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humanintheloop.bsky.social
Human in the loop
@humanintheloop.bsky.social
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Health services researcher | PhD | Decision-making for dynamic systems | Time series forecasting | Human-centred design | University of Cambridge
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humanintheloop.bsky.social
An intelligent piece of (human) writing: Large Language Muddle www.nplusonemag.com/issue-51/the...
Large Language Muddle | The Editors
The AI upheaval is unique in its ability to metabolize any number of dread-inducing transformations. The university is becoming more corporate, more politically oppressive, and all but hostile to the ...
www.nplusonemag.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
humanintheloop.bsky.social
Good to hear @zubirahmed.bsky.social Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Dept of Health and Social Care) talk about the need to support healthcare organisations' to ask the right questions' to help them procure AI software for the NHS. #HETT2025
Decisions should be informed by evidence.
October 14, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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healthfoundation.bsky.social
Where we live – and the air we breathe – can shape our health, including how long we can expect to live.

Explore the data on air quality for local authorities across England on our newly updated Local Authority Dashboard ⬇️

https://bit.ly/4pNdG1w
Only 3 local authorities in England have air quality better than the recommended WHO guideline pollutant level Search for your local authority
October 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
humanintheloop.bsky.social
AI in the NHS 2025 |
www.health.org.uk/events/ai-in...
www.health.org.uk
October 9, 2025 at 9:32 AM
humanintheloop.bsky.social
We presented at #HETT2025 yesterday on ambient voice technology (a.k.a. digital scribes) There was a healthy mix of tech providers, NHS leaders and innovation policy people. Struck by one talk noting the uncertainty on where the data governance risk is held between GPs, practices and ICBs.
October 8, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk
How might AI, data & digital tech support NHS staff & patients to enhance rather than replace the human side of care? Our goal is to produce high-quality evidence that explores the potential of AI to fit into healthcare practice. Watch our short animation:
AI, data and digital technology | THIS Institute
AI, data, and digital technology have the potential to reshape healthcare. Our research aims to find out how AI can support healthcare and what the challenges might be. Ultimately, we want to enable…
ths.im
October 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk
THIS Space 2025 programme is now live! Join us virtually on 25 November. The event is free to attend, but booking is essential and space is limited. View the full programme and register here: ths.im/4nGd5wJ

#THISspace2025
September 24, 2025 at 9:06 AM
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thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk
We welcome publication of the new 10-year health plan. We're here to build evidence in line with the plan through projects like:
• Evaluating ambient voice technology and launching a new online community
• Supporting design and planning of large-scale change programmes
Find out more: ths.im/4laMCq3
Blue screen with NHS logo
July 3, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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kkuberska.bsky.social
What do respiratory clinicians think about offering “rescue packs” to patients discharged after #COPD exacerbation?

It's not always simple to decide what would be best for each patient.

Read our paper:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Or a summary: www.thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/research/out...
Respiratory Clinicians’ Views on Offering “Rescue Packs” to Patients Discharged After COPD Exacerbation: Qualitative Interview Study
“Rescue packs” for COPD exacerbations, consisting of a course of antibiotics and steroids, have become part of self-management strategies for many patients living with COPD. Currently, in the UK, r...
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July 3, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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cmsinnott.bsky.social
Hoping our catalogue of 449 different efforts to improve access to general practice will be useful for policymakers, clinicians and patients. The paper summarises our findings. The entire list is in supplementary data 4 here: bjgpopen.org/content/bjgp...
June 19, 2025 at 1:54 PM
humanintheloop.bsky.social
Interesting event today from @healthinnovyh.bsky.social on the topic of ambient voice technology #AVT in the NHS. Hearing from the early adopters who have implemented it into clinical practice.
June 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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chrischirp.bsky.social
My latest post charting the erosion of free dissent in the US

open.substack.com/pub/christin...
America’s descent into the suppression of dissent
Tracking the Trump administration's actions across four domains of suppressing dissent.
open.substack.com
June 16, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk
Our research examines features from identifiers used for patients with dementia and compares with other common types of visual identifier.

Full paper: buff.ly/EB9jTZL

THIS summary: ths.im/4dAgitK
What Is an Identifier Good for? Issues in Using Visual Identifiers to Improve Care for People With Dementia in Hospital
Aims To examine practical, ethical, and organisational implications of the use of a key technology deployed in the care of hospitalised people with dementia—visual identifiers—through a comparative ...
buff.ly
June 6, 2025 at 8:09 AM
humanintheloop.bsky.social
On the value of the BBC World Service from someone who has seen the world.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Having risked my life in war zones for the BBC, I know this: cuts to the World Service will be disastrous | Martin Bell
In an age of disinformation, our broadcaster is trusted to find and tell the truth. Now more than ever we need it, says former reporter, MP and Unicef ambassador, Martin Bell
www.theguardian.com
June 7, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk
What does taking a holistic approach to improving healthcare look like? In this episode @kristinawk.bsky.social, #THISFellows Graham Pullin, Kurannen Baaki & @nielspeek.bsky.social explore pushing boundaries in research & learning from other disciplines to problem solve. Listen now ths.im/3YHQRQX
May 20, 2025 at 10:14 AM
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voiceofyoungsci.bsky.social
Meet some of our Norwich Standing Up for Science workshop panellists 👇

We can't wait to hear their insights on science communication on May 16.

🌟 #ECRs, apply for your FREE place now! forms.office.com/e/PiufdxjAEt...
Norwich, 16 May, Standing Up for Science workshop panellists, including Penny Hundleby, Rob Davies, Bushra Schuitemaker, and Nikki Fox.
April 16, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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jocalynclark.bsky.social
Censor CDC scientists and ask them to withdraw papers from medical journals?

This is not how it works, Mr President.

Our response @bmj.com on the Trump Executive Order and his "forbidden words"

www.bmj.com/content/388/...
February 4, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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senseaboutsci.bsky.social
Join us for the official opening of #EvidenceWeek 2024/25 – tonight, people across the UK will be asking Select Committee Chairs about evidence for policies and issues that matter to them.

Watch MPs answer your questions, 5-6:30pm parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/...
Evidence Week opening event 20 January: reverse select committee hearing. Science and Environment Session: Chi Onwurah MP, chair of the Science, Innovation and Technology Select Committee, Bill Esterson MP, Chair of the Energy Security and Net Zero Select Committee and Toby Perkins MP, Chair of the Environmental Audit Select Committee Community and Social Session: Lord Foster, Chair of the Lords Justice and Home Affairs Select Committee, Helen Hayes MP, Chair of the Education Select Committee Infrastructure and Economics Session: Debbie Abrahams MP, Chair of the Work and Pensions Select Committee, Yuan Yang MP, member of the Treasury Select Committee and Lord Moylan, Chair of the Lords Built Environment Select Committee
January 20, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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kkuberska.bsky.social
📢New publication!📢

Sarah Turner and I wrote a paper about how experiences of #pregnancyloss have been described in the UK press around the Baby Loss Awareness Week over the last decade.

#BLAW #babyloss #miscarriage #stillbirth

Open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Screenshot of an abstact: Title: ‘Heartbreak Gives Way to Hope After Grieving’: A Critical Analysis of Personal Stories of Pregnancy Loss in the UK Press Authors: Karolina Kuberska & Sarah Turner Abstract: Pregnancy loss continues to occupy an uncomfortable space in public discourse. This article analyses articles in the UK press published between 2013 and 2023 referencing the Baby Loss Awareness Week (BLAW) that focus on narratives of personal experience of pregnancy loss. These narratives sit between the personal and the public, and constitute examples of public grieving that serve a range of purposes, from the expression of continuing bonds with the miscarried or stillborn baby, the desire to share one's experience of loss, and often to the wish to translate this experience into something positive. We draw on Finch's concept of ‘displaying families’, considering how they construct an identity for the baby who never lived and demonstrate continuing bonds with them. By analysing how this ‘identity work’ is made public, we explore how pregnancy loss is presented in public media as a transformative teleological experience for parents.
January 6, 2025 at 9:54 AM
humanintheloop.bsky.social
Positive indications for @bsky.app and coverage of academic work. #AcademicSky
altmetric.com Altmetric @altmetric.com · Dec 3
There are already many articles for which there is more attention on Bluesky than on other comparable micro-blogging sites, meaning the academic community and the general public have clearly adopted Bluesky as one of its core places to disseminate and discuss new research.

A Place of Joy.
‘A place of joy’: why scientists are joining the rush to Bluesky Researchers say the social-media platform — an alternative to X — offers more control over the content they see and the people they engage with.: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03784-6
December 4, 2024 at 4:25 PM
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davidbauer.ch
One cannot highlight this often enough.

Chart by @scientificdiscovery.dev / @ourworldindata.org, more details at: ourworldindata.org/data-insight...
A horizontal bar chart titled "Number of lives saved by childhood vaccinations since 1974" shows the impact of various vaccines. Measles vaccination leads with 94 million lives saved, shown in orange. Following in blue bars are Tetanus (28 million), Whooping cough (13 million), and Tuberculosis (11 million). Smaller impacts are shown for diseases like Haemophilus influenzae type B (2.8 million), Streptococcus pneumoniae and Polio (both 1.6 million). The chart continues with progressively smaller numbers for Yellow fever (550,000), Hepatitis B (460,000), down to Neisseria meningitidis A (2,000). The data source is attributed to Shattock et al. (2024) and published by OurWorldInData.org under CC BY license.
December 2, 2024 at 4:21 PM
humanintheloop.bsky.social
Helpful literature review from Marieke van Buchem et al on the use of digital scribes in clinical practice. The article covers mainly technical performance and concludes we need research on clinical utility, validity and usability. rdcu.be/d1vVL #Medtech
The digital scribe in clinical practice: a scoping review and research agenda
npj Digital Medicine - The digital scribe in clinical practice: a scoping review and research agenda
rdcu.be
November 26, 2024 at 12:33 PM
humanintheloop.bsky.social
Excellent talk from Natasha Merat of Leeds University on pedestrian interactions with driverless vehicles. More work needed for cyclists too. Packed house at a great #CIEHF annual #ergonomics and #humanfactors conference last week. #EHF2024 #autonomous
May 3, 2024 at 9:47 AM
humanintheloop.bsky.social
A stimulating CIEHF human factors conference +record attendance. Highlights for me: S Stiles on branching stories in safety training, N Merat on driverless vehicles, C Baber on interfaces for explainable AI, applications of HFE in healthcare incl. tel. consultations and context for AI sepsis model.
Presenter talking about safety training Neil Spenceley presenting on patient safety
April 29, 2024 at 9:18 AM
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posit.co
We are thrilled to announce the 2024 Table Contest! Data display tables are an indispensable element of analytics but often get too little love. We hope you consider this your call to action to create, share, and celebrate excellent #RStats or #Python data tables.

posit.co/blog/announc...
Announcing the 2024 Table Contest - Posit
The 2024 Table Contest starts today. This event celebrates great data display tables made with open-source software. Table packages in R and Python are capable of more than ever, and we are excited to...
posit.co
April 16, 2024 at 1:05 PM