Effectiveness of interventions designed to promote patient involvement to enhance safety: a systematic review. Quality in Health Care, 2010.
Standing Up for Doctors, Speaking Out for Patients: Final Report.
This report summarizes findings from a survey querying physicians about United Kingdom National Health Service whistleblowing policies.
10 years after To Err Is Human: are we listening to patients and families yet? Focus on Patient Safety Newsletter. 2010;13:1-3.
Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture: 2010 User Comparative Database Report (United States)
2009 National Healthcare Quality Report (United States)
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Tuesday, 8 June 2010
Cochrane Collaboration
The James Lind Alliance announces the launch of online Guidebook for priority setting in research
The James Lind Alliance has announced the launch of the Guidebook - an online resource designed to enable patients and clinicians to set the medical research agenda.
The James Lind Alliance has announced the launch of the Guidebook - an online resource designed to enable patients and clinicians to set the medical research agenda.
Commonwealth Fund
Enhancing the Capacity of Community Health Centers to Achieve High Performance: Findings from the 2009 Commonwealth Fund National Survey of Federally Qualified Health Centers
Federally Qualified Health Centers are community-based health centers that provide comprehensive primary care and behavioral and mental health services to patients regardless of ability to pay. This report highlights methods for strengthening FQHCs’ ability to provide care. These include formalizing partnerships with hospitals, improving office systems, adopting the medical home model, and increasing use of HIT.
Federally Qualified Health Centers are community-based health centers that provide comprehensive primary care and behavioral and mental health services to patients regardless of ability to pay. This report highlights methods for strengthening FQHCs’ ability to provide care. These include formalizing partnerships with hospitals, improving office systems, adopting the medical home model, and increasing use of HIT.
Blueprint for the Dissemination of Evidence-Based Practices in Health Care
Aimed at fostering the broad adoption of effective health care interventions, this report proposes a blueprint for improving the dissemination of best practices by national quality improvement campaigns.
Evidence-Based Health Care for Children: What Are We Missing?
With the enactment of comprehensive health reform, reimbursement for a variety of health care services will likely depend on evidence to support that provision. Understanding what constitutes "evidence" will have a profound effect on the range of clinical care provided.
E-Watch on Innovation in Health Services
Who needs what from a national health research system: lessons from reforms to the English Department of Health's R&D system. Health Research Policy and Systems, 2010;8:11.
Introduction to Evidence-Informed Decision Making (e-learning course)
The 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making. "Evidence, Economics, and Ethics: The Future of Health Technology Assessment", October 24 - 27, 2010, Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, Toronto, Canada (Conference)
Healthcare systems: efficiency and institutions
SIIRen: system integration and innovation research network (website)
Building a 21st century primary health care system: Australia’s first national primary health care strategy
Changing Management Cultures and Organisational Performance in the NHS (OC2)
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Introduction to Evidence-Informed Decision Making (e-learning course)
The 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Medical Decision Making. "Evidence, Economics, and Ethics: The Future of Health Technology Assessment", October 24 - 27, 2010, Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, Toronto, Canada (Conference)
Healthcare systems: efficiency and institutions
SIIRen: system integration and innovation research network (website)
Building a 21st century primary health care system: Australia’s first national primary health care strategy
Changing Management Cultures and Organisational Performance in the NHS (OC2)
[Links to external webpages]
Health Foundation
Sharing our ideas and learning: The Health Foundation at the The International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare
Presentations and posters prepared by The Health Foundation for the International Forum but never delivered due to the Iceland volcano.
Presentations and posters prepared by The Health Foundation for the International Forum but never delivered due to the Iceland volcano.
Health Protection Scotland
Hand hygiene - seventh bi-monthly audit report
Guidelines for the investigation, control and prevention of spread of group A streptococcal (GAS) infection in acute healthcare settings in the United Kingdom (Draft for consultation)
Scottish Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory - audit-study day (Course)
The Scottish Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory will be holding its biennial audit-study day on Tuesday 15 June 2010 at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. It will include updates on current laboratory techniques and epidemiology of mycobacterial infections. For more details or to register please contact Mrs Shona Hannan at: shona.hannan@luht.scot.nhs.uk or telephone 0131 242 6016.
Quarterly report on the Surveillance of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in Scotland, October 2009-December 2009
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Guidelines for the investigation, control and prevention of spread of group A streptococcal (GAS) infection in acute healthcare settings in the United Kingdom (Draft for consultation)
Scottish Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory - audit-study day (Course)
The Scottish Mycobacteria Reference Laboratory will be holding its biennial audit-study day on Tuesday 15 June 2010 at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. It will include updates on current laboratory techniques and epidemiology of mycobacterial infections. For more details or to register please contact Mrs Shona Hannan at: shona.hannan@luht.scot.nhs.uk or telephone 0131 242 6016.
Quarterly report on the Surveillance of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in Scotland, October 2009-December 2009
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Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Conflict Engagement Training for Health Professionals: Recommendations for Creating Conflict Competent Organizations
This resource presents an overview of current "best practices" for creating conflict competent organizations, and includes a review of the literature and input from experienced professionals who provide training to health care organizations.
This resource presents an overview of current "best practices" for creating conflict competent organizations, and includes a review of the literature and input from experienced professionals who provide training to health care organizations.
$10 Million in Savings: Reducing Hospital Operating Expenses While Improving Quality July 2010 (Conference)
This two-day seminar will take place in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on July 27-28, 2010.
Helping leaders blink correctly: Split-second decisions have patient safety implications (Part 1)
This article describes two of four necessary skills health care leaders need to develop in order to "blink" appropriately (i.e., make decisions based on robust analysis and interpretation of data): understanding the messiness of improving health care, and determining why you are measuring.
International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare 2011 (Conference)
The 2011 International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, co-sponsored by IHI and the BMJ Publishing Group, will be held April 5-8, 2011, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Partnership for Healthcare Excellence (Website)
The Partnership for Healthcare Excellence offers numerous resources (e.g., fact sheets, posters, videos) for patients, physicians, hospitals, employers, and community organizations to educate and engage patients more directly in their own care. Example resources include questions to ask at a doctor's appointment, medication safety, infection prevention, comparing hospitals, and end-of-life planning.
Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Involving users in commissioning local services
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King's Fund
Patient choice: how patients choose and how providers respond
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Monitor
Measuring Monitor’s impact: economic evaluation report
This report highlights improvements in performance at NHS foundation trusts as a consequence of both Monitor’s assessment process for applicant trusts, and its risk-based approach to regulation. It was produced with support from Frontier Economics and the research methodology was independently validated.
NHS Foundation Trusts: clinical quality and service performance
This document is the outcome of a consultation which aimed to develop how the Compliance Framework addresses clinical quality and service performance in NHS foundation trusts.
Service-line management
Toolkits and guides for managing service lines in the healthcare setting.
This report highlights improvements in performance at NHS foundation trusts as a consequence of both Monitor’s assessment process for applicant trusts, and its risk-based approach to regulation. It was produced with support from Frontier Economics and the research methodology was independently validated.
NHS Foundation Trusts: clinical quality and service performance
This document is the outcome of a consultation which aimed to develop how the Compliance Framework addresses clinical quality and service performance in NHS foundation trusts.
Service-line management
Toolkits and guides for managing service lines in the healthcare setting.
National Academies Press
A summary of the December 2009 forum on the future of nursing: care in the community
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UK Statistics
Health statistics quarterly: summer 2010
Welsh health survey 2009: initial headline results – May 2010
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Welsh health survey 2009: initial headline results – May 2010
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World Health Organisation
Sixty-third World Health Assembly closes after passing multiple resolutions
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