Improving America’s hospitals: the Joint Comissions annual report on quality and safety 2010
Industrial and systems engineering and health care: critical areas of research: final report
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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.
Thursday, 7 October 2010
Centre for Health Economics
Workshop in methods of economic evaluation in public health: presentations
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E-watch on Innovation in Health Sciences
Expediting systematic reviews: methods and implications of rapid reviews
Using common work environment metrics to improve performance in healthcare organizations
Reducing the use of ineffective health care interventions
Alberta’s health research and innovation strategy
Key factors influencing adoption of an innovation in primary health care: a qualitative study based on implementation theory
Healthcare improvement and innovation resource centre
Scoping studies: advancing the methodology
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Using common work environment metrics to improve performance in healthcare organizations
Reducing the use of ineffective health care interventions
Alberta’s health research and innovation strategy
Key factors influencing adoption of an innovation in primary health care: a qualitative study based on implementation theory
Healthcare improvement and innovation resource centre
Scoping studies: advancing the methodology
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Health Protection Scotland
Compliance with hand hygiene: audit report (9th bi-monthly audit)
Quarterly report on the surveillance of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemias in Scotland, April – June 2010
Quarterly report on the surveillance of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in Scotland, April – June 2010
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Quarterly report on the surveillance of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemias in Scotland, April – June 2010
Quarterly report on the surveillance of Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) in Scotland, April – June 2010
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Irish Soc. for Quality and Safety in Healthcare,
Health matters: national staff magazine of the health service executive (spring 2010)
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National Academies Press
The future of nursing: leading change, advancing health (Free to download)
Redesigning the clinical effectiveness research paradigm: innovation and practice-based approaches: workshop summary (Free to download)
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Redesigning the clinical effectiveness research paradigm: innovation and practice-based approaches: workshop summary (Free to download)
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NHS Confederation
Scottish Government
Scottish health survey 2009
Scottish inpatient experience survey 2010: national results
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Scottish inpatient experience survey 2010: national results
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UK Statistics
Quality outcomes framework: achievement, prevalence and exception reporting 2009/10
Acute hospital activity: quarterly summary of inpatient, daycase and outpatient activity (April – June 2010)
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Acute hospital activity: quarterly summary of inpatient, daycase and outpatient activity (April – June 2010)
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