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Tag Archives: NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
A New Quality Improvement Manual (HQIP) Plus an Investigation Into Online Repositories of Quality Improvement (BMJ Quality and Safety / BMJ / King’s Fund)
Summary Health Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP) has produced a guide to the main twelve quality improvement (QI) methods. Section headings comprise: Introduction: Purpose. Definition of ‘quality’. Good governance. Regulation, accreditation and inspection. Patient involvement in quality improvement. Collaboration for quality … Continue reading
Posted in For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), National, NHS, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged A Mental Health Interactive Database (PIRAMHIDS), AcademyHealth, AcademyHealth: EDM Forum, Accreditation, Accreditation Canada, Accreditation Canada: Leading Practices Database, American Society for Quality, American Society for Quality: Fishbone Cause and Effect Tool, Audit Cycles, Automation, Balanced Scorecards, Benchmarking, BMJ Publishing Group Ltd, BMJ Quality and Safety, Canada, Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement, Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement: Patient Engagement Resource Hub, Canadian Health Human Resources Network, Canadian Health Human Resources Network: HHR Innovations Portal, Clinical Audit Cycles, Clinical Audits, Clinical Effectiveness, Clinical Effectiveness and Audit, Clinical Quality Improvement, Collaborative Quality Improvement, Commonwealth Fund, Communication Tools, Continuous Improvement, Decision Trees, Department of Public Health (Finland), Don Berwick: International Visiting Fellow at the King’s Fund, EDM Forum, Evidence-Based Quality Improvement, Finland University of Toronto, Fishbone Cause and Effect Diagrams, Five Whys Technique, Good Governance, Harvard Medical School, Health Care Quality Improvement Project Repository, Health Foundation, Health Foundation's Q Initiative, Healthcare Failure Modes and Effects Analyses, Healthcare Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (HFMEA), Healthcare Improvement Scotland, Healthcare Improvement Scotland: Positive and Innovative Resources: A Mental Health Interactive Database (PIRAMHIDS), Healthcare Quality Improvement, Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership (HQIP), Healthcare Technologies for Quality Improvement, Healthy Mendocino, Healthy Mendocino: Promising Practices, Helsingin Yliopisto Laaketieteellinen tiedekunta, Helsinki, HHR Innovations Portal, High Quality Care for All, IDEAS, IDEAS: ShareIDEAS: Health Care Quality Improvement Project Repository, Improvement Institute for Healthcare Improvement Resources, Improving Quality in the NHS: King’s Fund Strategy, Information Exchange, Information Sharing, Innovation and Improvement, Inspection, Institute for Healthcare, Institute for Healthcare: Improvement Institute for Healthcare Improvement Resources, Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation: University of Toronto, Jönköping County Council, Jim Mackey: Chief Executive of NHS Improvement, Kaizen, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Leading Practices Database, Lean and Quality Improvement, Lean and Six Sigma, Lean Elimination of Waste, Lean Thinking, Literature Review Journey, Literature Reviews in Quality Improvement, Model for Improvement, Model for Improvement (IHI), Model for Improvement: FOCUS, Modernisation Agency, National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes (NCAPOP) Programme, National Clinical Audit and Patient Outcomes Programme (NCAPOP), National Primary Care Collaborative, National Primary Care Development Team (NPCDT), NCAPOP Library, Networks, NHS Improving Quality, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, NHS Institute's Spread and Adoption Tool, NHS Leadership Centre, NHS Modernisation Agency, NHS Scotland, NHS Scotland: Quality Improvement Hub, Online Repositories of Quality Improvement (QI), Online Repositories of Quality Improvement Projects, Patient Engagement Resource Hub, Patient Experience, Patient Involvement in Quality Improvement, Patient Safety, Patient Safety Collaboratives, PDSA (Plan Do Study Act) Model, Performance Benchmarking, Performance Targets, Positive and Innovative Resources, Process Mapping, Professor Don Berwick, Promising Practices, QI: Quality Improvement, QIPP Decision Tree, Quality Accounts, Quality Accounts Resource (HQIP), Quality Framework, Quality Improvement, Quality Improvement (QI) Methods Directory, Quality Improvement Approaches, Quality Improvement Hub, Quality Improvement Methodologies, Quality Improvement Terminology, Regulation, Remote Technologies for Healthcare Quality Improvement, Root Cause Analyses, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Service Improvement in Healthcare, ShareIDEAS, Spread and Adoption Tool (NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement), Spreading Improvement Ideas, Stakeholder Analysis Tools, Statistical Process Control, Statistical Process Control (SPC) Principles, Statistical Process Control Methodology, Technological Innovations, Telemedicine, UCLPartners, University of Toronto, USA, VA National Centre for Patient Safety: Basics of HFMEA
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Engagement Cycle: Updated and Under New Ownership (InHealth Associates / Centre for Patient Leadership)
Summary The engagement cycle is a commissioning tool aimed at promoting better engagement with patients and the public. The online “Engagement Cycle” resource helps commissioners to engage patients, carers and the public in decisions about local health services. It has … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), Integrated Care, Local Interest, National, Person-Centred Care, Personalisation, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Care in Local Communities, CCGs, Centre for Patient Leadership, Citizen Participation, Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), Co-Production, Collaborative Working in Local Communities, Commissioning Local Services, Community Empowerment, Community Engagement, Community Involvement, Empowerment, Engagement, Engagement Cycle: an Online Resource for Commissioners, Health and Social Care Reform, Holistic Quality Improvement, InHealth Associates, Local Empowerment, Monitoring, Monitoring and Oversight, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, Outcomes and Monitoring, Participatory and Citizen Involvement, Patient and Public Involvement, Patient Empowerment, Patient Engagement, Patient Experience, Patient Experience Research, Patient Rated Experience Measures (PREMs), Patient Rated Outcome Measures (PROMs), Patient Reported Outcomes Measures (PROMS), Patient-reported Experience Measures (PREMs), PROMS and PREMS, Public Engagement Exercises, Quality and Sustainability, Quality Improvement, Quality Improvement Approaches, Quality Monitoring, Redesigning Local Healthcare Systems, Redesigning Services, Seldom Heard Groups, Service Redesign, Service Transformation, Service User Experience, Service User Involvement, SLAs: Service Level Agreements, Sustainability, Sustainability Model, Transformational Commissioning, Transformational Leadership, Transforming Patient Experience, Transforming Services, User Experience, User Involvement
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Mainstream Dementia Pathways Literature (British Psychological Society)
Summary This document was released last year by the Dementia Work Stream of the Faculty of the Psychology of Older People (FPOP) at the British Psychological Society. It reflects a literature review performed between 2011 and 2012 to find important … Continue reading
Posted in Alzheimer's Society, Antipsychotics, Commissioning, Dementia Action Alliance, For Researchers (mostly), Integrated Care, Management of Condition, Mental Health, Models of Dementia Care, National, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Northern Ireland, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Pharmacological Treatments, Quick Insights, Royal College of Psychiatrists, SCIE, Scotland, UK, Universal Interest, Wales
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NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ)
Summary NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ) was established on April 1st 2013. NHS IQ is the driving force for improvement across the NHS in England, and is hosted by NHS England. NHS IQ is an improvement organisation geared to the needs and challenges of … Continue reading
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Tagged Advance Care Planning (ACP), AMBER Care Bundle, Benefits of Integrated Care, CCG Capability, Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) Capability Building, Continuous Improvement, Electronic Palliative Care Coordination System (EPaCCS), Electronic Palliative Care Coordination Systems, GRASP Suite, GRASP-AF Tool, GRASP-COPD, GRASP-HF Tool, Health Improvement, Institute for Innovation and Improvement, Integrated Care and Support, Integrated Care Pathway, Integrated Commissioning, Integrated Provision, Integrated Services, Integrated Teams, Long-Term Care and Support, Long-Term Conditions (LTCs), National Cancer Action Team (NHS IQ: Legacy Organisation), National End of Life Care Programme (NHS IQ: Legacy Organisation), NHS Change Model, NHS Diabetes and Kidney Care (NHS IQ: Legacy Organisation), NHS England (Formerly the NHS Commissioning Board), NHS Health Check Programme, NHS Improvement (NHS IQ: Legacy Organisation), NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ), NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement (NHS IQ: Legacy Organisation), NHS IQ Legacy Organisations, NHS Outcomes Framework, NHS Outcomes Framework Domains, Patient Care, Patient Experience, Patient Safety, Quality Improvement, Rapid Discharge Home to Die Pathway, Seven Day Services, Seven Day Services Improvement Programme, Supporting Integrated Care, Transform Programme, Transforming End of Life Care in Acute Hospitals
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D:Kit Self-Assessment Resource Pack (DAA’s Right Care Call to Action to Create Dementia-Friendly Hospitals)
Summary The D:Kit Self-Assessment resource has been compiled using a comprehensive and up-to-date collection of resources in order to support acute hospitals in meeting the Dementia Action Alliance (DAA)‘s Right Care Call to Action to Create Dementia-Friendly Hospitals. It reflects the National CQUIN for … Continue reading
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Tagged Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Acute Medical Ward for Dementia, Admiral Nurses, Advance Care Planning (ACP), Agreed Care Plans, Antipsychotics, Antipsychotics in Elderly People with Dementia, Assessment and Diagnosis, Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), Behavioural Alternatives to Antipsychotic Drugs, BPSD, BPSD: Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia, Bradford Teaching Hospital, Bradford Teaching Trust, Bradford University Dementia Group, Butterfly Scheme, Care in General Hospitals, Care Plan, Care Planning, Carer’s Assessment, Carers Northern Ireland, Carers UK Guide to Coming Out of Hospital, Carers UK Guide to Involving and Consulting Carers, Common Core Principles for Supporting People with Dementia, Core Care Plans: Discharge Pathway with MDT Involvement, CQUIN Dementia Goal, Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Creating Dementia-Friendly Hospitals (Dementia Action Alliance), D:KIT: NHS Self Assessment Resource for Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia And Carers: Workers' Resource, Dementia Care in Acute District General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia Champions, Dementia CQUIN, Dementia Design Audit Tool, Dementia Diagnostic Assessment Form, Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Dementia in General Hospital Inpatients, Dementia UK, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Environmental Design, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Wards, Dementia: Workers and Carers Together, Diagnosis and Assessment, Discharge Planning, Distressed Behaviour, Eight Common Core Principles for Supporting People with Dementia, Excellent Care in a Dementia Friendly Acute Hospital: Evaluation Report, Falls, General Hospital Care, General Hospitals, GP Dementia Risk Notification Form, Hospital Discharge, Hospital to Home Care Pack, Institute for Innovation and Improvement, Involving And Consulting Carers: A Guide To Giving Carers An Effective Voice, Kings Fund EHE Assessment tool, Length of Stay (LoS), Mortality, National Audit of Dementia Care, National Dementia CQUIN, Needs Assessments, Needs of Carers, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, NHS Right Care, NHS Self Assessment Resource for Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals: D:KIT, Nutrition and Hydration, Nutritional Support, Pain Management, Personalised Care Planning, Prescribing of Antipsychotic Drugs For People With Dementia, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Professor Alistair Burns, QIPP Right Care Programme, RCN, RCN Commitment to Care, RCN Dementia Project, RCN Dementia Resources, Reducing Agitation and Distress, Right Care, Right Care (Invitation Letter), Right Care Programme, Right Care: Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Royal College of Nursing (RCN), Royal College of Psychiatrists National Audit Tool, SCIE Dementia Gateway, South West Dementia Partnership Compendium, South West Dementia Partnership Competency Framework, South West Dementia Partnership Learning and Education Resources, Stirling University, Support for Carers, Supporting People with Dementia and Their Carers in Health and Social Care, Yorkshire Outdoors
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The Right Care: Creating Dementia-Friendly Hospitals (Department of Health)
Summary The Department of Health has written to acute trusts reminding them of a campaign run by the Dementia Action Alliance which urges hospitals to become dementia-friendly. Hospitals are requested to commit to becoming dementia-friendly during March 2013. This letter … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Dementia Action Alliance, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), Management of Condition, National, NHS, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Practical Advice, Quick Insights, Standards, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Avoidable Rehospitalisations, CQC's Care Update 2013, CQUIN Dementia Goal, Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Creating Dementia-Friendly Hospitals (Dementia Action Alliance), D:KIT: NHS Self Assessment Resource for Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Dementia Action Alliance (DAA), Dementia Care in Acute General Hospitals, Dementia Care in Acute Settings, Dementia Care in General Hospitals, Dementia CQUIN, Dementia Friendly Acute Hospitals, Dementia in General Hospital Inpatients, Dementia-Friendly Communities, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Dementia-Friendly Neighbourhoods, Dementia-Friendly Wards, Francis Inquiry, Francis Inquiry Report, Francis Report, Length of Stay (LoS), Liberal Democrat MP Norman Lamb: Former Health Minister (Coalition Government), NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, NHS Self Assessment Resource for Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals: D:KIT, Preventable Hospital Admissions, Professor Alistair Burns, Right Care, Right Care (Invitation Letter), Right Care Programme, Right Care: Creating Dementia Friendly Hospitals, Sir David Nicholson
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