The association of hospital prevention processes and patient risk factors with the risk of Clostridium difficile infection

"In the largest study to date, selected hospital prevention strategies were not associated with a statistically significant reduction in patients’ risk of C. difficile infection."

The association of hospital prevention processes and patient risk factors with the risk of Clostridium difficile infection: a population-based cohort study
N Daneman, A Guttmann, X Wang, X Ma1, D Gibson, TA Stukel
BMJ Quality and Safety 2015;24:435-443 doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003863

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The NHS productivity challenge

"The question therefore is not whether the NHS will run out of money but when, and how this can be avoided. In a context in which organisations with a history of good performance are struggling to cope, there is every prospect that problems that have so far been found in a small number of providers will become much more common." 

The NHS productivity challenge: experience from the front line
John Appleby, Amy Galea, Richard Murray
The King's Fund
May 2014

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Hard truths: essential actions

"The focus on measuring safety is welcome, but measures should be developed to assess the future risk of harm, not just the occurrence of past harm."

Hard truths: essential actions
The Health Foundation
December 2013

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What are the safety risks for patients undergoing treatment by multiple specialties

"More research is needed to gain insight into the underlying causes of inadequate care when multiple specialties are required to treat a patient."

What are the safety risks for patients undergoing treatment by multiple specialties: a retrospective patient record review study
RJ Baines, MC de Bruijne, M Langelaan, C Wagner
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:497

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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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Guides to monitoring quality during transition

Three guides have been published by the National Quality Board, to assist NHS organisations respond to quality risks and failures during this transition year:

1. How to: organise and run a rapid responsive review 
2. How to: quality impact assess provider cost improvement plans 
3. How to: organise and run a risk summit

Communicating risk

"The communication of risk is an important and often difficult aspect of clinical practice. This clinical review aims to provide practising clinicians with a comprehensive and up to date overview of current evidence in this developing area."

Communicating risk
H Ahmed, G Naik, H Willoughby, AGK Edwards
British Medical Journal, 2012, 344:e3996

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Care Quality Commission market report

"This report presents the results of inspections of more than 14,000 services, between the start of the new regulatory system and 31 March 2012, across all the sectors that CQC currently regulates: healthcare, adult social care and dental care."

Market report
Care Quality Commission
Issue 1
June 2012

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