Assessing initiatives to transform healthcare systems

"This paper suggests that money alone cannot improve healthcare."

Assessing initiatives to transform healthcare systems: lessons from the Canadian healthcare system
JL Denis, HTO Davies, E Ferlie
Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
Series on healthcare transformation: Paper 1
May 2011

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Better with age

"The Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF) convened a series of roundtables—five regional  and one national—called Better with Age: Health systems planning for the aging population."


Better with age: health systems planning for the aging population: synthesis report
Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
July 2011

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Principles of community engagement

"Involving the community and collaborating with its members are cornerstones of efforts to improve public health."

Principles of community engagement, 2nd ed.
National Institutes of Health
June 2011

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Medication knowledge, certainty, and risk of errors in health care

"Medication knowledge was found to be unsatisfactory among practicing nurses, with a significant risk for medication errors."

Medication knowledge, certainty, and risk of errors in health care: a cross-sectional study
BO Simonsen, I Johansson, GK Daehlin, LM Osvik, P Farup
BMC Health Services 2011, 11:175

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Lessons from the business sector for successful knowledge management in health care

"Only recently has knowledge management been receiving attention by the health care sector, in part due to the ever growing amount of information that health care practitioners must handle."

Lessons from the business sector for successful knowledge management in health care: a systematic review
A Kothari, N Hovanec, R Hastie, S Sibbald
BMC Health Services Research, 2011, 11:173

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Making shared decision-making a reality

"This report clarifies the concept of shared decision-making and outlines the actions needed to make the aspiration a reality."

Making shared decision-making a reality: no decision about me, without me
A Coulter, A Collins
The King's Fund
July 2011

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Commissioning for long term conditions

This pathway is supported by National Association of Primary Care, NHS Alliance, and the Department of Health and supports health and social care teams participating on the QIPP long term conditions workstream.

Introduction to the long term conditions commissioning pathway
NHS Networks
July 2011

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Quality standards for dermatology

"Providing the right care for people with skin conditions."

Quality standards for dermatology
Primary Care Commissioning
July 2011

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Competition in healthcare

This research scan examines empirical research about the impact of competition in healthcare.


Competition in healthcare
The Health Foundation
April 2011

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Measuring safety culture

"Safety culture refers to the way patient safety is thought about and implemented within an organisation and the structures and processes in place to support this."


Measuring safety culture
The Health Foundation
February 2011

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Levels of harm

"This research scan explores what is known about levels of harm in acute care and primary care."


Levels of harm
The Health Foundation
January 2011

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Improvement science

"Improvement science is an emerging concept which focuses on exploring how to undertake quality improvement well."


Improvement science
The Health Foundation
January 2011

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Improving teamwork in healthcare

This commentary proposes three general approaches that have been developed to improve teamwork in healthcare.

Improving teamwork in healthcare: current approaches and the path forward
EJ Thomas
BMJ Quality Safety 2011, 20:647-650

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Performance measures of the specialty referral process

"The objective of this study was to systematically review the literature to identify published measures that assess specialty referrals."

Performance measures of the specialty referral process: a systematic review of the literature
JP Guevara, D Hsu, CB Forrest
BMC Health Services Research, 2011, 11:168

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The cost of implementing personal health budgets

"This third interim report explores the implementation process for personal health budgets by examining the financial costs."

The cost of implementing personal health budgets
K Jones, J Forder, J Caiels, E Welch, K Windle, J Davidson, P Dolan, C Glendinning, A Irvine, D King
Department of Health
July 2011

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Health lives, healthy people: update and way forward

This policy statement sets out the progress made following the White Paper "Healthy Lives, Healthy People: Our strategy for public health in England".

Health lives, healthy people: update and way forward
Department of Health
July 2011

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Measuring organizational readiness for knowledge translation in chronic care

The authors of this paper are aiming to develop an evidence-based, comprehensive, and valid instrument to measure organisation readiness for knowledge translation in healthcare.

Measuring organizational readiness for knowledge translation in chronic care
MP Gagnon, J Labarthe, F Legare, M Ouimet, CA Estabrooks, G Roch, EK Ghandour, J Grimshaw
Implementation Science, 2011, 6:72

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Can competition and integration co-exist in a reformed NHS?

"This paper discusses evidence and examples of the relationship between competition of
different types and integration of service delivery."

Can competition and integration co-exist in a reformed NHS?
L Hawkins
The King's Fund
July 2011

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Keeping patients safe when they transfer between care providers

"This guidance gives health and social care professionals a common framework and clear expectations concerning good practice around the transfer of information about medicines."

Keeping patients safe when they transfer between care providers - getting the medicines right: Part 1
Royal Pharmaceutical Society
June 2011

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Acute care toolkit for handover

"The Royal College of Physicians has prepared a series of toolkits with the goal of ensuring that patients get access to the highest quality of acute medical care wherever and whenever it is needed."

Acute care toolkit for handover
Royal College of Physicians
May 2011

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A high-functioning primary care clinic

"Embracing continuity and improved access requires clinicians to accept a truly patient-centered approach to care..."

Lessons from the trenches - a high-functioning primary care clinic
T Bodenheimer
New England Journal of Medicine, 2011, 6th July

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Level IV evidence - adverse anecdote and clinical practice

"Adverse anecdote can transform a clinician's practice patterns in an instant."


Level IV evidence - adverse anecdote and clinical practice
AM Stuebe
New England Journal of Medicine, 2011, 7th July

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Getting out of hospital?

"The evidence for shifting acute inpatient and day case services from hospitals into the community."

Getting out of hospital?
The Health Foundation
June 2011

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Making care safer

"Improving medication safety for people in care homes: thoughts and experiences from carers and relatives."

Making care safer
The Health Foundation
June 2011

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The legacy of Primary Care Trusts

"This paper sets out a considered assessment of the performance of PCTs since their establishment."

The legacy of Primary Care Trusts
Primary Care Network
NHS Confederation
June 2011

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Integration for action

"This report explores how to strengthen integration between services in order to improve health outcomes, patient experience of care and value for money from available resources."


Integration for action: four international case studies
R Rosen, J Mountford, G Lewis, R Lewis, J Shand, S Shaw
The Nuffield Trust
July 2011

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Fairer care funding

"The Commission was asked by the Government to make recommendations on the reform of adult social care funding."


Fairer care funding: the Report of the Commission on Funding of Care and Support
Andrew Dilnot
July 2011

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Measuring and modelling occupancy time in NHS continuing healthcare

"This paper investigates two areas of concern, namely, how long existing patients stay in service and the number of patients that are likely to be still in care after a period of time."

Measuring and modelling occupancy time in NHS continuing healthcare
S Chahed, E Demir, TJ Chaussalet, PH Millard, S Toffa
BMC Health Services Research, 2011, 11:155

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Integrated care for older people

"This report is the first in a series investigating the workforce implications of moving towards an integrated health and social care system."

Integrated care for older people: examining workforce and implementation challenges
Centre for Workforce Intelligence
June 2011

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GP commissioning in the NHS in England

"Dr Casalino spent six weeks exploring commissioning in the NHS in England in the light of the US experience: these are his personal reflections on the lessons that the NHS could learn from across the Atlantic."

GP commissioning in the NHS in England: ten suggestions from the United States
LP Casalino
Nuffield Trust Viewpoints
June 2011

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Government response to the NHS Future Forum Report

"Over the last eight weeks, the NHS Future Forum, led by Professor Steve Field, has heard the views of thousands of people – patients, professionals and members of the public."

NHS Future Forum Report
Department of Health
June 2011

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NHS Chief Executive Innovation Review

"The NHS Chief Executive has asked Sir Ian Carruthers to lead a review on his behalf on how the spread of innovations can be accelerated across the NHS and produce a report in November 2011 that will inform the strategic approach to innovation in the modernised NHS."

NHS Chief Executive Innovation Review: call for evidence and ideas
Department of Health
June 2011

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NHS financial performance

"Performance for the final quarter of 2010/11 was strong, putting the NHS in a good position to face the challenges ahead in the transitional year of 2011/12."

The Quarter: an update from David Flory, Deputy NHS Chief Executive
Department of Health
June 2011

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