24th May 2017
  - 
View HB Online Follow Us On Twitter  -  View This Email Online

eb-newletter-strip-new.jpg

HEADLINE NEWS

Vitamin D linked to better pain management, study finds

A paper published in the Journal of Endocrinology, has indicated that Vitamin D supplementation combined with good sleeping habits may help manage pain-related diseases.....read more

Click here to view the latest issue of Health Business Magazine







NEWS

GPs should offer opportunistic STI testing, study recommends

Research carried out at Gloucester Royal Hospital has concluded that GPs should offer opportunistic sexual health testing to young patients attending routine appointments.....read more

NHS and emergency services praised for response to terror attack

The British Medical Association (BMA) has sent its deepest sympathies to families affected by the terrorist bombing in Manchester and praised the rapid response of the NHS and emergency services.....read more

Urban adolescents at greater risk of psychosis, study shows

A new study from King’s College London and Duke University has shown that living in a city could significantly increase young people’s vulnerability to psychotic experiences.....read more

Platelet test found to predict cancer risk, research finds

A large-scale study carried out by the University of Exeter has indicated that having a high blood platelet count is a strong predictor of cancer and should be urgently investigated to save lives.....read more

FEATURES

Developing the integrated workforce

Ian Wheeler, from Skills for Health, looks at the workforce development needed to make integrated care a success.....read more

Using data and IT to transform healthcare

UK e-Health Week is devoted to the people and organisations that use the power of IT to transform health and care.....read more

EVENTS

Confed17

14th-15th June 2017, ACC Liverpool
Just one week after the general election, Confed17 brings together health and social care leaders to hear the detail behind the new government's plans for the NHS, and to debate what it means in practice.....read more

Health Plus Care 2017

28th-29th June 2017, ExCel, London
Health+Care focuses on the delivery of cultural, service, system and digital transformation that secures the future of health and social care systems.....read more

SPONSORS

Medipal®

Medipal® 3in1 Disinfectant wipes, manufactured in the UK by Pal International comply with En16615:2015, the first European standard (EN) testing the wipes ‘efficacy rather than the extracted solution used in the wipe. EN16615:2015 requires wipes to a achieve a 99.999% reduction in bacteria.....read more

Forms4Health

Innovators who work on national, trust and international ICT programmes. We advise on national and local healthcare technology strategies. We help design and build national systems like Spine2. We have built large scale trust EHR systems for customers. Creators of forms4health, a revolutionary way to easily achieve integrated paperless records.....read more

WebeyeSOS

WebeyeSOS Lone Worker Protection app incorporates critical safety features that can avoid putting your staff in danger and a ‘man down’ feature that raises an alert after a period on user in-activity. It uses an automated alarm platform that app side, exceeds BS8484. All notifications are automatically checked and audited.....read more

Sigma Fire & Security

Sigma Fire & Security are manufacturers and distributors of specialist fire safety and security products that are the perfect solution to protect your essential fire, safety and security equipment. Installing anti-tamper devices from Sigma’s Smart range of products acts as deterrent, essentially reducing the likelihood of damage, vandalism and misuse.....read more

Arbor Networks

Better Care Brings Better Risks. 90% of healthcare organisations experienced a data breach in the past two years, with criminal activity being the main reason for the attacks. Arbor Networks has been protecting the world’s largest and most demanding networks from DDoS attacks for more than a decade.....read more

Hicom

Hicom is a leading provider of clinical information software with implementations in over 100 healthcare organisations worldwide. With over 30 years’ experience in the development of software, we understand the needs of our customers and their patients and we work hard to help enhance the delivery of effective integrated care.....read more

Paessler AG

Cyberattacks are preventable, Paessler AG says. Keeping patient data secure doesn’t require a large investment, but it does require institutions to look more closely at their IT set-up. A simple monitoring solution can warn IT staff of security breaches before they blow-up.....read more


For advertising and sponsorship, contact karen.hopps@psigroupltd.co.uk

For news stories, please contact editorial@psigroupltd.co.uk

This newsletter was brought to you by Health Business Magazine

published by Public Sector Information Ltd

To unsubscribe from this service click here