Report urges widespread reform of handling of NHS data

Does poor health justify NHS reform?

Liberating the NHS or trapping doctors?: the effects of NHS reform on today and tomorrow.

INTRODUCTION The coalition government recently revealed the ambitious task of ‘liberating the NHS’, a goal identified as the widest reforming change that the NHS has seen since its inception in 1948. The White Paper champions ideological aims to empower doctors while placing patients at the centre of their own management decisions, adopting the maxim ‘no decision about me, without me’. While su...

Assessment of Lateral Displacements using Neuro-Fuzzy Group Method of Data Handling Systems

Lateral spreading is one of the most destructive effects of liquefaction. Liquefaction is known as one of the major causes of ground failure related to earthquake. This phenomenon is likely to occur when the rate of earthquake-induced excess pore water pressure buildup exceeds the rate of drainage. Estimation of the hazard of lateral spreading requires characterization of subsurface conditions....

OPTIMAL DESIGN OF ARCH DAMS BY COMBINING PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION AND GROUP METHOD OF DATA HANDLING

Optimization techniques can be efficiently utilized to achieve an optimal shape for arch dams. This optimal design can consider the conditions of the economy and safety simultaneously. The main aim is to present an applicable and practical model and suggest an algorithm for optimization of concrete arch dams to enhance their seismic performance. To achieve this purpose, a preliminary optimizati...

Data confidentiality and data handling in research: a workshop report.

BACKGROUND Medical records are not only a vital tool for the delivery of health care to individual patients but also hold information with significant potential for research. However, patient records contain personal information, and some medical details may be particularly sensitive. The Wellcome Trust produced a draft consensus statement for the use of patient data in research as a result of ...