Reducing colorectal surgical site infections

"In partnership with the American College of Surgeons, the Joint Commission Center for Transforming Healthcare led a multi-institutional collaboration of seven leading U.S. hospitals, which was established to reduce colorectal SSIs."

Reducing colorectal surgical site infections
Joint Commission's Center for Transforming Healthcare
December 2012

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Creating change: Innovation, Health and Wealth one year on

This is a progress report in response to last year's Innovation Health and Wealth, accelerating adoption and diffusion in the NHS (IHW). "The only way we will improve outcomes and quality for patients in a tighter economic climate is through innovation – both incremental and disruptive."

Creating change: Innovation, Health and Wealth one year on
Department of Health
December 2012

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Using safety cases in industry and healthcare

"This report reviews the available evidence and practice in order to provide a clear description of how safety cases have been used in other safety critical industries, and to identify and describe their potential application within healthcare."

Using safety cases in industry and healthcare
The Health Foundation
December 2012

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Making ambulance handover delays a thing of the past

"In this report, we have looked at ambulance turnaround delays on a national and whole system basis for the first time. "

Zero tolerance: making ambulance handover delays a thing of the past
NHS Confederation, Association of Ambulance Chief Executives
December 2012

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Providing community-based health practitioners with timely and accurate discharge medicines information

"The Medicines Information Transfer Fax (MITF) is an effective approach for the timely delivery of accurate discharge medicines information to community-based practitioners responsible for the patient's ongoing care."

Providing community-based health practitioners with timely and accurate discharge medicines information
AV Gilbert, B Patel, M Morrow, D Williams, MS Roberts, AL Gilbert
BMC Health Services Research, 2012, 12:453

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General practice in London: supporting improvements in quality

"We hope this report will inspire GP leaders and commissioners to think differently about the future of general practice in London, and encourage them to develop innovative, local solutions to ensure that all Londoners enjoy good health and access to high-quality care."

General practice in London: supporting improvements in quality
V Raleigh, Y Tian, N Goodwin, A Dixon, J Thompson, C Millett, M Soljak
The King's Fund
December 2012

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Malnutrition matters: meeting quality standards in nutritional care

"This Toolkit will assist commissioners and providers to deliver high quality nutritional care across all care settings and meet national nutritional quality targets including those of the Care Quality Commission."

Malnutrition matters: meeting quality standards in nutritional care
A Brotherton, N Simmonds, M Stroud
British Association for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
November 2012

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