QIPP (Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention) aims to help NHS organisations deliver higher quality care and operate more efficiently and effectively. The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust has set up a programme to implement QIPP across the trust. This blog, delivered by the RFH Medical Library, will highlight latest papers about QIPP to support the Trust as they carry out this work.
Thursday, 7 January 2016
BRAFV600E mutation testing for thyroid cancer
"The BRAF V600E mutation test is more than 99% specific for thyroid cancer, so a positive result means that it is more than 99% likely that the patient has a malignancy and the entire thyroid can be removed in 1 operation rather than 2. This reduces the risks of complications and shortens the total time spent in hospital and recovery."
BRAFV600E mutation testing for thyroid cancer: avoiding unnecessary surgery
NICE Quality and productivity example
Portsmouth Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
December 2015
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