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Could quality be cheaper? How quality improvements helped to reduce costs for three local services
December 2011 In depth case studyThis case study looks in detail at three improvement projects that received support from our Shine 2010 programme. They aimed to introduce innovations, redesign services, improve patient care and identify savings for their local health services. We l...
06 December 2011
Evaluating healthcare quality improvement
November 2011 Research/evaluation reportThe Health Foundation hosted a roundtable event to discuss current thinking about the challenges of evaluating complex interventions to improve the quality of healthcare. Senior figures from the field of improvement science came together to share the...
30 November 2011
Training professionals in motivational interviewing
November 2011 Research scanMotivational interviewing draws on people’s intrinsic motivation to change their behaviour and improve their health. The skills of the professionals offering motivational interviewing may influence its success. This research scan summarises wha...
21 November 2011
Improving safety in primary care (research scan)
November 2011 Research scanThis research scan explores steps that have been taken to minimise errors and improve patient safety in primary care.
16 November 2011
Does improving safety culture affect patient outcomes?
November 2011 Research scanThere is an increasing focus on ways to measure and improve safety culture in healthcare. This research scan examines whether improving safety culture has an impact on patient and staff outcomes.
16 November 2011
Levels of harm in primary care (research scan)
November 2011 Research scanA great deal of research is available about patient harm in hospital, but less is known about errors in primary care. This research scan investigates the evidence that is available.
16 November 2011
High reliability organisations (Research scan)
November 2011 Research scanThis research scan collates empirical evidence about the characteristics of high reliability organisations and how these organisations develop within and outside healthcare.
08 November 2011
Spotlight on dementia care
October 2011 Spotlight on...There is an important and urgent need to improve services for people with dementia and their carers. The statistics speak for themselves: there are 750,000 people with dementia in the UK and this is forecast to increase to over a million by 2021. Thi...
13 October 2011
Can patients be teachers?
October 2011 Scoping reportThis report aims to describe the current ‘state of the art’ of active patient involvement in the education of health and social care professionals, in both the literature and in practice. It aims to highlight areas for further research...
10 October 2011
Guiding patients through complexity: Modern medical generalism
October 2011An independent commission, chaired by Baroness Finlay, has concluded that more of the most talented doctors must be encouraged to make careers as generalists rather than specialists to meet people’s changing health needs.
07 October 2011
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