AmiPal is a podcast about palliative care, technology, innovation and research. If you want to learn more about palliative care, hospice care, research, innovation and health technology - this podcast is for you! This podcast will be of interest to healthcare professionals and students with an interest in palliative medicine. The podcast is hosted by Dr Amara Nwosu MBChB, MRCP, PhD, who is a Academic Clinical Lecturer in palliative medicine in the University of Liverpool, UK. Come and join the conversation about these issues in a way you just might like. Copyright Dr Amara Nwosu, AmiPal media 2016. http://www.amaranwosu.com
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MyPal - Technology in the delivery of healthcare: patient power in medicine #16
In this episode of MyPal Dr Amara Nwosu provides an overview of the health secretary's recent speech to the Health Service Journal which outlined the potential role of technology in healthcare. Patient power: threat or opportunity? Health Secretary's speech on the opportunities offered by the shift to a patient-powered, technologically advanced health service. Department of Health and The Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP Health Service Journal, Barber-Surgeons‘ Hall, London https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/patient-power-threat-or-opportunity Smart patients Emma Hill, Lancet Volume 15, No. 2, p140–141, February 2014. http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanonc/article/PIIS1470-2045(14)70044-0/abstract The Patient Will See You Now: The Future of Medicine is in Your Hands by Eric Topol http://www.amazon.com/The-Patient-Will-See-You/dp/0465054749 Patient reported outcomes http://sites.duke.edu/rethinkingclinicaltrials/patient-reported-outcomes/ Use of an electronic patient-reported outcome measurement system to improve distress management in oncology Palliat Support Care. 2014 Feb; 12(1): 69–73. Sophia K. Smith, Krista Rowe, Amy P. Abernethy http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4066540/ Copyright Dr Amara Nwosu, KingAmi Media 2015. www.amaranwosu.com Music by Bensound www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music