Emergency general surgery: Challenges and opportunities

"The Nuffield Trust was commissioned by The Royal College of Surgeons of England to explore the challenges facing emergency general surgery (EGS) and to identify opportunities to overcome those challenges."

Emergency general surgery: Challenges and opportunities
R Watson, H Crump, C Imison, C Currie, M Gaskins
Nuffield Trust
April 2016

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How to take charge of improvement

"Leading improvement work across the NHS is a practical pursuit. It requires a clear, unambiguous goal that will push you to do things differently. It requires making intricate connections across all parts of the health and social care system, as well as agile working from policy to boards, wards, patient pathways and commissioning."

No more leaving it to chance: How to take charge of improvement
J Williamson
Health Service Journal, 2nd July 2014

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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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Clinicians in management

"Managers' professional background may be both a resource and constraint, and also determine the influence strategies they use."

Clinicians in management: a qualitative study of managers' use of influence strategies in hospitals
I Spehar, JC Frich, LE Kjekshus
BMC Health Services Research, 2014, 14:251

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Interpersonal communication in the process of knowledge mobilization

"Findings suggest that interpersonal communication is associated with knowledge mobilization and highlight how the network structure could be improved for further dissemination efforts."

The role of interpersonal communication in the process of knowledge mobilization within a community-based organization: a network analysis
HL Gainforth, AE Latimer-Cheung, P Athanasopoulos, S Moore, KAM Ginis,
Implementation Science, 2014, 9:59

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The role of informal networks in creating knowledge among health-care managers

"Managers of health and well-being services develop and maintain knowledge collectively."

The role of informal networks in creating knowledge among health-care managers: a prospective case study
V Ward, R West, S Smith, S McDermott, J Keen, R Pawson, A House
Health Services and Delivery Research, 2014, 2(12)

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Networked innovation in the health sector

"We further highlight the implications of this analysis for policy and practice by discussing how network structures and boundary-spanning roles and activities can be tailored to different KT objectives."

Networked innovation in the health sector: comparative qualitative study of the role of Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) in translating research into practice
H Scarbrough, D D'Andreta, S Evans, M Marabelli, S Newell, J Powell, J Swan
Health Services and Delivery Research, 2014, 2(3)

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Effective networks for improvement

"Research has suggested [networks] contribute to healthcare improvement by providing a forum for experimentation and creating knowledge, exchanging information and spreading good practice."

Effective networks for improvement
The Health Foundation
March 2014

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Social and organizational factors affecting implementation of evidence-informed practice

"Results also implied that the perception of accessibility and trust were significant predictors of expertise recognition."

Social and organizational factors affecting implementation of evidence-informed practice in a public health department in Ontario: a network modelling approach
R Yousefi-Nooraie, M Dobbins, A Marin
Implementation Science, 9:29

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The role of academic health science centres and networks in England

"This article focuses on accountability relationships in universities and teaching hospitals, as well as other healthcare providers that form core constituent parts of academic health science centres and networks."

Improving accountability through alignment: the role of academic health science centres and networks in England
PV Ovseiko, A Heitmueller, P Allen, SM Davies, G Wells, GA Ford, A Darzi, AM Buchan
BMC Health Services Research, 2014, 14:24

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A social network analysis of physicians' professional networks and their attitudes toward EBM

"This paper explores how physicians’ attitudes towards EBM is related to the network position they occupy within healthcare organizations."

"Us and them": a social network analysis of physicians' professional networks and their attitudes toward EBM
D Mascia, A Cicchetti, G Damiani
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:429

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How Ealing Health Networks can contribute to efficient and quality healthcare

"We describe how the formation of Health Networks in Ealing leads to improved outcomes for patients by the coordination of the care they receive by health and social care professionals."

How Ealing Health Networks can contribute to efficient and quality healthcare
R Chandok, N Unadkat, L Nasir, L Evans, P Thomas
London Journal of Primary Care, 2013, 5:62-4

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Knowledge strategy: harnessing the power of information to improve the public’s health

"The Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO) directorate aims to deliver an internationally recognised, high performing knowledge and intelligence service encompassing research, statistics and know-how."

Knowledge strategy: harnessing the power of information to improve the public’s health
Public Health England
October 2013

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Networks that work: partnerships for integrated care and services

"This publication shows how third sector organisations can develop and provide services that can help people to get themselves on top of their conditions."

Networks that work: partnerships for integrated care and services
NESTA Innovation Unit
August 2013

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Report of the Independent Expert Group on the future of European public health research

This report looks at the background European public health research, and suggests methods for getting the research into practice.

Report of the Independent Expert Group on the future of European public health research
European Commission
May 2013

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Breaking boundaries: a manifesto for primary care by the NHS Alliance

"This manifesto calls for all of us – patients, professionals, managers and policy makers – to break the boundaries that too often disable people from caring for themselves and prevent clinicians from delivering high quality, cost effective, integrated care with a new focus on health and wellbeing and prevention."

Breaking boundaries: a manifesto for primary care by the NHS Alliance
NHS Alliance
March 2013

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Leading networks in healthcare

"In response to the apparent increase in the number of networks operating in healthcare in the UK, and having reflected on its own work with networks, the Foundation undertook some scoping work to assess the situation. The aim was to test new techniques for supporting networks that encourage quality improvement."

Leading networks in healthcare
The Health Foundation
January 2013

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Strategic clinical networks: single operating framework

"Combining the experience of clinicians, the input of patients and the organisational vision of NHS staff, clinical networks have supported and improved the way we deliver care to patients in distinct areas, delivering true integration across primary secondary and often tertiary care."

Strategic clinical networks: single operating framework
NHS Commissioning Board
November 2012

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The way forward: strategic clinical networks

"Combining the experience of clinicians, the input of patients and the organisational vision of NHS staff clinical networks have supported and improved the way we deliver care to patients in distinct areas, delivering true integration across primary, secondary and often tertiary care."

The way forward: strategic clinical networks
NHS Commissioning Board
July 2012

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Academic Health Science Networks

“Every local NHS organisation should aspire to be affiliated to its local Academic Health Sciences Network, which would act as a high quality, high value gateway for any NHS organisation needing support or help with innovation, and provide industry with focused points of access to the NHS.”

Academic Health Science Networks
Department of Health
June 2012

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