Head, hands and heart: asset-based approaches in health care:

"This report sets out some of the context and challenges of adopting asset-based thinking and asset-based approaches for improving health and wellbeing. In so doing, it outlines some of the key principles for developing health assets and draws on data and findings from interviews as well as case studies of initiatives in England, Scotland and Wales where asset-based approaches are being developed."

Head, hands and heart: asset-based approaches in health care: A review of the conceptual evidence and case studies of asset-based approaches in health, care and wellbeing
T Hopkins, S Rippon
The Health Foundation
April 2015

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Decisions of Value

"Decisions of Value is a project led by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and the NHS Confederation that has spent six months studying what is influencing the decisions made in the NHS. It brings together a large amount of research to show how decisions impact on the value delivered and how this extends beyond Whitehall to the front line."

Decisions of Value: full report and findings
NHS Confederation, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
October 2014

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Networking between community health programs

"This case study demonstrates an example of a successful and effective network of community health programs. The development of relationships was seen to be to be an important part of promoting effective resource sharing, training opportunities, government networking and resource mobilisation and will be important for other health networks to consider."

Networking between community health programs: a team-work approach to improving health service provision
NJ Grills, R Kumar, M Philip, G Porter
BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:297

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Rethinking the patient

"Burden of Treatment Theory is oriented to understanding how capacity for action interacts with the work that stems from healthcare. Burden of Treatment Theory is a structural model that focuses on the work that patients and their networks do. It thus helps us understand variations in healthcare utilization and adherence in different healthcare settings and clinical contexts."

Rethinking the patient: using Burden of Treatment Theory to understand the changing dynamics of illness
CR May et al.
BMC Health Services Research 2014, 14:281

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Spreading improvement ideas

"This evidence scan summarises empirical research about what works to spread ideas in health care in order to advance improvement."

Spreading improvement ideas: tips from empirical research (evidence scan)
D de Silva
The Health Foundation
May 2014

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Patient safety alerts to increase incident reporting

NHS England and the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency have issued two patient safety alerts to improve incident reporting for medication errors and medical devices. They aim to improve data report quality and prompt the establishment of national networks of online learning which will work to improve communication and sharing of safe practice ideas in order to reduce harm.

Find out more and access the alerts with their supporting information here.

Effective networks for improvement

"This report will help those who want to use networks as a mechanism for change, and guide improvement leaders to ensure their networks are designed and run in line with what works best."

Effective networks for improvement: Developing and managing effective networks to support quality improvement in healthcare
The Health Foundation
March 2014

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A social network analysis of physicians' professional networks and their attitudes toward EBM

"This paper explores how physicians’ attitudes towards EBM is related to the network position they occupy within healthcare organizations."

"Us and them": a social network analysis of physicians' professional networks and their attitudes toward EBM
D Mascia, A Cicchetti, G Damiani
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:429

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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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Knowledge strategy: harnessing the power of information to improve the public’s health

"The Chief Knowledge Officer (CKO) directorate aims to deliver an internationally recognised, high performing knowledge and intelligence service encompassing research, statistics and know-how."

Knowledge strategy: harnessing the power of information to improve the public’s health
Public Health England
October 2013

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Networks that work: partnerships for integrated care and services

"This publication shows how third sector organisations can develop and provide services that can help people to get themselves on top of their conditions."

Networks that work: partnerships for integrated care and services
NESTA Innovation Unit
August 2013

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Report of the Independent Expert Group on the future of European public health research

This report looks at the background European public health research, and suggests methods for getting the research into practice.

Report of the Independent Expert Group on the future of European public health research
European Commission
May 2013

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Breaking boundaries: a manifesto for primary care by the NHS Alliance

"This manifesto calls for all of us – patients, professionals, managers and policy makers – to break the boundaries that too often disable people from caring for themselves and prevent clinicians from delivering high quality, cost effective, integrated care with a new focus on health and wellbeing and prevention."

Breaking boundaries: a manifesto for primary care by the NHS Alliance
NHS Alliance
March 2013

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Leading networks in healthcare

"In response to the apparent increase in the number of networks operating in healthcare in the UK, and having reflected on its own work with networks, the Foundation undertook some scoping work to assess the situation. The aim was to test new techniques for supporting networks that encourage quality improvement."

Leading networks in healthcare
The Health Foundation
January 2013

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Strategic clinical networks: single operating framework

"Combining the experience of clinicians, the input of patients and the organisational vision of NHS staff, clinical networks have supported and improved the way we deliver care to patients in distinct areas, delivering true integration across primary secondary and often tertiary care."

Strategic clinical networks: single operating framework
NHS Commissioning Board
November 2012

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The way forward: strategic clinical networks

"Combining the experience of clinicians, the input of patients and the organisational vision of NHS staff clinical networks have supported and improved the way we deliver care to patients in distinct areas, delivering true integration across primary, secondary and often tertiary care."

The way forward: strategic clinical networks
NHS Commissioning Board
July 2012

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Academic Health Science Networks

“Every local NHS organisation should aspire to be affiliated to its local Academic Health Sciences Network, which would act as a high quality, high value gateway for any NHS organisation needing support or help with innovation, and provide industry with focused points of access to the NHS.”

Academic Health Science Networks
Department of Health
June 2012

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Quality improvement through clinical communities

"The paper brings together diverse literatures with important implications for community-based approaches to quality improvement, drawing on these to offer practical lessons for those engaged in improving healthcare quality in practice."

Quality improvement through clinical communities: eight lessons for practice
EL Aveling, GP Martin, N Armstrong, J Banerjee, M Dixon-Woods
Journal of Health Organization and Management, 2012, 26(2)

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Bringing networks to life

"This document aims to help all paediatricians across the UK contribute to the development of effective networked care and thus deliver the highest quality care to their patients."

Bringing networks to life: an RCPCH guide to implementing clinical networks
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
March 2012

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Developing excellence in cancer networks

"The ultimate role of cancer networks should be to support commissioners and providers to drive up improvements in outcomes and experiences for cancer patients in their area."

Developing excellence in cancer networks: a report from the Cancer Campaigning Group
Cancer Campaigning Group
February 2012

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