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« Back to News and opinionResearch from the University of Oxford key in new all-party government report evaluating government commitments on the digitisation of the NHS.
20 February 2023
Digital health & innovation Policy & health systems
The report, authored by a panel of independent experts, gave the government's progress an "inadequate" rating, raising questions about the Government's capacity to guarantee that the health and social care systems have the digital underpinnings they require to meet the challenges they face.
Oxford researchers launch GP Evidence – a website designed by GPs, for GPs, to bridge the knowledge gap between scientific evidence and recommended treatments
2 February 2023
Digital health & innovation Health Services Research
GP Evidence is designed to support GPs' decision-making in clinical practice for long term health conditions.
Study reveals association between diagnosis of a neuropsychiatric condition and severe outcome from COVID-19 infection, and other severe acute respiratory infections
14 November 2022
COVID-19 Digital health & innovation Policy & health systems
New research from the University of Oxford has shown an increased risk of severe illness and death from both COVID-19 and other severe respiratory infections, such as influenza and pneumonia, among people with a pre-existing mental health condition.
New tool could help GPs predict and prevent serious falls
8 November 2022
Researchers, led by the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford, have developed a new tool for doctors to identify patients at high risk of serious falls. The tool could have a big impact on the way older patients are managed in primary care, improving targeting of drug treatment and fall prevention strategies for high-risk individuals.
Oxford-led research makes BJGP's top ten most read and published research articles of 2021
15 February 2022
Awards & appointments Digital health & innovation Health Services Research Patient experience QResearch
Four articles, led or co-authored by Oxford researchers in the department, make the BMJ's top 10 list for the most read and published articles of 2021.
COVID-19 infection has greater risk of causing very rare neurological events than vaccines
25 October 2021
COVID-19 Digital health & innovation QResearch
Researchers from across the UK, led by the University of Oxford, have today reported on the risks of developing neurological complications following a positive COVID-19 PCR test, or a first dose of either the Oxford-AstraZeneca or Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccinations.
Department cancer-risk research featured in special edition of PLOS Medicine focussed on advances in early cancer detection
2 September 2021
Big data Cancer Digital health & innovation
The research, led by researchers at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, is highlighted in a special collection of studies that focus on early cancer detection, hailed by the Editors as “cutting edge, and potentially scalable, innovations that have the potential to inform research, policy, and clinical cancer management.”
New NIHR Senior Investigators appointed
3 March 2021
Awards & appointments Digital health & innovation Patient experience
Professors Catherine Pope and John Powell join the NIHR college of senior research leaders.
Remote, online support for blood pressure management at home is effective and low-cost
20 January 2021
Cardiovascular & metabolic Digital health & innovation
At-home blood pressure monitoring using a web-based system offering personalised support and linked to a remote healthcare professional can result in better hypertension management than face-to-face consultations, finds a study led by University of Oxford, Bristol and Southampton researchers.
Prioritising patients with unexpected weight loss for cancer investigation
13 August 2020
Big data Digital health & innovation Policy & health systems
New research will help GPs to identify the signs, symptoms, and blood test results they should look for to swiftly diagnose cancer in people with unexpected weight loss. The findings have implications for existing health policy and guidelines.
Improving labour productivity in primary care
20 December 2019
Big data Digital health & innovation Health Services Research
The Oxford RCGP Research and Surveillance Centre are to collaborate on Health Foundation-funded project.
Reducing the need for 24-hour blood pressure monitors in general practice
4 July 2018
Cardiovascular & metabolic Clinical trials Digital health & innovation
A simple computer algorithm is shown to correctly classify patients with hypertension in 97% of cases.
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