Seven day consultant present care

The importance of consultants in providing high quality care for patients in hospital has been highlighted recently by the publication of The Benefits of Consultant Delivered Care. This document recognises the significance of delivering the benefits identified in that report, seven days a week.

Seven day consultant present care
Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
December 2012

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Measuring what matters: the cost vs values of health care

"To achieve greater value for health system costs in Canada, we offer three recommendations to make a shift towards delivering value to Canadians in a cost effective, sustainable, and patient-centric model of health care."

Measuring what matters: the cost vs values of health care
A Snowdon, K Schnarr, A Hussein, C Alessi
Ivey International Centre for Health Innovation
November 2012

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Systematic archiving and access to health research data

"Systematically archiving data from health research and large-scale surveys and ensuring access to databases offer economic benefits and can improve the accountability, efficiency and quality of scientific research."

Systematic archiving and access to health research data: rationale, current status and way forward
M Rani, BS Buckley
Bulletin of the World Health Organization, 2012, 90(12):932-939

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Organizational road maps for value-driven health care

"Healthcare provider organizations must work to close the value gap by improving quality while reducing the total cost of care to the purchaser."

Organizational road maps for value-driven health care
Healthcare Financial Management Association
November 2012

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A good death: the role of the local authority in end of life care

"This research shows that progress has been made in some areas of the country, but that there is further still to go in developing a fully integrated approach to end of life care that draws in the expertise in health, social care and housing to deliver joined up, personalised services."

A good death: the role of the local authority in end of life care
Local Government Information Unit
November 2012

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Quality measures: bridging the cultural divide

"Reforms to the NHS in England, currently underway, that involve devolution of budgets to local clinical groups, and a stronger role for regulators, cannot succeed in establishing accountability for the assurance of the quality and safety of care, nor the stewardship of very large amounts of tax-payers’ money, without credible data."

Quality measures: bridging the cultural divide
LJ Donaldson, A Darzi
BMJ Quality and Safety, 21:969-972

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Dr Foster Hospital Guide 2012

"Trusts that provide cost effective care by reducing the length of stay in hospital, avoiding emergency readmissions and using resources effectively can also achieve good outcomes."

Fit for the future: Dr Foster Hospital Guide 2012
Dr Foster Intelligence
December 2012

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