (3 December 2014) announced it will proceed with an Alcohol Minimum Unit Pricing policy, which could reduce drink-related hospital admissions by more than 2,400 a year, according to researchers from the University of Sheffield.
An EQ-5D-5L Value Set for England
Staff from HEDS (Prof. Ben van Hout and Brendan Mulhern) and the Office of Health Economics (Prof. Nancy Devlin, Koonal Shah and Dr. Yan Feng) have collaborated on a high profile project to develop a value set for the EQ-5D-5L that is based on the preferences of the English general population. The value set will be used in the calculation of QALYs for use in economic evaluations.The study team rec
Medical Research Council: Highlight notice - Methods research for assessing quality of life in carers
This highlight notice seeks to support the development of reliable tools to assess the quality of life of carers of those who have cognitive impairment in the domestic environment. This is because there is a need to establish a system for carers using "gold standard" psychometric techniques. Validated approaches are required that can assess the quality of life in this population so that

DEC 02

Technology more accurate at diagnosing valvular heart disease than a stethoscope?
Medical students trained to diagnose valvular heart disease using a hand held device performed better (58%) than students trained to do the same task using more traditional methods e.g. listening for heart murmurs with a stethoscope (40%).  For further information , please click here.

DEC 01

HEDS on SlideShare
What is SlideShare?  According to Wikipedia… “SlideShare is a Web 2.0 based slide hosting service. Users can upload files privately or publicly in the following file formats: PowerPoint, PDF, Keynote or OpenDocument presentations.  Launched on October 4, 2006, the website is considered to be similar to YouTube, but for slideshows.”HEDS has set up an account where presentations, posters and other m
Valuing health at the end of life: A stated preference discrete choice experiment
Author(s):Shah, K.K. | Tsuchiya, A. | Wailoo, A.J.Publication year: 2015Journal / Book title: Social Science and MedicineAccess all results for your search in Scopus
S Yorks team celebrate joint win for innovative solutions to support the elderly
Richard Stickland and Ceri Batchelder, HMA Digital (left) & Dr Peter Cudd (right)Barnsley based firm HMA Digital Marketing and collaborators at the University of Sheffield's Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare (CATCH) have won a prestigious healthcare award in recognition of their work into developing user-friendly mobile technologies to support the elderly. HMA and CATCH

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