Tuesday, 14 October 2014

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The Pharmaceutical Statistics journal club is discussing the paper "Subgroup analyses in cost-effectiveness analyses to support health technology assessments" on 28th October. Author and publication details are: Christy Chuang-Stein, Marie-Ange Paget, Carol Reid and Neil Hawkins;Pharmaceutical Statistics, Volume 13, Issue 4, Pages 265-274, July/August 2014.Details on how to join in are a

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Barnsley digital firm and University of Sheffield collaborators celebrate winning Innovation in Healthcare award

Receiving the award for Innovation in Healthcare in 2014 (Prof Mountain representing CATCH and Peter Cudd)Barnsley based firm HMA Digital Marketing and the University of Sheffield's Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare (CATCH) has won the Innovation in Healthcare category at the University of Sheffield Enterprise, Innovation and Impact awards. The annual awards, presented at a

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Minimum alcohol pricing would be up to 50 times more effective than ...

Professor Alan Brenann, Professor of Health Economics and Decision Modelling, from the School of Health and Related Research, said: “The additional analyses suggest that the relative scale of impact between a ban on below cost selling ...

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Seminar Series for Staff and Students

Seminar Series for Staff and Students... ...continues on Tuesday with a talk from Dr Matt Dexter on ‘Open Design and medical products – enabling participation in design and manufacture’ at 12.30-13.30 – Pemberton Room, Regent Court.Abstract: Participatory Design, where the users of an artefact are included from the very beginning of the project through all stages to production (and beyond) can be

The Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology research group / by Lauren A Powell / 23h

Alan Brennan on The Naked Scientists

Could raising the price of alcohol reduce the costs of alcohol abuse? Listen to Professor Alan Brennan’s podcast interview on the price of alcohol at The Naked Scientists.

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Cancer Drug Fund consultation

From the NHSE website:Image by Philip Taylor via Flickr CC BY 2.0“NHS England is proposing changes to the way its Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) operates, in order that it delivers maximum benefit for patients, within the resources available. Clinicians and cancer specialists believe the changes, if adopted, would:improve patient access to the most clinically effective drugs available through the fund;e

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Thursday, 9 October 2014

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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:Mihalopoulos C, Chen G, Iezzi A, et. al. Assessing outcomes for cost-utility analysis in depression: comparison of five multi-attribute utility instruments with two depression-specific outcome measures. Br J Psych

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ScHARRNews - Thursday 9th October 2014

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Highlights From The King'S Fund

RAT and CATCH researchers attended the excellent 2014 King's Fund International Digital Health and Care Congress in September. Lizzie Coates and Olubukola Otesile presented findings from the MALT project, including thoughts on whether or not telehealth encourages or stifles self-management. Claire Bentley presented the development of an app to help people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

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No-one can multitask like an information specialist…

We are a multi-talented bunch here at ScHARR Towers, and in particular we are known for our baking. Even Andy Tattersall, a man more known for his web 2.0 skills than his whisking, can whip up a batch of brownies. I just about managed to stop cramming one into my mouth in time to take a picture of these last few crumbs. Not only did Andy bake these himself, but they contain beetroot from his allot

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Wednesday, 8 October 2014

ScHARRNews - Wednesday 8th October 2014

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Director of Consultancy post at ScHARR

Also known as Director of Innovation & Knowledge Transfer (IKT). Potential candidates are encouraged from across health services research, pharma or the NHS. In more official language…..This is an exciting opportunity which combines strategic leadership and operational delivery with the potential to undertake research or other projects in your preferred health-related area of expertise. You

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Smart inhaler - the future?

Boehringer Ingelheim would like to sell a "smart inhaler" that can indicate when the medication is running out and remind people when they have missed a dose. Therefore the company is testing inhalers with a Propeller Health sensor attached to the back. Propeller Health specialises in designing sensors and apps for patients with asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD).To

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Minimum Alcohol Pricing Would Be Up To 50 Times More Effective ...

Research: Alan Brennan, Professor of Health Economics and Decision Modelling, School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK Tel: +44 (0)114 222 0684 / mobile: +44 (0)7956 865 ...

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Study investigates access to weight loss clubs for people with ...

Dr Liz Croot, from the University's School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR), who is leading the project, alongside Research Assistant Melanie Rimmer, said: "Our findings so far indicate that people with learning ...

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Hey Intern!For the next few weeks we have a student for the ISchool doing a placement with us - what our American friend...

Hey Intern!For the next few weeks we have a student for the ISchool doing a placement with us - what our American friends like to call an 'Intern'. Over the next few weeks Ben will be helping us develop our Health Utilities Database - our exclusive database of papers that report health state utility values (HSUVs). Ben will be developing a publicity strategy for the database, helping us find new s

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Phillips - HealthTech refocus

Phillips has decided to merge their healthcare and consumer units into one separate company next year - "HealthTech". Phillips have already stated that they would like to introduce some apps (FDA cleared) that focus on at home patient care as well as a wearable blue LED light. To learn more click here.

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Inside the Navy's Secret Swarm Robot Experiment - National Journal

Inside the Navy's Secret Swarm Robot ExperimentNational JournalIt's August on Virginia's James River and a secret military exercise is about to make history. A large ship that the Navy sometimes calls a high-value unit, HVU, is making its way down the river's thalweg, escorted by 13 small guard boats. Between them ...

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Tuesday, 7 October 2014

ScHARRNews - Tuesday 7th October 2014

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Phillips - HealthTech refocus

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Food provision for older people receiving home care from the perspectives of home-care workers

Anna Watkinson-Powell, an MPH student at ScHARR, recently published a paper based on her dissertation in Health and Social Care in the Community with her co-authors, Sarah Barnes, Melanie Lovatt, Anna Wasielewska and Barbara Drummond. The title of Anna’s project was Food provision for older people receiving home care from the perspectives of home-care workers. You can read more about Anna’s projec

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Latest journal articles from HEDS

Published in September….Generalizability and unaddressed issues in mapping: how do we decide when to map?Young TAMedical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making 34(7):824-825 Oct 2014 Patient-reported utilities in advanced or metastatic melanoma, including analysis of utilities by time to death.Hatswell AJ, Pennington B, Pericleous L, Rowen D, Lebmeier

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Sunday, 5 October 2014

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FDA finalises cybersecurity guidance

The FDA has announced that it has finalised guidance on managing "cybersecurity" risks. It aims to protect patient privacy and devices from malfunctioning due to viruses. To date, concerns have mainly been around viruses on network connected devices or devices with poor password security.To read more about this pertinent issue, please click here.

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OCT 03

Comment: How much does a person's lifestyle affect their fertility?

Dr Allan Pacey, Senior Lecturer in Andrology at the University of Sheffield, says that there's no need for men who want to start a family to become teetotal – although binge drinking could affect semen quality.

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Mendeley Open Day 2014

It just seems at the moment that I don’t seem to be in the office that much (to the relief of my colleagues), following on from the Altmetrics and MmIT conferences and the joint Sheffield universities’ social media symposium in the last few weeks I’ve not stopped on my travels. And one event I could not miss was Mendeley’s Open Day 2014. Seeing as I had been to the previous three held at Mendeley

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Could Star Terk be the future?

Two UK companies have made it to the final stages of a worldwide competition (Qualcomm Tricorder X Prize, launched in 2012) to make a real life version of Star-Trek's medical tricorder to diagnose health conditions. To find out more, click here.

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OCT 02

Minimum alcohol pricing would be up to 50 times more effective than below cost ... - University of Sheffield News

University of Sheffield NewsMinimum alcohol pricing would be up to 50 times more effective than below cost ...University of Sheffield NewsProfessor Alan Brenann, Professor of Health Economics and Decision Modelling, from the School of Health and Related Research, said: “The additional analyses suggest that the relative scale of impact between a ban on below cost selling and a minimum ...New Sheffi

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Below cost selling of alcohol evaluation

This is follow up work the minimum unit pricing (MUP) work undertaken in recent years, and compares MUP to the government’s preferred policy of banning below cost selling (BCS) of alcohol. The ban below cost selling means that price could not be lower than tax payable on the product.The proportion of the market affected by the two strategies is 0.7% for BCS and 23.2% for a 45p minimum unit price.

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New Sheffield study says minimum pricing is 50 times more effective than below ... - Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade Review

Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade ReviewNew Sheffield study says minimum pricing is 50 times more effective than below ...Harpers Wine & Spirit Trade ReviewProfessor Alan Brenann, Professor of health economics and decision modelling, from the School of Health and Related Research at the University of Sheffield, said: “Despite some study limitations we found that a minimum unit price of 45p would

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Complex Evaluation Methods - Masters Module

Steven Ariss and Nasrin Nasr have developed a 15 credit master module "Complex Evaluation Methods" which introduces key principles for evaluating complex health and social care interventions. It gives broad perspectives while focusing on health programmes and technologies as examples. Participants/students are introduced to complex situations, complex interventions and relevant innovat

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OCT 01

Minimum alcohol pricing could 'save 600 lives' - Yorkshire Post

The IndependentMinimum alcohol pricing could 'save 600 lives'Yorkshire PostHealth economist Prof Alan Brenann, from the university's School of Health and Related Research, said: “Despite some study limitations, we found that a minimum unit price of 45p would be expected to have 40-50 times larger reductions in consumption and ...New Sheffield study says minimum pricing is 50 times more effective t

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Sheffield scientist honoured for his outstanding contribution to pioneering fertility research

A world-leading fertility expert from the University of Sheffield has been made a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in recognition of his pioneering research into male fertility over the past 20 years.

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