Improving efficiency management of radiopharmaceutical materials

"The high cost of radiopharmaceuticals is a significant part of the annual budget of PET/CT unit and nuclear medicine department in general. In fact, it is a valuable target for quality improvement projects that aims to reduce the percentage of wastes and improves resource management at work site."

Improving efficiency management of radiopharmaceutical materials at a nuclear medicine department
A Al Ahmed, K Al-Surimi
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports, 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u208970.w3709

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Managing hospital doctors and their practice

"The findings of this study have implications for management of clinicians in NHS secondary care that are perceived as ineffective and leading to disengagement and resistance to effective performance measurement, evaluation and improvement"

Managing hospital doctors and their practice: what can we learn about human resource management from non-healthcare organisations?
TM Trebble, N Heyworth, N Clarke, T Powell, PM Hockey
BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:566  doi:10.1186/s12913-014-0566-5

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The efficient management of healthcare estates and facilities

"Guidance for NHS trusts, foundation trusts and other NHS organisations on achieving efficiency savings and reducing costs in NHS estates."

The efficient management of healthcare estates and facilities
Department of Health
November 2014

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Lean management and the psychosocial work environment

"As health care struggles to meet increasing demands with limited resources, Lean has become a popular management approach. It has mainly been studied in relation to health care performance. The empirical evidence as to how Lean affects the psychosocial work environment has been contradictory."

Interactions between lean management and the psychosocial work environment in a hospital setting - a multi-method study
W Ulhassan, U von Thiele Schwarz, J Thor, H Westerlund
BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:480

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Development, Impact & You toolkit

"This is a toolkit on how to invent, adopt or adapt ideas that can deliver better results. It’s quick to use, simple to apply, and designed to help busy people working in development."

Development, Impact & You toolkit: practical tools to trigger and support social innovation
Nesta
2014

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Preferences of users of electronic medical records in hospitals

"Currently electronic medical records (EMRs) are implemented in hospitals, because of 
expected benefits for quality and safety of care...This paper quantifies the relative importance of known barriers and facilitators of EMR, experienced by the users (i.e., nurses and physicians in hospitals)"

The preferences of users of electronic medical records in hospitals: quantifying the relative importance of barriers and facilitators of an innovation
MHL Struik, F Koster, AJ Schuit, R Nugteren, J Veldwijk, MS Lambooij
Implementation Science, 2014, 9: 69

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Well-led framework for governance reviews

"Monitor, CQC and NHS TDA have committed to developing an aligned framework for making judgements about how well led NHS providers are. By ‘well led’ we mean that the leadership, management and governance of the organisation assure the delivery of high quality care for patients, support learning and innovation and promote an open and fair culture." 

Well-led framework for governance reviews: guidance for NHS foundation trusts 
Monitor
May 2014

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Culture and leadership in the NHS

"A higher proportion of respondents now believe that the NHS is giving enough priority to quality of care compared with 2013, although these respondents are still the minority. The respondents provided a wealth of examples of how their organisations are developing compassionate care – including collective patient feedback, training and supporting staff."

Culture and leadership in the NHS: The King's Fund survey 2014
The King's Fund
May 2014

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Meeting the challenge: successful employee engagement in the NHS

"Engagement during times of change is vital in order to both inform decision-making and to ensure the buy-in of employees to the process. Through engaging with employees, trust can help unlock their potential for innovation, allowing them to make services safer, more effective and more efficient."

Meeting the challenge: successful employee engagement in the NHS
J Dromey
IPA
April 2014

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Strengthening the commitment: learning disabilities nursing review

"Learning disabilities nurses, their managers and leaders should develop and apply 
outcomes focused measurement frameworks to evidence their contribution to improving 
person centred health outcomes and demonstrating value for money."

Strengthening the commitment: one year on: progress report on the UK Modernising Learning Disabilities Nursing Review 
Public Health Nursing Division, Modernising Learning Disabilities Nursing UK Implementation Group

Department of Health

April 2014 

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General Medical Services: guidance and audit requirements

"This document provides information on contractual changes in 2014/15 as well as detailed guidance and the assurance management arrangements and audit requirements to support practices and NHS England area teams."

General Medical Services contract 2014/15: guidance and audit requirements
NHS England
March 2014

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New evidence on management and leadership

"Public concern about patient care has highlighted uncertainties about the current role and nature of managers in today’s NHS. This digest presents key findings from fourteen new studies on leadership and management practice."

New evidence on management and leadership
Health Services and Delivery Research Programme
National Institute for Health Research
December 2013

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Challenging bureaucracy

"Our review has uncovered a number of ways to reduce unnecessary bureaucracy from national bodies on NHS providers. We believe our recommendations will help manage the volume of requests, reduce the effort involved in responding and, crucially, maximise the value of information for staff, patients and the public."

Challenging bureaucracy
NHS Confederation
November 2013

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Taking safety on board: the board's role in patient safety

"The paper looks at three main areas: the board’s core roles in relation to patient safety; how boards might deliver these roles; and the optimal relationship between board leadership, clinical leadership and regulatory oversight."

Taking safety on board: the board's role in patient safety
A Fresko, S Rubenstein
The Health Foundation
October 2013

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Leading health care innovation

This is a collaboration of the editors of the Harvard Business Review and the New England Journal of Medicine, providing an eight-week online forum devoted to helping leaders, managers, and others in health care increase value by improving patient outcomes and reducing costs. Find out more here.

Primary healthcare in transition

"This qualitative study shows the complexity of the system change and describes the different effects and perceptions of the transition from a manager's perspective."

Primary healthcare in transition -- a qualitative study of how managers perceived a system change
A Maun, K Nilsson, C Furaker, J Thorn
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:382

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Attempting to govern uncertainty in healthcare management

"The Good Governance Institute (GGI)  supports organisations to enhance their capacity to govern and control, but is increasingly asked what tools or techniques could be deployed to help boards protect their organisations against a broad set of high-consequence risks."

Countering the biggest risk of all: attempting to govern uncertainty in healthcare management
P Moore
Good Governance Institute
May 2013

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Managing NHS hospital consultants

"This report examines the extent to which the expected benefits of the 2003 consultants’ contract have been realised and whether consultants are managed effectively and consistently across NHS trusts."

Managing NHS hospital consultants
National Audit Office, Department of Health
February 2013

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The match between institutional elderly care management research and management challenges

"Institutional care management research needs to focus more on challenges in integrated care, productivity, ICT and division of labor."

The match between institutional elderly care management research and management challenges - a systematic literature review
K Kokkonen, S Rissanen, A Hujala
Health Research Policy and Systems, 2012, 10:35

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Literature review of decision criteria for resource allocation and healthcare decisionmaking

"This study highlights the importance of considering both normative and feasibility criteria for fair allocation of resources and optimized decisionmaking for coverage and use of healthcare interventions."

From efficacy to equity: literature review of decision criteria for resource allocation and healthcare decisionmaking
LA Guindo, M Wagner, R Baltussen, D Rindress, J van Til, P Kind, MM Goetghebeur
Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation, 2012, 10:9

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