The person most likely to end up in hospital tomorrow is the one being discharged today. The IHI has a survey of the published evidence with regard to hospital readmissions and has also compiled a ‘Compendium of Promising Interventions’. They are available on this page. This survey of the published literature regarding the effective interventions […]
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Effective Interventions to Reduce RehospitalizationsDecember 4, 2013
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To make a difference, focus on Access and CommunicationNovember 16, 2013
Effects of Patient-Centered Medical Home Attributes on Patients’ Perceptions of Quality in Federally Supported Health Centers This study found that patients perception of quality was high in federally funded clinics that operated according to PCMH prinicples. The study used the following PCMH attributes (1) access to care getting to health center, (2) access to care […] |
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Leading Healthcare InnovationOctober 22, 2013
 ‘Leading Health Care Innovation’ is a collaboration of the editors of the Harvard Business Review and the New England Journal of Medicine. It is an eight-week online forum devoted to helping leaders, managers, and others in health care increase value by improving patient outcomes and reducing costs. The ‘insight center’ will run from Sept. 17 […] |
7CCs and the Art of the Chronic Conditions ConsultationOctober 22, 2013
 The 7CCs is a new framework for conducting a Chronic Conditions Consultation.
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And the Ig Nobel goes to …The Science of Beer GogglesSeptember 18, 2013
Shhh. The 1200 people packed into the Sanders Theatre at Harvard University put down their paper airplanes and signal to each other to be quiet. The time has come. Five genuinely bemused, genuine Nobel Laureates are about to announce the 2013 Ig Nobel Prizes for science. The Ig Nobels were first awarded by the magazine […] |
The Improvement Organisation and the Medicare LocalJuly 23, 2013
“Quality is never an accident. It is always the result of intelligent effort” John Ruskin Medicare Locals aim to improve the health of their communities. They will be ‘system redesigners’ for primary care, creating a more equitable, joined up system. And they will work to improve the quality and capacity of the GPs, specialists, allied […] |
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Making the Most of WebinarsJune 16, 2013
Making the Most of Webinars – Harvard Business Review As the technology improves, many educational and other meetings are being offerred as Webinars. This a great improvement over flying around the countryside to attend in person if the organisers design the content with the webinar format in mind, and if the participants don’t take the […] |
Alfabeto MedicoMarch 25, 2013
Will sent me this and seemed to think it was amusing. Looks perfectly fine to me.
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