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Examining how different models of service delivery can meet the health and social care needs of increasingly ageing populations within restricted resources.

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Project

25 Nov 2020

Independent evaluation of the Flow Coaching Academy programme

To help improve patient flow through the healthcare system, researchers evaluated a novel programme that applies team coaching skills and improvement science at the care pathway level.
Commentary

11 Nov 2020

Primary Care Networks in a Time of Pandemic

Primary care networks in the UK bring together general practices and community providers to develop new services for patients and to provide better integration of health and social care services and sustainability in primary care. While still relatively new, their trajectory is likely to be influenced by COVID-19–related adaptations they have made over the course of the pandemic.

Sarah Parkinson, Judith Smith
Commentary

10 Nov 2020

What Influences Quality Improvement Processes in Health Care?

Periods of rapid change offer both opportunities and challenges for health care quality improvement. Understanding the building blocks that need to be in place to support improvement processes may help those seeking to embed improvement capabilities and capacity into their organisations, both as we emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.

Gemma-Claire Ali, Emily Ryen Gloinson, Sonja Marjanovic
Project

15 Sep 2020

What influences improvement processes in healthcare?

Although many healthcare organisations are engaging in activities to improve the quality of healthcare, there are still considerable challenges in doing so. Additional research on quality improvement could help inform a better understanding of how improvements in patient care can be achieved and sustained.
Video

8 Sep 2020

Duration 4:27

The Future of the Pharmaceutical Industry

RAND Europe's Sonja Marjanovic explains how changes in society have brought about opportunities for the pharmaceutical industry to innovate to better meet the needs of patients and health care systems.

Sonja Marjanovic
Project

27 Aug 2020

Understanding the performance of the oncology healthcare system

Researchers identified a number of key indicators that can be used to analyse elements of the oncology health system from different perspectives, and then used these indicators to create an overarching scorecard for oncology ecosystem performance.
Project

30 Mar 2020

How, and how much, do migrants use UK health services?

Recent arrivals to the UK use the NHS significantly less than the UK-born population, though the difference narrows when adjusted for age and self-assessed health. However, more work is needed to provide insights to policy makers on migrant use of the NHS, their health needs, and the quality of health care received.
Project

29 Jan 2020

Quality improvement in the veterinary sector

Although quality improvement is not yet embedded into day-to-day work across the sector, the basic framework to support QI implementation is already in place, and those working in animal health care generally agree that it is desirable.
Project

27 Jan 2020

Innovation for improved NHS healthcare

The UK's NHS is under pressure to meet the growing and changing demand for services with limited resources. Innovations may provide opportunities to respond creatively and effectively to growing health demands.
Project

19 Nov 2019

Understanding the societal burden of disease progression in multiple sclerosis

MS is associated with high economic costs to society that go beyond the costs to the healthcare system, but researchers found limited evidence on the impact of disease progression on patients, carers, and society as a whole.
Project

12 Nov 2019

How does the pharmaceutical industry reuse health data?

Several important factors can support or hinder the reuse of pharmaceutical data in the EU, including the availability, interoperability and quality of data; data analytic skills and experience; and the presence of clear and uniform regulations.
Project

21 Feb 2019

Making outcome-based payment a reality in the NHS: Phase 1

Researchers assessed a new approach to paying for cancer drugs in England’s National Health Service based on achieved outcomes. Their findings may help to improve patient access to medicines and ensure value for the NHS.

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