Working for equity in health

"Despite the growing number of policy commitments to tackle inequities, overall improvements in health have been dogged by persistent and increasing inequalities."

Working for equity in health: the role of work, worklessness and social protection in health inequalities: context, situation analysis and evidence review
Health Action Partnership International, The Scottish Government
January 2012

The full report is available here, and a summary is available here.

Genomic technology in healthcare

"This report sets out a strategic vision for how the healthcare system in the UK – and particularly in the NHS – can benefit from the mainstream adoption of genomic technology."

Building on our inheritance: genomic technology in healthcare
Human Genomics Strategy Group
January 2012

Read more here.

The Management Code

"An excellent manager will always have safety in mind when planning change and patient client services."

The Management Code
The Institute of Healthcare Management
January 2012

Read more here.

Educating surgical patients to reduce the risk of venous thromboembolism

"A simple method of introducing patient education at pre-assessment clinic and as part of their discharge planning, for major elective surgery, is an effective system in improving patient understanding of VTE, its risk factors and the importance of prophylaxis."

Educating surgical patients to reduce the risk of venous thromboembolism: an audit of an effective strategy
H Sadideen, JM O'Callaghan, M Navidi, M Sayegh
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Short Reports, 2011, 2(12):97

Read more here.

Service-line management: Can it improve quality and efficiency?

Implementing Service Line Reporting and Service Line Management "works best when it is central to the overall management approach of the trust and part of its day-to-day way of working."

Service-line management: Can it improve quality and efficiency?
C Foot, L Sonola, J Maybin, C Naylor
The King's Fund
January 2012

Read more here.

Good Governance Handbook

"This document has been designed to provide some key principles of good governance that can aid decision making at board level in healthcare providers."


Good Governance Handbook
J Bullivant, R Burgess, A Corbett-Nolan, K Godfrey
Good Governance Institute, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership
January 2012

Read more here.

Telehealth - lessons to learn

"Development of an integrated patient record greatly facilitates collaboration between different clinicians involved in patient care, with telehealth data available to communitywide electronic health records."

Telehealth: What can the NHS learn from experience at the US Veterans Health Administration?
J Cruickshank, E Winpenny
2020health.org
January 2012

Read more here.