Cloud storage simply refers to digital files that are uploaded by users and stored remotely in the ‘cloud’ (usually these files are physically stored on...
Keeping up to date with a variety of urology and medical journals can be an onerous task. Each year there is an ever-expanding number of...
Maintaining a record of operations in a surgical logbook has long been part of surgical training and governance. For trainees, it is an essential part...
The widespread use of prostate specific antigen (PSA) testing has led to diagnostic difficulties for patients and urologists. The sensitivity and specificity characteristics of PSA...
In May 2012, the Department of Health published its information strategy ‘Power of information’ which aims to put us all in control of the health...
Quantifying the value of a specific test or intervention for a patient is no easy feat. Even when the value of a given test or...
Anatomy has been a cornerstone of medical and surgical education for hundreds of years. As an adjunct to traditional dissection-based teaching and textbooks, this month’s...
Following the PROMIS trial [1], many cancer centres in the UK are now offering pre-biopsy multiparametric MRI (mpMRI) for men suitable for radical treatment. The...
Artificial intelligence concerns me. Generally, people still tend to be concerned that their livelihoods will be replaced by an all powerful, all knowing artificial intelligence...
Credible sources of medical information are difficult to find for patients and healthcare professionals. The European Association of Urologists (EAU) have updated their patient information...
Given that a recent issue of Urology News focused on artificial intelligence (AI) in urology and potential problems it might bring, this month’s digital review...
For this Digital Review I have focused on the Stone Pass: Kidney Stones app (Know Stone LLC) - a new information tool for patients with...