What is patient safety? A review of the literature [Abstract]
Patient safety culture report: focusing on indicators
This report identifies care process and outcome indicators in the European Union and describes how the indicators relate to patient safety culture.
Medical engagement in organisation-wide safety and quality-improvement programmes: experience in the UK Safer Patients Initiative [Abstract]
Teaching quality improvement and patient safety to trainees: a systematic review [Abstract]
The relationship between patients' perception of care and measures of hospital quality and safety [Abstract]
Developing a common language for evaluation questions in quality and safety improvement [Abstract]
Selecting quality and resources use measures: a decision guide for community quality collaboratives
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Healthcare Improvement Scotland gathers the latest in quality improvement, innovation and adopted best practice. This bulletin brings you research, resources and publications from across the international improvement community. Follow our posts and keep up to date on the improvement methodologies, techniques and policies influencing your healthcare.
Tuesday, 31 August 2010
Audit Scotland
Best value toolkits [Toolkit]
We have a new series of toolkits for use by auditors when carrying out Best Value (BV) audits or in a range of other work. These include: challenge & improvement, community engagement, equalities, governance & accountability.
[Links to external webpage]
We have a new series of toolkits for use by auditors when carrying out Best Value (BV) audits or in a range of other work. These include: challenge & improvement, community engagement, equalities, governance & accountability.
[Links to external webpage]
Centre for Health Economics
Workshop on methods of economic evaluation in public health research [Presentations]
[Links to external webpage]
[Links to external webpage]
Commonwealth Fund
The Triple Aim Journey: Improving Population Health and Patients' Experience of Care, While Reducing Costs [Case-studies]
[Links to external webpage]
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Department of Health
Manual for cancer services 2008: psychological support measures
Early experiences of implementing personal health budgets
Twenty pilot sites have been selected from the personal health budgets pilot for an in-depth study, as part of a wider evaluation exploring the potential of personal health budgets to benefit different groups of people. This report is based on interviews with project leads and highlights some of the challenges the pilot sites face and how they are beginning to overcome these.
Liberating the NHS: report of the arms length bodies review
[Links to external webpages]
Early experiences of implementing personal health budgets
Twenty pilot sites have been selected from the personal health budgets pilot for an in-depth study, as part of a wider evaluation exploring the potential of personal health budgets to benefit different groups of people. This report is based on interviews with project leads and highlights some of the challenges the pilot sites face and how they are beginning to overcome these.
Liberating the NHS: report of the arms length bodies review
[Links to external webpages]
Health Professions Council
Consultation on proposed changes to the generic standards of proficiency
The full standards for consultation are available here.
[Links to external webpages]
The full standards for consultation are available here.
[Links to external webpages]
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Co-ordinating care for patients with complex needs [Web-based training]
Over the course of three web-based sessions, our expert faculty will address the following:
• Identifying opportunities to better coordinate care for patients with complex needs
• Allocating resources to better meet the range of needs in this population
• Testing new ways to streamline care for patients with complex needs
• Partnering with community organizations to address social determinants of health
• Tracking the impact on health, costs, and patient experience
[Links to external webpage]
Over the course of three web-based sessions, our expert faculty will address the following:
• Identifying opportunities to better coordinate care for patients with complex needs
• Allocating resources to better meet the range of needs in this population
• Testing new ways to streamline care for patients with complex needs
• Partnering with community organizations to address social determinants of health
• Tracking the impact on health, costs, and patient experience
[Links to external webpage]
King's Fund
Referral management: lessons for success
This report found that NHS referral management centres (RMCs) and some other interventions to manage GP referrals into secondary care are failing to improve quality and deliver cost savings.
[Links to external webpage]
This report found that NHS referral management centres (RMCs) and some other interventions to manage GP referrals into secondary care are failing to improve quality and deliver cost savings.
[Links to external webpage]
MHRA
The Medicines for Human Use (Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2010
[Links to external webpage]
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National Academic Press
Transforming clinical research in the United States: challenges and opportunities [Workshop report]
The prevention and treatment of missing data in clinical trials
[Links to external webpages]
The prevention and treatment of missing data in clinical trials
[Links to external webpages]
National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia)
Emergency department stroke and transient ishaemic attack care bundle [Multiple downloads]
[Links to external webpage]
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NHS Information Centre
A summary of public health indicators using electronic data from primary care 2001-2007 [Statistics]
[Links to external webpage]
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NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
Medical leadership competency framework: enhancing engagement in medical leadership, 3rd edition
NHS live project directory [Database]
The NHS Live project directory is a great source of local improvement stories, and is searchable by keyword and region.
Creating the culture for innovation: a practical guide for leaders
[Links to external webpages]
NHS live project directory [Database]
The NHS Live project directory is a great source of local improvement stories, and is searchable by keyword and region.
Creating the culture for innovation: a practical guide for leaders
[Links to external webpages]
NICE
NICE announces development of further quality standards [News]
NICE guideline set to transform cancer care for thousands of patients [News]
[Links to external websites]
NICE guideline set to transform cancer care for thousands of patients [News]
[Links to external websites]
Nursing and Midwifery Council
Review of pre-registration nursing education phase 2: report of consultation findings on proposed new standards for pre-registration nursing education
Review of pre-registration nursing education: stakeholder engagement and outcomes
Safeguarding adults [News]
New hub for resources on the role of nurses and midwives in safeguarding adults.
[Links to external webpages]
Review of pre-registration nursing education: stakeholder engagement and outcomes
Safeguarding adults [News]
New hub for resources on the role of nurses and midwives in safeguarding adults.
[Links to external webpages]
OECD
OECD ministerial meeting (October 2010): health priorities in the aftermath of the crisis
At a meeting in Paris on 7-8th October, Ministers will discuss how to enhance quality, reduce waste and promote healthy lifestyles – this webpage links to the topics and questions to be discussed at the meeting.
[Links to external webpage]
At a meeting in Paris on 7-8th October, Ministers will discuss how to enhance quality, reduce waste and promote healthy lifestyles – this webpage links to the topics and questions to be discussed at the meeting.
[Links to external webpage]
Scottish Government
Delivering quality in primary care national action plan: implementing the healthcare quality strategy for NHSScotland
Hospital superbugs [News]
Information governance records management guidance for NHS boards [multiple documents]
Consultation on regulation of independent healthcare in Scotland
[Links to external webpages]
Hospital superbugs [News]
Information governance records management guidance for NHS boards [multiple documents]
Consultation on regulation of independent healthcare in Scotland
[Links to external webpages]
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