All Clinical coding articles – Page 2
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HSJ KnowledgeThe benefits of using virtual environment radiotherapy training
Utilising virtual environment radiotherapy training has helped one trust develop and improve learning and knowledge in different departments across the trust, as Dean Garnham and colleagues explain.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe three key principles behind clinical decisions on resuscitation
“Do not attempt cardio-pulmonary resuscitation” orders can be a contentious area for clinical teams. Duncan Astill and Nick Morton unpick the principles behind them.
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Comment'Patients and organisations still need an information revolution'
Reorganisations might be familiar at Richmond House, but revolutions are rarer. With the information strategy officially paused, has the promised NHS spring turned to winter, asks Asthma UK chief executive Neil Churchill.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow a new heart valve treatment can improve heart disease mortality rates
A new treatment available to combat valvular heart disease could be an opportunity to improve the care provided to those who would previously have been too ill for open heart surgery - and cut mortality rates in patients with the disease. Dr Mark De Belder explains.
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HSJ Knowledge
Why a better understanding of emergency admissions needs better data
Emergency attendance and admission will only be reduced by greater understanding of the demand. It is vital, says Simon Rowe, to make sure you use the most appropriate data.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe critical factors for an efficient acute medical care unit
Three elements decide the efficiency of an acute medical care unit, and its success or failure. Paul Glynne and colleagues advise on what they are, and the difference the unit is making at University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to measure activity and workforce planning for clinical research staff
A workforce planning tool for clinical researchers adapted from US clinical research centres has helped staff in the UK with widely accepted metrics that provide recognised, valuable data and evidence, as members of the UK Clinical Research Facility Network intensity working group explain.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow investing in therapeutic services provides a clinical cost saving in the long term
Can investing in therapy cost less than traditional case management for dissociative identity disorders, asks Cheshire and Wirral Partnership FT clinical psychologist Dr Mike Lloyd.
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NewsDisagreement over new 'death rate' measure continues
The NHS Information Centre has been forced to amend the new summary hospital mortality indicator following complaints from the members of the steering group set up agree a consensus on measuring mortality rates, HSJ has learned.
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HSJ Local
Palliative coding surge raises death rate worry
PERFORMANCE: Mid-Staffordshire and two other West Midlands trusts were involved in a “concerted effort” which involved “removing deaths” from their performance record, an expert on death rates has claimed.
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NewsPatients 'being coded as palliative to cut death rates', inquiry told
Patients with diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis are being coded under palliative care to reduce death rates, a leading expert has told the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry.
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HSJ KnowledgeWhy regional projects are leading the way on innovation in the NHS
Case studies from the frontline are highlighting how NHS organisations are innovating services using Regional Innovation Funds. Sarah McGeehan looks at the evidence.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow pathway mapping software is improving evidence based care delivery
Few people would question the importance of implementing evidence based practice in healthcare, but making improvements in professional practice is not a simple matter. The Map of Medicine tool could change all this, argue Colin Cohen and Bal Duper.
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HSJ Local
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust shortlisted for coding award
PERFORMANCE: North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust has been shortlisted for the CHKS data quality award for England.
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HSJ Local
Clinical coding award in offing for Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust
PERFORMANCE: Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust has been shortlisted for the CHKS data quality award for England.
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HSJ Local
Quality of coding recognised at Northumbria Healthcare FT
PERFORMANCE: Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has been shortlisted for the CHKS data quality award for England.
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HSJ Local
Gateshead Health FT on data quality awards shortlist
PERFORMANCE: Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust has been shortlisted for the CHKS data quality award for England.
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HSJ Local
East Cheshire NHS Trust shortlisted for coding award
PERFORMANCE: East Cheshire NHS Trust has been shortlisted for the CHKS data quality award for England.
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HSJ Local
Overperformance fuels 'strong' surplus at Birmingham Children's Hospital Foundation Trust
FINANCE: Birmingham Children’s Hospital Foundation Trust is predicting a year end surplus of between £8m and £9m.
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CommentBruce Keogh and Ian Dalton on death rates
Comparing death rates for heart surgery is difficult enough even when you look at just a single procedure and use well-honed algorithms. When it involves an institutional aggregate of many procedures and diagnoses, it becomes much more difficult.
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