(This post appeared originally on the Patient Information Forum website)
I am Managing Director of Minervation and many of you will know me through my work on the PiF website.
My interests include evidence-based health care, web design, information science, usability testing, social media and blogging.
I live in Bristol and work from home and from the Minervation office, which is based in central Oxford.
Many of you will be horrified to hear that health and social care professionals have no excuse for losing touch with the latest mental health research, policy and guidance.
The new Mental Elf iPhone app now makes it easier than ever to get your daily fix of reliable and relevant evidence in a simple and easy to use format.
Since the demise of the NHS Specialist Collections, we have noticed that there is a real gap in the market for simple and usable evidence updates that help keep health and social care professionals up-to-date.
This kind of work is our bread and butter and has been for over a decade, so we have decided to launch a series of health evidence services in a number of subject areas, to bring the latest research, policy and guidance to the busy people who need it most.
We have been working with Equilibrium – The Bipolar Foundation for a number of years; helping build a website for people with bipolar disorder that’s populated with reliable information.
The site has been relaunched with a brand new design and blog: www.bipolar-foundation.org
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Mental health professionals have to consider their primary responsibility to the patient as well as a careful assessment of the patient/carer relationship
We are proud to announce an award-winning interactive website to help mental health professionals manage issues of confidentiality and negotiate information sharing dilemmas with carers who support people with mental health problems.
We have built the site with colleagues at Rethink and Seefood.tv and were delighted to hear that it was awarded the 2010 IVCA Clarion Award for best interactive website.