All Innovation articles – Page 79
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HSJ KnowledgePublic health: Is your activity on target?
In the second part in our series on social marketing, Stuart Shepherd looks at an online toolkit that can help improve productivity and service quality by targeting resources effectively
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NewsNHS County Durham and Darlington launches non-emergency hotline
NHS County Durham and Darlington has launched a new urgent care phone service.
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HSJ KnowledgeYou’re at the top of the NHS – here are some tips to help you stay there
Lisa Rodrigues has been a trust chief executive since 2002. Here she passes on the benefit of her experience
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HSJ Knowledge
Quality through CQUIN
St Andrew’s Healthcare is a major provider of mental health inpatient services.
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HSJ Knowledge
Spend on consultancy
The chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander may have pledged that health would be protected from the 25 per cent departmental spending cuts this autumn, but it is abundantly clear that “efficiency savings” are still right at the top of the NHS agenda.
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HSJ KnowledgeExpert patients: everyone can benefit
Self management can improve outcomes and quality of life for patients while cutting the demand for NHS services and associated costs. Jim Phillips explains
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NewsNHS reforms 'boosting interest in foreign patients'
Government proposals to lift a cap on the proportion of income NHS hospitals can earn from private work led to a surge in interest in attracting patients from abroad, it has been reported.
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CommentSheila Williams on positive communication
Recently I observed a team meeting on ideas for service improvements. A pattern emerged. For every idea offered, one particular person criticised it or gave reasons why it wouldn’t work.
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InformationHSJ Webchat: empowering patients through innovation
This webchat looks at the latest developments in patient empowerment
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HSJ PartnersEmpowering patients through innovation
Sign up for this free webchat to share ideas with leaders in innovation
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HSJ KnowledgeGet to grips with intellectual property
Continuing our series on innovation, Richard Plaistowe and Tom Gibbs help you get to grips with the different areas of intellectual property
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NewsNHS technology uptake ‘slow’
NHS managers are still slow to adopt new technology that can save money.
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HSJ Knowledge
Fundamentals of Patient Safety - conference sessions
A business critical briefing from HSJ’s Fundamentals of Patient Safety conference
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NewsNHS mini-stroke performance 'costs 500 lives a year'
The NHS is failing to act quickly enough when people suffer symptoms of a transient ischemic attack, also known as a mini stroke, costing an estimated 500 lives a year, according to a report.
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HSJ Knowledge
Customer focus
In the wake of planned spending cuts and head count reductions across the public sector, Jo Causon examines how maintaining ‘customer’ focus can minimise the impact on frontline service provision in the NHS.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to improve your health website
Redesign your website to allow visitors to amble through, rather than wall them in with words, says Ann McGauran
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HSJ KnowledgeBook Review: Back of the Napkin
Simple drawings can make concepts instantly clearer, says James Potter
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CommentTories’ NHS vision poses a screening programme test
With public health firmly on the agenda, what kind of role can we expect for screening?
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HSJ KnowledgeThe cost of poor quality healthcare and how to put it right
Improvement initiatives can save money, but how to make real change remains a challenge, finds Stuart Shepherd
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HSJ KnowledgeVirtual innovations in health and social care
Continuing our series on innovation, Maggie Ioannou looks at the lessons learned from delivering virtual ward.