Safely and effectively reducing inpatient length of stay

"While various interventions have been proposed to improve the efficiency and quality of inpatient care, with inconsistent results when rigorously evaluated, the General Internal Medicine Care Transformation Initiative did decrease length of stay for hospitalised GIM patients above and beyond existing secular trends in teaching hospitals without increasing post-discharge adverse events."

Safely and effectively reducing inpatient length of stay: a controlled study of the General Internal Medicine Care Transformation Initiative
FA McAlister, JA Bakal, SR Majumdar, S Dean, RS Padwal, N Kassam, M Bacchus, A Colbourne
BMJ Quality and Safety, 2014; 23: 446-456

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National Programmes of Care and Clinical Reference Groups

There are 74 Clinical Reference Groups which are clustered around five national Programmes of Care:

1. Internal medicine
2. Cancer and blood
3. Mental health
4. Trauma
5. Women and children.

These which bring together services in functional groupings, and more can be found out here.