By Sandy Weatherburn, Founder & Director at Social Embers Digital estate management This weekend I attended the Digital Legacy Conference in Hackney, London, which was held at St Joseph’s Hospice. The conference was organised by The Digital Legacy Association (DLA) to raise awareness of issues surrounding death and dying that are becoming increasingly important in […]
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A thank you letter to David Bowie from a palliative care doctor
By Dr Mark Taubert, Palliative Care Consultant at Velindre NHS Trust, Cardiff, UK @DrMarkTaubert Photo: J. Ourlin Dear David, Oh no, don’t say it’s true – whilst realization of your death was sinking in during those grey, cold January days of 2016, many of us went on with our day jobs. At the […]
Free wi-fi in healthcare settings – luxury or prerequisite?
by Dr Mark Taubert, Consultant in Palliative Medicine, Velindre Hospital NHS Trust, Cardiff, Wales @DrMarkTaubert and James Norris, Founder of the Digital Legacy Association, Camden, London @JamesNorris Many visitors to hotels, once they have unpacked, settled and polished off the chocolate mint placed on their cushions, will take […]
Symplur and the Heathcare Hashtag project
by Dr Mark Taubert, Consultant in Palliative Medicine and Clinical Director for Palliative Medicine at Velindre NHS Trust, Cardiff, UK. Twitter: @DrMarkTaubert Finding the conversations that interest you most on Twitter can either be easy or difficult, depending on the complexity of what you are looking for. For instance, if you want to know what […]
BMJ Awards – 2015 Palliative Care Team of the Year
Read about the winning team for 2015’s BMJ Awards Palliative Care Team of the Year and their innovative approach to palliative care for all patients. http://www.bmj.com/company/who-we-are/case-studies/changing-end-of-life-care/ […]
News and updates from www.palliativedrugs.com
Selected items from the News and Latest Additions sections of www.palliativedrugs.com, the world’s leading palliative care website with over 30,000 members from 169 Countries. Safety updates MHRA: Tramadol 50mg capsules batch recall All unexpired batches of tramadol 50mg capsules from RelonChem Ltd/Kent Pharmaceuticals have been recalled due to the risk of fungal contamination. For more […]
A Guide to Using Pinterest for Palliative Care
Marie Ennis-O’Connor is a social media consultant, award-winning health blogger, and author of “Beyond The Buzz: Healthcare Social Media” Have you noticed how visual and colourful social media have become? Platforms that focus on visuals (like photos) such as Pinterest have grown in popularity, and it has been shown that visual media increase the rate of engagement when […]
News and updates from www.palliativedrugs.com
Safety updates Potential risk of error in selecting incorrect oxycodone strength The National Pharmacy Association (NPA) has warned that incidents have occurred involving the selection of the wrong strength of oxycodone oral solution by prescribers on Egton Medical Information Systems (EMIS), used by GP surgeries. This appears to be due to the fact that the oxycodone 10mg/mL solution […]
A Starter’s Guide to Twitter and Hashtags for Hospice and Palliative Medicine
By Dr Matthew Katz, MD @subatomicdoc Department of Radiation Medicine Lowell General Hospital MA 01854 USA Many people find Twitter a bit confusing when they first sign up. This article aims to help palliative care professionals ease their way in, and find it an educationally valuable tool. And turning it the other way round, how can […]
Twittergate, or what to consider at academic conferences when using social media
by Dr Mark Taubert @DrMarkTaubert Social media use at conferences has become so commonplace that it is not at all unusual for a presenter to be faced with an audience peering down at laptops/tablets/smartphones (academic spectacles reflecting myriad shimmers of blue LED light to the front). Sometimes flashlights, bright screens and tablets (held up in the […]