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Tag Archives: Hospital Patient Safety Strategies
Quality Improvement: Strategies Needed to Reduce Preventable Patient Harm (NIHR Signal / BMJ / Future Healthcare Journal / WHO)
Summary A recent review found that around 6% patients in healthcare settings (internationally) experience potentially preventable harm; with approximately 1 in 8 such cases resulting in severe harm, permanent disability or death “Six types of patient harm were identified: drug … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, International, NHS, NHS England, NHS Improvement, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest, World Health Organization (WHO)
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Tagged 10 Facts About Hospital Care (WHO), Avoidable Harm, Avoidable Hospital Mortality, Avoidable Mortality, Avoidable Patient Harm, BMJ, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, British Medical Journal (BMJ), Centre for Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety: University of Manchester, Clinical Quality Improvement, Clinical Safety Research: Imperial College London, Continuous Improvement, Continuous Learning and Improvement, Continuous Learning Culture, Division of Pharmacy and Optometry: University of Manchester, Division of Population Health: University of Manchester, Division of Primary Care: University of Nottingham, Drug Errors, Future Healthcare Journal, Health Services Research and Primary Care: University of Manchester, Honesty and Transparency, Hospital Patient Safety Strategies, Imperial College London, Improving Patient Safety, Improving Safety Measurement Across Whole System, Information Sharing, Innovation and Improvement, Insight: Using Intelligence From Multiple Sources of Patient Safety Information, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Learning Culture, Learning from Deaths, LeDeR: Learning Disabilities Mortality Review, Lucie Musset: National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS), Medication Errors, Medication Errors and Adverse Drug Reactions, Medication Without Harm (WHO), Medicines Optimisation, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), NHS Culture, NHS Culture Change, NHS Improvement Patient Safety Alerts, NHS Patient Safety Culture, NHS Patient Safety Strategy, NIHR DC: NIHR Dissemination Centre, NIHR Dissemination Centre, NIHR Greater Manchester Patient Safety Translational Research Centre, NIHR School for Primary Care Research: University of Manchester, NIHR Signal, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford Healthcare Improvement, Patient Harm, Patient Harms, Patient Safety, Patient Safety Alerts, Patient Safety and Risk Management (WHO), Patient Safety Culture, Patient Safety Fact File (WHO), Prevalence of Patient Harm, Prevalence of Preventable Patient Harm, Preventable Patient Harm, QI Adoption and Spread Approach, Quality and Sustainability, Quality Improvement, Reducing Waste in the NHS, School of Medicine: University of Nottingham, Service Delivery and Safety (WHO), Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, Ten Facts About Hospital Care (WHO), Transparent Learning Culture, Types of Preventable Patient Harm and Overall Patient Harm, UK General Medical Council, University of Manchester, University of Nottingham, University of Oxford, WHO: World Health Organization, World Health Organization (Geneva), World Health Organization (WHO)
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Monitor and Trust Development Authority Under Single Leadership: Delivering Better Support to Hospitals (Department of Health / Monitor)
Summary Closer working between Monitor and the NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA) should help reduce lack of standardisation and inconsistency, and help to embed hospital patient safety as an NHS priority. All NHS hospitals, whether foundation trusts or non-foundation … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, National, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
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Tagged Acute Care, Acute Care Services, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospital Regulatory Model, Acute Hospitals, BBC Health News, Bob Alexander: NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA), Chief Patient Officer, Claire Read: Secretary to HSJ Future of NHS Leadership Inquiry, Clinical Leaders, Clinical Leadership, Closer Working Between Monitor and NHS TDA, Commissioning Inspection and Regulation, Compassionate Care in Acute Hospital Settings, Coordinated Regulatory Action, Dame Gill Morgan DBE, Dame Gill Morgan: Chair of NHS Providers, Dame Gill Morgan: HSJ Future of NHS Leadership Inquiry, David Bennett: Chief Executive of Monitor, Dementia Care in the Acute Hospital, Denigration of NHS Leadership, Double Jeopardy Problem for Clinical Leaders, Dr David Bennett, Dr Emma Stanton: Associate Chief Medical Officer at Beacon Health Options and Chief Executive at Beacon UK, Dr Emma Stanton: HSJ Future of NHS Leadership Inquiry, End to Silo Working, Foundation Trusts, Future of NHS Leadership Inquiry (HSJ June 2015), Health Service Journal (HSJ), Hospital Patient Safety Strategies, HSJ, HSJ Future of NHS Leadership Inquiry, Identifying and Supporting Potential Leaders, Improving Patient Safety, Inspection and Regulation, Jim Mackey: Chief Executive of NHS Improvement, Jim Mackey: Former Chief Executive of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, Leadership in the Clinical Curriculum, Legislation and Regulation, Management and Leadership Training, Monitor, NHS Foundation Trusts (NHSFTs), NHS Improvement: New Health Sector Regulator, NHS Leadership, NHS Leadership Academy (NHS LA), NHS Regulation, NHS TDA, NHS TDA: NHS Trust Development Authority, NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA), NHS Trust Development Authority (NTDA), NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA), NHS Trusts and Foundation Trusts, Nicholas Timmins: HSJ Future of NHS Leadership Inquiry, Nicholas Timmins: King’s Fund, Non-Foundation Trusts, Over-Complexity, Patient Safety, Preventable Deaths in English Acute Hospitals, Priorites Within Acute Hospitals, Problems in Care in English Acute Hospitals, Professor Laura Serrant: HSJ Future of NHS Leadership Inquiry, Professor Laura Serrant: Professor of Community and Public Health Nursing at Wolverhampton University on Secondment to NHS England, Provider Appraisal And Regulation, Provider Regulation, Rationalisation of Reporting and Regulation, Reactions to the Francis Inquiry Report, Reducing Complexity, Reducing the Number of Organisations, Regulating Healthcare Systems, Regulating Healthcare Systems: Monitor, Regulation, Regulation of Governance, Regulators Sharing Information, Regulatory System, Removing Regulatory Barriers, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Richard Lewis: EY (Ernst & Young), Richard Lewis: HSJ Future of NHS Leadership Inquiry, Rt Hon. Stephen Dorrell MP, Secondary (Acute Hospital) Care, Secondary Care, Single Regulatory Process, Sir Robert Naylor: Chief Executive of University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Sir Robert Naylor: Health Service Journal Panel / Report on the Future of NHS Leadership, Sir Sam Everington: Chair of NHS Tower Hamlets Clinical Commissioning Group and Board Member of NHS Clinical Commissioners, Sir Sam Everington: HSJ Future of NHS Leadership Inquiry, Sir Sam Everington: Senior GP in Tower Hamlets, Stephen Dorrell: HSJ Future of NHS Leadership Inquiry, Stephen Dorrell: Senior Advisor to KPMG / Programmes Commissioned by the NHS Leadership Academy, Systems Complexity, Troubled NHS Foundation Trusts, Turnaround of Challenged and Failing Foundation Trusts
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Hospital Delirium Prevention Programmes and Patient Safety Strategies: Systematic Review (Annals of Internal Medicine)
Summary Delirium in hospitalised patients is a common problem (estimated rates of delirium ranging from 14% to 56%) which increases the risks of patient morbidity and mortality. This systematic review evaluates the effectiveness and safety of in-house multi-component delirium prevention programmes. … Continue reading →
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Delirium, For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Systematic Reviews
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Tagged Acute Confusional State, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), AHRQ Delirium Risk Factors, Annals of Internal Medicine, Care Bundles (Approaches to Improving Care), Common Components of Successful Delirium Prevention Care Bundles, Delirium Prevention, Delirium Prevention and Management, Delirium Prevention Care Bundles, Delirium Prevention Programmes, Designing Care Bundles, ECRI Institute: USA, Hospital Delirium Prevention Programmes, Hospital Elder Life Program (HELP) System of Care to Prevent Delirium, Hospital Mortality, Hospital Patient Safety Strategies, In-Facility Delirium Prevention Programs, Morbidity, Multicomponent Interventions to Prevent Delirium, Patient Safety, Patient Safety Strategies, Risk Factors, Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses, USA
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