Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust cervical screening programme quality assurance visit report
Public Health England (PHE) - This summary report sets out observations and recommendations from a quality assurance visit to the Countess of Chester NHS Foundation Trust.ReportPHE publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - September 8, 2016 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Quality of care and clinical outcomes Regulation, governance and accountability Source Type: blogs
Department of Health group accounting manual 2016-2017
Department of Health (DH) - This manual includes mandatory accounting guidance for DH group bodies (including CCGs, NHS trusts, NHS foundation trusts and arm's length bodies) for completing statutory annual reports and accounts. GuidanceDH publications (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - September 5, 2016 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: NHS finances and productivity Source Type: blogs
Once Again, Lancet Stumbles on PACE
This report outlines such egregious failings as outcome thresholds that overlapped with entry criteria, mid-trial promotion of the therapies under investigation, failure to provide the original results as outlined in the protocol, failure to adhere to a specific promise in the protocol to inform participants about the investigators’ conflicts of interest, and other serious lapses.
Virology Blog first posted the open letter in November, with six signatories (link to letter). At that time, Dr. Horton’s office responded that he would reply after returning from “traveling.” Three months later, we still...
Source: virology blog - August 29, 2016 Category: Virology Authors: Vincent Racaniello Tags: Commentary adaptive pacing therapy chronic fatigue syndrome cognitive behavior therapy graded exercise therapy mecfs myalgic encephalomyelitis PACE trial specialist medical care The Lancet Source Type: blogs
Scope of performance assessments of providers regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC)
Department of Health (DH) - CQC currently regulate and inspect providers of health and social care and the ratings are limited to NHS trusts, NHS foundation trusts, GP practices, adult social care providers and independent hospitals. The government would like CQC to develop ratings for other sectors and is seeking views on these proposed changes. The consultation closes on 14 October 2016.ConsultationResponse formDH consultations (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - August 21, 2016 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Regulation, governance and accountability Source Type: blogs
Quality assurance report: NHS cervical screening programmes
Public Health England (PHE) -PHE have been carrying out quality assurance inspections of cervical screening programmes across the country. The reports set out observations and recommendations from these visits for Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, East Cheshire NHS Trust, and Southport and Ormskirk Hospitals NHS Trust.Reports (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - August 18, 2016 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: NHS measurement and performance Quality of care and clinical outcomes Regulation, governance and accountability Source Type: blogs
Delayed discharges and hospital type: evidence from the English NHS
Centre for Health Economics -Delayed discharges of patients from hospital, commonly known as bed-blocking, is a long standing policy concern. Delays can increase the overall cost of treatment and may worsen patient outcomes. This paper investigates how delayed discharges vary by hospital type, and the extent to which such differences can be explained by demography, case mix, the availability of long-term care and hospital governance as reflected in whether the hospital has Foundation Trust status, which gives greater financial autonomy and flexibility in staffing and pay.Research paperCentre for Health Economics - publicat...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - August 10, 2016 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: NHS measurement and performance Patient involvement, experience and feedback Quality of care and clinical outcomes Source Type: blogs
Artificial Intelligence Will Redesign Healthcare
Artificial intelligence has an unimaginable potential. Within the next couple of years, it will revolutionize every area of our life, including medicine. I am fully convinced that it will redesign healthcare completely – and for the better. Let’s take a look at the promising solutions it offers.
There are various thought leaders who believe that we are experiencing the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which is characterized by a range of new technologies that are fusing the physical, digital and biological worlds, impacting all disciplines, economies and industries, and even challenging ideas about what it means to be hum...
Source: The Medical Futurist - August 4, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Future of Medicine AI big data GC1 google deepmind Healthcare Hospital ibm watson Innovation Source Type: blogs
20 Medical Technology Advances: Medicine in the Future – Part II.
Futuristic medical technologies might change healthcare from the bottom to the top. Here are 10 more technologies that hold the promise for an optimistic future of medicine.
As I mentioned in the first part of this series, the job of The Medical Futurist is to give a good summary of the ongoing projects and detect the ones with the biggest potential to be used in everyday medical practices and to determine the future of medicine. Here is the second part of the list of the 20 most futuristic medical technologies.
Here are the second 10 of the top 20 futuristic medical technologies.
11) In silico clinical trials
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Source: The Medical Futurist - July 28, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: TMF Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Clinical Trials Empowered Patients Future of Medicine Genomics Health Sensors & Trackers GC1 ibm watson Innovation Source Type: blogs
20 Medical Technology Advances: Medicine in the Future – Part II.
Futuristic medical technologies might change healthcare from the bottom to the top. Here are 10 more technologies that hold the promise for an optimistic future of medicine.
As I mentioned in the first part of this series, the job of The Medical Futurist is to give a good summary of the ongoing projects and detect the ones with the biggest potential to be used in everyday medical practices and to determine the future of medicine. Here is the second part of the list of the 20 most futuristic medical technologies.
Here are the second 10 of the top 20 futuristic medical technologies.
11) In silico clinical trials
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Source: The Medical Futurist - July 28, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: TMF Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Clinical Trials Empowered Patients Future of Medicine Genomics Health Sensors & Trackers GC1 ibm watson Innovation Source Type: blogs
NHS foundation trusts: consolidated accounts 2015/16
This report presents a consolidation of the audited accounts of the 153 individual NHS foundation trusts for the financial year 1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016. It finds that in 2015/16 the foundation trust sector has delivered a deficit of £1,088 million for as a result of sustained financial pressures. The report reflects that newly introduced measures have started to have a positive impact but the overall performance of the sector has been affected by high usage of agency staff, financial sanctions, a shortfall of cost savings and a reduction in non-recurrent income. < /p > < ul > < li > < a href= " https://www.gov.uk/go...
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - July 21, 2016 Category: UK Health Authors: The King ' s Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: NHS finances and productivity Source Type: blogs
Audiologists Partner With Mental Health Professionals
Audiologists and mental health professionals in an area outside Manchester, England, are working together to provide patients with early diagnosis for both hearing and memory issues. Audiologists in Bury, Oldham and the Rochdale borough can now perform basic memory screenings on patients. In turn, the audiologists give mental health professionals at the local memory clinic tips on recognizing hearing issues.
This interprofessional exchange offers patients a chance at faster referrals, which can lead clients to earlier treatment. In an article from Rochdale Online, Helen Lilley, who works for the Manchester area’s Na...
Source: American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) Press Releases - July 20, 2016 Category: Speech Therapy Authors: Shelley D. Hutchins Tags: Audiology News Hearing Assistive Technology hearing loss Source Type: blogs
10 Reasons Why People Should Not Fear Digital Health Technologies
The development of digital health technology causes many concerns regarding bioethics. Here are 10 examples why people should not be afraid of, but rather embrace the advancements of such technologies.
The fear from the unknown is as old as mankind itself, thus the fear from technological development has the same age as advancement itself. When the telephone was introduced to Sweden in the late 1800s, people were afraid that the contents of the lines would spill out in some way if there was a break and many elderly persons refused to touch a telephone for fear of electrical shock. The fear is even scarier when it comes to ...
Source: The Medical Futurist - July 12, 2016 Category: Information Technology Authors: nora Tags: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Genomics Health Sensors & Trackers Medical Robotics Nanotechnology in Medicine Virtual Reality in Medicine future GC1 genetics ibm watson Innovation Personalized medicine wearable Source Type: blogs
Delayed discharges and hospital type: evidence from the English NHS
This study investigated how delayed discharges vary by hospital type (acute, specialist, mental health, teaching), and the extent to which such differences can be explained by demography, case-mix, the availability of long-term care and hospital governance as reflected in whether the hospital has foundation trust status, which gives greater financial autonomy and flexibility in staffing and pay.
Report
Press release (Source: Health Management Specialist Library)
Source: Health Management Specialist Library - July 7, 2016 Category: UK Health Authors: The King's Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: NHS measurement and performance Source Type: blogs
Single Oversight Framework consultation
NHS Improvement -NHS Improvement have launched a consultation on a single oversight and improvement framework. The purpose of the framework is to identify where providers may benefit from improvement support across five areas: quality of care; finance and use of resources; operational performance; strategic change; and leadership and improvement capability. The framework is set to replace the legacy Risk Assessment Framework (used by Monitor to regulate Foundation Trusts) and the Accountability Framework used by the NHS Trust Development Authority. The deadline for responses is 4 August 2016.
Online response form
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Source: Health Management Specialist Library - June 28, 2016 Category: UK Health Authors: The King's Fund Information & Knowledge Service Tags: Consultations NHS measurement and performance Regulation, governance and accountability Source Type: blogs
