The NHS Institute Alert brings you the latest publications and papers to inspire and help you to deliver the QIPP agenda in your world.  This December issue of NHS Institute Alert, the current awareness service for the improvement community, is provided by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement . 

Erika Ottley, Associate for the NHS Institute, has written this month's Guest Editorial on the Practical implimentation of ThinkGlucose.

Erika and her two clinical colleagues, Dr James Kennedy and Emma Innes will be developing this topic further, when they present the next Expert on Call. This free webinar takes place on Thursday 16th December 2010, between 4pm and 5pm. Click here to register. Please note: for best results you will need a telephone and an internet connection with Internet Explorer to participate.

More Expert on Call events are listed here. 

Click on the links below to find pieces published in the last month on the topic of your interest ...

Alerts

Commissioning for improvement

Raising quality whilst reducing cost

Learning from improvement science

Inspiring innovation

Increasing productivity

Building leadership capacity to deliver QIPP

Improving patient experience

Improving patient safety

Commissioning for improvement

Tackling tough choices - creating public value
NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
2010

White paper consultation round-up
Alisdair Stirling
Practical Commissioning
November 2010
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The form and structure of GP-led commissioning consortia
One of a series of publications from ...
British Medical Association
November 2010

What will PCTs bequeath?
Alisdair Stirling
Practical Commissioning
November 2010
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Market profile, quality of provision and commissioning of adult social care services
Care Quality Commission
November 2010

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Raising quality whilst reducing cost

Flexible workforce: strategic planning to reduce costs and improve quality
NHS Employers
November 2010

Over £100m of potential savings identified if GP practices overcome barriers to primary care
Dr Foster Intelligence
November 2010

Darzi centres: an expensive luxury the UK can no longer afford?
P Davies
British Medical Journal
November 2010

The quality of care in general practice: Capturing opinions from the front line
Nick Goodwin, Shilpa Ross, Alex Smith
The King's Fund
November 2010

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Learning from improvement science

The utilization of six sigma and statistical process control techniques in surgical quality improvement
Jeffrey D Sedlack
Journal for Healthcare Quality
November/December 2010
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Developing evidence for how to tailor medical interventions for the individual patient
Frances Griffiths, et al.
Qualitative Health Research
December 2010 
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Trying to become a different type of company: dynamic capability at Smith Corona
Erwin Danneels
Strategic Management Journal
October 2010
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Patient-centred care: Improving quality and safety by focusing care on patients and consumers
Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
October 2010

Factors influencing success in quality improvement collaboratives: development and psychometric testing of an instrument
Loes Schouten, et al.
Implementation Science
November 2010

Do the right thing - developing an ethical culture
Patrick McClure
Australian Policy Online
November 2010

By the numbers: Measuring for quality care
Jane Coutts
Healthcare Quarterly
November 2010

A good death: time to think - NHS North East
National End of Life Care Programme
November 2010

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Inspiring innovation

How The Mayo Clinic invests in its next century of innovation
Uri Neren
The Conversation - Harvard Business Review
November 2010

Pushing the boundaries of social care - innovation on the frontline
Local Innovation Award Scheme
November 2010

Innovators go it alone
Ndubuisi Ekekwe
The Conversation - Harvard Business Review
November 2010

How BRIC innovators will defeat you
Michael Schrage
Harvard Business Review
November 2010

Creating the culture for innovation - A practical guide for leaders
NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement
October 2010

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Increasing productivity

QIPP National workstream - back office management and efficiency 
Foundation Trust Network
NHS Confederation
November 2010

Work Pray Love
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Harvard Business Review
November 2010

The support workforce: developing your patient-facing staff for the future 
NHS Employers
November 2010

The language of productivity is the language of workplace health 
Graham S. Lowe
Longwoods HR Resources
November 2010

Increasing productivity with social learning 
Randy Emelo
Industrial and Commercial Training
October 2010
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Staff engagement in the NHS: some local experience 
NHS Employers
November 2010

Regional variation in the productivity of the English National Health Service 
Chris Bojke, et al.
University of York
October 2010

The effect of stress and satisfaction on productivity 
George halkos and dimitrios Bousinakis
International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management October 2010
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Building leadership capacity to deliver QIPP

"You have to lead from everywhere".
Scott Berinato
Harvard Business eview
November 2010

The promise and peril of the Big Society
Luke Bretherton
ABC Religion and Ethics
November 2010

The link between leadership and safety outcomes in hospitals
Mae Squires, et al.
Journal of Nursing Management
November 2010
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Shh! It's vive la résistance …
Nicholas D Sweers and Kevin C Desouza
Journal of Business Strategy
November 2010
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Finding competitive advantage in adversity
Bhaskar Chakravorti
Harvard Business Review
November 2010 

Medicare Head Donald M. Berwick, MD, takes on mission of health system reform
M Mitka
The Journal of the American Medical Association
November 2010
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Liberating the NHS: National Quality Board's advice on implementing the White Paper
David Nicholson
National Quality Board
November 2010

Introverts: The best leaders for proactive employees
Carmen Nobel
Harvard Business School
November 2010

Exemplary physicians' strategies for avoiding burnout
Helen Meldrum
The Health Care Manager
November 2010
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Improving patient experience

It is time to talk about people: a human-centered healthcare system
Meghan Searl, et al.
Health Research Policy and Systems
November 2010 

Choosing a high-quality hospital: the role of nudges, scorecard design and information
Tammy Boyce, et al.
The Kings Fund
November 2010

A patient-centered model to improve metrics without cost increase
Anthony DiGioia, et al.
The Journal of Nursing Administration
November 2010 
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Families' perceptions of inpatient and home hospice care at end-of-life
M De Sousa, et al.
Archives of Internal Medicine
November 2010
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Elective and emergency surgery in the elderly: An age old problem
National Confidential Enquiry into Patient Outcome and Death
November 2010

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Improving patient safety

Prescription medicines and the risk of road traffic crashes: A French registry-based study
Ludivine Orriols, et al.
On behalf of the CESIR research group
PLoS Med
November 2010 

Patient education to prevent falls among older hospital inpatients: A randomized controlled trial
Terry P Haines, et al.
Archives of Internal Medicine
November 2010

Turning employees into problem solvers
Julia Hanna
Harvard Business School
2010

Signals - Emerging issues from national review of serious patient safety incidents
National Patient Safety Agency
October 2010
 

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Article of the Month

Kristy Parnell, Associate in the Learning Team, has critiqued the paper "Improving healthcare quality at scale and pace" as the Article of the Month.

Expert on Call

A recording of the latest Expert on Call on Productives Module Impact Framework is available here.

Don't forget to register for the next Expert on Call - Practical Implimentation of ThinkGlucose.

Guest editorial

Erika Ottley has written the latest Guest Editorial on Practical Implimentation of ThinkGlucose  to tie-in with the forthcoming Expert on Call on the 16th December 2010.

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