Scotland's telephone advice service (NHS 24) for managing health

"This is the first study to examine how the public uses NHS 24. It has identified the patterns of problems which the service must be equipped to deal with. It has also provided important information about who uses the service and when. This information will help future planning and development of the service."

Examining the role of Scotland's telephone advice service (NHS 24) for managing health in the community: analysis of routinely collected NHS 24 data
AM Elliott, A McAteer, D Heaney, LD Ritchie, PC Hannaford
BMJ Open, 2015, 5:e007293

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Public consultation: NHS Bodies and Local Authorities Partnership Arrangements (Amendment) Regulations 2015

"The proposed change will make it possible for pooled budgets to include funding for primary medical care. This will encourage greater integration across community health, social care and primary care."

This consultation closes at 8 March 2015 11:45pm.

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A team-work approach to improving health service provision

"The development of relationships was seen to be to be an important part of promoting effective resource sharing, training opportunities, government networking and resource mobilisation and will be important for other health networks to consider."

Networking between community health programs: a team-work approach to improving health service provision
NJ Grills, R Kumar, M Philip, G Porter
BMC Health Services Research, 2014, 14:297

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Improving population health one person at a time?

"This qualitative interview study explored perceptions of the phrases ‘population health’, ‘public health’ and ‘community health’."

Improving population health one person at a time? Accountable care organisations: perceptions of population health—a qualitative interview study
DJ Noble, T Greenhalgh, LP Casalino
BMJ Open, 2014;4:e004665

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Implementation of a hospitalist programme in a community hospital

"Compared to traditional family physicians, hospitalists appear to improve measures of quality and resource utilization."

Does implementation of a hospitalist program in a Canadian community hospital improve measures of quality of care and utilization? an observational comparative analysis of hospitalists vs. traditional care providers
V Yousefi, CAKY Chong
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:204

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