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Primary care news round-up (2nd January to 8th January 2025)

Practice Index

This week, Prime Minister Keir Starmer launched the latest plans to reduce waiting lists, promising fast access to diagnostic facilities. The post Primary care news round-up (2nd January to 8th January 2025) appeared first on GP Practice Management Blog.

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Why Good communication Matters in Healthcare

Practice Builders

What happens when specialists communicate effectively: Diagnostic accuracy increases (e.g., Multidisciplinary rounds in which all members of the care team contribute. Open dialogues, structured team meetings, and integrated ward rounds are proven strategies to strengthen cooperation and knowledge sharing. What to do?

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Friday Reflection 38: Yesterday’s Solutions; Today’s Problems

Sensible Medicine

Digital X-rays have turned radiologists — once valued colleagues with whom you would round post call — into mere digital signatures. That 95-hour work week was not all work. There was a fair amount of downtime. Some of the patients we cared for would not even be in the hospital today.

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25 Technology Grants for Healthcare Startups

Arkenea

Clinical Trials of Medical Devices The NINDS (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) is offering funds for clinical trials of medical devices such as diagnostic, surgical, or rehabilitative devices. Healthcare companiescan expect to raise a seed round of up to $50,000 from Healthbox.

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What I Read Last Week

Sensible Medicine

Although they are clearly written by a dedicated physician, their strength and beauty is not in their description of disease or the diagnostic process but in their perceptive and empathic description of people (definitively people rather than patients) for whom he has cared. Earnest’s pieces are something special.

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Trust My Doctor and Fear the Office: The Telehealth Opportunity in and Beyond the COVID-19 Pandemic

Health Populi

Thus, 38% of people would delay an elective procedure and 27% would delay a diagnostic test in a hospital setting for at least six months. Health Populi’s Hot Points: It’s interesting to note that one of the investors in this round of Amwell financing was Takeda, the biopharmaceutical company.

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Raising Capital in a Highly Regulated Market

Healthcare Law Insights blog

What Investors Look for in Early and Late-Stage Funding Rounds and How Regulatory Compliance Impacts Valuation For early-stage life sciences and health tech companies, raising capital is about more than demonstrating scientific promise. What Investors Are Prioritizing in Todays Market 1. Regulatory ambiguity is a dealbreaker.