All Innovation articles – Page 70
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to make change management a driver of quality care
Delivering an improved level of quality in patient care through change management is certainly achievable, but the vision and the process must be visible and understood at all levels of your organisation, say Marie-Clare Mendham and Seraphim Patel.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow a 'bottom-up' approach to innovation is making service improvements easier
Adopting a bottom-up approach to driving clinical improvements in a traditionally top-down health service is making a significant difference to the collaborative projects being run in north west London by the National Institute for Health Research, writes Ganesh Sathyamoorthy.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy taking a national approach could kick-start technology adoption in the NHS
High costs, complex planning and ‘pilot-itis’ are all common hurdles to technology adoption. Sally Chisholm argues a coordinated national approach could help overcome them.
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Comment'Don't rush through regulation at the expense of innovation'
The PIP breast implant scandal has raised difficult questions for trusts and clinicians about the faith they place in the reliability of medical devices they use.
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HSJ Knowledge
How implementing digital dictation encouraged one trust to review its service provision
One trusts move to digital dictation from an outdated process not only improved efficiencies in that area, but also allowed them to review other services in order to drive new process efficiencies throughout the hospital. Gunther Empl explains.
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NewsMonitor licensing could stifle innovation - FTN
Monitor’s plans for safeguarding services from closure risk “stifling” innovation and preventing trusts from complying with CQC requirements, the Foundation Trust Network has warned.
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CommentThe rise of the patient leader
Patient leaders have a valuable role to play in tackling the problems facing health and social care at a national and local level, but we need to improve the development of and access to learning opportunities in order to grow this pool of talent properly, says David Gilbert.
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News
Enter now: Care Integration Awards launched by HSJ and Nursing Times
Health Services Journal and Nursing Times announce the launch of a brand new awards programme; the Care Integration Awards, recognising and rewarding excellence in collaborative clinical practice.
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HSJ KnowledgeGetting ahead: how to select an executive coach
Choosing an executive coach can seem a daunting decision. Rob Watling offers some simple advice to help make the right choice.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to achieve the cultural change required to drive NHS innovation
The NHS is crying out for innovate solutions to help meet the challenges facing the service. Despite the austere times, innovation can emerge driven by determination and enthusiasm, argues Dr Neil Bacon.
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Comment'Start planning the execution, instead of dreaming about the ambition'
In 2012, the Year of the Dragon, will commissioning plans be all smoke and no fire? Paul Zollinger-Read says it is vital that they aren’t.
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NewsLansley vows to enforce drugs access rules
Legislation meant to end the variable access to drugs in NHS hospitals will be enforced, the health secretary has told the Commons.
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HSJ KnowledgeLiberating Ideas: the award-winning projects that could truly liberate the NHS
Which of the Liberating Ideas Award 2011 winners’ projects has the greatest potential to be adopted by the rest of the NHS? Alison Moore watched the final judging session.
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HSJ KnowledgeBook review: How to have Creative Ideas
NHS Trafford service reform lead Hannah Lowry reviews How to Have Creative Ideas by Edward de Bono, and asks whether it can help the NHS develop new solutions to old problems.
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NewsBirmingham chief executive made a dame in new year's honours
The chief executive of University Hospital Birmingham Foundation Trust has been made a dame in the new year’s honours list.
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Comment'It's time to remove the barriers to telehealth'
The results of the latest and biggest telehealth trial suggest that it should undoubtedly now be taken seriously in today’s medicine. Yet there is real resistance to it in the system, and the barriers need to be removed to ensure telehealth success, say Matthew Rutter and Joe Stringer.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy improved design is key to reducing violence against NHS staff
A pilot scheme intended to reduce assaults on NHS employees by improving accident and emergency waiting areas is a vital first step in making sure staff feel safe and protected at work, says Noel Walsh.
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NewsExclusive: MPs to be warned over workforce reforms
NHS Employers will tell MPs there is a danger that overly-centralist government reforms would deprive trusts of sufficiently skilled staff, HSJ understands.
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HSJ Local
Enuresis award for Surrey social enterprise
PERFORMANCE: Social Enterprise scheme Central Surrey Health has won a national award for best employee idea for service innovation.
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Comment'There are real rewards to be reaped from recognising staff'
I recently attended Nottingham University Hospitals Trust’s annual staff awards ceremony, a few days after some of my colleagues were present at November’s HSJ Awards.