Consensus on quality

"At the end of 2014, Solutions for Public Health (SPH) was commissioned to conduct a study to gather consensus from a range of stakeholder groups on what they felt was important to measure in order to understand the quality of healthcare. This study used a Delphi-style consultation approach to interrogate 73 statements that describe the measurable aspects of the quality of healthcare."

Consensus on quality
H Dorning
The Health Foundation, Nuffield Trust
December 2015

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Focus on: International comparisons of healthcare quality

"This report uses the data to understand what international comparisons tell us about changes in quality of healthcare in the UK between 2000 and 2013, and provides a baseline for future comparisons."

Focus on: International comparisons of healthcare quality: What can the UK learn?
L Kossarova, I Blunt, M Bardsley
QualityWatch
July 2015

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Room for improvement: noise on a maternity ward

"Noise and disruptions are a significant problem during postpartum hospital stay. Healthcare institutions are responsible for patient-centered care; a quiet time intervention promises to contribute to a safe, healing environment in hospitals."

Room for improvement: noise on a maternity ward
S Adatia, S Law, J Haggerty
BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:604  doi:10.1186/s12913-014-0604-3

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Assisting allied health in performance evaluation

"The findings of this review should inform the development of a standardised framework that can be used to measure and evaluate allied health performance"

Assisting allied health in performance evaluation: a systematic review
L Lizarondo, K Grimmer, S Kumar
BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:572  doi:10.1186/s12913-014-0572-7

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Leading and transforming outcomes conference: presentations

These are the agenda and presentations from #LTO14 - Healthcare Scientists Leading and Transforming Outcomes. This was the Chief Scientific Officer's two-day leadership conference held on 31 Mar 2014 and 1 April 2014.

Read the presentations here.

International Forum on Quality and Safety In Healthcare 2014 abstracts

Abstracts are available for the International Forum on Quality and Safety In Healthcare 8-11 April 2014, Paris. This year's theme is "Improve Quality, Reduce Costs, Save Lives".

To view the abstracts go here.

Facilitating knowledge exchange between health-care sectors, organisations and professions

"Relatively little is known about how people and groups who function in boundary-spanning positions between different sectors, organisations and professions contribute to improved quality of health care and clinical outcomes."

Facilitating knowledge exchange between health-care sectors, organisations and professions: a longitudinal mixed-methods study of boundary-spanning processes and their impact on health-care quality
L Nasir, G Robert, M Fischer, I Norman, T Murrells, P Schofield
National Institute for Health Research
Health Services and Delivery Research, October 2013, 1(7)

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