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How do healthcare staff respond to patient experience feedback online? A typology of responses published on Care Opinion (24 June 2019)

Mon, 28 Aug 2023 08:00:00 +0000

Safety thermometer tool (NEQOS)

Tue, 25 Jul 2023 09:04:00 +0000

Why healthcare leadership should embrace quality improvement (BMJ, 31 March 2020)

Wed, 07 Jun 2023 11:04:00 +0000

Simulation as an improvement technique (CUP, 11 January 2023)

Thu, 09 Feb 2023 12:00:57 +0000

Eighth patient report—emergency laparotomy (NELA, 9 February 2023)

Thu, 09 Feb 2023 10:04:50 +0000

Key findings

Patients experienced long delays from time of arrival at hospital to time of surgery, including those with sepsis suspected at arrival in hospital (median 15.6 hours to theatre)
Many patients (77.7%) with suspected sepsis on arrival did not receive antibiotics within an hour of arrival in hospital
One in five high-risk patients did not receive postoperative care in a critical care unit.
Frailty doubled the risk of mortality of patients aged 65 and over (13.0% vs 5.9%), but review by a member of the elderly care team was associated with a significant reduction in mortality (5.9% vs 9.5% amongst non-frail patients, and 13.0% vs 22.3% amongst frail patients). However, this is not routine practice in many hospitals.

What is a driver diagram? (LifeQI, December 2022)

Tue, 17 Jan 2023 10:02:58 +0000

Improving communication from hospital to skilled nursing facility through standardized hand-off: A quality improvement project (December 2022)

Tue, 17 Jan 2023 10:29:14 +0000

Evaluation of NHS partnership with Virginia Mason Institute (The Health Foundation)

Mon, 16 Jan 2023 16:57:29 +0000

National Asthma and COPD Audit Programme (NACAP) Drawing breath report (12 January 2023)

Mon, 16 Jan 2023 11:23:00 +0000

Recommendations

Every person to receive an early and accurate diagnosis based on a guideline-defined approach and a plan for their care
Care to be provided to people with asthma and COPD within the recommended timeframe after hospital admission, to support optimal outcomes
People with asthma and COPD to receive care by appropriately trained healthcare professionals, at each stage of their care pathway, and
Primary, secondary and community services to implement ways to work together, offering people with asthma and COPD a seamless pathway of care.

Annual report: Rebuilding Fracture Liaison Services to meet local patient need (12 January 2023)

Mon, 16 Jan 2023 11:07:00 +0000

Key findings

More patients were recommended anti-osteoporosis medication in 2021 than in 2019 (56% vs 52%), and
The percentage of patients who were followed up within 16 weeks of their fragility fracture has increased from 41% in 2019 to 47% in 2021.
This report also contains a number of recommendations for patients and carers, and for senior executive decision makers. This includes a call for the latter to hold a key stakeholder meeting to explore how local needs for fragility fracture patients can be met.

Cambridge Elements: Improving quality and safety in healthcare (2022)

Tue, 10 Jan 2023 10:36:00 +0000

HQIP datasets and top tips for data access (23 March 2021)

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 10:38:00 +0000

Royal Cornwall Hospitals QI Conference brochure 2022

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 16:11:00 +0000

Betsy Lehman Center - Dr. Lee Erickson on making it easier for clinicians to do their best work (13 January 2022)

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 11:05:00 +0000

Barriers and facilitators for implementing peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) appropriateness guidelines: A longitudinal survey study from 34 Michigan hospitals (4 November 2022)

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 12:29:51 +0000

Perspectives on context: The problem of context in quality improvement (Mary Dixon-Woods)

Sun, 20 Nov 2022 14:43:00 +0000

HQIP - Cornerstone: Laying the foundation for improvement in healthcare (2022 edition)

Wed, 09 Nov 2022 10:08:00 +0000

This issues includes articles on:

The invisible power of health data
How can we involve patients to improve healthcare?
The role of data in addressing health inequalities
Taking a holistic, evidence-based approach to patient safety
When is data ‘good data’?
Interview with Professor Danny Keenan on changes to national clinical audit
Quality improvement case studies
Benchmarking support

Overcoming the ‘self-limiting’ nature of QI: can we improve the quality of patient care while caring for staff? (2 September 2022)

Thu, 03 Nov 2022 11:49:10 +0000

The Health Foundation - Building an organisational culture of continuous improvement (22 September 2022)

Thu, 03 Nov 2022 11:41:00 +0000

IHI: Quality Improvement essentials toolkit

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 13:39:00 +0000

Blog - Six key lessons from the NHS and Virginia Mason Institute partnership (16 October 2022)

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 09:13:32 +0000

LifeQI: Use of PDSAs in healthcare (28 September 2022)

Tue, 04 Oct 2022 12:13:36 +0000

National Quality Board: Shared commitment to quality (27 April 2021)

Mon, 03 Oct 2022 09:53:00 +0000

Ten challenges in improving quality in healthcare: lessons from the Health Foundation's programme evaluations and relevant literature

Mon, 29 Aug 2022 11:40:00 +0000

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust's Quality Account 2020/21

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 16:16:00 +0000