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VC's public engagement award presented to Professor Trish Greenhalgh and IRIHS team
1 July 2016
A project developed by the IRIHS group to develop assisted-living technologies for older people with complex needs is one of five recognised from the Medical Sciences Division.
Other news
Remote, online support for blood pressure management at home is effective and low-cost
20 January 2021
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.
Thousands of patients may have undiagnosed and untreated bowel cancer due to COVID-19 disruption
15 January 2021
A new study led by the University of Oxford has found that since the first coronavirus lockdown the number of people diagnosed with bowel cancer in England has fallen sharply, with a deficit persisting up to October 2020.
DPhil alumna awarded Mildred Blaxter Fellowship for medical sociology research
17 December 2020
Congratulations to Dr Caitlin Pilbeam, a medical anthropologist and postdoctoral researcher in the Department, who has been awarded the Mildred Blaxter Fellowship from the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness.
Early birth linked to greater risk of hospital visits during childhood
26 November 2020
Findings indicate that gestational age at birth is a strong predictor of ill health throughout childhood
Blog posts
Joggers and cyclists should wear masks – here’s why
18 January 2021
Trish Greenhalgh, Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford. Republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license.
Pioneering a new digital platform for primary care surveillance and trials
9 December 2020
Big data COVID-19 Clinical trials Digital health & innovation
Professor Simon de Lusignan, Professor of Primary Care and Digital Informatics, describes how a decades old primary care surveillance system is evolving into a sophisticated digital hub capable of supporting COVID-19 trials and related research.
Video consulting in the UK NHS – how far have we come and how far should we go?
3 December 2020 | 3 comments
Video consulting is now far from a niche service, here Dr Sara Shaw and Dr Gemma Hughes discuss the work of researchers in the IRIHS Group to understand how the technology has been deployed across UK health and care settings.
Was it possible to predict the areas most vulnerable to the negative impacts of Covid-19?
22 October 2020
Stuart Redding and Catia Nicodemo, from the Centre for Health Service Economics and Organisation, describe a simple metric that predicts which English CCG regions are most vulnerable.
Care organising technologies and the post-phenomenology of care: an ethnographic case study
Gemma Hughes reflects on research into care organising technologies, led by Professor Sara Shaw and recently published in Social Science and Medicine.