Making the most of public services

"Looking at two case studies – international higher education and the NHS – this paper highlights that the government is struggling to understand how to support innovation within public services, and that this will impact on the future performance of both public and private sectors."

Making the most of public services: a systems approach to public innovation
C Levy
The Work Foundation
May 2011

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Health innovation transfer from South to North

"This briefing examines technologies explicitly developed for developing country settings, which then may have an application in the UK National Health Service (NHS)."

Health innovation transfer from South to North
CV Fry, S Marjanovic, O Yaqub, J Chataway
RAND Europe
May 2011

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Evaluation of a "full-serve" evidence service for policy makers

"Health-system policy makers need timely access to synthesised research evidence to inform the policy-making process."

Effects of an evidence service on health system policymakers' use of research evidence: A protocol for a randomized controlled trial
JN Lavis, MG Wilson, JM Grimshaw, RB Haynes, S Hanna, P Raina, R Gruen, M Ouimet
Implementation Science 2011, 6:51

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Identification of the most important patient safety strategies

"Highly important strategies with poor implementation included a culture that is positive for patient safety, education on patient safety for physicians, and the presence of a patient safety guideline."

What do primary care physicians and researchers consider the most important patient safety improvement strategies?
S Gaal, W Verstappen, M Wensing
BMC Health Services Research 2011, 11:102

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Safe and effective service improvement

"Delivering the safety and productivity agenda in healthcare using a Lean approach."

Safe and effective service improvement
Amnis
May 2011

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A major goal of healthcare is to enhance patient health outcomes

"A variety of actions are necessary for maximizing population health within the constraints of available resources and the current balance between the actors."

Balancing influence between actors in healthcare decision making
RM Kaplan, YM Babad
BMC Health Services Research 2011, 11:85

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Transforming our health care system

Ten priorities for commissioners.

Transforming our health care system
C Imison, C Naylor, N Goodwin, D Buck, N Curry, R Addicott, P Zollinger-Read
The King's Fund
May 2011

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Future of leadership and management

"The bottom line is that an organisation as large and complex as the NHS cannot be run without high-quality management and leadership."

Future of leadership and management
The King's Fund
May 2011

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Hospital Episode Statistics

"This document recognises that clinicians have to take ownership of clinical data."

Hospital Episode Statistics (HES): Improving the quality and value of hospital data
Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, The Information Centre for Health and Social Care
May 2011

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Are clinicians engaged in quality improvement?

A review of the literature on healthcare professionals’views on quality improvement initiatives.

Are clinicians engaged in quality improvement?
The Health Foundation
May 2011

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Developing a decision aid to guide public sector health policy decisions

"The product of this research will be a working version of a decision aid to support policy
makers in population-based health policy decisions."

Developing a decision aid to guide public sector health policy decisions: a study protocol
P Tso, AJ Culyer, M Brouwers, MJ Dobrow
Implementation Science 2011, 6:46

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Ten tips for incorporating scientific quality improvement into everyday work

"This paper provides personal advice (10 ‘tips’) for choosing, designing, implementing and publishing work that improves patient care and advances the field."

Ten tips for incorporating scientific quality improvement into everyday work
D Goldmann
BMJ Quality and Safety, 2011, 20:i69-i72

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Transforming community services

The Transforming Community Services programme has developed 43 indicators for quality improvement.

Transforming community services
Department of Health
April 2011

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Reablement: a cost-effective route to better outcomes

"There is good evidence that reablement improves outcomes for people who use services."

Reablement: a cost-effective route to better outcomes
J Francis, M Fisher, D Rutter
Social Care Institute for Excellence
April 2011

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Commissioning for the future

"This paper provides the findings of a simulation exercise run by NHS Lincolnshire with The King’s Fund in November 2010."

Commissioning for the future: learning from a simulation of the health system in 2013/14
C Imison, N Curry, M McShane
The King's Fund
April 2011

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Implementing GP commissioning

"This report explores possible implementation models for GP consortia and critical factors for the success of the policy."

Implementing GP commissioning
E Norridge
Policy Exchange
April 2011

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NHS Costing Manual 2010/11

This manual sets out the principles and practice of costing to be applied in the NHS.

NHS Costing Manual 2010/11
Department of Health
May 2011

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Can evidence-based medicine and clinical quality improvement learn from each other?

"By integrating the bedside application, the methodological development, the training and the organisation support of these complementary disciplines, hopefully, we can ever more frequently do the ‘right things right’."

Can evidence-based medicine and clinical quality improvement learn from each other?
P Glasziou, G Ogrinc, S Goodman
BMJ Quality and Safety, 2011, 20:i13-i17

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Reducing hospital readmissions

"This report offers a synthesis of findings from four case studies of hospitals with exceptionally low readmission rates."

Reducing hospital readmissions: lessons from top-performing hospitals
S Silow-Carroll, JN Edwards
The Commonwealth Fund
April 2011

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