Better Knowledge, Better Care animations

NHS Improving Quality has produced a set of animations to help people understand what is meant to have 'better knowledge' in health care. More details are available here, and the four animations are:

• What is knowledge?
• Knowledge through the ages
• Introducing knowledge management.
• Better knowledge, better care.

Shared decision-making behaviours in health professionals

"'Sharing knowledge and making recommendations' was the element of shared decision-making most often observed, followed by 'clarifying the patient's values and preferences' and 'presenting evidence.'""

Shared decision-making behaviours in health professionals: a systematic review of studies based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour
P Thompson-Leduc, ML Clayman, S Turcotte, F Legare
Health Expectations: first published online 16 Feb 2014

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Features of effective medical knowledge resources to support point of care learning

"We identified nine features that influence users' selection of knowledge resources, namely efficiency (with sub-features of comprehensiveness, searchability, and brevity), integration with clinical workflow, credibility, user familiarity, capacity to identify a human expert, reflection of local care processes, optimization for the clinical question (e.g., diagnosis, treatment options, drug side effect), currency, and ability to support patient education."

Features of effective medical knowledge resources to support point of care learning: a focus group study
DA Cook, KJ Sorensen, W Hersh, RA Berger, JM Wilkinson
PLOS One, 25th November 2013

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Explaining health managers' information seeking behaviour and use

"Managers are overwhelmed with too much information of various types and quality, yet often cannot find the information they need."

Explaining health managers' information seeking behaviour and use: final report
C Edwards, R Fox, S Gillard, S Gourlay, P Guven, C Jackson, M Chambers, V Drennan
National Institute for Health Research Service Delivery and Organisation Programme
May 2013

Read the full report here.

Doctor Know: a knowledge commons in health

"In this paper, we argue that society’s growing ability to mobilise knowledge from different fields and sources is beginning to show the potential of a ‘knowledge commons’ in healthcare: an open system of knowledge with researchers, practicing clinicians, patients, their families and communities all involved in capturing, refining and utilising a common body of knowledge in real time."

Doctor Know: a knowledge commons in health
J Loder, L Bunt, JC Wyatt
March 2013

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