Facilitating improvement in primary care

"Practice coaching, also called practice facilitation, assists physician practices with the desire to improve in such areas as patient access, chronic and preventive care, electronic medical record use, patient-centeredness, cultural competence, and team-building."

Facilitating improvement in primary care: the promise of practice coaching
K Grumbach, E Bainbridge, T Bodenheimer
The Commonwealth Fund
June 2012

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Putting patients first - the Productive Series

"All of the examples here are real-life improvement initiatives at various stages of development and implementation during 2011."

Putting patients first - the Productive Series
NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
March 2012

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Listening to children's views on health provision

"The review provides a synthesis of up-to-date evidence on children and young people’s views and experiences of health provision."

Listening to children's views on health provision: a rapid review of the evidence
I La Valle, L Payne, J Gibb, H Jelicic
National Children's Bureau
May 2012

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Celebrating early implementer achievements - one year on

This report presents the outcomes of twenty-six Early Implementer Sites (EISs), which were established in March 2011 with the aim of delivering the full health visiting service vision and helping lead a step-change in the way these services are provided across the country.

Celebrating early implementer achievements - one year on
Department of Health
June 2012

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Atlas of variations in social care

"The atlas examines initiatives to improve care services including additional funds for social care from the NHS and how this resource is being spent."

An atlas of variations in social care: an analysis of the quality of social care services in England
MHP Health Mandate
June 2012

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Economics of ehealth and mhealth

"As a first step to developing the investment case for mHealth, this article outlines some of the key economic and financial questions that need to be answered in developing in-country eHealth investments."

The economics of ehealth and mhealth
J Schweitzer, C Synowiec
Journal of Health Communication: International Perspectives, 17(sup1):73-81

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European database of suspected adverse drug reaction reports

"On this website you can view data on suspected side-effects also know as suspected adverse drug reactions for authorised medicines in the European Economic Area (EEA)."

Access the European database of suspected adverse drug reaction reports.