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Tag Archives: NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research Programme
More on Disjointed Care for Dementia and Comorbidities: the CoDem Study (NIHR)
Summary The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Comorbidity and dementia (CoDem) review confirms the need to improve continuity of care and access to services for persons living with dementia with co-morbidities (as covered in a recent ILC-UK report). This … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, Commissioning, Community Care, Diagnosis, 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, NHS, NIHR, NIHRSDO, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, Stroke, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Access to Care, Acute Care, Best Practice in Dementia Care (Triangle of Care), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, Carer Friendly Society, Carer Inclusion, Carer Inclusion and Support, Carer Support, Centre for Research in Primary and Community Care: University of Hertfordshire, Co-Morbidities, Co-Morbidities and Dementia, Co-Morbidities In Older Patients, Cognitive Functioning and Ageing Studies, Common Dementia Comorbidities, Comorbidity and Dementia (CoDem), Complex Conditions, Continuity of Care, Dementia and Diabetes, Dementia Co-Morbidities, Dementia Comorbidities, Dementia Risk Factors, Dementia-Friendly Cities, Dementia-Friendly Environments, Dementia-Friendly Hospitals, Department of Psychology: King’s College London, Department of Public Health and Primary Care: University of Cambridge, Diabetes, Diabetes and Multiple Morbidities, Disjointed and Substandard Care, East London Foundation Trust, Elderly People With Complex Health and Social Care Needs, Health and Social Care Integration, Health Services and Delivery Research Programme (NIHR), Holistic Care, Holistic Care Assessments, Holistic Co-ordinated Care, Hospital-Based Initiatives, Impact of Dementia and Medical Comorbidities on Quality of Care and Access to Treatment, Improving Health Care for People With Dementia, Institute for Health and Society: Newcastle University, Institute of Psychiatry: King's College London, Integration of Health and Care, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, King’s College London, Leicestershire, Medical Research Council's Cognitive Function and Ageing Studies (CFAS) Project, Multiple Long-Term Conditions, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research Programme, NIHR Research for Patient Benefit Programme, North Thames Clinical Research Network Dementias and Neurodegeneration (DeNDRoN), Prevalence of Dementia in People with Diabetes Stroke and Visual Impairment, Prevalence of Diabetes Stroke and Visual Impairment in People with Dementia, PRIMENT Clinical Trials Unit: University College London, Research Department of Primary Care and Population Health: University College London Medical School, Sensory Impairment, Supporting Self-Care, Triangle of Care, Triangle of Care for Dementia, Type 2 Diabetes, University College London Medical School, University of Hertfordshire, Untreated Comorbidities, Vision Impairment, Visual Impairment, Workforce Development
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Reducing Unplanned Admissions by People Aged 85 Years+ (NIHR / Health Services and Delivery Research / BBC News)
Summary Three sites where hospital admission rates for people aged 85 years and over had risen sharply, and three sites where these rates had declined, were studied in order to investigate local differences in strategies for avoiding the need for … Continue reading
Posted in Acute Hospitals, BBC News, Commissioning, Community Care, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), In the News, Integrated Care, Local Interest, Management of Condition, National, NHS, NIHR, Non-Pharmacological Treatments, Patient Care Pathway, Person-Centred Care, Quick Insights, Standards, UK
Tagged Access to Health and Social Care Support, Acute Care, Acute Care Collaboration, Acute Care Services, Acute Medical Care for Frail Older People, Ageing Population, Ambulatory Care-Sensitive Conditions (ACSCs), Ambulatory Emergency Care (AEC), Avoidable Admissions, Avoidable Hospital Admissions, Better Care Together, Business School: University of Nottingham, Care Closer to Home, Care Homes, Commissioning Home Care, Community Care, Community Care Services, Community Health Services, Community Health Services Ease Winter Pressures on Hospitals, Community Health Services Forum, Community Nursing, Department of Health Sciences: University of Leicester, Department of Public Health: NHS Northamptonshire, Dr Stephanie Machin: Robin Hood Health Centre in Sutton, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Ambulance Services, Emergency and Urgent Care Services, Emergency Attendances, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Emergency Readmissions, Emergency Services, ESCAPE 85+: Establishing System Change for Admissions of People 85+, Establishing System Change for Admissions of People 85+ (ESCAPE 85+), Factors Behind Increasing Emergency Admissions, Factors in Increased Use of Urgent and Emergency Care, Health and Care of Older People, Health and Social Care, Health and Social Care Integration, Health Services and Delivery Research, Health Services and Delivery Research (HS&DR) Programme, Health Services and Delivery Research Programme (NIHR), Home Care, Integration of Health and Care, Integration of Health and Social Care, Integration of Health and Social Care for Older People, Leicester, Local Health and Care Economies, Local Health and Care Services, Loughborough, Loughborough University, Matthew Winn: Chair of NHS Confederation Community Health Services Forum, McKinsey 7S Framework, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), NHS Confederation Community Health Services Forum, NHS Northamptonshire, NHS Service Reconfiguration, NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research Programme, Northampton, Nottingham, Out of Hospital Community Care, Out-of-Hospital Urgent Care, Out-of-Hospital Urgent Care Programme, Out-of-Hours General Practice, Out-of-Hours Primary Care, Pathways for Frail and Vulnerable People, Preventing Avoidable Emergency Admissions, Readmissions, Reducing Early Hospital Readmissions, Reducing Unnecessary Admissions, Reducing Unplanned Admissions in People Aged 85 Years and Over, Reducing Unscheduled Admissions, Residential Care Homes, SPA: Single Point of Access, STARS: Short Term Assessment and Reablement Service, Sutton Homes of Care Vanguard, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, University of Leicester, University of Nottingham, Unnecessary Hospital Admissions, Unplanned Hospital Admissions, Unscheduled Admissions, Unscheduled Care Pathways, Urgent and Emergency Care, Urgent and Emergency Care Pathways, Urgent and Emergency Services, Urgent Care Axis (Silver Book), Urgent Care Axis: Points for Intervention (Jay Banerjee’s Silver Book), Urgent Care Centres (UCCs), Urgent Care Centres (Walk-In and Minor Injuries Units), Urgent Care Services Outside of Hospitals, Whole System Change, Whole System Integration, Whole System Partnership, Whole System Patient Flows, Whole Systems Approach, Whole Systems Redesign, Winter Pressures, Winter Pressures: Role of Community Health Services, Wolfson School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering: Loughborough University
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Further Confirmation of the “Weekend Effect”: The Global Comparators Project (BMJ Quality and Safety / BBC News / OHE / Health Economics / BMJ)
Summary Recent research indicates that the “weekend effect” is a systematic phenomenon in the quality of healthcare, which impacts upon mortality rates in hospital care internationally. 2,982,570 hospital records from 28 hospitals in England, Australia, the USA and the Netherlands … Continue reading
Posted in Community Care, Department of Health, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), International, NHS, Nuffield Trust, Quick Insights, Standards, Statistics, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged 7 Day Services, ACALM Study Unit: Aston Medical School, Acute Care, Acute Hospital Care, Acute Hospitals, Aston Medical School: Aston University, Aston University, Australia, Avoidable Mortality, BBC Health News, BMJ, BMJ Quality and Safety, British Medical Journal (BMJ), CLAHRCs: NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, Costs and Benefits of Seven-Day Services for Emergency Hospital Admissions, Culture Change in the NHS, Day-of-the-Week Effect, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Department of Health Sciences: University of York, Department of Informatics: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Department of Primary Care and Population Health: University College London, Dr Fiona Godlee: Editor of the British Medical Journal, Dr Foster, Dr Foster Hospital Guide, Dr Foster Intelligence, Dr Foster Unit: Imperial College London, Dr Foster Unit: PCPH Imperial College London, Economics of Elevated Hospital Mortality at Weekends, Elective Procedures, Elevated Weekend Hospital Mortality, Emergency Admissions, Emergency Hospital Treatment, England, Farr Institute of Health Informatics Research: University College London, GC Database, Global Comparators (GC) Project, Global Comparators Project, Health Economics, Health Finance Managers Association (HFMA), Healthcare Financial Management Association, Healthcare Quality Improvement, HFMA: Healthcare Financial Management Association, High-Intensity Specialist-Led Acute Care (HiSLAC) Project, Hospital Mortality, Hospital Mortality Rates, Improving Patient Safety, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine (JRSM), Manchester Centre for Health Economics: University of Manchester, Medical Director of NHS England: Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Medical Directorate: NHS England, Monday to Friday Culture, Mortality, Mortality Associated With After Hours and Weekend Admissions, Mortality at the Weekend, Mortality by Day of the Week, Mortality Rates, Mortality Statistics, Myocardial Infarction Data Acquisition System (MIDAS), Netherlands, NHS Culture, NHS England, NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ), NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ) Seven Day Services Team, NHS Seven Days a Week Forum, Nigel Edwards: Nuffield Trust, NIHR CLAHRC West Midlands, NIHR Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care for Birmingham and the Black Country (NIHR CLAHRC-BBC), NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research Programme, Office of Health Economics (OHE), Orchestrated Intransigence, Patient Safety, Patient Safety Collaboratives, Patient Safety Improvement, Preventable Hospital Mortality, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Quality and Outcomes Research Unit: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Quality Improvement, Quality of Care, Quality of Care at Weekends, QUORUM Metric for Comparing Hospital Death Rates, Seven Day Services Team: NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ), Seven-Day Hospital Services, Seven-Day Working, Survivorship Models, UK National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) West Midlands, United States, University College London, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, University of Manchester, University of Warwick, University of Warwick Medical School, University of York, Urgent and Emergency Care, USA, Variations in Quality of Care, Warwick Centre for Applied Health Research and Delivery: University of Warwick, Warwick Medical School: University of Warwick, Weekend Effect, Weekend Hospitalisation and Additional Risk of Death, Weekend Mortality for Emergency Admissions, Weekend Working, Workforce Challenges in Emergency Medicine
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Leadership Role in Improving Care and Reducing Costs (NIHR / IHI)
Summary The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has collated evidence on management and leadership. Findings from sixteen recent studies on leadership and management practice are reviewed. The aim is to improve services for patients, whilst keeping control of costs. … Continue reading
Posted in Commissioning, For Doctors (mostly), For Nurses and Therapists (mostly), For Researchers (mostly), For Social Workers (mostly), International, Management of Condition, National, NIHR, NIHRSDO, Patient Care Pathway, Quick Insights, Standards, Systematic Reviews, UK, Universal Interest
Tagged Allied Health Professionals (AHPs), Bellin Health in Wisconsin, Boundarilessness, British Association of Medical Management, Budget Management, Care Management, Clinical Commissioning, Clinical Engagement, Clinical Leadership, Clinical Leadership for Cross Boundary Service Redesign, Collaboration, Create Vision and Build Will, Cultural Leadership, Developing Capability, Domains of the IHI High-Impact Leadership Framework, Evidence-Based Management, Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (FMLM), Financial Management, Front Line Engagement, General Management, Health Services and Delivery Research Programme (NIHR), High-Impact Leadership, IHI High-Impact Leadership Framework, IHI Innovation Series, Implications of the Francis Inquiry Report, Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI), Knowledge to Action, Leadership, Leadership and Culture, Leadership Development, Leadership for Innovation, Leadership for Quality, Leadership in Health Care, Learning Programmes, Management and Leadership, Management Research, Management vs Leadership, Masters / Master of Business Administration (MBA), Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Medical Directors, Medical Engagement and Leadership, Medical Leadership, Memorial Hermann Health System, Mental Models for Health Care Leadership, Middle Management in Healthcare, Monitor, Multi-Professional Clinical Leadership, National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO), NHS Leadership, NHS Leadership Academy Top Leaders, NHS TDA: NHS Trust Development Authority, NHS Trust Development Authority, NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA), NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research Programme, Nursing Management, Organisation-Level Improvement in Health Care, Patient-Centred Leadership, Performance Management, Person-Centeredness, Professional Leadership, Provider Management, Quality Improvement, Quality Improvement Approaches, Regional Leadership Academy, Relentless Focus, Repercussions From the Francis Inquiry Report, Service Improvement in Healthcare, Service Redesign, Seven Leadership Leverage Points, Shaping Culture, Southampton University, STate Action on Avoidable Rehospitalizations (STAAR) Initiative, STEEEP Global Institute, Talent Management, Transparency, University of Southampton, Virginia Mason Health System
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