Showing posts with label improving patient care. Show all posts
Showing posts with label improving patient care. Show all posts

Tuesday, 28 June 2016

Coproduction of healthcare service

"In our efforts to improve healthcare service, we have often inadvertently approached the work as though healthcare was a ‘good’ produced by healthcare professionals. Recognising that healthcare service is a ‘service’ coproduced by patients and health professionals invites four clusters of opportunity for action."

Coproduction of healthcare service
M Batalden, P Batalden, P Margolis, M Seid, G Armstrong, L Opipari-Arrigan, H Hartung
BMJ Qual Saf 2016;25:509-517 doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004315

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Thursday, 4 February 2016

Improving the user experience of patient versions of clinical guidelines

"It is important for guideline producers to maximise the user experience of the public when they access patient versions of guidelines, particularly given the current low level of access and awareness. One size does not fit all and guideline producers need to strike a balance between keeping the patient version simple and providing sufficient information to facilitate shared decision making and empower the public. Guideline producers may find the results of this study useful in designing their own patient versions."


Improving the user experience of patient versions of clinical guidelines: user testing of a Scottish Intercollegiate Guideline Network (SIGN) patient version
N Fearns, K Graham, G Johnston, D Service
BMC Health Services Research, 2016, 16:37 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-016-1287-8


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Monday, 2 November 2015

Indicators of quality of care in general practices in England

"In the summer of 2015 the Health Foundation was asked by the Secretary of State for Health to review indicators of the quality of care provided by general practices in England. We looked at how indicators could be developed to generate meaningful information that supports improvements to care and helps the public choose which practice might best meet their needs."

Indicators of quality of care in general practices in England: An independent review for the Secretary of State for Health
J Dixon, E Spencelayh, A Howells, A Mandel, F Gille
The Health Foundation
October 2015

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