British Orthopaedic Association commissioning guides

The British Orthopaedic Association have published commissioning guides for the following topics:

• Painful deformed great toe in adults
• Painful tingling fingers
• Pain arising from the hip in adults
• Painful osteoarthritis of the knee
• Low back pain
• Subacromial shoulder pain

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Evidence for success: the guide to getting evidence and using it

"This guide aims to provide easy to follow, step-by-step guidance and resources to support organisations to use evidence to influence policy and practice."

Evidence for success: the guide to getting evidence and using it
Knowledge Translation Network
August 2014

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Guide to whole system commissioning for sexual and reproductive health and HIV

"Whole system commissioning requires a commitment to meticulous collaboration, an alignment of values and principles, an agreement on processes and mechanisms and a willingness to work differently."

Making it work: a guide to whole system commissioning for sexual and reproductive health and HIV
Public Health England
September 2014

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How outcomes-based commissioning can help unlock the potential of community services

"Commissioning based on outcomes has the potential to facilitate the transformation of care and is one way of overcoming the barrier of current payment mechanisms that do not support integrated care."

Beginning with the end in mind: how outcomes-based commissioning can help unlock the potential of community services
NHS Confederation
September 2014

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Exploring the commissioning of personalisation within a capitated budget model

"This document describes the findings of a round table event to look at how capitated budgets for people with complex health needs could support personal budgets for people with two or more long term conditions."

Exploring the commissioning of personalisation within a capitated budget model
NHS Improving Quality
July 2014

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How commissioning support units are growing into their support role

"CSUs have been careful not to build on their NHS credentials alone and are marketing strong portfolios which show a breadth of expertise and innovation that will see them well placed at the starting line in 2015."

The NHS's not so little helper: How commissioning support units are growing into their support role
Health Service Journal supplement
12th September 2014

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Read a summary from the Commissioning Elf here.

The role of hospital managers in quality and patient safety

"We present a model to summarise the conditions and activities that affect quality performance."

The role of hospital managers in quality and patient safety: a systematic review
A Parand, S Dopson, A Renz, C Vincent
BMJ Open, 2014:4:2005055

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Estimating NHS and social care spend: a tool for commissioners

"This tool estimates how a local care economy spends its money by age group, patient group and care settings."

Estimating NHS and social care spend: a tool for commissioners
Monitor
September 2014

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Addressing social, economic and environmental determinants of health

"Capacity building is an integral part of the projects analysed."

Addressing social, economic and environmental determinants of health and the health divide in the context of sustainable human development
UCL Institute of Health Equity
July 2014

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Local action on health inequalities

"IHE have written a series of evidence reports and briefings about practical, local actions to tackle health inequalities through the social determinants of health."

Local action on health inequalities
UCL Institute of Health Equity
September 2014

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People helping people: the future of public services

"This report argues that mobilising the energy and contributions of members of the public should become a core organising principle for public services."

People helping people: the future of public services
E Clarence, M Gabriel
NESTA
September 2014

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Why use systems thinking?

"At its core, systems thinking is an enterprise aimed at seeing how things are connected to each other within some notion of a whole entity."

The application of systems thinking in health: why use systems thinking?
DH Peters
Health Research Policy and Systems, 2014, 12:51

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Researching organizational culture during health service redesign and change

"This paper makes a methodological contribution to the study of culture in health care organizations."

Patients-people-place: developing a framework for researching organizational culture during health service redesign and change
NK Gale, J Shapiro, HST McLeod, S Redwood, A Hewison
Implementation Science, 2014, 9:106

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Commissioning the national Healthy Child Programme

"The transfer of 0-5 commissioning will join-up that already done by local authorities for public health services for children and young people 5-19, (and up to age 25 for young people with Special Educational Needs and Disability [SEND])."

Factsheet: Commissioning the national Healthy Child Programme
Department of Health
August 2014

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Commissioning recommendations for psychological support

"This guide provides recommendations for commissioners when providing emotional and psychological support on the diabetes care pathway."

London’s diabetes care pathway: Commissioning recommendations for psychological support
NHS London Strategic Clinical Networks
August 2014

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The use of discrete choice experiments to inform health workforce policy

"Discrete choice experiments have become a popular study design to investigate health worker preferences, with several advantages in this field."

The use of discrete choice experiments to inform health workforce policy: a systematic review
KL Mandeville, M Lagarde, K Hanson
BMC Health Services Research, 2014, 14:367

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Use of decision and communication aids in orthopaedic surgery

"Decision and communication aids can be effective tools for incorporating patients preferences and values into preference-sensitive decisions in orthopaedics."

Patient, surgeon, and healthcare purchaser views on the use of decision and communication aids in orthopaedic surgery: a mixed methods study
KJ Bozic, et al.
BMC Health Services Research, 2014, 14:366

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Prioritising health service innovation investments using public preferences

"The findings provide useful information on the public's valuation and acceptability of potential health service innovations."

Prioritising health service innovation investments using public preferences: a discrete choice experiment
S Erdem, C Thompson
BMC Health Services Research, 2014, 14:360

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Self-management support interventions to reduce health care utilisation

"Self-management support interventions can reduce health service utilization without compromising patient health outcomes, although effects were generally small, and the evidence was strongest in respiratory and cardiovascular disorders."

Self-management support interventions to reduce health care utilisation without compromising outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis
M Panagioti, et al.
BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:356

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Applying a national quality registry for quality improvement in stroke care

"While quality registries are assumed to support adherence to evidence-based guidelines around the world, this study proposes that a NQR can facilitate improvement of care but neither the registry itself nor the reporting of data initiates quality improvement."

Facilitators and barriers to applying a national quality registry for quality improvement in stroke care
AC Eldh, et al.
BMC Health Services Research, 2014, 14:354

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Spreading innovation: AHSNs step up to the challenge

"The NHS has embarked on a major initiative to drive systematic adoption and diffusion of innovation through the creation of AHSNs (Academic Health Science Networks)."

Spreading innovation: AHSNs step up to the challenge
A Bull, A Darlington, A Heitmueller
Health Service Journal, 13 August 2014

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Spend and outcome tool (SPOT): local authorities

"The Spend and outcome tool (SPOT) gives local authorities in England an overview of spend and outcomes across key areas of business and for public health and its sub-programmes." Access the tool here.

Guidance on priority setting in health care (GPS-Health)

"This Guidance for Priority Setting in Health Care (GPS-Health), initiated by the World Health Organization, offers a comprehensive map of equity criteria that are relevant to health care priority setting and should be considered in addition to cost-effectiveness analysis."

Guidance on priority setting in health care (GPS-Health): the inclusion of equity criteria not captured by cost-effectiveness analysis
OF Norheim, et al.
Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2014, 12:18

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Costs and effects after the implementation of disease management programs

"After one year we have found indications of improvements in level of integrated care for CVR (cardiovascular risk) patients and lifestyle indicators for all diseases, but in none of the diseases we have found indications of cost savings due to DMPs (disease management programs)."

Changes in costs and effects after the implementation of disease management programs in the Netherlands: variability and determinants
A Tsiachristas, J Murray Cramm, AP Nieboer, MPMH Rutten-van Molken
Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2014, 12:17

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