Mary Dixon-Woods

@marydixonwoods.bsky.social

Director @thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk @uniofcam.bsky.social. I study how to improve and innovate in healthcare quality and safety. Views: Own

@helengittos.bsky.socialReposted by @marydixonwoods.bsky.social

I'm struggling again to find something clear to give 1st & 2nd yr students on the archaeology of law & governance in late Anglo-Saxon England - you know, pictures of meeting sites, something that conveys how much we know from landscape archaeology about how & where government happened. Suggestions?

@bmj.comReposted by @marydixonwoods.bsky.social

Helicobacter pylori is a Gram negative bacterium that causes upper gastrointestinal disease and symptoms.

This clinical update present recent guidelines and evidence on H pylori prevalence, transmission, detection, and management in primary care
https://bit.ly/4yDz6Cf

This infographic from The BMJ details the detection and management of H. pylori. The visual includes diagrams of H. pylori bacteria and a stomach. Sections cover testing methods, including endoscopy and breath tests, with results leading to possible diagnoses like positive, uncertain, or negative. Infection management options detail antibiotic regimens and emphasize considering local patterns and eradication efficacy. A flow chart outlines empirical treatment decisions based on previous antibiotic exposure. The infographic is colorful, with arrows guiding the process flow, and includes resource links at the bottom.
@carlbergstrom.comReposted by @marydixonwoods.bsky.social

As best as I can tell, RFK Jr.'s latest antivax stunt runs counter to the WMA Declaration of Helsinki. Withholding HepB vaccination clearly does not meet any definition of clinical equipoise. Doing it anyway, overseas, is straight up colonialist medicine.

Use of Placebo The benefits, risks, burdens, and effectiveness of a new intervention must be tested against those of the best proven intervention(s), except in the following circumstances: If no proven intervention exists, the use of placebo, or no intervention, is acceptable; or If for compelling and scientifically sound methodological reasons the use of any intervention other than the best proven one(s), the use of placebo, or no intervention is necessary to determine the efficacy or safety of an intervention; and the participants who receive any intervention other than the best proven one(s), placebo, or no intervention will not be subject to additional risks of serious or irreversible harm as a result of not receiving the best proven intervention. Extreme care must be taken to avoid abuse of this option.
@thisinstitute.cam.ac.ukReposted by @marydixonwoods.bsky.social

How should AI in healthcare be evaluated when technologies change rapidly and safety risks can be hard to predict?

Join #THISspace2026 to examine these challenges and explore evaluation designs and innovation pathways that can address them.

Register here: ths.im/2026

@nielspeek.bsky.social

THIS Space 2026 online conference, 24 November. Session: “Evaluating AI for the NHS – is there a better way?”, 13:00–13:50 GMT. Speakers: Carl Macrae, David Taylor, Kathrin Cresswell, Niels Peek and Susanna Stanford.
@healthfoundation.bsky.socialReposted by @marydixonwoods.bsky.social

Is meaningful progress on waiting lists happening?

Our new analysis projects that if recent referral and removal trends continue and there are no future changes in policy, 92% of waits will be within 34.9 weeks by July 2029, almost twice the 18-week standard.

Read more ⬇️
https://bit.ly/4B0JntV

Line graph showing actual and projected maximum waiting times for patient journeys from 2024 to 2029, with the 18-week waiting time target indicated. The target will not be met if projections based on current growth continue.
@rcphysicians.bsky.socialReposted by @marydixonwoods.bsky.social

The NAIF 2026 annual report, Beyond hip fracture, is now available.

Explore new insights from the expanded audit, now including other injuries, and key opportunities to improve falls prevention, post-fall care and patient outcomes.

đź”— Read the full report: https://ow.ly/rCtl50ZTrBl

@benbraun.socialReposted by @marydixonwoods.bsky.social

“It’s a story about a bunch of historians who were knowledgeable about emerging technologies and knew how to code … and who spent a lot of time, some of it wasted time, at a big table chatting.” On the history of Zotero. Which, unsurprisingly, is beautiful.

@milbankfund.bsky.socialReposted by @marydixonwoods.bsky.social

A recent Milbank Quarterly article found that the Massachusetts Medicaid program improved maternal care quality when it intentionally & strategically incorporated maternal health-specific provisions into Medicaid ACO contracts — and provided resources for patient tracking & care coordination teams

@iwashyna.bsky.socialReposted by @marydixonwoods.bsky.social

"Paired Spo2 measurements differed by ≥ 3% during 33% of monitored time (95% CI, 30%-35%) and by ≥ 5% during 13% of the time (95% CI, 12%-15%). The concordance correlation coefficient was 0.41, indicating poor agreement between paired Spo2 measurements."

www.chestcc.org/article/S294...

@healthfoundation.bsky.socialReposted by @marydixonwoods.bsky.social

Want to spend a year in the United States conducting internationally comparative research and developing leadership skills?

Apply for the @commonwealthfund.org​ 2027–28 Harkness Fellowships in Health Care Policy and Practice ⬇️
https://bit.ly/4x2lsYL

The image shows a group of people standing in front of the United States Capitol building, with text promoting applications for the Harkness Fellowships program.
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