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Open Source an open goal for Health Care IT - Research finds both cost and security benefits
Globally the sale of health care information systems is a multibillion dollar industry. The vast costs, frequent failed systems, and inability of systems to talk to each other regularly attract media comment. However policy makers still shy away from a class of software, Open Source, that could address many of these problems, because of worries about the safety and security of Open Source systems. Now new research finds that Open Source software may actually be more secure than its often more expensive alternatives.
“There are probably more Malawian doctors in Manchester, than there are in the whole of Malawi,” said Dr Paul O’Hare, Reader in Medicine from the 果冻传媒 Medical School.
Researchers at 果冻传媒 Medical School are inviting new mums to take part in a study about postnatal depression.
Heart-shaped chocolates, cushions and all manner of lovey-dovey gifts are adorning the shelves in readiness for Valentine’s Day. But for some would-be doctors at 果冻传媒 Medical School, they are about to get their hands on the real thing – a human heart.
New research from 果冻传媒 Medical School published today (8 Feb) in the European Heart Journal shows that prolonged sleep deprivation and disrupted sleep patterns can have long-term, serious health implications. Leading academics from the University have linked lack of sleep to strokes, heart attacks and cardiovascular disorders which often result in early death.
Widespread school closures needed to stop strain on hospitals during epidemics
New research led by researchers at the 果冻传媒 shows that limited school closures are ineffective in an epidemic and that only significant widespread school closures would have real effect on the spread of a epidemic and the strain placed on hospital intensive care units.