Towards affordable healthcare: Why effective innovation is key

"In this report, we look at one of the crucial pieces of the jigsaw – healthcare innovation. As one of the largest components of age-related public spending, healthcare is at the forefront of the challenge of ageing. While ensuring that we have a good healthcare system that requires continual improvements in the quality of services for users, it also requires improvements in the efficiency of the system to ensure its long run survival."

Towards affordable healthcare: Why effective innovation is key
SM Bamford, B Franklin, D Hochlaf, G Holley-Moore
International Longevity Centre - UK
June 2017

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Collaborating with front-line healthcare professionals for improved guideline implementation

"The TDFI (Theoretical Domains Framework Implementation) approach improved the uptake of a patient safety guideline across three hospitals. The TDFI approach is clinically and cost effective in comparison to the usual practice."

Collaborating with front-line healthcare professionals: the clinical and cost effectiveness of a theory based approach to the implementation of a national guideline
N Taylor, et al.
BMC Health Services Research, 2014, 14:648

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Medicines in Commissioning Toolkit

"This toolkit will help ensure that high quality, cost effective, accessible medicines management services are commissioned and provided within new and redesigned patient services."

Medicines in Commissioning Toolkit
NHS East & South East England Specialist Pharmacy Services
April 2013

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Making recovery a reality in your community

"Building recovery in your local community should be a focus for local strategies both because it is the right thing to do and because it is smart and cost effective commissioning."

Making recovery a reality in your community: a briefing for commissioners of mental health, drug and alcohol services
Alcohol Concern, DrugScope, Centre for Mental Health
August 2013

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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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Over 150 potentially low-value health care practices

"A total of 5209 articles were screened for eligibility, resulting in 156 potentially ineffective and/or unsafe services being identified for consideration."

Over 150 potentially low-value health care practices: an Australian study
AG Elshaug, AM Watt, L Mundy, CD Willis
Medical Journal of Australia, 2012, 197(10):556-560

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