Friday, 5 June 2009

NHS Institute Alert

NHS Institute Alert, a new service provided by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, is the new location for this content.

Monday, 1 June 2009

Management of Change

Health care required big changes to complement new IT
J Adler-Milstein
Harvard Business Review, 2009, 87(4), pp20-22
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Decoding resistance to change
JD Ford, LW Ford
Harvard Business Review, 2009, 87(4), pp99-103
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Leadership for Innovation and Improvement

Leadership lessons from Abraham Lincoln
D Coutu
Harvard Business Review, 2009, 87(4), pp43-47
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Knowledge Improvement and Research

To boost knowledge transfer, tell me a story
S Morris, JB Oldroyd
Harvard Business Review, 2009, 87(5), pp23-24
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Tuesday, 19 May 2009

Innovation

The Innovators Council: call for ideas
The purpose of the Innovators Council is to champion innovation in public services - it will be a forum for people to make suggestions for reform and challenge thinking in public service design and delivery. Have you got ideas about how people delivering public services can work better together? Have you spotted areas of duplication in public services which could be cut out? The Innovators Council is looking for ideas to make public services more efficient by building them around the needs of citizens, cutting out the waste and changing ways of working together. The Council will be meeting for the first time on 24th June and if your idea makes it onto the shortlist you will be invited to come along and take part. If your idea can be explained in a few words, you can let us know on the Public Experience website. If what you are suggesting is more complicated you can send it by e-mail or post it to Room 1.17, Admiralty Arch, Lonson SW1A 2WH.
National Innovation and Improvement Survey – deadline 8th June 2009
The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement has launched the first nationwide Innovation and Improvement survey specifically designed for the NHS. It offers all NHS staff an opportunity to influence the national innovation and improvement agenda and inform the programmes of work that happen at national and regional level in the NHS over the next year. The survey, which is open to all NHS staff, takes about 10 minutes to complete and is live until 8th June. Results will only be analysed at nationwide and SHA level and will not be analysed at the level of an individual NHS organisation or team. All responses will be anonymous and no individual responses will be shared. It will not be possible for anyone to identify respondents as a result of the survey. When the survey is complete, everyone who has completed the survey will have the option to view their results in comparison to the overall responses.

Nurturing good ideas
J van den Ende, B Kijkuit
Harvard Business Review, 2009, 87(4), pp24-25
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Knowledge Improvement and Research

Understanding medical words: a tutorial from the National Library of Medicine
This tutorial teaches you about medical words and how they are put together. It is a useful tool for those who do not come from a clinical background, but need to recognise the terminology.

Knowledge translation learning modules
Three knowledge translation learning modules are now freely available from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. They are:
1. A guide to researcher and knowledge-user collaboration in health research
2. Introduction to evidence-informed decision making
3. Critical appraisal of intervention studies

Leadership

Financing health care in the European Union: challenges and policy responses
S Thomas, T Foubister, E Mossialos
European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies, 2009
This report looks at the issue of financial sustainability of health systems, discussing the current situation and then suggesting practical ways forward.