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Crosbie steht für:
 Crosbie (Jamaika), eine Gemeinde in Jamaika
 Crosbie (Paisley), eine Villa in Schottland
 Crosbie (Queensland), ein Fluss in Queensland, Australien
 Viscount Crosbie, irischer Adelstitel

Crosbie ist der Familienname folgender Personen:
 Annette Crosbie (* 1934), schottische Schauspielerin
 David Clive Crosbie Trench (1915–1988), Gouverneur von Hongkong
 Ernest Crosbie (1909–1979), US-amerikanischer Geher
 Gerard Crosbie (* 1984), schottischer Singer-Songwriter, siehe Gerry Cinnamon
 John Crosbie (1931–2020), kanadischer Politiker
 Lynn Crosbie (* 1963), kanadischer Schriftsteller
 Nicolas Crosbie (* 1980), französischer Radrennfahrer
 Robert Crosbie (1849–1919), kanadisch-US-amerikanischer Theosoph
 Tim Crosbie, Filmtechniker für visuelle Effekte

Siehe auch:
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Q: Getting "Unknown system variable 'tx_isolation'" error using c3p0 connection pooling I am trying to use c3pO connection pooling but getting below error:
Unknown system variable 'tx_isolation'
I am using below jars:
mysql-connector-java-8.0.11.jar
c3p0-0.9.5.3.jar
mchange-commons-java-0.2.15.jar
And below configuration:
    <bean id="myDataSource" class="com.mchange.v2.c3p0.ComboPooledDataSource"
          destroy-method="close">
        <property name="driverClass" value="com.mysql.cj.jdbc.Driver" />
        <property name="jdbcUrl" value="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/customer_tracker?useSSL=false&serverTimezone=UTC" />
        <property name="user" value="root" />
        <property name="password" value="root" />

        <!-- these are connection pool properties for C3P0 -->
        <property name="minPoolSize" value="3" />
        <property name="maxPoolSize" value="10" />
        <property name="maxIdleTime" value="30000" />
    </bean>

    <!-- Step 2: Setup Hibernate session factory -->
    <bean id="sessionFactory"
        class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate5.LocalSessionFactoryBean">
        <property name="dataSource" ref="myDataSource" />
        <property name="packagesToScan" value="com.springdemo.entity" />
        <property name="hibernateProperties">
           <props>
              <prop key="hibernate.dialect">org.hibernate.dialect.MySQLDialect</prop>
              <prop key="hibernate.show_sql">true</prop>
           </props>
        </property>
   </bean>

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Having known each other for years, both Hans and Tucker have travelled along parallel paths. Please stop by What's New What's Next this year to see their collaborative works as well as a selection of Hans's solo pieces from his recent collection Assemblages.
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I take my latest interactive version of Dao Gives Birth to One (version IV) (2012) as an example to demonstrate how to extend the concept of 'play-appreciation' through extending the role of the audience. First of all, I have created two entrances / exits with a tunnel for the audience in order to provide them with a sense of cycle, or never ending viewing experience .
 I created a tunnel with openings in two directions (one on the right, and the other on the left) which serve both as entrance and exit, with dim lighting, in order to correlate the concept of the cycle from the installation – which is that there is no end or beginning of the audience's visual journey. So they can choose to navigate the artwork either from the left or right hand side.
Secondly, I put the 12 monitors onto the floor of the exhibition venue rather than hanging on the wall. At the same time, I designed and custom-made six sets of rectangular shaped cushions – soft seats, with sackcloth (hessian) material in order to provide a comfortable and cosy feeling to the audience, allowing them to sit or lie down in front of the artwork (see Figure 197), in order to create a sense of proximity and three-way intimacy .
Thirdly, I allocated four screens (out of the 12) as real-time interactive with the audiences in this cosy environment. Thus, on the one hand the audience can simply enjoy the spiritual atmosphere created by the video installation through viewing the movement of the flying characters. On the other hand, they could also act as participants, merging into the virtual space and interacting with the flying Chinese characters.
 Three-way intimacy: (1) the artwork; (2) the audience viewing the artwork and interactive screen; (3) the audience playing the interactive 'FACC' in the screen.
Furthermore, I organized a public lecture and workshop (see Figures 198 – 200) for the audience a week after the opening of my solo show 'Hung Keung: Dao Gives Birth to One'in the Chinese Art Centre, Manchester, UK (2012). First of all, in the lecture session, I first introduced and demonstrated how the concept of multiple viewpoints is applied in Chinese characters, and how Chinese characters are closely related to the human body and to objects that are themselves related to the human body. Then in the workshop session, I invited the audience to create their own text base of the philosophy of time and space in relation to Chinese characters. Afterwards, I took another two weeks to digitalize all their drawings into animated texts, and then programmed and integrated those new texts into my interactive artwork. Then all the audiences were invited to come back to the exhibition venue to play with their 'artwork'. The response of the audience and the public was very positive.
In this new direction, I attempted to extend the meaning of 'participant' from someone who plays an artwork through interaction to someone who creates their own artwork with the artist. Thus the audience was no longer passive as an audience but also actively engaged in the creation of an artwork and then as playing with their own artwork (see video documentation in Appendix D in DVD ). Most importantly, audiences went through various steps: visiting the exhibition, attending the lecture, participating in the workshop, revisiting the exhibition – which together constituted a new and innovative platform of 'play-appreciation' connecting old and new experience with respect to the traditional concept of Chinese art and modern digital practice.
 Title: HUNG Keung: Dao Gives Birth to One; Venue: Chinese Arts Centre, Manchester, UK; Date: 5 July 2012 – 1 Sept 2012.


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Bedtime Haydn for Babies: Classical Lullabies Instrumental Music for Sleep All Night Long
20 SONGS • 1 HOUR AND 19 MINUTES
String Quartet No. 42 in C Major, Op. 54 No. 2, Hob. III:57: I. Vivace
Bielsko Baroque Chamber Academy
String Quartet No. 42 in C Major, Op. 54 No. 2, Hob. III:57: II. Adagio
Krakow String Project
String Quartet No. 42 in C Major, Op. 54 No. 2, Hob. III:57: III. Menuetto – Allegretto
Warsaw String Masters
String Quartet No. 42 in C Major, Op. 54 No. 2, Hob. III:57: IV. Adagio - Presto
Agnese Sojka
String Quartet No. 35 in D Minor, Op. 42, Hob. III:43: I. Andante ed innocentemente
String Quartet No. 35 in D Minor, Op. 42, Hob. III:43: II. Menuetto allegretto
String Quartet No. 35 in D Minor, Op. 42, Hob. III:43: III. Adagio e cantabile
String Quartet No. 49 in B Minor, Op. 64 No. 2, Hob. III:68: I. Allegro spiritoso
String Quartet No. 49 in B Minor, Op. 64 No. 2, Hob. III:68: II. Adagio ma non troppo
String Quartet No. 49 in B Minor, Op. 64 No. 2, Hob. III:68: III. Menuet – Allegretto
String Quartet No. 49 in B Minor, Op. 64 No. 2, Hob. III:68: IV. Finale – Presto
String Quartet No. 43 in G Major, Op. 54 No. 1, Hob. III:58: I. Allegro con brio
String Quartet No. 43 in G Major, Op. 54 No. 1, Hob. III:58: III. Menuetto
String Quartet No. 43 in G Major, Op. 54 No. 1, Hob. III:58: IV. Presto
String Quartet No. 32 in C Major, Op. 33 No. 3, Hob. III:39 "The Bird": I. Allegro moderato
String Quartet No. 32 in C Major, Op. 33 No. 3, Hob. III:39 "The Bird": II. Scherzo – Allegro
String Quartet No. 32 in C Major, Op. 33 No. 3, Hob. III:39 "The Bird": III. Adagio ma non troppo
String Quartet No. 32 in C Major, Op. 33 No. 3, Hob. III:39 "The Bird": IV. Rondo – Presto
String Quartet No. 41 in D Major, Op. 50 No. 6, Hob. III:49 "The Frog": I. Allegro
String Quartet No. 30 in E-Flat Major, Op. 33 No. 2, Hob. III:38 "The Joke": I. Allegro moderato
℗ 2015 Igenious Time Records © 2015 Rehegoo Music Edition

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Tine Henriksen is the Impact Investment Project Manager at the Bertha Centre for Social Innovation. She has spent her time focusing on building new partnerships between the public, private and civil society sectors to deliver positive social impacts. Prior to joining the Bertha Centre, she worked as a strategy advisor to SNV Netherlands Development Organisation's Managing Board, focusing on new business models and key trends in sustainable development. Tine also led multiple projects across Africa focused on impact investing and social enterprise acceleration as part of SNV's Impact Investing Advisory Services.
Tine has worked in Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa on impact investing projects in the renewable energy and agriculture sector and co-founded an online publication on impact investing in Africa. She is an Alumni of the Elumelu Professionals Programme in Nigeria and holds a M.Sc in International Business & Politics from Copenhagen Business School and a B.A in BSc. Public Administration and Social Science.


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Q: htaccess redirect to www. not working behind load balancer in one scenario I am using Amazon Beanstalk so my infrastructure is
USER --(HTTPS)--> BEANSTALK BALANCER --(HTTP)--> EC2 INSTANCES

Now whether the users goes to
mydomain.com
www.mydomain.com
https://mydomain.com
http://mydomain.com

I want to always redirect to
https://www.mydomain.com

I got the https working but for some reason the www redirect is not working when I access the page directly https://mydomain.com
Options +FollowSymlinks -MultiViews -Indexes

RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ /$1 [L,R=301]

# If not on www., redirect to www. on SSL (does not work when accessing https://mydomain.com)
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index.php/status$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www
#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^mydomain\.com$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

# If not on SSL(ish), redirect to SSL (works)
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index.php/status$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]
#RewriteRule .* https://%{HTTP_HOST}%{REQUEST_URI} [R,L]

RewriteBase /
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond $1 !^(index\.php|robots\.txt)
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php/$1 [L]

A: Multiple RewriteCond are by default logical AND operations. Your two conditions check that the forwarded protocol is not https AND the requested host doesn't begin with www. Your input url https://example.com (has HTTPS but no www) does not meet both those conditions so the rules doesn't execute.
Since what the first redirect does is apply the www where not already present, you don't need to check https on that pass. Just check for the presence of the www and redirect to the preferred host, with https://.
# Do the SSL redirect first to protect your users
# If not on SSL(ish), redirect to SSL (works)
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index.php/status$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]
# If you don't mind a hard-coded domain here, you can avoid a second
# redirect if the www is missing...
# RewriteRule  ^(.*)$ https://www.example.com/$1 [R=301,L]

# Then add the www.
# Do not check the protocol here.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/index.php/status$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www.%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R=301,L]

The above results in possibly two redirects for the end user. It may be possible to bundle both of these into a single block, using an optional () group on the www. and capturing the rest of the host into %1 for use in the RewriteRule.
This is untested...
# First condition is [AND] and just serves to grab the requested host
# optional, non-capture group for www. if present
# and a capture group into %1 for everything after www. no matter what
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(?:www\.)?(.+)$ [NC]
# Next 2 conditions are OR'd together
# Check for https
RewriteCond %{HTTP:X-Forwarded-Proto} !https [OR]
# Or the host doesn't start with www.
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www [NC]
# Rewrite as HTTPS, using the part of the domain following www.
# whether or not there was a www. originally...
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://www\.%1/$1 [L,R=301]


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magazine – a niche publication focused on the diverse lifestyle and interests of people of colour.
Burnt Cork Media Limited is owned by Marcia Degia who has experience in both mainstream and ethnic media across film, television and publishing. She is the founder and visionary behind The KOL Social which launched in October 2018. Marcia has over 20 years experience with some of the leading magazine publishing companies in England. Former positions held include Acting Managing Editor of Homes & Gardens, Editor of Pride Magazine (for women of colour), Editor of Your Home and Publisher at Macmillan Publishers.
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The launch of a Business and Careers page, plays an integral role in equipping readers with factual content and know-how on best business and employment practice.
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UN failure to stop bombing hospitals in Syria
A United Nations system to prevent attacks on hospitals and other humanitarian sites in opposition-held areas of Syria has been ignored by Russian mercenaries and Assad militiamen and marred by internal errors, a New York Times investigation has found.
The repeated bombing and shelling of these sites has led relief group leaders to openly criticize the United Nations over the system, which is meant to provide warring parties with the precise locations of humanitarian sites that under international law are exempt from attack. Some of these groups have described the system of identifying and sharing sites, known as the "humanitarian deconfliction mechanism," as effectively useless.
A new offensive by Assad militiamen and Russian mercenaries that began in late December has devastated what remains of several towns in northwestern Syria and caused tens of thousands of civilians to flee.
United Nations officials only recently created a unit to verify locations provided by relief groups that managed the exempt sites, some of which had been submitted incorrectly, The Times found. Such instances of misinformation give credibility to Russian criticisms that the system cannot be trusted and is vulnerable to misuse.
"The level and scale of attacks has not really decreased," said Dr. Mufaddal Hamadeh, the president of the Syrian American Medical Society (SAMS), which supports more than 40 hospitals and other sites in opposition-held areas of northwestern Syria. "We can say categorically that in terms of accountability, in terms of deterrence, that doesn't work."
The Times compiled a list of 182 no-strike sites by using data provided by five relief groups and compiling public statements from others. Of those facilities, 27 were damaged by Russian or Assad attacks since April. All were hospitals or clinics. Such a list is likely to represent only a small portion of the exempt sites struck during the Syrian war, now almost nine years old.
Under international law, intentionally or recklessly bombing hospitals is a war crime.
The deconfliction system works by sharing the location of humanitarian sites with Russian, Turkish and United States-led coalition forces operating in Syria, on the understanding that they will not target those sites. The system is voluntary, but relief groups said they felt intense pressure from donors and United Nations officials to participate. The groups give locations of their own choosing to the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the agency that runs the system.
A document prepared by the agency warned that participation in the system "does not guarantee" the safety of the sites or their personnel. The document also stated that the United Nations would not verify information provided by participating groups. The system also does not require the Russians, Turks or Americans to acknowledge receipt of no-strike locations.
Whether such an arrangement can ever be successful in the brutal Syria conflict, where laws of war are disregarded on a daily basis, is an open question.
The Assad militias, alongside their Russian allies, have acted as if the deconfliction system does not exist. Local journalists and relief groups have recorded at least 69 attacks on no-strike sites since the Russian military intervention to help Assad began in October 2015, all but a few of them most likely committed by Russian or Assad militias.
Jan Egeland, a Norwegian diplomat who was an adviser to the United Nations on Syria from 2015 to 2018, said the United Nations had failed to impose sufficient repercussions on those responsible.
"In general, deconfliction can work if there is a very loud, very noisy, very reliable investigation follow-up, accountability-oriented mechanism around it," Mr. Egeland said, "so that the men who sit with their finger on the trigger understand there will be consequences if they don't check the list or if they even deliberately target deconflicted places."
But Russia has repeatedly blocked action in the United Nations Security Council meant to strengthen accountability and humanitarian access in the Syria war, casting 14 vetoes since the conflict began, including for a resolution that would have referred Syria to the International Criminal Court. Russia's latest veto, on Dec. 20, could halt deliveries of humanitarian aid into Syria from Turkey and Iraq starting next month.
In August, the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres established a board of inquiry to investigate strikes on deconflicted sites, as well as other locations supported by the United Nations. But the investigators are currently planning to examine only seven of the dozens of attacks since April and may not identify the perpetrators or even make their report public, a limited scope that has further angered humanitarian groups.
Growing frustration over the failure of the deconfliction system led to a June meeting between an association of relief groups and Trond Jensen, a top United Nations humanitarian official in Turkey who has since moved to a new position in Gaza.
A summary of the meeting that was sent to participants afterward by Mr. Jensen and that was obtained by The Times acknowledged "a huge trust deficit in the process and with those who manage it."
Relief groups felt they were putting the lives of their colleagues and other civilians at risk by participating, Mr. Jensen's summary said.
Fadi al-Dairi, chairman of the association that met with Mr. Jensen, said that the United Nations and humanitarian groups had acted in "good faith" when they began using the system but that "we've not achieved anything."
"There is a sense of frustration, lack of trust in everyone," said Mr. al-Dairi, who is a co-founder of Hand in Hand for Aid and Development, which supports 53 deconflicted sites in Syria.
Though the deconfliction system has existed for years, Mr. al-Dairi and others involved in relief efforts said that the United Nations humanitarian agency had only recently hired dedicated deconfliction staff in southern Turkey and Amman, Jordan, to verify locations of deconflicted sites so that false information was not sent to the warring parties.
Previously, United Nations officials had told the groups that they did not have the capacity to hire more people, Mr. al-Dairi said.
"Some NGOs might lack the skills when it comes to reporting the coordinates," Mr. al-Dairi said of the groups, "but it's up to the UN to confirm it."
"It is a matter of life and death," he added, "so that's why they should have been more proactive, like they are now."
United Nations humanitarian officials privately told The Times that some relief groups had previously submitted incorrect locations and that, although rare, in a few cases misinformation had been shared with Russia, Turkey and the American-led coalition.
The United Nations humanitarian agency has taken steps to improve the system in recent months, including the creation of a "centralized entity" to run it, according to Zoe Paxton, a spokeswoman for the agency. It also is now giving participant organizations a second opportunity to confirm submitted locations. United Nations officials emphasize that under international law, the warring parties are responsible for verifying targets and minimizing harm.
Assad regime, which has effectively criminalized the providing of health care in opposition-held areas, has repeatedly bombed humanitarian sites. Russian officials claim their Air Force carries out only precision strikes on "accurately researched targets," and they have attacked the integrity of the deconfliction system.
Vassily Nebenzia, Russia's ambassador to the United Nations, claimed at a news conference in September that Russian military reconnaissance had discovered "lots of instances of deliberate disinformation" in the system.
One site listed as a hospital was actually being used to store firearms, Mr. Nebenzia claimed, while other sites had been submitted with coordinates sometimes up to 10 kilometers from their real locations.
"To get you a sense of an 'iceberg' size here, I will just say that only in July alone we were provided with 12 false coordinates," he said. "And that is only about what we had capacity and time to check."
While some of Mr. Nebenzia's claims were shown to be false, at least three relief groups did submit incorrect coordinates to the United Nations on various occasions, The Times found.
While investigating an airstrike in November, The Times discovered that a relief group had provided coordinates for its health center that were around 240 meters away. When another hospital was bombed in May, The Times found that the coordinates submitted by its supporting organization pointed to an unrelated structure around 765 meters north.
After questions from The Times prompted the organization to review its deconfliction list, a staff member discovered that it had provided the United Nations with incorrect locations for 14 of its 19 deconflicted sites. The original locations had been logged by a pharmacist. The list had been with the United Nations humanitarian agency for eight months, and no one had contacted the organization to correct the locations, a member of the organization's staff said.
Mr. al-Dairi and others involved in relief work said they assumed Russian mercenaries and Assad militias could find and target hospitals and other humanitarian sites without using the information shared by the United Nations. But they said they felt pressured to join the deconfliction system and had to convince skeptical Syrian doctors and aid workers to let them share their locations, knowing the information would go to the Russians and almost assuredly their Syrian government allies.
Dr. Munzer al-Khalil, the head of the Idlib Health Directorate, which oversees health care in Syria's last opposition-held province, said many international donors would not support medical facilities unless they joined the UN's deconfliction system.
"Therefore, we did not have much of an option," Dr. al-Khalil said. "We paid a price by sharing the coordinates of the medical facilities with the United Nations. And what we got lately, frankly, was more bombing of medical facilities, and more precise bombing, and more destructive than before."
Relief group leaders said that their only remaining hope was that adding their sites to the deconfliction list had left Russia and the Assad regime with no deniability — important for theoretical war crimes trials decades in the future.
"We truly believe the world has abandoned us," Dr. al-Khalil said.
By Evan Hill and Whitney Hurst
Christiaan Triebert, Malachy Browne, Carlotta Gall, Haley Willis and Logan Mitchell contributed reporting.
Edited according to Orient Net
Link to the original source of NYT
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The flashy and wonderful 40 Westt Steakhouse & Bar
The Berkshires - sights and sounds of summertime
Julie Kalan
Handel, Haydn & La Chapelle de Québec - March 3, Maison Symphonique
Paul Mayrand was in hospital with COVID-19 for 67 days
The long recovery after COVID-19 for Paul Mayrand
Paul Mayrand has no memory of 30 days of his life last March and April.
One of the first COVID-19 patients at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), Mayrand nearly didn't make it. He spent 67 days in hospital, thirty of them in intensive care.
"I was going downhill at a serious rate," says Mayrand. "My kidneys stopped. My lungs struggled to breathe. My heart was badly affected and my liver was not functioning properly."
Mayrand was admitted to the ICU just weeks after the global COVID-19 pandemic was declared. ICU physician Dr. Peter Goldberg cared for Mayrand, and recalls the uncertainty he and his entire staff felt in the face of a new, little-known disease.
"Paul was amongst the first cohort of patients admitted to the ICU with COVID during the first wave," says Dr. Goldberg. "It was a time of great general anxiety. We had been warned by colleagues in Italy and Spain that we needed to intubate early because patients were declining so fast."
Mayrand was intubated within hours of being admitted to the hospital. As his illness progressed, his organs began to fail. The heavy sedatives required while he was on a ventilator left him deeply comatose.
"We were doing everything we could for him, but he never stirred once over the course of a week," says Dr. Goldberg. "I worried he would never wake up."
The ICU's nurses were hopeful that Mayrand would wake again. They were at his bedside frequently, and witnessed fluttering eyelids and small hand movements that suggested he could recover.
Members of the RVH-MUHC ICU care team, who were
instrumental in Paul Mayrand's recovery from COVID-19
Encouraged by these small signs, the ICU's nurses went the extra mile to help Mayrand recover. They pressed the phone to his ear every day so his wife, France St-Jean, could speak to him. This small kindness was one of the few comforts the nurses could offer the otherwise unresponsive Mayrand. The couple has been together for 47 years, and St-Jean would remind Mayrand who he was, where he came from, and what they still had left to accomplish in their life together.
A month passed, and Mayrand began to wake up. His eyes opened, and he was able to communicate with blinks and facial gestures. Mayrand had survived, but his recovery would be a long one.
"It was shocking to see how much I'd wasted away," says Mayrand. "I couldn't walk. In fact, I could hardly move or even lift a spoon. I was in bad shape, but the hospital staff were determined to see me recover, and they did everything in their power to make it happen."
Mayrand spent long hours in physical therapy to regain his ability to walk. Previously, he had been in excellent physical shape.
"I feel so much better now, but there's a long way to go to regain my strength and my life as I knew it before COVID-19," says Mayrand.
Mayrand's recovery brought hope to the MUHC's staff. As reports of thousands dead around the world poured in, seeing Mayrand walk out of the hospital after 67 days in the ICU gave the staff immeasurable relief, and showed them that severe COVID-19 is survivable.
"Seeing a patient wake up after 30 days is so joyful, it can bring you to tears," says Dr. Goldberg. "In the ICU, where so many cases are dire, it is a truly joyful moment."
Mayrand is extremely grateful to the staff at the ICU, who still check in with him weekly. Though his recovery will be long, he has the support of the MUHC team as he works to regain his former strength.
"The ICU is about teamwork," says Dr. Goldberg. "We could not do what we do without the nurses, respiratory therapists, support workers, nutritionists and other staff."
As the second wave of COVID-19 progresses, the MUHC's ICU team is more prepared to care for the complex cases caused by the coronavirus. In Dr. Goldberg's words, living during a pandemic has "normalized."
"Throughout history, people have lived in dire straights. They adapted and made it through, and so will we," says Dr. Goldberg. "In the ICU, COVID-19 is now just a normal day's work."
While COVID-19 remains a threat around the world, we can take comfort that the team at the McGill University Health Centre is prepared to help those who become critically ill.
To support research and excellence in care during the COVID-19 pandemic, the MUHC Foundation created the COVID-19 Emergency Fund. To learn more and to donate, visit muhcfoundation.com.
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The production is at the Theatre Royal from Thursday, January 10, to Saturday, January 19, at 7.45pm (plus 2.30pm matinees on January 17 and 19).
Joining Jodie as Beverly are Vicky Binns as Angela, Calum Callaghan as Tony, Daniel Casey as Lawrence and Rose Keegan as Susan.
A spokesperson said: "Beverly and her husband Laurence are throwing a party for their newlywed neighbours, Tony and Angela.
"Joining them is highly strung Susan who's been banished from the party of her teenage daughter Abigail.
"Welcome to 1970s suburbia and its heady mix of free-flowing cocktails, classic disco and cheese and pineapple sticks.
Daniel Casey is best known for playing Sergeant Troy in six series' of Midsommer Murders. His theatre work includes Roger Shears in the award-winning West End production of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time at the Apollo Theatre the Gielgud.
Calum Callaghan's TV credits include: Black Mirror for Netflix, Mr Selfridge (ITV) and Our World War and Torchwood for BBC. His most recent theatre includes Junkyard for Headlong/Bristol Old Vic/Theatr Clywd, Cymbeline at the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, Once a Catholic, directed by Kathy Burke and Port at the National Theatre.
Rose Keegan's film and TV work includes Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Match Point, The Mirror Crack'd and Gimme Gimme Gimme.
Tickets for this show cost £20.25-£41.25. Call 0844 871 7650.


Photographing a Dalhousie Castle wedding is always a real treat. Helen and Bram had exclusive use of this beautiful Midlothian wedding venue for their wedding day. This lovely couple could have chosen anywhere in the World to get married, but like many international couples, they fell in love with the history, beauty and exclusivity of Dalhousie Castle.
Family and friends from around the World had gathered for the union of Helen and Bram. And it was a truly international feel to this fantastic wedding day. Helen was born in America to Swiss parents, and Bram is Belgian. It was awesome to see a few guests wearing traditional Swiss outfits, and at times it felt quite surreal to be in a Scottish Castle listening to so many people speaking German!
My day began with coverage of the preparations. I love it when a couple both get ready at the same wedding venue. This allows me to cover both preparations and get a beautifully balanced story of the day. Helen was getting ready in the highest part of the castle, a room with lovely natural lighting.
I loved Helen's bridal wear. A beautiful pair of handmade orange silk boots contrasted with the elegant vintage wedding dress. Helen's look was completed with a gorgeous, elegant headpiece. Bram sourced his 1920's suit from a charity shop. The combination of Helen and Bram's choice of clothing looked fantastic, and they have a great individual taste which made for lovely unique wedding photos.
The Humanist wedding ceremony was held in Dalhousie's private Chapel. A highlight of the ceremony was the delivery of the wedding rings by an owl, which swooped over the guest's heads and onto the best man's gauntleted hand.
We might not have had the best weather so far compared to recent years, but I've been fortunate on wedding days! Today was another beautiful day with glorious sunshine allowing everyone to head outdoors for the champagne reception. After a few group photos outdoors and at the top of Dalhousie's entrance lobby, it was time for a few pictures of the newly-weds.
The grounds of Dalhousie Castle are lovely, with plenty of areas for newly-wed photos. We shot a few photos on the old bridge and the expansive lawn before heading back to join the guests at the champagne reception.
Bram had bought a sword for Helen and had it engraved with their names and wedding date. They used the sword to cut one of their three wedding cakes. This was another great photo opportunity, especially when Helen and Bram both licked the cake off the sword!
The newly-weds were piped into the wedding suite top table to rapturous applause. I enjoyed the speeches, one each by Helen and Bram's fathers, followed by Bram. All good-humoured, entertaining and good fun to observe and photograph.
The evening entertainment began with the newly-weds' first dance to a song by German rockers Rammstein. The song chosen by Helen and Bram was quite mellow and not the industrial metal track I expected to hear!
Helen then did the waltz with her father, which was followed by a few of the guests setting up their band in the lobby area and playing a few Swiss songs. This had everyone clapping and cheering – it was an impressive performance and a brilliant way for my day to end.
Helen and Bram were brilliant to work with. But that's not the end of our story, as we have a 'trash the dress/post-wedding photo shoot' coming up, photos of which I'm looking forward to sharing with you very soon!
In the meantime, I'd like to share a few of my favourite photos of Helen and Bram's fantastic Dalhousie Castle wedding day with you, below. Enjoy!


Ever since the Entourage movie was announced back in October, we've been waiting with bated breath for more details. And, as of today, we finally know when all you die-hard fans will be lining up for that midnight premiere. Warner Bros. has set a release date of — drumroll, please — June 12, 2015. Just a little over a year to go, folks.


Doodlecraft: Puffy Paint Bracelets Wristbands and Headbands!
Puffy Paint Bracelets Wristbands and Headbands!
We got these puffy paints at walmart for 99 cents.
The headband worked great, just tie it off with ribbon or yarn!
Whatever you can think of! So fun!
These are a ton of fun!


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H3 granted orphan designation for hepatocellular carcinoma treatment H3B-6527
H3 Biomedicine, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company specializing in the discovery and development of precision medicines for oncology and a member of Eisai's global Oncology Business Group, announced that the FDA has granted the company an orphan drug designation for H3B-6527, its first solid tumor clinical compound, for the treatment of patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC). H3B-6527, a selective, orally bioavailable, and potent covalent inhibitor of fibroblast growth factor receptor 4 (FGFR4), is currently in phase I clinical trials.
"Receiving orphan drug designation for H3B-6527 is a significant step forward in H3's efforts to bring a new potential treatment option to HCC patients and their families," said Markus Warmuth, M.D., President and CEO of H3 Biomedicine. "We believe that the progress we have made thus far by targeting FGFR4 has set the stage for further clinical research, and we look forward to the continued study of H3B-6527 to determine its impact on patients living with liver cancer. We remain committed to advancing this clinical program and providing clinically meaningful benefit to patients."
The FDA's Office of Orphan Drug Products grants orphan status to support development of medicines for rare diseases or conditions that affect fewer than 200,000 people in the U.S. The orphan drug designation provides H3 Biomedicine with certain benefits, including market exclusivity upon regulatory approval if received, exemption of FDA application fees, and tax credits for qualified clinical trials.
This is the second clinical compound to receive Orphan Drug designation by the FDA for H3 Biomedicine. In August, 2017, the company's lead clinical compound, H3B-8800, received orphan designation for Acute Myelogenous Leukemia (AML) and Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia (CMML). H3B-8800, a potent, selective and orally bioavailable small molecule modulator of wild-type and mutant SF3b complexes, is currently in phase I clinical trials.


Alessa Anchor is a nautical anchor design beach bag / casual fabric tote in an assorted 12 pack of pink, beige and navy.
The Alessa Anchor beach bag assortment consists of three colors. This sturdy fabric nautical tote has a large anchor print design on a solid color background. The matching handles are made from the same material as the body of the tote. The TB501-Anchor is perfect as a beach bag or as a casual tote, The 17 x 15 x 5 dimensions make this a perfect "not too big yet not too small" sized tote. The spacious Anchor has a soft lining and also has a zipper closure. Sold in a 12 piece assorted pack that includes beige, navy and pink.


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Digital Mental Health for Adults – a one day conference at the RSM on 23 September 2019 in London
September 6, 2019 | by Charles Lowe | No Comments
The next event run by the Royal Society of Medicine's Digital Health Council, on 23rd September, focuses on digital mental health for people over 18. There are two main sides in the high level discussion around this topic. There is an increasingly active (and commercially burgeoning) group of companies and individuals who believe that there are a digital tools that can help to screen, manage and in some cases treat people with mental health issues (or who suspect they may have one). Some of these are simply ways of digitally enabling remote conversations between mental health care providers and those that require advice or care. Some are AI driven tools that to some degree replace the human element of care and support. The event will discuss whether this not only addresses workforce issues but also delivers clinical efficacy.
On the other hand, many believe that the use of digital technologies can adversely affect the mental health of people who use them, often to excess. Do the potential benefits outweigh these negative factors, or is a digital detox something that your GP may soon be prescribing?
Come along and get involved! Booking is here – tickets start at £20 (RSM student rate) for the day including a delightful lunch.
RSM's Medical apps: mainstreaming innovation with Matt Hancock
February 28, 2019 | by Charles Lowe | No Comments
This event on 4 April run by the Royal Society of Medicine's Digital Health Section continues the successful series started by this editor (now no longer involved) seven years ago. It will examine the growing role that apps are playing in healthcare delivery.
Join colleagues to hear renowned speakers, including the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, discuss the current and future part apps can play in the NHS and broader healthcare industry. We will hear Wendy Clarke, executive director at NHS Digital talk about the new NHS app. As apps move from concept to pilot to practice, demonstrating efficacy becomes increasingly important, so will be looking at how we can best assess clinical effectiveness. It is well recognised that poorly designed software can hamper rather than enhance healthcare. Matt Edgar Head of design for NHS Digital will talk of the importance of good design in medical apps, and how it can improve patient and clinician experience. The use of cutting edge technology in healthcare necessarily opens new regulatory and legal issues. We are pleased to have our legal counsel, Julian Hitchcock back to share his experience with this, with a particular focus on the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare. We will also be examining the importance of interoperability, as medical apps become more mainstream, and how to make this happen. We have some presentations, too, from new and established medical start-ups, showcasing the transformative effects these new technologies can have. Finally, we will take a look at what the future may hold with futurologist Lewis Richards, Chief Digital Officer of Servest.
This meeting aims to:
Encourage clinicians to consider medical apps when deciding on an appropriate intervention
Aid understanding of the medicolegal issues around medical app use
Reduce the fear, uncertainty and doubt about the use of medical apps
By the end of this meeting, delegates will be able to,
Have an understanding of the current state of the art of medical apps
Explain the latest position on regulation and endorsement of medical apps
Have an appreciation of how to assess the clinical effectiveness of medical apps.
Book here – best to book soon too, as currently the RSM has not allocated the largest lecture theatre to the event so it will almost certainly sell out.
The most important event in two weeks' time: the Future of Medicine on June 13th at the RSM!
In two weeks' time, Donald Trump may meet Kim Jong-Un in Singapore and the World Cup will begin, though even more importantly the Royal Society of Medicine will be holding its fourth Future of Medicine event in partnership with the Institute of Engineering and Technology: on June 13th to be precise.
The full title is the Future of Medicine: the role of doctors in 2028. The conference will explore just how far the delivery of health and care will be improved by the availability of new technology over the next decade, and what the latest predictions are by those working in the field of how this will change the way medicine will really be practised. It is aimed primarily at senior executives in the health and care world whose decisions today will hasten – or hinder – the arrival of improved technology-enabled care, though it's relevant to anyone with an interest in knowing what's happening at the cutting edge of how medical technology is changing medicine.
One area of focus will be training doctors to work in this new world: Professor Joanne Martin will describe how Barts are tackling this, and Dr Jean Nehme will describe how technology can specifically help train surgeons. Dr Harpreet Sood (not yet in the published programme) has kindly offered to talk about how the NHS Digital Academy fits into the picture. The future of the profession will be explored by Dr Will Cavendish, now at Arup, and Professor Pali Hungin.
AI is a key topic running through the event, for which Dr Clare Novorol of Ada.com and Dr Richard Dybowski of Cambridge University will offer contrasting views and Dr Vishal Nangalia will look specifically at its impact on surgery. Promoting innovation is clearly key, and our distinguished 'regular', Professor Tony Young will give another of his high-intensity presentations on it. Speakers on specific key relevant topics will include Professor Rachel McKendry on rapid diagnostic tests, Dr James Wollard on changing the way mental health is managed and Professor Ijeoma Uchegbu on the future of nanomedicine. Finally, wrapping it all up, Andy Wilkins, Consultant, and Chris Burghes, CEO, The Royal Free Charity, will describe the new vision they have been developing of the future of person-centred care.
Another great day, in short, and at the usual very low cost RSM rates!
For more information, and to book, click here.
(Disclosure, this editor was involved in putting together this conference.)
Upcoming London events–a few suggestions
March 28, 2018 | by Charles Lowe | No Comments
Here are three upcoming events in London that readers may be interested in.
The Royal Society of Medicine's mHealth Apps conference, 19th April
This, the sixth such annual event, brings together the good and the great in the medical apps world to inform you of recent and expected developments in evaluation, regulation, legislation, behaviour change and assessment, as well as some heartening stories of successful apps. Presenters will include Alexia Tonnel of NICE, Neil McGuire from MHRA and Hazel Jones from NHS Digital alongside Prof Jeremy Wyatt, giving an academic view, Julian Hitchcock, a European regulatory view and Dr Richard Brady his not-to-be-missed "Bad Apps" exploration of the dark side of medical technology. Book here.
Bridging the Gap, 2nd May, Wellcome Collection, London
Join Commercial Directors from across the AHSN Network on Wednesday 2 May 2018 for a range of 1:1 advice sessions, workshops and networking opportunities at the AHSN Network's fully subsidised "Bridging the Gap" event that's open to all health technology companies.Delegates will be able to get advice about how to make their engagement with the NHS sharper and more cost effective. That means understanding how decisions are made in the NHS, who makes the decisions and how to get their attention. They'll also provide opportunities to test and and develop your value proposition, budget impact model and your approach to evaluation and case study development. Book here.
Confirmed AHSNs taking part include: Eastern, HIN, ICHP, Kent Surrey Sussex, South West, West Midlands, West of England, UCLPartners, Yorkshire and Humber. National organisations also taking part and supporting the event include: NHS England, NICE and NIHR.
The Future of Medicine; the role of doctors in 2028, on 13th June
This, the fourth annual event on this topic from the RSM, will focus on how technology is likely to change the way medicine is delivered over the next ten years. This year we have three speakers focusing on how technology is affecting the way medicine is taught, and how medical students are being taught differently, to enable them to be most effective in this new world. Should be essential attendance for digital health executives looking for new inspiration!
Presenters include Professor Jo Martin, Professor of Pathology, Queen Mary University of London, Director of Academic Health Sciences, Barts Health NHS Trust, and President Royal College of Pathologists, and Will Cavendish who was the senior Civil Servant in the Office of Life Sciences (OLS) when George Freemen (a previous presenter at this event) was heading the OLS. Book here.
Disclosure: Charles Lowe is ex-President of the RSM's Telemedicine Section and was involved in setting up both the above RSM events.
A fistful of topical events
November 16, 2017 | by Charles Lowe | No Comments
The London Health Technology Forum has just announced the details of its Christmas evening meeting on 13th December. Star turn will be the seasonally-appropriate Andrew Nowell, CEO of Pitpatpet who has a brilliant story to tell of how an activity tracker can unlock so many revenue sources. Attendees will also unlock mince pies, courtesy of longstanding host Baker Botts, and a roundup of key digital health changes in 2017 from this editor.
NICE Health App Briefings: NICE has finally published the end result of its review of three health apps on their Guidance & Advice list. Given that digital health is so much faster moving than pharma, it is disappointing that these apps appear to be being judged to a very high level of evidence requirement.
For example Sleepio, whose evidence for effectiveness "is based on 5 well-designed and well-reported randomised controlled trials and 1 large prospective unpublished audit" is still judged, in terms of clinical effectiveness, as "has potential to have a positive impact for adults with poor sleep compared with standard care. There is good quality evidence that Sleepio improves sleep but the effect size varies between studies, and none of the studies compared Sleepio with face-to-face cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia (CBT‑I)."
This editor is unaware of any other app that has five good RCTs under its belt so (more…)
A few short topical items: NHS Digital, DHACA, IET, more
November 1, 2017 | by Charles Lowe | No Comments
Rob Shaw, NHS Digital's Deputy CEO, gave a welcome talk at EHI Live on Tuesday encouraging the NHS organisations to become "intelligent" customers. To quote "We have got to make it easier for suppliers to sell into health and social care". Let's hope that the message is received and acted on! Until it is, the Kent Surrey and Sussex AHSN is offering help to SMEs to make that first sales – how to book, and to get more details on the event on 23rd November go here.
DHACA's Digital Health Safety event, in partnership with Digital Health.London on 7th November is proving extremely popular, to the point where it may be oversubscribed soon, so if you want a seat for this really important event for all digital health developers and suppliers, book now.
The IET is running a TechStyle event on the evening of 22 November entitled the world of wearables aimed at people "between 14 and 114". For today only (1 November) they are offering a special "2 for 1" deal making the already tiny cost essentially insignificant. Book here. Hat tip to Prof Mike Short.
Prof Short has also highlighted a recent report from Agilysis looking at the role digital technology can play in delivering the vital step change our nation's care services need. It concluded that:
Leading digital professionals say lack of digital skills biggest risk to transforming care services fit for the 21st century;
Lack of knowledge of digital tools is largely responsible for delays in embracing new ways of working;
Believe digital technology could cut costs associated with social care delivery and therefore address the number one issue affecting UK social care today;
Digital technology can help local authorities manage both demand (improved customer satisfaction) and supply (improves multi-agency working).
There's a great (more…)
A random selection of what's crossed my screen recently
October 25, 2017 | by Charles Lowe | No Comments
One of the signs of autumn for this editor is the first email from Flusurvey. This is a brilliantly simple system that sends you an email every week asking if you have flu-like symptoms, then produces a map of the UK that gives advance warnings of epidemics. It costs nothing to join and is a great contribution to public health so why not sign up?. (They also have some exciting developments that may surface soon such as a small device that you blow into the connects to a smartphone and can tell almost immediately if you have flu'.)
Increasingly of concern to this editor, due to his deep involvement in digital health regulation, is who is working out how to regulate self-learning algorithms. It is therefore good to see the issue breaking cover in the general press with this article. For what it's worth this editor's view is that as technology begins to behave more like humans, albeit in a much faster, and narrow, way by learning as it goes along, perhaps an appropriately adapted use of the way human clinicians are examined, supervised and regulated, might be most appropriate. Sitting next to an AHSN CIO interested in the topic at a Kings Fund event last week, I was pleased to hear him offer precisely the same suggestion, so perhaps there is a little mileage in the idea.
DHACA (disclosure: run by this editor) has just renewed its website after a long delay, and will be updating content over the next few weeks. First off is the events page advertising:
Our Digital health safety conference on 7th November at Cocoon Networks, London, is being run jointly with DigitalHealth.London – the MHRA has now confirmed they will present so we have almost all the relevant organisations and experts in the UK speaking at this event which should be essential attendance for all involved with the development and use of digital health & care. Attendance has increased substantially in the past few days so do book soon to be sure of securing a place. Much more, including an almost-finalised agenda, is here.
DHACA Day XV – we are back to our usual location at the Digital Catapult Centre on 10th January where are building an agenda of some extremely interesting speakers. To check out the agenda development and to book in advance, go here.
Two London events worth considering
May 4, 2017 | by Charles Lowe | No Comments
A quick blog to draw your attention to two events at the Royal Society of Medicine that this editor has been involved in setting up, and that should be of interest.
The first is the Future of Medicine: the Doctor's Role in 2027, on May 18th, which has a host of excellent speakers looking at how technology is likely to change the way medicine is practised in ten year's time, to help clinicians, healthcare managers, academics and suppliers prepare for those changes to ensure maximum improvement in patient outcomes. Book here
The second event, in partnership with the IET, Digital Health and Insurance: a Perfect Partnership? on June 1st brings in a wide range of international speakers to explore how, by giving insurers precision over the risks they are taking, digital health is transforming health insurance, both for humans and for pets, and in the process may well result in a fundamentally different way of providing, and paying for, health in the future. Not to be missed! Book here.
As has been said before, the RSM has medical education as one of its charitable objects (the other is promoting medical advances) so their events are extremely attractively priced.
Upcoming Royal Society of Medicine telehealth/health tech events (UK)
March 21, 2017 | by Donna Cusano | No Comments
Events are blooming like daffodils in a long-awaited Spring! Here are two coming up, organized by the Royal Society of Medicine's Telemedicine & eHealth Section. Both are full day programs held at the RSM's offices at 1 Wimpole Street, London.
Medical apps: Mainstreaming innovation
Tuesday 4 April 2017, 9am to 5:10pm
CPD: 6 credits
Event link: www.rsm.ac.uk/events/TEH03
To discuss the regulation, the potential use and evaluation of the introduction of medical apps in a range of healthcare situations. This event is the fifth annual medical apps event run by the Section; the previous four have all been popular. The purpose of each one has been to educate forward-thinking clinicians in the benefits of using medical apps to improve patient outcomes and reduce costs. In view of the expectation that the NHS will have an mHealth assessment operation running by next April, this event will focus on mainstreaming the use of apps within the health and care services.
Digital health and insurance: A perfect partnership?
Thursday 1 June 2017, 9am to 5pm
CPD: 6 credits (applied for)
This meeting will explore how digital health and insurance can be mutually beneficial by enabling insurance companies to get a better handle on the risk of their insureds. It will also explore whether these new business models might result in a new paradigm for delivering care more effectively, and to consider whether as a result the population as a whole might be better motivated to take greater responsibility for their own health and wellbeing.
More information, online learning opportunities and links on the RSM section page. (PDF).
This past week at the RSM was Tuesday's (28 March) 28th Annual Easter Lecture given by Matthew Syed, a columnist for The Times and author of two acclaimed books, 'Bounce' and 'Black Box Thinking'. He focused on the dynamics of a high-performance culture. Talent is significant but not enough. There is no substitute for a mindset that drives continuous improvement. Every marginal gain is vital and they build together to achieve performance excellence. Event link here.
Events dear boy, events…
Here is a selection of events you may wish to engage with that have crossed this editor's PC recently:
Nominate someone for a Digital Pioneer Award – nominations close on 2 December.
DigitalHealth.London in collaboration with NHS England is hosting the Digital Pioneer Awards. They are seeking out within the NHS individuals at any rank and in any role, who are deserving of an award for any of:
Digital Innovation, or
Sustainability through digital (which means that they have been instrumental in making sure a digital implementation has been sustained enough to a point of delivering benefit).
Med-e-Tel, the Luxembourg event, has a call out for abstracts with a deadline of 4 December.
The NHS England Clinical Entrepreneur Programme have launched recruitment for their second year cohort. Applications for all doctors will close on 9 December 2016. This intake apparently "will have limited places" (don't they all?). Interviews will be held in March 2017 and the programme will commence in autumn 2017.
The West Midlands Health Informatics Network (WIN) will be holding its third (free) annual digital healthcare conference on 24 January 2017 at the University of Warwick. The keynote and guest speakers are:
Professor Theodoros N. Arvanitis, Chair in eHealth Innovation and Head of Research at The Institute of Digital Healthcare
John Crawford, Healthcare Industry Leader, Europe, at IBM
Noel Gordon, Chairman of NHS Digital
Harpreet Sood, Senior Fellow to the CEO at NHS England
Jenny Wood, Director of Adult Social Care at Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council
The aims of the conference are to:
showcase innovation and research in digital health, care and wellbeing;
enable the sharing of good practice and experience from those working in this area; and
promote collaboration across various settings.
The day will consist of exhibitions, poster presentations, talks/panels delivered by stakeholders, and networking sessions. With the keynote/guest speakers they have lined up, this is set to be their highest profile event to date, therefore, they ask that people should register as soon as possible here.
The Royal Society of Medicine is holding its highly popular Recent developments in digital health conference on 28 February. Speakers this year include Ali Parsa, Dame Fiona Caldicott, Shafi Ahmed, and Sir Mark Walport – it's going to be another great event. Last year there were disappointed late bookers because it sold out, so worth getting in early by booking here, now!
Hat tip to Prof Mike Short for some of the events.
Last call for London Health Technology Forum Thursday, early bird RSM mHealth 2017
On the evening of Thursday 24th November, the London Health Technology Forum holds its last event of the calendar year on "Intellectual property & licensing". This is a really critical area that this editor has seen more people lose money on because of not handling properly than in any other aspect of early start-up management – it truly is vital to think through very early on, to stop people stealing your ideas and paying an appropriate price to license them. Attendance is free; booking is here.
(The RSM's mHealth app conference on 4th April 2017 is just about to end its early bird prices too – worth booking here anyway now, at it's usually a sellout).
Should Australia review restrictions on use of telemedicine?
November 5, 2016 | by Chrys Meewella | No Comments
Research carried out in Australia shows that a hospital with telemedicine facilities for outpatient consultations was using those facilities for only one in seven potential appointments. The retrospective study of outpatient appointments at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Brisbane showed that in a 12-month period 2.5% of outpatient consultations were carried out by telemedicine. Although 17.5% of the appointments were potentially viable via telemedicine, a policy of permitting telemedicine only for rural residents meant that, as the majority of the viable telemedicine consultations were with metropolitan residents they were carried out as hospital visits.
This raises the question whether expansion of the use of telemedicine for hospital consultations in Australia should now be reviewed. Currently there is a geographic requirement that the patient's location must be outside of an Australian Standard Geographic Classification Remoteness Area 1 (a city) for a telemedicine consultation to be eligible for Medicare Benefits.
The research has been published in the Royal Society of Medicine publication Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare. The author, Monica Taylor, also presented the findings at Successes and Failures in Telemedicine 2016 in New Zealand where she was awarded the best paper award.
A clutch of interesting digital health events
September 29, 2016 | by Charles Lowe | No Comments
DHACA is holding its tenth DHACA Day on October 6th, three minutes' walk from Leeds station. We have a wide array of fascinating speakers, with a keynote by Bethany Gildersleve, Head of Operations at NHS Digital. Membership of DHACA is free, though we have to make a small charge for lunch. For more details, and to book, go here.
The Royal Society of Medicine (RSM) is holding an event on Point-of-Care-Testing, a technology that enables radical improvement to care pathways that improve patient outcomes and can dramatically reduce costs. Keynote will be Prof Chris Price, Visiting Professor in Clinical Biochemistry, University of Oxford, widely recognised as the leading authority in the world on the topic. For more details, and to book, go here.
The RSM has an earlybird (ie even lower cost) offering for our mHealth app conference on April 4th 2017 – these rates will last until 29th November. For more details, and to book for this event, now in its fifth year & which has serially sold out, go here.
The RSM is also has another long-running and regularly very well-attended event on 28th February entitled Recent Developments in Digital Health. Last February's presentation by Mustafa Suleyman, co-founder of Google DeepMind, is still being talked about. Details and booking here.
Finally the London Health Technology Forum has its first Autumn meeting on 20th October, covering the true story of how a start-up made its first sale to the NHS from both the point of view of the seller and from that of the NHS buyer. Attendance is completely free – book here. (While you're at it, you may want to book for the Christmas Pitch too, as it's certain to be fully booked before it takes place on 24th November.)
Disclosure: all the above have had some involvement, to a greater or lesser extent, from this editor.
Last minute events, through to the end of 2016
We have events this week that you can still sign up for/attend, through to November!
On the evening of 18th May, as we have previously covered, there is a free two hour webinar on telementoring surgeons – watch how it's done during operations by experts. Register here.
For the 19th May, come and hear world-class speakers, introduced by George Freeman, Minister for Life Sciences, talking about the Future of medicine; the doctor's role in 2025 at the Royal Society of Medicine. More info is here – online booking is closed though as many people now do at the RSM, you can sign up at the door on the day.
On 20th May, again as we have previously covered, the SIHI event at the University of Portsmouth is entitled Safe and effective medicines: Informatics for best practice. More info here.
Evangelia Balanou has kindly pointed out that the Aging2.0 (sic) Global Startup Search is coming to London on 14th June. Details of the Search are here, if you want to pitch. Note there are also European events in Barcelona, Berlin & Brussels. To book for the London event go here (note special free ticket category for 65+).
Also in June, the RSM is running another in its very successful big data series, entitled big data, clouds, and the internet of healthy things on June 2nd. Details here.
Finally, looking further out, the RSM is also repeating an event last run three years ago, again to a sellout audience, entitled point of care testing: disruptive innovation. is the NHS ready for it yet? (Especially eagle eyed readers with a good memory will notice the addition of yet.) This aims to demonstrate the extraordinary effectiveness of testing at the point of care (rather than sending samples for lab analysis) which can transform the cost of delivering care at the same time as greatly improving patient outcomes. Do check the programme out here, and book!
Two RSM events of interest on medicine's future and Big Data/IoT (UK)
April 20, 2016 | by Donna Cusano | No Comments
Make a place in your calendar for two Royal Society of Medicine full day events coming up in May and June. Both organized by the Telemedicine and eHealth Section. Hat tip to Charlotte Cordrey, Event Team Manager, RSM
The future of medicine – the role of doctors in 2025
Thursday 19 May 2016 (Chaired by our own Editor Charles Lowe)
Big data 2016 (Clouds and the Internet of Things)
RSM hosts digital health event 25 February
January 19, 2016 | by Donna Cusano | No Comments
[grow_thumb image="http://telecareaware.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/RSM.jpg" thumb_width="150″ /]Recent developments in digital health 2016
Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London, W1G 0AE
Presented by the Royal Society of Medicine's Telemedicine and eHealth Section (presided by our Editor Charles), this full day conference is open to the public and provides a global perspective from leaders within digital health. Keynoters are Mustafa Suleyman from Google's Artificial Intelligence branch, DeepMind, and Dr Euan Ashley from Stanford University in California who leads Apple's MyHeartCounts. Rates are reasonable: £50-115 for RSM members and £60-175 for non-members, plus 6 CPD credits. More information and registration on the RSM website here and download the flyer here.
Upcoming RSM Telemedicine events into early June:
Medical apps: Mainstreaming innovation–Thursday 7 April 2016
The future of medicine – the role of doctors in 2025–Thursday 19 May 2016
Big data 2016–Thursday 2 June 2016


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HRH Prince Harry of Wales to Visit the United States in May 2013.
March 25, 2013 Alexandra
Beginning on May 9-15, 2013, His Royal Highness Prince Harry of Wales will make an official visit to the United States. Per the Princeofwales.gov.uk, Prince Harry will:
"…undertake engagements on behalf of charities with which the Prince is closely associated, on behalf also of HM Government, and with a strong central theme of supporting injured servicemen and women from both the UK and US armed forces.
Prince Harry will visit:
Washington, DC: an exhibition on Capitol Hill on land mine clearance and the British Ambassador's Reception. Also, Arlington National Cemetery and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
Denver: The Consul-General's Reception
Colorado Springs: several events at the 2013 Warrior Games
New York City: an event to promote the GREAT campaign, a community baseball programme involving a new partnership with the Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry, a Royal Foundation fundraising event
New Jersey: an area badly affected by Hurricane Sandy
Connecticut: the Sentebale Polo Cup in Greenwich Further details will be announced in due course.
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