Thursday, October 28, 2010

Why Health Care Is Going Home — NEJM

...In the past century, health care became highly concentrated in hospitals, clinics, and other facilities. But I believe that the venue of care for the future is the patient's home, where clinicians can combine old-fashioned sensibilities and caring with the application of new technologies to respond to major demographic, epidemiologic, and health care trends. Five major forces are driving health care into the home: the aging of the U.S. population, epidemics of chronic diseases, technological advances, health care consumerism, and rapidly escalating health care costs...

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Mobile eHealth solutions for Developing Countries

This ITU report highlighted the role of mobile telecommunication technology in health care by offering at a distance the medical consultation and administration of patient treatment.

The preparation of this report is one example of the experience of ITU experts in Mobile eHealth field and their ability to work successfully in cooperation with many other partners from all over the world.

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Tuesday, October 12, 2010

John Smith Fellowship Programme 2011

The John Smith Memorial Trust is inviting applications to participate in the John Smith Fellowship Programme 2011 to take place over four weeks in June/July next year.

Applications for Fellowships are invited from the following countries:

Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Ukraine

The Fellowship aim to strengthen and deepen awareness of good governance through a four week programme in the UK and placements that show the workings of organisations within a long established democracy. Selection is based on a combination of the leadership potential of the applicant and the quality of the action plan they propose. Action plans are pieces of work or policy problems which the Fellows want to explore while in the UK. The “ideal” candidate will be aged 25-40, working in politics, local administration, business, the media, the arts or civil society, with a track record of achievement in the area of good governance and public service.

Further information about recruitment criteria, application details and deadlines can be obtained from the Trust's website