Assessing initiatives to transform healthcare systems

"This paper suggests that money alone cannot improve healthcare."

Assessing initiatives to transform healthcare systems: lessons from the Canadian healthcare system
JL Denis, HTO Davies, E Ferlie
Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
Series on healthcare transformation: Paper 1
May 2011

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Better with age

"The Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF) convened a series of roundtables—five regional  and one national—called Better with Age: Health systems planning for the aging population."


Better with age: health systems planning for the aging population: synthesis report
Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
July 2011

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Principles of community engagement

"Involving the community and collaborating with its members are cornerstones of efforts to improve public health."

Principles of community engagement, 2nd ed.
National Institutes of Health
June 2011

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Medication knowledge, certainty, and risk of errors in health care

"Medication knowledge was found to be unsatisfactory among practicing nurses, with a significant risk for medication errors."

Medication knowledge, certainty, and risk of errors in health care: a cross-sectional study
BO Simonsen, I Johansson, GK Daehlin, LM Osvik, P Farup
BMC Health Services 2011, 11:175

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Lessons from the business sector for successful knowledge management in health care

"Only recently has knowledge management been receiving attention by the health care sector, in part due to the ever growing amount of information that health care practitioners must handle."

Lessons from the business sector for successful knowledge management in health care: a systematic review
A Kothari, N Hovanec, R Hastie, S Sibbald
BMC Health Services Research, 2011, 11:173

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Making shared decision-making a reality

"This report clarifies the concept of shared decision-making and outlines the actions needed to make the aspiration a reality."

Making shared decision-making a reality: no decision about me, without me
A Coulter, A Collins
The King's Fund
July 2011

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Commissioning for long term conditions

This pathway is supported by National Association of Primary Care, NHS Alliance, and the Department of Health and supports health and social care teams participating on the QIPP long term conditions workstream.

Introduction to the long term conditions commissioning pathway
NHS Networks
July 2011

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