All HSJ Knowledge articles – Page 83
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Five security threats to healthcare technology: how to protect your organisation
You may need to up your game when it comes to data security, writes Frank Andrus
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Clinical portals - technology to empower health service delivery
The NHS can achieve significant improvements in patient experience and outcomes by making better use of its existing IT, argues Wayne Parslow
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Book Review: The Economics of John Kenneth Galbraith: Introduction, Persuasion and Rehabilitation
Stephen Dunn is already a hero to health service reformers and to East of England patients for his work in East Anglia, which was not just about Hinchingbrooke, but a region-wide improvement in access and quality. Now he has also made a significant contribution to economic thinking.
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Supporting surgery: how to get the best out of locum surgeons
The best and safest surgery is delivered by settled teams so it makes sense to provide well managed support for locum surgeons. Chris Milford offers some guidelines for hospitals.
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The difficulties reform poses for improving quality in the NHS - an HSJ round table
A recent survey and online panel discussion held by HSJ in conjunction with CQI revealed the uncertainties leaders are facing over quality, says Jennifer Taylor.
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How to get the best outcomes when measuring productivity
Effective use of metrics to drive workforce productivity improvement means carefully defining the inputs and outcomes you need, say Rachael Charlton and colleagues.
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Crossing the line: how shifting organisational boundaries are impacting roles in the NHS
The changing shape of the NHS means individual roles may straddle more than one organisation, if not several. But these “boundary spanners” are the diplomatic links that can bring success to collaborating organisations, argues Helen Scott.
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Is public health the most at risk from reform?
While the government paused, debate was very much in action. One key discussion at doctors.net.uk has raised serious concerns that public health could be at risk from reform when responsibility for public health campaigns falls to those ill-equipped to handle it.
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How GPs can help patients make sense of health information
It is not a lack of information that confronts patients in the NHS now, but a problem with knowing where to get trustworthy and reliable information from. GPs themselves can take a leading role on giving patients a better experience, writes Michael Guida.
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Innovative approaches to health priorities through NHS and industry collaboration
Partnering with the pharmaceutical industry and bringing together a diverse group of experts is a novel but valuable approach for the NHS to address healthcare challenges, write Robyn Hudson and colleagues.
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Why patient safety should remain the priority in healthcare
Responsibility for the safety of patients is a cornerstone of healthcare. Alison Moore looks at how changes to the NHS will affect its approach to this fundamental commitment.
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Why trusts are in danger from increased judicial review - and how to mitigate the threat
The increasing willingness of the courts to challenge decisions made by public bodies and the government could represent a huge cost to the NHS, says Tim Care.
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Achieving behaviour change intervention value for money
Investment in behaviour change interventions must be justifiable. Rowena Merritt and colleagues present a set of tools that help demonstrate their cost effectiveness.
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Board brilliance revealed: study into top performing boards finds 19 top organisations
Comparing the best and the not quite so good reveals some of what makes an NHS organisation’s board highly effective, say Naomi Chambers and Alison Pryce, with Manchester Business School PhD students Yanchao Li and Petra Poljsak.
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How to handle change with confidence
The stress of managing change often has a negative impact on personal and professional lives, costing workforces millions of pounds in stress-related leave. But teaching individuals to approach change in a different light can drastically reduce or prevent this impact on organisations, as Maggie Cork and Elaine Smith explain.
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Simple steps in reducing wastage can have serious savings for NHS budgets
The big question in the health service is, where can the NHS make savings without compromising patient care? GS1 UK health sector manager Roger Lamb highlights examples where simple technology is reducing drug and stock wastage
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Book review - Personal Health Records: a guide for clinicians
Dr Emma Stanton, Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellow and specialist registrar at South London and Maudsley Foundation Trust, reviews Personal Health Records: a guide for clinicians by Mohammad Al-Ubaydli.
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The opportunity for the NHS to adopt new technology could revolutionise the health service
Among hundreds of debates on NHS reform, underpinning them all is the agreed concern of revolutionising the way healthcare is delivered. Technology can kickstart the revolution, but it requires change at every level – from the patient to the most senior decision makers, says Microsoft sales director John Gobron.
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Battling the elements: how one trust's fight for foundation status holds valuable lessons
Despite winter snow and a flu outbreak, a high profile trust reorganisation was pushed through in order to start addressing debt problems, low performance and poor service design. Their commitment may result in the rescuing of the trust’s goal of foundation status, as Daloni Carlisle reports.
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Negotiating a better pathway for dementia care
A workshop on dementia evolved into the creation of a practical strategy for building a patient and carer-focused dementia service - which could save the health service more than £120m. Healthcare at Home’s group clinical director Ruth Poole explains.