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Developing learning health systems in the UK: Priorities for action
A research report demystifying learning health systems and setting out important areas where action can lead to tangible progress.
We think of quality improvement as a systematic approach that uses specific techniques to improve quality in health and health care.
Our recent work and content on this topic is listed below.
FEATURED
A research report demystifying learning health systems and setting out important areas where action can lead to tangible progress.
This toolkit is for researchers to help increase influence and impact in health and health care.
Waiting times for many NHS urgent and emergency services in England were at their worst in 2016/17 for the last five years, but there is so far little evidence that the quality of care for some of the...
Objective: To use cumulative sum (CUSUM) charts for the early detection of variations in quality of care in a maternity department. Design: Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data. ...
Aims: To investigate perceived factors relating to the reliable application of four clinical care practices targeting ventilator-associated pneumonias, in the context of a patient safety improvement i...
The Health Foundation has selected 18 senior health care professionals to join GenerationQ, a leadership programme designed to develop a new generation of skilled and effective leaders to improve the ...
This QualityWatch report shows changes in patterns of use over time and provides the basis for discussion about the quality of care for children and young people.
Sometimes we can be so bombarded with information about how the system is broken, there is no space to talk about what is working and the opportunities to do things better. That's why, with the suppor...
The Health Foundation and NHS Improvement today announced the launch of a new ‘Improvement Lab’ to address complex challenges in health and health care. The Q Improvement Lab brings together a communi...
Aim: To prototype a system for identifying and monitoring those organisational processes that give rise to latent conditions that can contribute to failures in a dispensary environment. Methods:...
Objective: To identify specific aspects of teamworking associated with greater clinical efficiency in simulated obstetric emergencies. Design: Cross-sectional secondary analysis of video recordin...
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