All Innovation articles – Page 23
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NewsEx-health minister: God would struggle to manage the NHS
Former health minister Lord David Prior has said the NHS is too big and centralised, and even God “would struggle” to manage it.
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CommentHave a grip on your life with personal health budgets
The spiralling health crisis requires a disruptive solution like personal health budgets that put people in charge of their own healthcare and support staff, notes Alex Fox
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CommentScaling up innovation requires action at multiple levels
A new research report looks at ways to ensure the successful uptake of innovations in healthcare to relieve the NHS’ financial and operational pressures, say Will Warburton and David Albury
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CommentA call to action on community services
The NHS must take concerted action towards widespread adoption and adaptation of community focused approaches to care. By Chris Ham and Anna Charles
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CommentInnovating our way to a new ‘business as usual’
A research report highlights the essential factors and barriers to scale up innovative models of adult healthcare, says Paul Burstow
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NewsNHSI: Nearly all trusts paying for price comparison tool
Almost all trusts in England have started paying for a software which aims to identify savings opportunities in procurement, NHS Improvement has said.
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CommentTaking command of care
An Vu and Sarah Ouanhnon describe how a command centre is revolutionising Humber River Hospital’s approach to managing day-to-day operations
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CommentDevelopmental Well Led reviews – making them work for you
GE Healthcare Finnamore’s Michael West writes about NHS Improvement’s guidance on leadership and governance using the well led framework
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HSJ KnowledgeHSJ Awards honours the healthcare profession
Andrew Preston on the importance of recognising the incredible efforts of individuals and organisations in pioneering innovation and better outcomes in healthcare
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NewsBabylon pilot was not pursued by CCGs
Commissioners in London have ditched a planned pilot of Babylon Health’s primary care app after patients in a test “tried speed up GP access, rather than [use] the symptom checker”.
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Comment'Carebnb' could be the type of radical idea the NHS needs
Alex Fox on the viability of care rooms and the need to look at other patient-centric models that already exist in the NHS
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CommentBrexit could turn the digital talent tide back towards Europe – how can we keep Britain innovating?
Can London keep the global digital health crown post-Brexit and rise to Simon Stevens’ rallying cry for “further, faster” digital progress in the NHS? Dr Felix Jackson has some suggestions
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CommentNHS Providers agree: Public health has never been more important... or more challenging
We must enhance the focus on STPs and accountable care approaches in championing public health, says Saffron Cordery
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NewsExclusive: Airbnb style company bids to place NHS patients in spare rooms
Members of the public with no care experience are being offered up to £1,000 a month to rent spare rooms to patients after they are discharged from hospital, under an Airbnb style model to be piloted by the NHS.
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CommentRestricted visiting hours are harming dementia patients – it's time for a rethink
Dementia sufferers see the best results when professional carers work in partnership with the patient’s family and friends. Restricted visiting makes that impossible, writes Julia Jones
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NewsRoundtable: The war on variation could cause 'stagnation'
The NHS’s drive to instil best practice across the service risks suppressing innovation, experts heard at HSJ’s latest event
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NewsNew scrutiny body to be 'voice of clinicians' in NHS procurement
Products bought for NHS trusts are set to be subject to greater scrutiny for clinical value as part of a major overhaul of NHS procurement.
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CommentWho wants a dying app? Is 'digital' the answer to improved healthcare experience?
GE Healthcare Partners’ Tim O’Hanlon considers ways technology solutions can help clinicians and patients alike
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NewsNHSI reveals nationwide pathology network plan
NHS Improvement has outlined plans to create 29 pathology networks across England in a bid to make nine per cent savings as part of work to implement recommendations set out by Lord Carter.
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NewsA&E scorecard plan replaced by patient flow dashboard
NHS Improvement has dropped plans to rank trusts on an accident and emergency “scorecard” and instead launched a performance data “dashboard” to help trusts better identify patient flow bottlenecks and share best practice.