December 2019 QI Evidence Update

This post contains all of the articles in the December 2019 QI Evidence Update. These are searchable using the search bar.

Improvement 

• The emotional labour of quality improvement work in end of life care: a qualitative study of Patient and Family Centred Care (PFCC) in England (BMC Health Services Research, Dec 2019)

• How to improve healthcare improvement—an essay by Mary Dixon-Woods (BMJ, Nov 2019)

• Type 2 diabetes peer mentor programme: midterm evaluation  (Brigstowe, Nov 2019)

• The introduction of a mental health care helped us reduce A&E admissions (NHS Providers, Nov 2019)

• Effectiveness of a quality improvement collaborative in reducing time to surgery for patients requiring emergency cholecystectomy (THIS.Institute, Nov 2019)

• We reduced hospital admissions and improved our CQC rating by empowering staff and embracing integration (NHS Providers, Nov 2019)

• A good chat boosts quality and saves money in dementia care (PCC, Nov 2019)

• KCC pilot project transforms care in the community (Kent.gov.uk, Nov 2019)

• Briefing: The measurement maze (The Health Foundation, Nov 2019)

• Video: Dorset - Mobile Urgent Care Service based in Weymouth (Dorset CCG, Nov 2019)

• GIRFT- Ear, Nose and Throat Surgery National Specialty Report (NHS, Nov 2019)

• Patients to stand up at GP appointments in Loughborough University trials (BBC News, Oct 2019)

Patient Experience & Engagement

• Unconventional health and care: five organisations delivering care differently (The Kings Fund, Dec 2019)

• What is the evidence on the role of the arts in improving health and well-being? A scoping review (World Health Organisation, Nov 2019) 

• Exploring mental health inpatient capacity (The Strategy Unit, Nov 2019)

• How helpful are patient and public involvement strategic documents- results of a framework analysis using 4Pi national involvement standards (Research Involvement and Engagement, Nov 2019)

• Pet passports enabling patients to see their animals launched at Shropshire hospitals (Shropshire Star, Oct 2019)

Efficiency & Planning

• Leading for integrated care: 'If you think competition is hard, you should try collaboration' (The Kings Fund, Nov 2019)

• Achieving integrated care: 15 best practice actions (Local Government Association, Nov 2019)

• Evaluating integrated care: why are evaluations not producing the results we expect? (Nuffield Trust, Nov 2019)

• Everything you need to know about social care (The Kings Fund, Nov 2019)

• Performance of UK National Health Service compared with other high income countries: observational study  (BMJ, Nov 2019)

• The Multiple Conditions Guidebook (Taskforce on Multiple Conditions, Nov 2019)

• Caring for doctors, Caring for Patients (GMC, Nov 2019)

• Establishing the evidence base for ‘multiple site single service’ (MSSS) models of care (Public Health England, Nov 2019)

• Better care for patients and service users (NHS Providers, Oct 2019)

Technology

• Telehealth helps one hospital reduce ER overflow hours from 1,700 to 148 (Healthcare IT News, Dec 2019)

• New ‘smart pill’ technology reports 100% success rate (PharmaTimes, Dec 2019)

• Digital health technology – Global case studies of health care transformation (Deloitte, Nov 2019)

• NHS Trust introduces artificial intelligence for monitoring eye health (National Health Executive, Nov 2019)

• How IoT is improving patient care (Digital Health, Nov 2019)

• Sepsis early warning technology could save thousands of lives, Imperial study finds (The Telegraph, Nov 2019)

• Digital maternity notes introduced in NHS Highland (National Health Executive, Nov 2019)

• New NHS online training to help people get home from hospital quicker (NHSE and Public Health England, Nov 2019)