Showing posts with label assistive technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label assistive technology. Show all posts

Friday, 25 July 2014

Wheelchair interventions, services and provision for disabled children

"There is a distinct lack of high quality effectiveness and economic evidence in this field. Social and health needs should be seen as equally important when assessing the mobility needs of disabled children."

Wheelchair interventions, services and provision for disabled children: a mixed-method systematic review and conceptual framework
N Bray, J Noyes, RT Edwards, N Harris
BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:309

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Thursday, 10 July 2014

The NHS and the lust for certainty

"While there are some exceptionally forward thinking people within the NHS who do manage to put new technology to work, I think it would be widely acknowledged that the health system struggles to fully exploit the potential of new technologies to help patients."

The NHS and the lust for certainty
J Loder
NESTA (blog)
May 2014

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