Environmental sustainability in hospitals

"Hospitals and care systems increasingly are looking for ways to improve efficiency and reduce overall costs while also improving the overall patient experience. Sustainability initiatives offer significant environmental and financial benefits for organizations—benefits that will help hospitals and care systems thrive now and in the future."

Environmental sustainability in hospitals: the value of efficiency
Health Research & Educational Trust
May 2014

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Community engagement to improve health

"If local authorities and their partners get local communities involved in decisions about how to design or improve services this will make services more effective, cost-effective and sustainable – and there will be greater uptake."

Community engagement to improve health

NICE local government briefings

March 2014

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Applying the NHS institute for innovation and improvement sustainability model to healthcare improvement

"This study indicates the sustainability model provides a potentially useful approach to measuring teams' views on the likelihood of sustainability and prompting action."

Making change last: applying the NHS institute for innovation and improvement sustainability model to healthcare improvement
C Doyle, C Howe, T Woodcock, R Myron, K Phekoo, C McNicholas, J Saffer, D Bell
Implementation Science, 2013, 8:127

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A framework for assessing health system resilience in an economic crisis

"The purpose of this paper is to develop a framework for assessing the resilience of health systems in terms of how they have adjusted to economic crisis."

A framework for assessing health system resilience in an economic crisis: Ireland as a test case
S Thomas, C Keegan, S Barry, R Layte, M Jowett, C Normand
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:450

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Sustaining and spreading self-management support

"Changing the way healthcare is delivered so that patients are supported to more effectively manage their longterm condition is also hard – it involves redefining the role of professionals and patients and putting in place processes and infrastructure that support new ways of working."

Sustaining and spreading self-management support: lessons from Co-creating Health phase 2
Health Foundation
September 2013

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2012-13 update on indicators of financial sustainability in the NHS

"This update focuses on the financial sustainability of the NHS trusts and foundation trusts that provide community, secondary and tertiary health services, and on the primary care trusts that commissioned those services up to the end of 2012-13."

2012-13 update on indicators of financial sustainability in the NHS
National Audit Office, Department of Health
July 2013

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Putting innovation to work

"Better Care Faster believes that more effectively identifying and disseminating high-value breakthroughs in chronic disease management (CDM) offers one of the best hopes for our province to improve the quality and efficiency of our public health care system."

Putting innovation to work: improving chronic disease management and health system sustainability in Ontario
Better Care Faster Coalition
June 2013

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Your health – your decision

"The aim of this publication is to spread the learning and the results from the AQuA workstream of the National QIPP Right Care Shared Decision Making Programme and to complement the wide range of resources that have been developed to support the continued embedding of Shared Decision Making so that more patients can benefit."

Your health – your decision
Advancing Quality Alliance Workstream, National Shared Decision-Making Programme
May 2013

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Achieving value in health systems

"This paper describes one way in which a clinical commissioning group (CCG) may achieve financial sustainability by adopting an approach that follows the principles endorsed by the Right Care programme."

Achieving value in health systems
M Cripps
Right Care
May 2013

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Guide for monitoring scale-up of health practices and interventions

"To achieve improved health outcomes, countries are focused on scaling up proven effective health services and practices."

Guide for monitoring scale-up of health practices and interventions
B Adamou
US Agency for International Development
May 2013

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Ensuring the continuity of health care services

"If a health care provider gets into financial difficulties, commissioners and Monitor must work together to make sure that patients continue to have access to services which are critical to patients and which no other provider may be close enough to or able to deliver."

Guidance for commissioners on ensuring the continuity of health care services: Designating commissioner requested services and location specific services
Monitor
March 2013

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Being open and honest about NHS finance

"The NHS Confederation has published a report that lays out the choices we face to guarantee the delivery of safe, effective and sustainable health services in the years to come."

Tough times, tough choices: being open and honest about NHS finance
NHS Confederation
March 2013

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A summary is available here.

Spending on health and social care over the next 50 years

"In this paper, John Appleby analyses the factors that influence the demand for health and social care, taking a long-term perspective."

Spending on health and social care over the next 50 years: why think long term?
J Appleby
The King's Fund
January 2013

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Can sustainable hospitals help bend the health care cost curve?

"This study examines data from selected hospitals that have implemented programs to reduce energy use and waste and achieve operating room supply efficiencies."

Can sustainable hospitals help bend the health care cost curve?
S Kaplan, B Sadler, K Little, C Franz, P Orris
The Commonwealth Fund
November 2012

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Creating a culture of sustainability

"Sustainability offers a way to connect employers with their employees and communities in a powerful way."

Creating a culture of sustainability: leadership, coordination and performance measurement decisions in healthcare
T Boone
University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health
April 2012

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First steps towards quality improvement

"If you want to deliver sustainable improvements with greater speed and confidence, this resource will help you take the first steps."

First steps towards quality improvement: a simple guide to improving services
NHS Improvement
December 2011

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Sustainable Healthcare: Getting more from less

Feature giving details of the three shortlisted entries for the BMJ Group’s Sustainable Healthcare award.

Sustainable Healthcare: Getting more from less
Kirsten Patrick
BMJ 2011; 342:d2425
April 2011

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