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The Irish government plans to apply the new indicators in all the medical centres in the country, to improve the collection and quality of health and social care data.

Researcher and physicians from several Canadian universities reported on the effectiveness of abbreviated forms of patient reported outcomes (PRO) measures to inform health professionals about patients with a comparatively severe prognosis of colorectal cancer.

Work is needed to reduce the barriers to electronic reporting of patients’ symptoms in between clinical visits, according to Ethan Basch, director of the UNC Lineberger Cancer Outcomes Research Programme, writing in the New England Medical Journal.

Scientists at the Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit and the Rush University Medical Center have highlighted potential barriers to the implementation of patient reported outcome measures for patients that suffer from severe forms of disability and injury.

Scientists from Stanford have published recent findings about the use of new types of wearable sensors that allow frequent and continuous measurements of body functions, including heart rate, skin temperature, blood oxygen levels, and physical activity.

December 15th saw the first publication of patient satisfaction rankings in France, with data for 983 hospitals now available online. The ratings are based on the opinions of 56,759 patients who spent more than 48 hours at the facilities.

Health ministers from OECD countries, joined by other seven states, gave the go-ahead to the development of international league tables comparing patient outcomes at a meeting in Paris on 17 January.

The European Commission announced the names of 15 well-known business people who will form a new High Level Group of Innovators to advise on innovation policy. This is the list.

Commissioner Moedas’ plans for a European Innovation Council move a step forward with naming of 15 top investors and entrepreneurs to advise

Despite some warm words on research collaboration, the British prime minister’s uncompromising stance on immigration, and eagerness to escape the EU’s legal remit, threatens UK participation in future EU research programmes