Sunday 14 December 2014

ScHARRNews - Monday 8th December 2014 - Sunday 14th December 2014

DEC 13

Health Economics and Decision Science (HEDS) Blog: Review of ...
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 ...
Health Economics and Decision Science (HEDS) Blog: An EQ-5D ...
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 ...
Calling ScHARR ex-students! - Health Economics and Decision ...
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 12

Spreading the word about telehealth!
RAT group researchers Claire Bentley, Dr Jack Parker and Lauren Powell have conducted a workshop with 60 nursing and health visitor undergraduates at Sheffield Hallam University to introduce them to Telehealth and the issues around its implementation. The session included demonstrations and hands-on experience of a range of different healthcare technologies, from Telemonitoring, to an app for lung

DEC 11

Job opportunity in HEDS
We are looking for an Information Specialist to join our team.  Within the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) Information Resources Group (IRG), you will participate in the provision of a specialist health research information service to ScHARR staff and students and to NHS staff undertaking research. You will undertake literature searches to support ScHARR research and consultancy pro
Recently published CEAs
Twice each month the CEA Registry Blog lists recently published cost utility studies and associated papers.  From the ones listed this time, here's a few in our areas of research interest:Loveman E, Copley VR, Colquitt JL, et. al. The effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of treatments for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: systematic review, network meta-analysis and health economic evaluation. BMC Ph
Resource Modelling: The Missing Piece of the HTA Jigsaw?
Author(s):Thokala, P. | Dixon, S. | Jahn, B.Publication year: 2014Journal / Book title: PharmacoEconomicsAccess all results for your search in Scopus
Researching the lives of people living with dementia: innovative methodologies
Becky Field, a researcher from the RAT group,  attended a fascinating and stimulating seminar called ‘Researching the lives of people living with dementia: innovative methodologies’ on 14th November 2014. This was part of the 'Representation of Older People in Ageing Research' seminar series run jointly by the Centre for Ageing and Biographical Studies (CABS) at The Open University, and the Centre

DEC 10

Consultation on HE methods for European HTA organisations
Public consultation of  EUnetHTA’s draft methodological guideline “Methods for health economic evaluations” is open until 16th December 2014.  From their website:“EUnetHTA´s methodological guidelines are targeted to the needs of health technology assessors in the EUnetHTA member organisations. Their recommendations focus on the methodological challenges encountered while performing relative effect
UK-India Workshop: Affordable Assisted Living Technologies for the Elderly
Professor Mark Hawley (centre) and other speakers at the eventI recently attended the UK-India Workshop on Affordable Assisted Living Technologies (ALT) for the Elderly in Bangalore, India. I was invited to give an overview of the current situation on ALT in the UK and to give views on potential directions for future innovation. I was also there to discuss how these innovations might be implemente

DEC 09

Implementation Science | Full text | Using the Knowledge to Action ...
Becky Field*, Andrew Booth, Irene Ilott and Kate Gerrish. * Corresponding author: Becky Field b.field@sheffield.ac.uk. Author Affiliations. 1 School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, ...
Alteplase for the Treatment of Acute Ischaemic Stroke: A NICE Single Technology Appraisal; an Evidence Review Group Perspective
Author(s):Holmes, M. | Davis, S. | Simpson, E.Publication year: 2014Journal / Book title: PharmacoEconomicsAccess all results for your search in Scopus

DEC 08

MDH FLS: Prof Pam Smith
When: Tue Jan 27, 2015 5pm to 6:30pm  GMT Where: Lecture Theatre 2, B floor, Medical School Event Status: confirmed Event Description: Title: "Emotions at work: Researching on the frontline of health and social care" Wine reception to follow
Welsh government report backs minimum pricing for alcohol - Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade Review (registration)
Welsh government report backs minimum pricing for alcoholHarpers Wine & Spirit Trade Review (registration)The findings, from experts at the University's School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), also states the policy would lead to an estimated reduction in alcohol consumption by the overall population of 4%, which equates to 30 units per drinker ...
Welsh government report backs minimum pricing for alcohol - Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade Review (registration)
Welsh government report backs minimum pricing for alcoholHarpers Wine & Spirit Trade Review (registration)The report is authored by the same group used to support the measure in Northern Ireland last week – the University of Sheffield Alcohol Research Group, which estimates the effect of a 50 per unit minimum price. The findings, from experts at the ...
Consultation on HPV vaccination of men who have sex with men
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 ...
So you're an Information Specialist - What does that mean?
Me playing with the world's biggest tablet ;-)So...what exactly do you do?Library and information professionals are used to being asked questions, it comes with the territory. Yet one of the hardest questions I get asked on a personal and more often professional level as part of my role as an information specialist at The School of Health and Related Research is that of; ‘So what do you do?’I’m su
Latest journal articles from HEDS
Published in November….Are policy decision on surgical procedures informed by robust economic evidence? A systematic reviewAra R, Basarir H, Keetharuth AD, Barbieri M, Weatherly HLA, Sculpher MJS, Ahmed H, Brown SInternational Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care 13 Nov 2014 Dry powder inhalers in cystic fibrosis: same old drugs but different benefits?Uttley L, Tappenden PCurrent Opinio
Northern Ireland to Bring in Minimum Unit Pricing
The Northern Ireland Assembly Health Minister, Jim Wells, announced plans to introduce minimum unit pricing for alcohol sales in Northern Ireland. Research from the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group (SARG) indicates that this could reduce drink-related hospital admissions by more than 2,400 a year. A new report from the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group (SARG), commissioned by the Department of Heal
New paper published about a personalised self-management system for congestive heart failure
Former RAT Group member, Dr Bartlett and others recently published a paper in the BMC Journal of Medical Informatics and Decision Making entitled;"The SMART personalised self-management system for congestive heart failure: results of a realist evaluation."The paper describes a realist evaluation of a self-management system for individuals with congestive heart failure (CHF). The system w

DEC 07

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