Cascade system for getting urgent information to doctors

Outcome data and ethics: getting doctors to pay attention.

Coagulation cascade in sepsis: getting from bench to bedside?

The relationship between blood coagulation factors and the promotion or inhibition of the antiinflammatory response continues to be defined through basic research. The potential key role of blood coagulation factors in the response during sepsis provides an exciting potential mechanism(s) for modification through the application of new therapies. The complexity of the potential multiple actions...

Shortage of emergency department doctors needs urgent action, says watchdog.

England’s spending watchdog has urged health bosses to deal with staffing shortages in NHS emergency departments as part of a package of measures to tackle rising numbers of admissions. The National Audit Office also said that the Department of Health had to encourage more doctors to work in accident and emergency, remove barriers to seven day working in hospitals, and ensure greater use of ger...

David Oliver: Junior doctors' working conditions are an urgent priority.

A health service is nothing without its clinical workforce. The biggest existential threat to the NHS is a failure to retain existing clinicians or attract enough new ones. This damages morale, burns out those who stay, and compromises care quality. For junior doctors, the workforce crisis is becoming critical. We must act now to tackle it or reap the consequences for years. The length of train...

Getting to the information you already have

Knowledge workers need to find information but even when it is stored on their local computer systems, finding it can be costly. There are many researchers working on solutions to reduce these costs, but there has been little research into exactly what these costs are, and what the ties are between these costs and users’ choices between ways to access their local information. This paper provide...