Now or never: shaping pharmacy for the future

"The final sections of the report focus on what needs to be done if pharmacists are to increasingly assume the role of supporting patients with effective medicines use and by serving as care-givers in the health system, working in close partnership with other health and social care professionals as well as with patients."

Now or never: shaping pharmacy for the future
J Smith, C Picton, M Dayan
Royal Pharmaceutical Society
October 2013

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Emergency admissions to hospital: managing the demand

"Once patients are admitted, hospitals, working with community and social care services, can ensure that patients stay no longer than necessary and are discharged promptly."

Emergency admissions to hospital: managing the demand
Department of Health
National Audit Office
October 2013

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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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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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Facilitating knowledge exchange between health-care sectors, organisations and professions

"Relatively little is known about how people and groups who function in boundary-spanning positions between different sectors, organisations and professions contribute to improved quality of health care and clinical outcomes."

Facilitating knowledge exchange between health-care sectors, organisations and professions: a longitudinal mixed-methods study of boundary-spanning processes and their impact on health-care quality
L Nasir, G Robert, M Fischer, I Norman, T Murrells, P Schofield
National Institute for Health Research
Health Services and Delivery Research, October 2013, 1(7)

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Non-publication of large randomized clinical trials

"Among this group of large clinical trials, non-publication of results was common and the availability of results in the ClinicalTrials.gov database was limited. A substantial number of study participants were exposed to the risks of trial participation without the societal benefits that accompany the dissemination of trial results."

Non-publication of large randomized clinical trials: cross sectional analysis
CW Jones, L Handler, KE Crowell, MA Weaver, TF Platts-Mills
British Medical Journal, 2013:347:f6104

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Increased risks of death and extra lengths of hospital and ICU stay from hospital-acquired bloodstream infections

"Bloodstream infections are associated with an increased risk of death and longer hospital stay. Avoiding infections could save lives and free up valuable bed days."

The increased risks of death and extra lengths of hospital and ICU stay from hospital-acquired bloodstream infections: a case–control study
AG Barnett, K Page, M Campbell, E Martin, R Rashleigh-Rolls, K Halton, DL Paterson, L Hall, N Jimmieson, K White, N Graves
BMJ Open, 2013, 3:e003587

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