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Monthly Archives: June 2019
Statistical Process Control Applied to Delayed Transfers of Care (NHS Improvement)
Summary Delayed transfers of care (DToC) are widely recognised to be a significant cause of unnecessary harm to patients, and potentially avoidable financial costs to the taxpayer. NHS Improvement’s “Delayed transfer of care (DToC) improvement tool” incorporates the latest data from … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NHS Improvement, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Acute Hospital Care, Adult Social Care, Adult Social Care Services, Ageing Population, Areas With the Highest Delayed Transfers of Care, Care for Vulnerable Older People, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Cross-Sector Partnerships, Dashboards, Delayed Transfer of Care (DToC) Improvement Tool (NHS Improvement), Delayed Transfers of Care, Delayed Transfers of Care (DTOC), Discharge From Acute and Mental Health Trusts, DToCs Dashboard, Efficiency Opportunities, English Local Authorities, Geographical Variations, Health and Adult Social Care Providers, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Integration, Hospital Discharge, Hospital Discharge and Transfers, Integrated and Community-Based Care, Integrated Home and Community Care Services, Integration of Health and Social Care, Local Authorities (LAs), Local Health Services: Variations, NHS Improvement's Delayed Transfers of Care Improvement Tool, Patient Discharge, Patient Flows, Pivot Table Slicers (Excel Tool), Post-Discharge Support, QI: Quality Improvement, Quality and Efficiency Opportunities, Quality Improvement, Quality Improvement Approaches, Reducing Bed Days, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Regional Variations, Social Care Delays (Impact on Hospital Bed-Days and LoS), Social Care Providers, Statistical Process Control, Statistical Process Control (SPC) Principles, Statistical Process Control Methodology, Sustainability, Sustainable Health and Social Care, Thinking Like a Patient and Acting Like a Taxpayer, Transition Between Inpatient Hospital Settings and Community or Care Home Settings, Unacceptable Variations, Unwarranted Variations, Variation in Performance, Vulnerable Older People, Wasted Resources, Whole System Dashboards, Whole System Patient Flows
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Integrated Care Research and Practice: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know (SCIE / DHSC)
Summary The Integrated Care Research and Practice database, funded by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), aims to provide regularly updated information on the planning, commissioning and delivery of person-centred integrated care. Section headings comprise: Enablers of Integrated … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, Department of Health, Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), For Carers (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, National, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, SCIE, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Achieving Integrated Care, Asset-Based Approaches, Asset-Based Areas, Asset-Based Places, Care and Support in Crisis, Care Planning, Care Transitions, Collaborative Care Planning, Community Multidisciplinary Teams, Community-Based Care, Community-Based Integrated Services, Community-Based Integrated Support, Community-Based Services, Community-Based Support, Crisis Intervention and Prevention, Crisis Prevention, Crisis Support, Digital Care Records, Enablers of Integrated Care, Information Sharing, Information Sharing and Digital Care Records, Information Sharing: Care Plans, Innovation and Improvement, Integrated and Person-Centred Care, Integrated Care Research and Practice (SCIE / DHSC), Integrated Digital Care Records (IDCRs), Integrated Workforce, Joint Commissioning, Joint Needs Assessment and Care Planning, Joint Needs Assessments, Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), Joint Strategic Needs Assessments, Local System Leadership, Logic Model for Integrated Care (SCIE): Components, Logic Model for Integrated Care (SCIE): Enablers, Logic Model for Integrated Care (SCIE): Impacts and Benefits, Logic Model for Integrated Care (SCIE): Outcomes, MDTs: Multidisciplinary Teams, Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), Multi-Disciplinary Teams, Multidisciplinary Population-Based Teams, Multidisciplinary Teams, NHS Social Care Interface Dashboard, Person-Centred Care and Support, Population-Based Budgets, Population-Based Care Person-Focused Care, Preventing Future Crises, Prevention, Prevention and Self Care, Proactive Care Planning, SCIE Logic Model for Integrated Care, SCIE's Logic Model (Integrated Care), Sector Led Improvement and Innovation, Self-Care, Self-Care Resources to Support Person Centred Care, Shared System Leadership, Social Care Institute for Excellence (SCIE), Support for Self-Care, Supporting Self-Care, System Leadership, Total Transformation of Care and Support: Logic Model(s), Transitions Between Health and Social Care, Transitions of Care, Understanding and Improving Transitions of Older People: User and Care Centred Approach, Whole Population Approachess
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Unexpected Results From the Dementia and Physical Activity (DAPA) Trial? (Pharmacoeconomics Open / JAD)
Summary Previous research has suggested that physical exercise has the potential to slow the progression of dementia in people with pre-existing mild cognitive impairment through to moderate dementia. Evidence for the cost-effectiveness of structured physical activity programmes has been lacking, … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Local Interest, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest, Wolverhampton
Tagged 2gether NHS Foundation Trust, ADAS-Cog: Alzheimer’s Disease Assessment Scale - Cognitive Subscale, Ageing, Ageing and Dementia, Ageing Population, Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-Cog), Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Centre for Rehabilitation Research in Oxford: University of Oxford, Centre for Statistics in Medicine: University of Oxford, Cost-Effectiveness, Cost-Effectiveness Analyses, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust: Reference Costs, DAPA - Dementia and Physical Activity Trial, DAPA Trial, DAPA Trial Group, Dementia And Physical Activity (DAPA) Trial, Exercise, Exercise And Lifestyle For Older People, Exercise for Dementia, Exercise Medicine, Exercise Therapy, Exergaming, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Health Technology Assessment, Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme, Health Technology Assessments, Herefordshire, Incremental Net Monetary Benefits (INMBs), INMB: Incremental Net Monetary Benefit, Join Dementia Research, Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, Kings College London, Leicester Partnership NHS Trust, MCI: Mild Cognitive Impairment, Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI), National Institute of Health Research (NIHR), NIHR Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Programme, NIHR HTA: Health Technology Assessment Programme, North East London Foundation Trust (NELFT), Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences: University of Oxford, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Pharmacoeconomics Open (Journal), Physical Activity, Physical Activity Programmes, Physical Exercise, Reducing Waste in Dementia Care, Reducing Waste in the NHS, Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust, Solent NHS Trust, UK National Institute of Health Research HTA Programme, University of London, University of Oxford, University of Warwick, Value of Quality Adjusted Life Years (QALYs), Warwick Clinical Trials Unit: University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School: University of Warwick
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On the Influence of Primary Care Incentive Schemes Upon Care Home Admissions For People with Dementia: Exploring the Limits of Intervention (CHE / BJGP)
Summary A study by the Centre for Health Economics (CHE) investigated whether incentives offered to GPs to provide annual reviews for patients with dementia, under the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), actually reduce the risk of admissions to care homes. … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Carers (mostly), For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Models of Dementia Care, National, NHS, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Quick Insights, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Absence of Relationship Between QOF Annual Reviews and Likelihood of Care Home Placement, Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs), Alternatives to Care Home Admission, Annual Health Check (AHC), Annual Health Checks, Annual Reviews, BJGP: British Journal of General Practice, British Journal of General Practice, Care Home Admission Delay, Care Home Placements for People with Dementia, Carer’s Needs Assessment, Carers and Families, Centre for Health Economics: University of York, Centre for Health Services Studies: University of Kent, Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), Department of Health Sciences: University of York, Financial Incentives, Impact of Primary Care Incentive Schemes on Care Home Placements for People with Dementia (CHE), Incentive Payments, Limits of Intervention (Great Theory Stubborn Reality), London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), Performance Incentives (CQUINs QOFs and Quality Premiums), Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU): London School of Economics and Political Science, Primary Care Incentive Schemes, Primary Care Incentive Schemes and Care Home Placements for People with Dementia, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payment, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of Long-Term Conditions, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Asthma, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Atrial Fibrillation, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Cancer, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD), Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Coronary Heart Disease (CHD), Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Dementia, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Diabetes Mellitus, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Epilepsy, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Heart Failure, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Hypertension, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Learning Disability, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Long-Term Conditions With Record of Smoking Status / Smoking Cessation, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Mental Health, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Osteoporosis, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: People with Palliative Care Needs, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Peripheral Arterial Disease, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Rheumatoid Arthritis, Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) Payments for Care of LTCs: Stroke or Transient Ischaemic Attack (STIA), ResearchOne, ResearchOne Health and Care Database, ResearchOne Primary Care Database, Support for Carers, United Kingdom Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD), University of Kent, University of Leeds, University of York, University of York Centre for Health Economics (CHE), Unpaid Caregivers (Carers), Unpaid Carers
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