Events/Calls of Interest

Event: Economic evaluations and economic evidence in healthcare: finding information to inform technology assessments and economic models
7th July 2009, University of York, UK
Health economics information is a key element in much health services research and particularly in health technology assessments. Identifying economic evidence to inform such research can involve searches in a range of databases and using a variety of strategies. This study day will demonstrate some useful resources and present the basics of health economics and economic models.

Event: Health Services & Policy Research Conference 2009
25th-27th November 2009 – Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Australia
This is the Conference of the Health Services Research Association of Australia and New Zealand (HSRAANZ). This year’s theme is ‘Health Services Research – Reforming, Responding, Rewarding’. In Australia, the Health and Hospitals Reform Commission is considering options for restructuring the Australian Health System. And in New Zealand, while there is a sense of reform fatigue, many incremental changes and innovations in health services are continually being introduced. The conference looks at how health service researchers should respond to these current needs for health care and health system reform, and aims to learn from good practice from around the world. The call for abstracts closes on 10th July 2009.

Commissioning

Transformational Government Annual Report 2008
This report shows how the Cabinet Office has worked with government departments and the wider public sector across service boundaries to develop solutions, programmes and services that are both effective and efficient from the perspective of the customer, the taxpayer and staff.

Improvement

What students think
This new article in Healthcare Executive describes how health professions students are learning about and applying the tools of quality improvement.

Measuring for quality improvement
In partnership with professionals right across the NHS, the Department of Health and The NHS Information Centre have identified an initial, but evolving, set of indicators to describe the quality of a broad range of services – the Indicators for Quality Improvement.

Research in action: using positive deviance to improve quality of health care
EH Bradley, LA Curry, S Ramanadhan, L Rowe, IM Nembhard, HM Krumholz
Implementation Science, 2009, 4:25

Perceptions, attitudes and knowledge of evidence-based medicine in primary care: a study protocol
P Alonso-Coello, I Sola, R Rotaeche, AI Gonzalez-Gonzalez, M Marzo-Castillejo, A Louro-Gonzalez, R Carrillo, P Velazquez, G Garcia-Velasco, C Calderon
BMC Health Services Research, 2009, 9:80

Applying the balanced scorecard to local public health performance measurement: deliberations and decisions
E Weir, N d’Entremont, S Stalker, K Kurji, V Robinson
BMC Public Health, 2009, 9:127

Innovation

Pseudoinnovation: the development and spread of healthcare quality improvement methodologies
K Walshe
International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 21(3), pp153-159
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Knowledge Improvement and Research

The effectiveness of a clinically integrated e-learning course in evidence-based medicine: a cluster randomised trial
R Kulier, SF Coppus, J Zamore, J Hadley, S Malick, K Das, S Weinbrenner, B Meyerrose, T Decsi, AR Horvath, E Nagy, JI Emparanza, TN Arvanitis, A Burls, JB Cabello, M Kaczor, G Zanrei, K Pierer, K Stawiarz, R Kunz, BW Mol, KS Khan
BMC Medical Education, 2009, 9:21

Learning Revolution Transformation Fund
The Learning Revolution Transformation Fund of £20 million offers grants of various sizes to help projects supporting informal adult learning get started. Public, private or third sector organisations in England are eligible to submit their creative proposals, preferably in partnership, by 12th July 2009. For a chance to meet other organisations with shared interests, there is a networking event on 9th June.

Research activity and capacity in primary healthcare: the REACH study: a survey
LG Glynn, C O’Riordan, A MacFarlane, J Newell, AA Iglesias, D Whitford, P Cantillon, AW Murphy
BMC Family Practice, 2009, 10:33

The feasibility of determining the impact of primary health care research projects using the Payback Framework
EC Kalucy, E Jackson-Bowers, E McIntyre, R Reed
Health Research Policy and Systems, 2009, 7:11

The systematic guideline review: method, rationale, and test on chronic heart failure
C Muth, J Gensichen, M Beyer, A Hutchinson, FM Gerlach
BMC Health Services Research, 2009, 9:74

Learning to Manage Health Information: a theme for clinical education: making a difference
Learning to Manage Health Information (LtMHI) was first developed in 1999 to establish a common educational framework in health informatics for all clinical professionals at pre- and post-registration levels, in all areas of healthcare.

Use of communities of practice in business and health care sectors: a systematic review
LC Li, JM Grimshaw, C Nielsen, M Judd, PC Coyte, ID Graham
Implementation Science, 2009, 4:27

Evolving the theory and praxis of knowledge translation through social interaction: a social phenomenological study
CL McWilliam, A Kothari, C Ward-Griffin, D Forbes, B Leipert
Implementation Science, 2009, 4:26

Leadership

Health policy: Integrated care
N Hawkes
British Medical Journal, 2009, 338:b1484
Sixteen organisations have been chosen to pilot new models of integrated care in the NHS. The pilots include seven that will focus on long term conditions or chronic diseases, three on elderly people and end of life care, two on dementia, and one each on falls, mental health, delivery of rural healthcare, and substance misuse.

Health care process modelling: which method when?
GT Jun, J Ward, Z Morris, J Clarkson
International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 21(3), pp214-224
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Patient Safety

Search strategies to identify information on adverse effects: a systematic review
S Golder, Y Loke
Journal of the Medical Library Association, 2009, 97(2), pp84-92

Measuring hand hygiene compliance: overcoming the challenges
This document has been published by The Joint Commission, in collaboration with a range of other organisations, including the Institute for Healthcare Improvement and the World Health Organization World Alliance for Patient Safety.

IHI Global Trigger Tool white paper: second edition
The Institute for Healthcare Improvement Global Trigger Tool for Measuring Adverse Events is being used by patient safety teams in organizations around the world. This is the second edition of the white paper and contains step-by-step instructions for using this methodology. Free registration may be required to download this paper.

Hospitals in pursuit of excellence
This document has been sponsored by the American Hospital Association Quality Centre. It contains case studies focused on four key topics:
· Healthcare-acquired infection
· Patient flow
· Medication management
· Safety

How-to guide: improving hand hygiene
The purpose of this guide is to help organisations reduce health-care-associated infections. It has been prepared in collaboration with a range of organisations, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Free registration may be required to download this paper.

Global priorities for patient safety research
DW Bates, I Larizgoitia, N Prasopa-Plaizier, AK Jha
British Medical Journal, 2009, 338: b1775
NHS Athens passwords may be required to access this resource, and can be obtained by registering here. Choose the Athens login option.

Selection of indicators for continuous monitoring of patient safety: recommendations of the project safety improvement for patients in Europe
S Kristensen, J Mainz, P Bartels
International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 21(3), pp169-175
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