First WHO Global Conference on Air Pollution and Health, 30 October – 1 November 2018

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Individual potential Self-Actualization Anxiety - Distress Sleep Disability Mental Health Parity of Esteem Air pollution, mental health, and implications for urban design: a review Spatiotemporal influence of temperature, air quality, and urban environment on cause-specific mortality during hazy days	Schematic drawing, causes and effects of air pollution: (1) greenhouse effect, (2) particulate contamination, (3) increased UV radiation, (4) acid rain, (5) increased ground-level ozone concentration, (6) increased levels of nitrogen oxides. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_pollution Outdoor Air Quality Local, Regional, National, International, Global
7 Million deaths Home  & Work Indoor Air Quality	Air Pollution respects Borders? WHO Conference on Air Pollution @EconomicTimes All private vehicles in Delhi will be stopped from November 1 if pollution worsens: Official #DelhiAirPollution #DelhiSmog #AirPollution Urban Planning Policy

My source:

Education session at Air Pollution conference 11.30 - 13.00 tomorrow watch live https://t.co/o0DxGcFJsG @h2cm @equityhealthdev @SDOHAlliance @JohnWynnJones @ktulenko @UCL_DentalPH https://t.co/reSYUInjUF

— Transform Education (@TE_guidelines) October 30, 2018

Follow this event:

Live from WHO HQ: Opening of the First Global Conference on #AirPollution and Health with @DrTedros https://t.co/xLzkDASIJO

— World Health Organization (WHO) (@WHO) October 30, 2018

PayWALL

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'Who' profits?	The Sciences Qualitative - RESEARCH - Quantitative
The Public [Locus of the 'public purse']

My source:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2181744-paywall-the-business-of-scholarship-review-analysis-of-a-scandal/

ERCIM News No. 115 Special theme "Digital Twins"

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ERCIM News No. 115 has just been published at https://ercim-news.ercim.eu/


The Special Theme "Digital Twins", coordinated by the guest editors Benjamin Sanderse (CWI) and Edgar Weippl (SBA), features 23 articles illustrating the many facets of this growing scientific field. The special theme contributions give insight in ongoing projects and allow for a glimpse into the future of digital twin technology.

The section Research and Innovation reports on news about research activities and innovative developments from European research institutes.


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Next issue:
No. 116  January 2019
Special Theme: "Transparency in Algorithmic Decision Making"

My source:
Peter Kunz
ERCIM Office
2004, Route des Lucioles
BP93
F-06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex

Of particular interest in this issue:

How will your Digital Twin be born?

In-silico models of human physiology and pathology are aimed at progressing and complementing medicine in several ways. These models can reproduce physiological processes and events on multiple scale levels. The goal of the individual models is to help predict the outcome of a specific disease or to support the decision-making process during treatment. p.18.

[ Plus DSLs, pp. 10-12; SpeechXRays, pp. 49-50. ]

Quality (and Safety) Organisations come and go but ... care domains ...

"The NHS Improving Quality delivery team has developed and tested a new measure of "energy for change" which is helping to support innovation and improve service delivery." p.26.

"The energy index is evidence based - built up from a combination of academic and desk research - coupled with interviews with NHS staff." pp.26-27.

The 'energy domains' are:

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psychological intellectual	physical
social

spiritual

Land, M. (2014) Pedal to the metal to improve the NHS, HSJ, 7 March, 124: 6389. pp.26-27.

Another perspective is provided by The Kings Fund, from:

"Improving quality in the English NHS"

A brief history of policies on quality of care in England

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• the establishment and later disbandment of the National Patient Safety Agency to collect and analyse data about adverse events
• the establishment and later disbandment of the NHS Modernisation Agency as a central support system for improvement
• the establishment and later disbandment of the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement as a (smaller) successor to the Modernisation Agency
• the establishment and later disbandment of NHS Improving Quality as a successor to the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
• the establishment and later disbandment of strategic health authorities as regionalised resource centres for a range of tasks, including facilitating quality improvement pp.6-7.

Ham, Chris, Berwick, Don, Dixon, Jennifer, Improving quality in the English NHS: a strategy for action. London : The King's Fund, 2016, pp. 6-7.


The truly relevant - critical domains have remained a constant over the years, decades even.
 
Clearly, this is evidence-based -this is rocket science...?

How many times do we 'reinvent' this - evidence and desk research based...?

See also*: https://hodges-model.blogspot.com/2014/08/compare-and-contrast-potentia-energy.html

*Yes, I'm starting to repeat myself!

Observing colour from the Political domain

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	"Kentridge was ideally placed to observe the absurdity of a political system based on colour ..." p.6.

Coldwell, P. (2018) Traces of Time, Printmaking Today, Autumn 2018, pp.6-7.

"One-size-fits-all" Assurance of Insurance needed?

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mental health problems affect Self-employed, single No previous history of MH problems PURPOSE# Psychology - Counselling	12.5 million adults - 1 in 4 PROCESSES (automated?)* 'Life cover' Insurer access to GP record - deemed high-risk 500,000 people affected by
Untimely death of a parent Mother killed by drug-using driver Refused IVF treatment PRACTICE	insurance company POLICIES driver jailed Voided application for life cover (figures) suggest insurers reject up to 625,000 people a year By law ins. companies cannot discriminate

*Need to discuss an application with a person, fill in 'gaps' then less likely to become subjected to an algorithm and an automated rejection.

^# What were the reasons for referral to psychology and counselling?

My source:
Miller, L. (2018) My fight to get life cover after mental health trauma, The Daily Telegraph, Money, 22 September, pp.1-2.

See also: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/insurance/life/get-life-insurance-mental-health-problem/

Technology can, will and is helping to 'disrupt' the insurance market.

Primary Care and the GP crisis: Individual - Group [Consultations]

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Mental health (use of groups) One-to-One Interpersonal skills Psychological therapies PURPOSE Psychotherapy	Time, Place Efficiency Cost-effectiveness Evidence-based same conditions PROCESS
Group Consultations Group Therapy - an established therapeutic modality Group CBT for Older Adults PRACTICE	POLICY Treatment Therapy Education Doctor or Nurse led other disciplines too...

It’s great to hear #RCGP lead acknowledging the value of group consultations. Many of these pilots have been formulated & run by #nurses in general practice. It’s a shame their work wasn’t acknowledged on .@BBCr4today @weGPNS @theRCN https://t.co/zh4H7swoUv

— RCN GPN Forum (@RCNGPNForum) October 6, 2018

My source:
The Telegraph, GPs to see patients in groups of 15

@weGPNS - text corrected from original.

"Socio-Technical - Infrastructures ?" (inc. Adult content)

Please note this blog post includes adult content - 'The Moderators'.

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psychological support ?	Field of Vision - The Moderators from Field of Vision on Vimeo.
	financial support ?

My source: Fortson, D. (2018) Shocking world of the web content guardians, Business & Money, The Sunday Times, 14 October, p.5.