All Evidence based care articles – Page 3
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HSJ Knowledge
Putting patients in the centre: the whole person approach to integrated care
Seraphim Rose Patel explains, with a colleague, how a whole person, whole system approach can reduce NHS and social care costs.
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Comment
'Technology could change the way medicine is practiced'
IT must be embraced as a clinical tool.
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Comment
The relationship between pharma and the NHS is challenging, not cosy
The three-cornered partnership between the NHS, pharma and academic medicine can only benefit from a more open culture, says Timothy Evans.
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HSJ Knowledge
How trusts can get value for money commissioning pathology services
HSJ looks into the top issues facing CCGs in commissioning pathology services.
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Comment
'Mandating staffing levels is not the answer to reducing poor care'
Does fewer staff equate to less quality?
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Comment
'The NHS needs to be better at adopting innovation'
Sir Michael Rawlins on the importance of innovating.
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Blogs
'I've seen how innovation makes a difference from top to bottom'
Forcing through innovative service changes might be met with resistance, but it worked for London’s stroke services, as Pamela Garside can testify first hand.
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Comment
'Low priority treatments should not let commissioners cut corners'
Setting the wrong clinical priorities?
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News
Calls to reduce 1.6m unnecessary prescriptions
Unnecessary prescriptions for antibiotics could be slashed by 1.6 million a year and save the NHS vital funds, researchers have said.
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HSJ Knowledge
How improved medication adherence can prevent costly medicine waste
Preventing unnecessary hospital admissions for medication could save the NHS a significant part of the £150m “medicine waste” recognised in a Department of Health report, say Nina Barnett and Andrew McDowell.
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HSJ Knowledge
How to use clinical supervision to increase the use of evidence-based practice
Clinical supervision affords clinicans and planners the time and application opportunity to engage with research and evidence that can inform professional practice in the day-to-day environment, argue Emily Steventon and colleagues.
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Comment
'Deal with productivity variation, or risk the long term future of the NHS'
Only by swiftly adressing the issue of clinical practice variation and developing better evidence based practice can we stop the quality of NHS care eroding, writes Professor Alan Maynard.
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Comment
'Make change a mantra, and lead the patient centered revolution'
Traditional financial incentives have led to behaviours that serve the interests of organisations, not those of patients. It’s time to lead a revolution for change, and make healthcare a patient centered
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HSJ Knowledge
How a COPD care bundle is reducing readmissions
Implementing a COPD care bundle can reduce readmissions and aid patient self-management. But it is only part of the solution, say Trish Winn, Maria Buxton and Mary Noone at the North West London Hospitals Trust.
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HSJ Knowledge
How predictive modelling can help reduce risk, and hospital admissions
Accurate prediction of patients at risk is central to preventing admissions, but funding to develop predictive models has been withdrawn by the DH. Geraint Lewis and colleagues look at some of the tools available to local commissioners now charged reducing admissions.
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News
Pharma sector calls on trusts to share data with industry
The pharmaceutical industry is urging the NHS to be more open to research projects which could illuminate the wider societal benefits of treatment.
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HSJ Knowledge
The gap between academia and practice is a barrier to evidenced-based management
Whether or not evidence-based management is a good idea, the gap between academics and practitioners means that it is often hard to find research that managers can actually use, argues Graham Martin.
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HSJ Knowledge
How enhanced recovery is transforming surgical care pathways
With enhanced recovering now being implemented across the NHS, the benefits to surgery and care pathways are being realised. NHS Improvement cancer director Ann Driver looks at how the key principles are making a big difference.
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HSJ Knowledge
Evaluating for success: developing evidence-based technology solutions for better care
The development and implementation of information management, technology and e-health processes is seen as an integral component to deliver safe and secure care in a modern NHS, so to ensure success, evaluating early on in the process is paramount to developing successful
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Comment
The NHS Commissioning Board must support CCGs, not overshadow them
Amid the controversy around the government’s NHS reforms, relatively little attention has been given to the role of the NHS Commissioning Board.