All Innovation articles – Page 77
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CommentHelen Bevan: Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf?
NHS managers live in fear, which saps creativity and productivity. The antidote is hope
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HSJ KnowledgePatient Safety Awards 2011: Prizes and plaudits for the protectors
Find out who is in the running as we unveil the shortlist for this year’s HSJ and Nursing Times Patient Safety Awards
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to maximise your marginal gains
Disinvestment in services will become more pressing over the next decade but there are tools to help with difficult decisions, say Ric Fordham and Adam Martin
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NewsThe Healthcare Innovation EXPO
Healthcare Innovation Expo 2011 is the premier event for health and social care commissioners and providers. With over 150 seminars, 100 speakers and 250 exhibitors all featuring high impact innovations to improve patient care and productivity, this is your must attend event of the year.
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NewsMedical research 'suffocating under bureaucracy'
Red tape is stifling British medical research, a new report has claimed.
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HSJ KnowledgeHow to create healthcare without walls
A spirit of cooperation between clinicians has helped a London primary care trust improve productivity and patient experience by moving services into the community. Laura Guest explains how they achieved it
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NewsRush to market cancer test breakthrough
An experimental blood test that can spot a single cancer cell among a billion healthy ones has taken a step closer to being brought to market.
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NewsPCTs identify roles to hand on speedily
Primary care trusts should be allowed to give up responsibility for maintaining lists of all GPs working in their area, as well as a range of other duties, as soon as possible, according to the Primary Care Trust Network.
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NewsComputer models could help NHS save £20bn
The NHS could use computer simulations to help find £20bn savings needed by April 2015.
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HSJ KnowledgeThe outstanding ideas that will transform healthcare
HSJ and healthcare partnership Circle inaugurate a prize that will recognise the brightest and bravest thinking that seeks to influence health policy today.
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NewsLord Darzi launches Imperial health policy centre
Imperial College London has launched a major new health policy unit, headed by former minister Lord Ara Darzi.
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NewsEmployers rail at clinical excellence award scheme
Consultant bonuses awarded by trusts reward doctors who “fill in forms” rather than those who work “at the coal face” and should be scrapped or reformed, NHS Employers has argued.
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HSJ KnowledgeQIPP and care plans for long-term conditions
Care planning consultations can yield positive results for patients with long term conditions, as Shahid Ali and colleagues explain
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HSJ Knowledge
Payment by Results - conference sessions
A business critical briefing from HSJ’s Payment by Results conference.
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HSJ KnowledgeExtending choice to end of life care
Identifying dying patients’ preferences can prevent many spending their last days in hospital, says Claire Henry
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HSJ KnowledgeHigh impact actions for preventing pressure ulcers
Caroline Dowsett and Richard Shorney explain how the High Impact Actions save money in pressure ulcer prevention
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CommentAli Parsa: the NHS must learn to put quality ahead of price
Under a new approach to procurement, value for money rather than price will determine who is awarded contracts
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CommentMark Britnell: quick fixes for making efficiency gains
Some people think more cash is coming for the NHS, but just in case it isn’t, here are some instant gains we can make in the meantime
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HSJ Knowledge10 high-impact changes to older people’s services
Work is needed for older people’s services to keep becoming more personalised and preventative, say Kerry Allen and Jon Glasby
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NewsTelehealth could save NHS £2bn
The NHS is missing out on annual efficiency savings worth up to £2bn by failing to embrace remote monitoring and care, according to a report shared with HSJ.