Effective governance models for clinical commissioning groups (development tool, literature review and case studies)
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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.
Friday, 2 September 2011
Monday, 25 July 2011
Centre for Health Economics
The main methodological issues in costing healthcare services: a literature review
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E-watch on Innovation in Health Sciences
Better, sooner, more convenient healthcare in the community
Supporting spread: lessons from the California Improvement Network
Taking responsibility for complexity: how implementation can achieve results in the face of complex problems
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Supporting spread: lessons from the California Improvement Network
Taking responsibility for complexity: how implementation can achieve results in the face of complex problems
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Health Inspectorate (Wales)
3-year programme 2011-2014 (inspection programme for Wales – draft for comment)
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Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Web&Action: getting started on the IHI Triple Aim (online course beginning Oct 12th 2011)
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NIHR Health Technology Assessment Programme
The use of surrogate outcomes in model-based cost-effectiveness analyses: a survey of UK health technology assessment reports
Development of a toolkit and glossary to aid in the adaptation of health technology assessment (HTA) reports for use in different contexts
Avoiding and identifying errors in health technology assessment models: qualitative study and methodological review
Weighing and valuing quality-adjusted-life-years using stated preference methods: preliminary results from the Social Value of a QALY project
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Development of a toolkit and glossary to aid in the adaptation of health technology assessment (HTA) reports for use in different contexts
Avoiding and identifying errors in health technology assessment models: qualitative study and methodological review
Weighing and valuing quality-adjusted-life-years using stated preference methods: preliminary results from the Social Value of a QALY project
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Scottish Government
Consultation on regulation of independent healthcare in Scotland: consultation report
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Wednesday, 8 June 2011
E-watch on Innovation in Health Services
Partnership working and the implications for governance: issues affecting public health partnerships
Patient-centered care is associated with decreased healthcare utlilisation
Implementation of medical research in clinical practice
Safe and effective service improvement: delivering the safety and productivity agenda in healthcare using a lean approach
Are clinicians engaged in quality improvement?
Health services research into European policy and practice
Report on knowledge transfer and exchange practices: a systematic review of the quality and types of instruments used to assess KTE implementation and impact
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Patient-centered care is associated with decreased healthcare utlilisation
Implementation of medical research in clinical practice
Safe and effective service improvement: delivering the safety and productivity agenda in healthcare using a lean approach
Are clinicians engaged in quality improvement?
Health services research into European policy and practice
Report on knowledge transfer and exchange practices: a systematic review of the quality and types of instruments used to assess KTE implementation and impact
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Wednesday, 18 May 2011
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Patient and family centered care: why it matters and how to practice it (online video)
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E-Watch on Innovation in Health Services
Transforming Canadian healthcare through consumer engagement: the key to quality and system innovation
Interventions encouraging the use of systematic reviews by health policy makers and managers: a systematic review
Using evidence: advances and debates in bridging health research and action
Can evidence based medicine and clinical quality improvement learn from each other?
The effectiveness of strategies to change organizational culture to improve healthcare performance: a systematic review
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Interventions encouraging the use of systematic reviews by health policy makers and managers: a systematic review
Using evidence: advances and debates in bridging health research and action
Can evidence based medicine and clinical quality improvement learn from each other?
The effectiveness of strategies to change organizational culture to improve healthcare performance: a systematic review
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Thursday, 7 April 2011
Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
Engaging doctors: what can we learn from Trusts with high levels of medical engagement?
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Centre for Reviews and Dissemination
CRD/NIHR announce launch of international database of registered systematic reviews (PROSPERO). PROSPERO website here.
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E-watch on Innovation in Health Services
Future directions for the national healthcare quality and disparities reports
Research synthesis on cost drivers in the health sector and proposed policy drivers
Effective strategies for public engagement in the development of healthcare policies and programs
Creating a global health policy worthy of the name: discussion paper
To what extent to nurses use research in clinical practice? A systematic review
Healthcare technology collaboratives: filling a niche in the English R&D landscape
Uptake of newer methodological developments and the deployment of meta-analysis in diagnostic test research: a systematic review
How can we improve guideline use? A conceptual framework of implementability
United Kingdon (England) health system review
Performance measurement for health system improvement: experiences, challenges and prospects
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Research synthesis on cost drivers in the health sector and proposed policy drivers
Effective strategies for public engagement in the development of healthcare policies and programs
Creating a global health policy worthy of the name: discussion paper
To what extent to nurses use research in clinical practice? A systematic review
Healthcare technology collaboratives: filling a niche in the English R&D landscape
Uptake of newer methodological developments and the deployment of meta-analysis in diagnostic test research: a systematic review
How can we improve guideline use? A conceptual framework of implementability
United Kingdon (England) health system review
Performance measurement for health system improvement: experiences, challenges and prospects
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Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Clinical practice guidelines we can trust
Finding what works in healthcare: standards for systematic reviews
Innovations in health literacy research: workshop summary
The health of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people: building a foundation for better understanding
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Finding what works in healthcare: standards for systematic reviews
Innovations in health literacy research: workshop summary
The health of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people: building a foundation for better understanding
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NHS Education for Scotland
The development of the clinical healthcare support worker role: a review of the evidence
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Wednesday, 23 February 2011
Remote control: the patient-practitioner relationship in a digital age
Measuring impact in health improvement: an accessible guide for health practitioners
Safer patients initiative: lessons from the first major improvement programme addressing patient safety in the UK
Planning for knowledge translation: a researcher’s guide
Methodology in conducting a systematic review of systematic reviews of healthcare interventions
What’s leadership got to do with it? Exploring links between quality improvement and leadership in the NHS
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Measuring impact in health improvement: an accessible guide for health practitioners
Safer patients initiative: lessons from the first major improvement programme addressing patient safety in the UK
Planning for knowledge translation: a researcher’s guide
Methodology in conducting a systematic review of systematic reviews of healthcare interventions
What’s leadership got to do with it? Exploring links between quality improvement and leadership in the NHS
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INAHTA
Comparison of case note review methods for evaluating quality and safety in healthcare
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Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Achieving an exceptional patient and family experience of inpatient hospital care [Free registration required]
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National Academies Press
Digital infrastructure for the learning health system: workshop series summary [Free registration required]
Clinical data as the basic staple of health learning: a workshop summary [Free registration required]
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Clinical data as the basic staple of health learning: a workshop summary [Free registration required]
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Tuesday, 25 January 2011
Department of Health
Health and social care bill 2010-11
Technical guidance for the 2011/12 operating framework
Extension of mandatory surveillance to Meticillin Sensitive Staphylococcus Aureus (MSSA) and updated Healthcare Associated Infections clinical guidance (“HCAI Compendium”) – January 2011 [Letter]
Local involvement networks (LINks) annual reports 2009/10: commissioning, analysis and intelligence team
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Technical guidance for the 2011/12 operating framework
Extension of mandatory surveillance to Meticillin Sensitive Staphylococcus Aureus (MSSA) and updated Healthcare Associated Infections clinical guidance (“HCAI Compendium”) – January 2011 [Letter]
Local involvement networks (LINks) annual reports 2009/10: commissioning, analysis and intelligence team
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E-watch on Innovation in Health Services
Framework for assessing, improving and enhancing health service planning
Involving the public in healthcare policy: an update of the research evidence and proposed evaluation framework
The impact of ehealth on the quality and safety of health care: a systematic overview
Knowledge exchange processes in organizations and policy arenas: a narrative systematic review of the literature
Fidelity of implementation: development and testing of a measure
A new pathway for the regulation and governance of health research
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Involving the public in healthcare policy: an update of the research evidence and proposed evaluation framework
The impact of ehealth on the quality and safety of health care: a systematic overview
Knowledge exchange processes in organizations and policy arenas: a narrative systematic review of the literature
Fidelity of implementation: development and testing of a measure
A new pathway for the regulation and governance of health research
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Health Rights Information Scotland
PIF annual conference: meeting the challenges in health information [Conference, Birmingham]
International patients summit: treating patients as partners [Conference, Edinburgh]
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International patients summit: treating patients as partners [Conference, Edinburgh]
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NHS Information Centre
Mental health bulletin: fourth report from mental health minimum dataset annual returns 2010
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Scottish Government
Early years framework: progress so far
A refreshed framework for maternity care in Scotland
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A refreshed framework for maternity care in Scotland
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