My views on medicines management, CCGs and NMP

My Views and Thoughts on Translational Medicine

There are three important factors for translational medicine; vision, environment and idea. We must know what we want to do, why we want to do, and for whom we want to do. In Kyushu island of Japan, I saw many human T-leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1)-infected carriers and adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) patients. This is the reason why I decided to do something to help them. We can meet with the best...

My own process: Providing dedicated views on EPCs

The idea of Business Process Management demands that companies change their focus from optimising tasks to focusing on whole business processes optimising the overall value chain. However process models depicting such complex processes are perceived as complicated and therefore as hard to use. The critical task is to present only relevant model parts to users and at the same time enable them to...

Promoting sugar-free medicines: parents' views.

BACKGROUND A long-standing concern among dental health professionals has been about the harmful effects of sugered medicines on teeth, especially in children who regularly take such medications. AIM To investigate parental attitudes, perceptions, and motivations to sugar-free medicines so that an effective promotional campaign could be mounted. METHOD A qualitative, focus group approach was...

Complementary medicines and weight management.

Drug shortages derail CCGs' budgets.

Financial plans of clinical commissioning groups are being derailed by emergency hikes in prices of generic drugs, which have led to soaring costs, The BMJ has learnt. Last month The BMJ reported that ongoing shortages of generic drugs cost the NHS £38m in November 2017, as the government agreed more emergency price increases to boost stocks. An examination of board papers by The BMJ has found ...