Health Service Journal - Integration

"Integrated care has been a goal for the NHS almost since it was founded. Now that it is finally top of the agenda, can local and national leaders seize the opportunity to deliver it?"

Integration
Health Service Journal supplement
10 April 2015

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Learning from high-performing health care organisations

The King's Fund have released videos and presentations of their one day conference which "explored how the NHS can learn from high performers in England and abroad".

Learning from high-performing health care organisations (videos)
The King's Fund
21 April 2015

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The practice of system leadership

"In this report, Nicholas Timmins draws on the stories of 10 senior leaders to identify the skills needed to work in this way. These leaders were selected because of their proven experience of delivering improvements in the NHS and related services without necessarily having formal authority over others. "

The practice of system leadership: Being comfortable with chaos
N Timmins
The King's Fund
May 2015

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CQUIN audit for prescription of antibiotics for urinary tract infections in an acute medical assessment unit

"The interventions we introduced appeared to have dramatic results over a short space of time, with an improvement of compliance with the antibiotic guidelines to 100% and also documentation improving to 100% accuracy."
CQUIN audit for prescription of antibiotics for urinary tract infections in an acute medical assessment unit
M Oppenheimer, N Rezwan
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u208446.w3374

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Standardising the organisation of clinical equipment on surgical wards

"By implementing, a very simple common-sense intervention with multidisciplinary engagement, supportive managers, and a versatile adaptive strategy we achieved a measured reduction in the time-taken to locate clinical equipment."

Standardising the organisation of clinical equipment on surgical wards at North Bristol NHS Trust: a quality improvement initiative
J Ward, R Spencer, E Soo, K Finucane
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u208308.w3441

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Improving the quality of discharge summaries

"Moving to one electronic discharge summary system and designing a new template has led to a significant improvement in the quality of discharge summaries at Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust. "

Improving the quality of discharge summaries: implementing updated Academy of Medical Royal Colleges standards at a district general hospital
H May-Miller et al.
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u207268.w2918

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Introduction of a Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Protocol for Older Adult Psychiatric Patients

"Overall the results have shown that introduction of a VTE prophylaxis assessment protocol on an Older Adult Psychiatric ward has increased the number of patients that received a VTE risk assessment."

Introduction of a Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis Protocol for Older Adult Psychiatric Patients
A Croxford, A Clare, K McCurdy
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u205852.w3226

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