Patient Care

Current concepts: disclosing harmful medical errors to patients
TH Gallagher and others
New England Journal of Medicine, 2007, 356(26), pp2713-2719

Decision-making

How do surgeons make intraoperative decisions?
R Flin, G Youngson, S Yule
Quality and Safety in Health Care, 2007, 16(3), pp235-239

Involving deprived communities in improving the quality of primary care services: does participatory action research work?
PG Cawston, SW Mercer, RS Barbour
BMC Health Services Research, 2007, 7(88)
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Patient Care

Rates and types of events reported to established incident reporting systems in two US hospitals
TK Nuckols
Quality and Safety in Health Care, 2007, 16(3), pp164-168

Evaluation of an intervention aimed at improving voluntary incident reporting in hospitals
SM Evans
Quality and Safety in Health Care, 2007, 16(3), pp169-175

Patient satisfaction: evaluating the success of hospital ward redesign
TJB Kline, BW Baylis, F Chatur, SA Morrison, DE White, RH Flin, WA Ghali
Journal for Healthcare Quality, 2007, 29(3), pp44-49

Using a multi-method, user centred, prospective hazard analysis to assess care quality and patient safety in a care pathway
J Dean, A Hutchinson, K Hamilton Escoto, R Lawson
BMC Health Services Research, 2007, 7(89)
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Patient self-management: health literacy skills required
This is a report which shows that for patient self-management to have successful outcomes, health-literacy skills are required, yet few Canadians possess these skills.
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Leadership

Editorial: management, leadership and patient outcomes
G Rolfe
Journal of Nursing Management, 2007, 15(5), pp470-471

Communicating for effective understanding
Knowledge Management Review, 2007, 10(2), pp3

The relationship between nursing leadership and patient outcomes: a systematic review
CA Wong, GG Cummings
Journal of Nursing Management, 2007, 15(5), pp508-521

Knowledge Management

What is the role of quality circles in strategies to optimize antibiotic prescribing? A pragmatic cluster-randomised controlled trial in primary care
ML van Driel
Quality and Safety in Health Care, 2007, 16(3), pp197-202

The top 10 KM myths
Knowledge Management Review, 2007, 10(2), pp6-7

Improvement

Development and innovation in cardiovascular medicine
D Sheridan
International Journal of Innovation Management, 2007, 11(2), pp245-258

Development and innovation in cancer medicine
K Sikora
International Journal of Innovation Management, 2007, 11(2), pp259-278

In two years, NHS Networks has changed the way the health service shares information and best practice
Health Service Journal, 2007, 6058, pp22

How an innovative risk assessment system is helping a Northamptonshire trust in the fight against healthcare-acquired infections
Health Service Journal, 2007, 6058, pp22-23

Health Informatics

Developing a framework for your Intranet strategy
M White
Knowledge Management Review, 2007, 10(2), pp28-33

Evidence Based Practice

Medical science, culture and truth
G Gillett
Philosopy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine, 2006, 1(13)
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Event: Ten ways to succeed in major health informatics projects

Ten ways to succeed in major health informatics projects
3rd July 2007 – 10am-3pm
The Faculty of Health Informatics are holding a masterclass on succeeding in health informatics projects. Professor Michael Kidd will lead participants through ten principles developed out of experience. Delegates must bring brief presentations about their own e-health initiatives.
To book on this event, click here.

Education and Training

Integrating learning into your processes
V Newman
Knowledge Management Review, 2007, 10(2), pp14-19

Delivering 21st century IT with 21st century Education, Training and Development – an action plan to support and develop the capacity and skills of the informatics education, training and development workforce
This paper identifies the needs of NHS informatics education, training and development staff and outlines a framework to help ensure that we can plan effectively and develop relevant learning for this group. More information available here.

Economics

Payment by Results Briefing: June 2007
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Decision Making

Clinical decision support: fulfilling a real-time need with available means
RD Lang
Journal of Healthcare Information Management, 2007, 21(2), pp2-5

Clinical decision support programs can be risky business
SR Klein, JW Jones
Journal of Healthcare Information Management, 2007, 21(2), pp15-17

Employing clinical decision support to attain our strategic goal: the safe care of the surgical patient
SK Magid, PE Pancoast, T Fields, DG Bradley, RB Williams
Journal of Healthcare Information Management, 2007, 21(2), pp18-25

Clinical decision support systems and how critical care clinicians use them
S Weber
Journal of Healthcare Information Management, 2007, 21(2), pp41-52

Two decision aids for mode of delivery among women with previous caesarean section: randomised controlled trial
AA Montgomery, CL Emmett, T Fahey, C Jones, I Ricketts, RR Patel, TJ Peters, DJ Murphy
British Medical Journal, 2007, 334(7607), pp1305-1312
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Commissioning

Beyond procurement: connecting procurement practice to patients – good practice guidance on integrating equalities into healthcare.
Full text: http://www.info4local.gov.uk/documents/publications/277703

Teamwork

Multidisciplinary team meetings and their impact on work-flow in Radiology and Pathology Departments
B Kane, S Luz, DS O’Briain, R McDermott
BMC Medicine, 2007, 5:15
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Research

Why, and how, mixed methods research is undertaken in health services research in England: a mixed methods study
A O’Cathain, E Murphy, J Nicholl
BMC Health Services Research, 2007, 7:85
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Health Informatics

Reviewing the integration of patient data: how systems are evolving in practice to meet patient needs
RJ Cruz-Correia, PM Vieira-Marques, AM Ferreira, FC Almeida, JC Wyatt, AM Costa-Pereira
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, 2007, 7:14
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Education and Training

How effective are expert patient (lay led) education programmes for chronic disease?
C Griffiths, G Foster, J Ramsay, S Eldridge, S Taylor
British Medical Journal, 2007, 334(7606, pp1254-1256

Economics

Can pay-for-performance improve quality and reduce health disparities?
K Coleman, R Hamblin
PLoS Medicine, 2007, 4(6), e216
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Ethnic disparities in diabetes management and pay-for-performance in the UK: the Wandsworth Prospective Diabetes Study
C Millett, J Gray, S Saxena, G Netuveli, K Khunti, A Majeed
PLoS Medicine, 4(6), e191
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Research

World databases of summaries of articles in the biomedical fields
ME Falagas, KP Giannopoulou, EA Issaris, A Spanos
Archives of Internal Medicine, 2007, 167, pp1204-1206

Abstract-to-publication ration for papers presented at scientific meetings: a quality marker for UK emergency medicine research
CD Macmillan, AK Moore, RJ Cook, DK Pedley
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2007, 24(6), pp425-426

Performance

The “4-hour target”: emergency nurses’ views
A Mortimore, S Cooper
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2007, 24(6), pp402-404

Performance measurement definitions: linking performance measurement and organizational excellence
M Moullin
International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 2007, 20(3), pp181-183

Managing clinical failure: a complex adaptive system perspective
JI Matthews, PT Thomas
International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 2007, 20(3), pp184-194

Patient Care

An evidence-based perspective on greetings in medical encounters
G Makoul, A Zick, M Green
Archives of Internal Medicine, 2007, 167, pp1172-1176

Defining frequent use of an urban emergency department
TE Locker, S Baston, SM Mason, J Nicholl
Emergency Medicine Journal, 2007, 24(6), pp398-401

Service user involvement and integrated care pathways
E Smith, FM Ross
International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 2007, 20(3), pp195-214

Implementing a guideline for the treatment of type 2 diabetics: results of a cluster-randomized controlled trial (C-RCT)
C Perria, D Mandolini, C Guerrera, T Jefferson, P Billi, V Calzini, A Fiorillo, G Grasso, S Leotta, W Marrocco, C Suraci, A Pasquarella
BMC Health Services Research, 2007, 7:79
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Leadership

Developing clinical leadership capability
KA Pintar, TA Capuano, GD Rosser
Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing, 2007, 38(3), pp115-121

Knowledge Management

Using meta-abilities and tacit knowledge for developing learning based systems: a case study approach
MH Selamat, J Choudrie
Learning Organization: An International Journal, 2007, 14(4), pp321-344

Improvement

Reviewing and improving a clinical effectiveness department’s quality assurance model: lessons learned
S Hayes
International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance, 2007, 20(3), pp264-272

Electronic questionnaires for measuring patient satisfaction and as a basis for quality improvement
J Ammentorp, AM Rasmussen, B Norgaard, E Kirketerp, PE Kofoed
International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 2007, 19(2), pp120-124

Evidence Based Practice

Exploring the role of organizational policies and procedures in promoting research utilization in registered nurses
JE Squires, D Moralejo, SM LeFort
Implementation Science, 2007, 2:17
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WHO signals strong commitment to evidence
Lancet, 2007, 369(9574), pp1666

Synthesis of qualitative research and evidence-based nursing
K Flemming
British Journal of Nursing, 2007, 16(10), pp616-621

Economics

Pay-for-performance and accountability
CK Cassel
Annals of Internal Medicine, 2007, 146(111), pp822-823

Pay for performance, quality of care, and outcomes in acute myocardial infarction
SW Glickman
Journal of the American Medical Association, 2007, 297(21), pp2373-2380

Decision Making

A patient decision aid to support shared decision-making on anti-thrombotic treatment of patients with atrial fibrillation: randomised controlled trial
RG Thomson
Quality and Safety in Healthcare, 2007, 16(3), pp216-223

Health Informatics

New technological innovations
The Department of Health were showcasing new technologies last week, as part of their Hi Tech Healthcare week. Click here to read more.

Patient Care

Masterclass on Patient Safety
In May, Dr David Bates led a masterclass on patient safety, and copies of the presentation are now available here.

Leadership

Leadership skills and challenges in the NHS
Leadership skills and challenges in the NHS – issues in implementing technology-enabled change is the fourth management briefing from the NHS Education, Training and Development team (written in co-operation with the Faculty of Health Informatics Board). The aim of these briefings is to provide the reader with the essential knowledge of a subject which important in the world of today’s busy NHS professional. Click here for more.

Event: 20th June - Problem based e-learning

Fed up with passive, page turning e-learning? Engage your learners in active, dynamic, enquiry based e-learning by developing realistic problem solving activities that encourage the application of analytical, creative and critical thinking skills.

Further details these workshops, including prices and booking forms, and of all future Netskills events are available from: www.netskills.ac.uk/workshops These workshops can also support their BTEC-accredited qualifications: www.netskills.ac.uk/accreditation

Event: 19th June - Effective e-Learning with Moodle

The Moodle learning environment is becoming increasingly popular in the UK education sector. It is free to use, having been developed through the Open Software model, and is designed using sound pedagogical principles. This workshop introduces Moodle, its main features and demonstrates why Moodle is different from other learning environments. You will be given access to your own installation of Moodle for 4 weeks after this workshop.

Further details these workshops, including prices and booking forms, and of all future Netskills events are available from: www.netskills.ac.uk/workshops These workshops can also support their BTEC-accredited qualifications: www.netskills.ac.uk/accreditation

Education

Online professional development that works: rethinking my workshop and my teaching
J Vanides
Learning and Leading with Technology, 2007, 34(8), pp10-14

Continuing Professional Development

Improving journal club presentations, or, I can present that paper in under 10 minutes
MD Schwartz
Evidence Based Medicine, 2007, 12(3), pp66-68

Commissioning

The Healthcare Commission’s e-updates on the Annual Health Check for Trusts
The Healthcare Commission produce a monthly electronic newsletter which provides regular information on the Annual Health Check for Trusts, including updates on the current service reviews from each of the Healthcare Commission’s regional teams. Click here to access the e-updates.

NICE Commissioning Guides
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has produced a set of topic-specific, web-based commissioning guides, created to support clinical service redesign. Each guide contains an interactive commissioning tool that “can be used to estimate and inform the level of service needed locally as well as the cost of local commissioning decisions.” For more information, click here. There is also the option to get involved in the development of these guides.

Economics

Impact of a pay-for-performance incentive on support for smoking cessation and on smoking prevalence among people with diabetes
C Millett, J Gray, S Saxena, G Netuveli, A Majeed
Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2007, 176, pp1705-1710
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Pay for performance: learning about quality
CM Bell, W Levinson
Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2007, 176, pp1717-1719
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Education and Training

Encouraging medical students to do research and write papers
ME Detsky, AS Detsky
Canadian Medical Association Journal, 2007, 176, pp1719-1721
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Health Information Literacy

Mapping the literature of health care management
MK Taylor, MD Gebremichael, CE Wagner
Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2007, 95(2), pp202

Clinical, classroom, or personal education: attitudes about health literacy
RA Logan
Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2007, 95(2), pp127-137

How primary care physicians’ attitudes toward risk and uncertainty affect their use of electronic information resources
KA McKibbon, DB Fridsma, RS Crowley
Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2007, 95(2), pp138-146

Evidence Based Practice

Editorial – incorporating research evidence into clinical practice decisions
K Grimmer-Somers
Physiotherapy Research International, 2007, 12(2), pp55-58

Translating evidence into practice: are we neglecting the neediest
JA Spertus, MI Furman
Archives of Internal Medicine, 2007, 167, pp987-988