Managing quality in community health care services

"This paper reports on the findings from a small primary research study exploring how community health services providers define, measure, manage and improve the quality of care."

Managing quality in community health care services
C Foot, L Sonola, L Bennett, B Fitzsimons, V Raleigh, S Gregory
The King's Fund
December 2014

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The second curve of population health

"The tactics described in this guide provide a framework for initiatives that hospitals and care systems could pursue to develop an institutional infrastructure that supports population health. These tactics are:

• Value-based reimbursement
• Seamless care across all settings
• Proactive and systematic patient education
• Workplace competencies and education on population health
• Integrated, comprehensive HIT that supports risk stratification of patients with real-time accessibility
• Mature community partnerships to collaborate on community-based solutions"

The second curve of population health
Health Research & Educational Trust
March 2014

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Transforming local care

"This Briefing shows how the community health sector is driving the transformation of local care systems and how innovative community healthcare providers are enabling people to stay healthy and independent and avoid crises that lead to unplanned hospital admissions."

Transforming local care
NHS Confederation
March 2013 Issue 258

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