Sustaining Improvement. IHI White Paper

"This white paper presents a framework that health care organizations can use to sustain improvements in the safety, effectiveness, and efficiency of patient care. The key to sustaining improvement is to focus on the daily work of frontline managers, supported by a high-performance management system that prescribes standard tasks and responsibilities for managers at all levels of the organization."

Sustaining Improvement. IHI White Paper

R Scoville, K Little, J Rakover, K Luther, K Mate 

Cambridge, Massachusetts: Institute for Healthcare Improvement

2016

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NHS Innovation Accelerator Programme

"The NIA invites leading healthcare pioneers from around the world to bring their tried and tested innovations to the NHS. The programme aims to select a broad range of innovations – products, processes and technologies – to be more rapidly developed and scaled across the health service, to improve patient care, and reduce costs."

Find out more and apply here.

A system under strain: the views of NHS and social care leaders

"Health and social care leaders are deeply concerned about the financial future of the NHS and social care system. More than four in five respondents said they were concerned about the financial viability of their local NHS or social care provider(s). More than two thirds (70 percent) believed that NHS providers will need to go into deficit in order to maintain high-quality services."

A system under strain: the views of NHS and social care leaders
Health and Social Care Leaders’ Panel, A McKeon
Nuffield Trust
July 2014

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The role of context in successful quality improvement

"This report contains four essays from leading academics aiming to explore the role of context in improving the quality of patient care."

Perspectives on context: A selection of essays considering the role of context in successful quality improvement
The Health Foundation
March 2014

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The effects of improving hospital physicians working conditions on patient care

"This study demonstrates that participatory work design for hospital physicians is a promising intervention for improving working conditions and promoting patient quality of care."

The effects of improving hospital physicians working conditions on patient care: a prospective, controlled intervention study
M Weigl, S Hornung, P Angerer, J Siegrist, J Glaser
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:401

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Effects of improving hospital physicians working conditions on patient care

"This study demonstrates that participatory work design for hospital physicians is a promising intervention for improving working conditions and promoting patient quality of care."

The effects of improving hospital physicians working conditions on patient care: a prospective, controlled intervention study
M Weigl, S Hornung, P Angerer, J Siegrist, J Glaser
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:401

Read more here.

Patient-centred leadership

"Clinical teams perform best when their leaders value and support staff, enable them to work as a team, ensure that the main focus is on patient care, and create time to care."

Patient-centred leadership: rediscovering our purpose
The King's Fund
May 2013

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Quality governance

"A highly engaged board working in true partnership with the senior leadership team and wider staff, and where applicable the council of governors, is a critical factor in the successful delivery of quality improvement."

Quality governance: how does a board know that its organisation is working effectively to improve patient care? Guidance for boards of NHS provider organisations
Monitor
April 2013

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Raising and acting on concerns about patient safety

"This guidance sets out our expectation that all doctors will, whatever their role, take appropriate action to raise and act on concerns about patient care, dignity and safety."

Raising and acting on concerns about patient safety
General Medical Council
January 2012

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Does improving safety culture affect outcomes?

"This research scan examines whether improving safety culture has an impact on patient and staff outcomes."

Research scan: Does improving safety culture affect outcomes?
The Health Foundation
November 2011

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