Capturing value from health technologies in lean times

"The adoption of new health technologies brings potential improvements to quality of life as well as new costs for provincial healthcare systems."

Capturing value from health technologies in lean times
Commentary no.396
A Blomqvist, C Busby, D Husereau
C.D. Howe Institute
December 2013

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Patient-centredness in integrated healthcare delivery systems

"If providers and payers can take into account patient needs and expectations while implementing innovative healthcare delivery systems, greater acceptance and satisfaction will be achieved."

Patient-centredness in integrated healthcare delivery systems
C Juhnke, AC Muhlbacher
International Journal of Integrated Care, 2013, 13

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International profiles of health care systems

"This publication presents overviews of the health care systems of Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Japan, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States. Each overview covers health insurance, public and private financing, health system organization and governance, health care quality and coordination, disparities, efficiency and integration, use of information technology and evidence-based practice, cost containment, and recent reforms and innovations."

International profiles of health care systems
Edited by S Thomson, R Osborn, D Squires, M Jun
The Commonwealth Fund
November 2013

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Draft framework of excellence in clinical commissioning: for CCGs

"Large scale system change in health and social care is complex and challenging and driving such change takes strategic, collaborative leadership, built on a compelling vision for the future."

Draft framework of excellence in clinical commissioning: for CCGs
S Rutherford, J Simon
The NHS Constitution
November 2013

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A framework for assessing health system resilience in an economic crisis

"The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework for assessing the resilience of health systems in terms of how they have adjusted to economic crisis."

A framework for assessing health system resilience in an economic crisis: Ireland as a test case
S Thomas, C Keegan, S Barry, R Layte, M Jowett, C Normand
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:450

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How Ealing Health Networks can contribute to efficient and quality healthcare

"We describe how the formation of Health Networks in Ealing leads to improved outcomes for patients by the coordination of the care they receive by health and social care professionals."

How Ealing Health Networks can contribute to efficient and quality healthcare
R Chandok, N Unadkat, L Nasir, L Evans, P Thomas
London Journal of Primary Care, 2013, 5:62-4

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Factors affecting physician professional satisfaction

"We found that, when physicians perceived themselves as providing high-quality care or their practices as facilitating their delivery of such care, they reported better professional satisfaction."

Factors affecting physician professional satisfaction and their implications for patient care, health systems, and health policy
MW Friedberg, et al
RAND Corporation
2013

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Performance-based financing as a health system reform

"The paper lays out a broad framework within which indicators can be prioritised for monitoring and evaluation of performance-based financing or other health system reforms."

Performance-based financing as a health system reform: mapping the key dimensions for monitoring and evaluation
S Witter, J Toonen, B Meessen, J Kagubare, G Fritsche, K Vaughan
BMC Health Services Research 2013, 13:367

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Systems to facilitate evidence-informed decision-making

"Some of the identified supports may increase the use of research evidence by decision-makers, which may then lead to more informed decisions, and hopefully to a strengthened health system and improved health."

What supports do health system organizations have in place to facilitate evidence-informed decision-making? a qualitative study
ME Ellen, G Leon, G Bouchard, JN Lavis, M Ouimet, JM Grimshaw
Implementation Science, 2013, 8:84

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Managing the transition to the reformed health system

"This report examines how the Department of Health and the NHS implemented the transition from the existing to the reformed health system."

Managing the transition to the reformed health system
National Audit Office
July 2013

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Reforming healthcare systems on a locally integrated basis

"Health system reforms aimed at creating geographically based networks influenced primary healthcare practices both among themselves (horizontal collaborations) and with hospitals (vertical collaborations)."

Reforming healthcare systems on a locally integrated basis: is there a potential for increasing collaborations in primary healthcare?
M Breton, R Pineault, JF Levesque, D Roberge, R Borges Da Silva, A Prudhomme
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:262

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Putting innovation to work

"Better Care Faster believes that more effectively identifying and disseminating high-value breakthroughs in chronic disease management (CDM) offers one of the best hopes for our province to improve the quality and efficiency of our public health care system."

Putting innovation to work: improving chronic disease management and health system sustainability in Ontario
Better Care Faster Coalition
June 2013

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The four UK health systems: learning from each other

"This paper does not present data, and it makes no attempt to conclude whether one system is performing better than another. What it does try to do is document some of the key policy areas where divergence has occurred, to highlight at least some areas where, consciously or not, policy transfer has in fact taken place across borders, and then to suggest at least some subjects where future research could provide valuable lessons."

The four UK health systems: learning from each other
N Timmins
The King's Fund, European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies
June 2013

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Achieving value in health systems

"This paper describes one way in which a clinical commissioning group (CCG) may achieve financial sustainability by adopting an approach that follows the principles endorsed by the Right Care programme."

Achieving value in health systems
M Cripps
Right Care
May 2013

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The changing national role in health system governance

"This study provides an overview of recent changes in the national government’s role in the governance of the health systems in 12 countries."

The changing national role in health system governance: a case-based study of 11 European countries and Australia
Edited by E Jakubowski, RB Saltman
World Health Organization (European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies)
April 2013

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Cardiovascular disease outcomes strategy

"This strategy is being launched to coincide with The Lancet publication showing the UK’s relatively poor mortality rates and the Department of Health’s call to action to the health and care system to improve mortality rates across the board."

Cardiovascular disease outcomes strategy: improving outcomes for people with or at risk of cardiovascular disease
Department of Health
March 2013

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Lessons from Europe: provider governance

"This Briefing outlines key insights from a Lessons from Europe seminar that examined the impact of recent reforms in hospital governance in Spain and the Netherlands."

Lessons from Europe: provider governance
NHS European Office
February 2013

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International profiles of health care systems, 2012

"Each overview covers health insurance, public and private financing, health system organization, quality of care, health disparities, efficiency and integration, care coordination, use of health information technology, use of evidence-based practice, cost containment, and recent reforms and innovations."

International profiles of health care systems: Australia, Canada, Denmark, England, France, Germany, Japan, Iceland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States
The Commonwealth Fund
November 2012

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Efficiency and health care in Europe

The latest issue of Eurohealth Observer focuses on the possibilities and challenges of obtaining a workable model of efficiency in health care.

Efficiency and health care
Eurohealth, incorporating Euro Observer
2012, volume 18, number 3

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Reforming payment for health care in Europe to achieve better value

"This report examines trends in payment reform in selected European countries to help policy-makers, providers and payers understand developments and prepare for the future."

Reforming payment for health care in Europe to achieve better value
A Charlesworth, A Davies, J Dixon
The Nuffield Trust
August 2012

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