Healthcare Professionals
The Community Healthcare MIC team would be excited to hear from practicing healthcare professionals working in community settings who are interested to become involved in our work.
- Have you identified a particular area of diagnostic clinical need in your context of work or a shortfall in an existing clinical pathway which could be addressed through the deployment of a current or novel technology?
- Do you have any ideas for new diagnostic tests which we could develop and evaluate in collaboration?
- Would you be willing to test out exciting new validated technologies in your clinical setting?
Please contact Dr Philip Turner, the Manager of the NIHR Community Healthcare MIC, if you would like discuss the work of the MIC further or if you would like to become involved.
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Latest news
BLOG: Natriuretic peptide testing and heart failure survival
28 June 2021
NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer and GP Dr Clare Taylor gives a breakdown of the findings and their importance of a recent publication on heart failure and natriuretic peptide testing by herself and colleagues.
New way to measure complexity in primary care
18 January 2021
A new measure of complexity in primary care, which could help with allocating resources based on the practice population’s level of need, has been developed by NIHR Community Healthcare MedTech and In Vitro Diagnostics Cooperative supported researchers.
Comparing infrared thermometers with more traditional methods for measuring children's body temperature
8 December 2020
General practitioners commonly measure children’s temperature using a thermometer placed in the armpit or ear canal. New ’non-contact’ thermometers use infrared light to measure temperature without touching the child. They are easy to use and there is no risk of passing on infections. However, we do not know how well they measure temperature compared with thermometers that use the armpit or the ear.