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Developing a conceptual framework for the early adoption of healthcare technologies in hospitals  Nature Medicine 8 March 2024;30(5):1222-1224

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Development and Evaluation of Patient Safety Interventions: Perspectives of Operational Safety Leaders and Patient Safety Organizations  J Patient Saf - 13 May 2024

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Economic impact of dementia. Alzheimer's Society - May 2024

Available from: https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/sites/default/files/2024-05/the-annual-costs-of-dementia.pdf

Escalating competition in NHS: implications for healthcare quality and workforce sustainability  Postgraduate Medical Journal. 2024;100(1184):361-365

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?otool=iaufhhslib&term=38204332

Factors driving differences in the adoption of quality management practices among hospitals: A two-phase, sequential mixed-methods analysis  Health Care Management Review. 2024;49(3):161-175

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Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021  Lancet. 2024;403(10440):2259-2262

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?otool=iaufhhslib&term=38762327

Forecasting the global burden of disease to 2050  Lancet. 2024;403(10440):1961-1963

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?otool=iaufhhslib&term=38762312

Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 estimates: implications for health policy and research  Lancet. 2024;403(10440):1958-1959

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?otool=iaufhhslib&term=38642567

Improving workforce wellbeing through a staff-led approach. Case study. NHS Employers - 17 May 2024

Available from: https://www.nhsemployers.org/case-studies/improving-workforce-wellbeing-through-staff-led-approach

Infected blood inquiry. Report. [UK] Independent public statutory inquiry into the use of infected blood chaired by Sir Brian Langstaff - 20 May 2024

Available from: https://www.infectedbloodinquiry.org.uk/reports/inquiry-report

LOGIC: Good Practice Principles for Mainstreaming Behavioural Public Policy. OECD - 21 May 2024

Available from: https://oecd-opsi.org/publications/logic-mainstreaming-behavioural-science/

Measurement of Cost of Boarding in the Emergency Department Using Time-Driven Activity-Based Costing  Ann Emerg Med - 24 May 2024

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NHS productivity. NHS England - 16 May 2024

Available from: https://www.england.nhs.uk/long-read/nhs-productivity/

A preventative approach to public services. The next government must focus on prevention or risk worse public services and higher taxes. [UK] Institute for Government - 22 May 2024

Available from: https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/preventative-approach-public-services

Psychometric properties and criterion related validity of the Norwegian version of hospital survey on patient safety culture 2.0  BMC Health Services Research. 2024;24(1):642

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-024-11097-7

The public’s views on the future of the NHS in England. The Health Foundation - May 2024

Available from: https://www.health.org.uk/publications/reports/public-views-on-the-future-of-the-nhs-in-england

Reablement, Rehabilitation, Recovery: Everyone’s business. British Geriatrics Society - 15 May 2024

Available from: https://www.bgs.org.uk/policy-and-media/bgs-report-finds-lack-of-rehabilitation-hinders-older-people%E2%80%99s-recovery-from

Review article: Telehealth in Emergency Medicine in Australasia: Advantages and barriers  Emergency Medicine Australasia. 2024 https://login.smhslibresources.health.wa.gov.au/login?url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1742-6723.14411    

South East Region Virtual Wards Evaluation Report. PPL [UK] - May 2024

Available from: https://ppl.org.uk/what-we-do/virtual-wards-consultancy/

Support services for healthcare professionals must be properly funded  BMJ. 2024;385:q1089

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?otool=iaufhhslib&term=38760069

Urgent and emergency care recovery plan year 2: building on learning from 2023/24. NHS England - 16 May 2024

Available from: https://www.england.nhs.uk/publication/urgent-and-emergency-care-recovery-plan-year-2-building-on-learning-from-2023-24/

Addressing health inequalities across allied health professional (AHP) services: a guide for AHP system leaders.
2024
Available from: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/addressing-health-inequalities-across-allied-health-professional-ahp-services-a-guide-for-ahp-system-leaders/addressing-health-inequalities-across-allied-health-professional-ahp-services-a-guide-for-ahp-system-leaders

Admitted patients - MyHospitals. AIHW - 16 May 2024
Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports-data/myhospitals/sectors/admitted-patients

Advances in measuring healthcare productivity. Productivity Commission - 23 April 2024
Available from: https://www.pc.gov.au/research/completed/measuring-healthcare-productivity

Are mental health wards discharging patients too quickly? How to reduce readmission. The King's Fund - 13 May 2024
Available from: https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-analysis/blogs/mental-health-wards-discharging-patients

Associations between patient safety culture and workplace safety culture in hospital settings  BMC Health Services Research. 2024;24(1):568
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Australia’s hospitals at a glance. AIHW - 16 May 2024
Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/hospitals/australias-hospitals-at-a-glance

Budget 2024: $1.4b for “significant” aged care tech, $1.2b for Strengthening Medicare  Pulse+IT - 15 May 2024
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Developing a typology of interventions to support doctors’ mental health and wellbeing  BMC Health Services Research. 2024;24(1):573
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Health Creation: for now and future generations. A Manifesto for whole systems change. The Health Creation Alliance - May 2024
Available from: https://thehealthcreationalliance.org/manifesto/

Hospital safety and quality [data on healthcare-associated Staphylococcus aureus (Golden staph) bloodstream infections (SABSI)] - MyHospitals. AIHW - 16 May 2024
Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports-data/myhospitals/themes/hospital-safety-and-quality

How would clinicians use time freed up by technology?
2024
Available from: https://www.health.org.uk/publications/long-reads/how-would-clinicians-use-time-freed-up-by-technology

Leveraging digital technology in healthcare. Research paper. Productivity Commission - 7 May 2024
Available from: https://www.pc.gov.au/research/completed/digital-healthcare

Making links between health and care and further education. NHS Employers - 13 May 2024
Available from: https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/making-links-between-health-and-care-and-further-education

Non-admitted patients - MyHospitals. AIHW - 16 May 2024
Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports-data/myhospitals/sectors/non-admitted-patients

The past and future of UK health spending. Institute for Fiscal Studies - 14 May 2024
Available from: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/past-and-future-uk-health-spending

Policies for better mental health. The case for a mental health policy test. Centre for Mental Health - 14 May 2024
Available from: https://www.centreformentalhealth.org.uk/publications/policies-for-better-mental-health/

Prevention, population health and prosperity. A new era in devolution. NHSD Confederation - May 2024
Available from: https://www.nhsconfed.org/system/files/2024-05/Prevention-population-health-prosperity-new-era-devolution.pdf

Quality of care transition, patient safety incidents, and patients’ health status: a structural equation model on the complexity of the discharge process  BMC Health Services Research. 2024;24(1):576
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Rapid evidence review: Tackling inequalities through the regulation of services and organisations.
2024
Available from: https://www.cqc.org.uk/about-us/transparency/external-reports-research/rapid-evidence-review-tackling-inequalities

The role of governance in shaping health system reform: a case study of the design and implementation of new health regions in Ireland, 2018–2023  BMC Health Services Research. 2024;24(1):578
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A systematic review of workplace triggers of emotions in the healthcare environment, the emotions experienced, and the impact on patient safety  BMC Health Services Research. 2024;24(1):603
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Use of emergency departments for lower urgency care. AIHW - 16 May 2024
Available from: https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/primary-health-care/use-of-emergency-departments-lower-urgency-care/contents/about

WA budget 2024: Virtual care, real-time tracking and patient flow boosted  Pulse+IT - 14 May 2024
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Catalyzing System Change: 100 Quality Improvement Projects in 1000 Days  Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2024;39(6):940-950
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?otool=iaufhhslib&term=37985609

The cultural shift towards a value-based approach to healthcare Australian Health Review. 2024
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DHF24: Austin Health trials telehealth booth in ED waiting room  Pulse+IT. 2024;May 9
https://www-pulseit-news.smhslibresources.health.wa.gov.au/australian-digital-health/dhf24-austin-health-trials-telehealth-booth-in-ed-waiting-room/

Doctors in training should be at the top of the workforce priority list  BMJ. 2024;385:q1045
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?otool=iaufhhslib&term=38719511

Health systems and environmental sustainability: updating frameworks for a new era  BMJ. 2024;385:e076957
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?otool=iaufhhslib&term=38688557

How should artificial intelligence be used in Australian health care? Recommendations from a citizens’ jury. 2024
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Impact Wellbeing™ Guide: Taking action to improve healthcare worker wellbeing. 2024
https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2024-109/

Imposter syndrome a 'major cause' of health’s gender pay gap  InSight - 13 May. 2024
https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2024/18/imposter-syndrome-a-major-cause-of-healths-gender-pay-gap/

Is the strategy to fix healthcare in shared value?  Australian Health Review. 2024
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Leveraging digital technology in healthcare. May 2024
https://www.pc.gov.au/research/completed/digital-healthcare/digital-healthcare.pdf

Maternal and perinatal outcomes during the 2020 and 2021 COVID-19 pandemic. 8 May 2024
https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/mothers-babies/maternal-and-perinatal-outcomes-during-covid-19/contents/about

Medication access during pregnancy: a call for change  InSight - 13 May. 2024
https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2024/18/medication-access-during-pregnancy-a-call-for-change/

Medicines shortages. 2024
Available from: https://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-9997/CBP-9997.pdf

Organisational anxiety and what leaders are (or aren’t) doing about it. 2024
https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-analysis/blogs/organisational-anxiety-leaders

Perhaps politicians and health leaders could #sayhellotopatients?  BMJ. 2024;385:q976
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?otool=iaufhhslib&term=38688552

Productivity of the English National Health Service: 2021/22 update  CHE Research Paper 196 April 2024
https://www.york.ac.uk/media/che/CHE196.pdf

Reduce waste in the NHS to deliver population health  BMJ. 2024;385:q949
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?otool=iaufhhslib&term=38692687

Sharing data with patients the Parkville Precinct way  PulseIT - 8 May  2024
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Staff shortages. Burnout. Unfair pay. The working conditions behind our crisis in health care. 2024
https://healthydebate.ca/stitched-together/

Telehealth and voluntary assisted dying: leave it to the doctors  InSight - 13 May. 2024
https://insightplus.mja.com.au/2024/18/telehealth-and-voluntary-assisted-dying-leave-it-to-the-doctors/

Virtual care relieving pressure on emergency departments.
8 May 2024
Available from: https://www.nsw.gov.au/media-releases/virtual-care-relieving-pressure-on-emergency-departments

WHO: World makes strides towards better health, but work is needed on sustainable development goals  BMJ. 2024;385:q1065
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?otool=iaufhhslib&term=38729641

Actioning the Learning Health System: An applied framework for integrating research into health systems  SSM - Health Systems. 2024;2:100010
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Clinical and care professional leadership in practice. NHS Confederation - 18 April 2024
Available from: https://www.nhsconfed.org/articles/clinical-and-care-professional-leadership-practice-0

The development and pilot of a novel mobile application to assess clinician perception of workload and work environment  Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2024;n/a(n/a)
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Exploring patients’ perspectives: a mixed methods study on Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) experiences  BMC Health Services Research. 2024;24(1):544
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Hospital Consolidation and Physician Unionization  New England Journal of Medicine. 2024;390(16):1445-1447
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?otool=iaufhhslib&term=38647098

Hospital performance evaluation indicators: a scoping review  BMC Health Services Research. 2024;24(1):561
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How to harness the potential of patient-facing technology. NHS Confederation - 24 April 2024
Available from: https://www.nhsconfed.org/articles/how-harness-potential-patient-facing-technology

Impact of authentic leadership on nurses' well-being and quality of care in the acute care settings  Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 2024
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Leadership & professional development: Enhance clinical excellence through proactive feedback  Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2024;19(5):403-404
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?otool=iaufhhslib&term=38411038

Losing NHS doctors early is costing £2.4bn a year, BMA estimates  BMJ. 2024;385:q932
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?otool=iaufhhslib&term=38653517

Medicare-funded reproductive genetic carrier screening in Australia has arrived: are we ready?  Medical Journal of Australia. 2024;220(8):394-397
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?otool=iaufhhslib&term=38493786

My Aged Care system under review by new inspector-general’s office  Pulse+IT - 1 May. 2024
https://www-pulseit-news.smhslibresources.health.wa.gov.au/aged-community-disabled-care/my-aged-care-system-under-review-by-new-inspector-generals-office/#:~:text=Kate%20McDonald

An OECD survey of employee well-being. An instrument to measure employee well-being inside companies. OECD - 6 May 2024
Available from: https://www-oecd-ilibrary-org.smhslibresources.health.wa.gov.au/social-issues-migration-health/an-oecd-survey-of-employee-well-being_74f48e24-en

Patient engagement with an automated postdischarge text messaging program for improving care transitions  Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2024;n/a(n/a)
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Physician leadership: Developing the path to physician leadership in the hospital  Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2024;19(5):432-434
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?otool=iaufhhslib&term=38030952

Quality indicators for hospital burn care: a scoping review  BMC Health Services Research. 2024;24(1):486
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A scoping review of continuous quality improvement in healthcare system: conceptualization, models and tools, barriers and facilitators, and impact  BMC Health Services Research. 2024;24(1):487
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Siloed, unsupported and hindered – the reality of innovation in the NHS and social care. King's Fund - 25 April 2024
Available from: https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-analysis/blogs/siloed-unsupported-hindered-innovation-nhs-social-care

Solid evidence sought for telehealth and health outcomes  Pulse+IT - 29 April. 2024
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Swedish NGOs are reeling after government cuts  Lancet. 2024;403(10436):1527
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?otool=iaufhhslib&term=38643768

Virtual hospital care development and deployment: A rapid qualitative study of frontline clinicians and leaders  Journal of Hospital Medicine. 2024;n/a(n/a)
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WA Virtual ED to expand into mental health and geriatrician-led virtual care  Pulse+IT - 2 May. 2024
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What’s up doc? Physicians’ reflections on their sustainable employability throughout careers: a narrative inquiry  BMC Health Services Research. 2024;24(1):539
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Which technologies offer the biggest opportunities to save time in the NHS? The Health Foundation - 29 April 2024
Available from: https://www.health.org.uk/publications/long-reads/which-technologies-offer-the-biggest-opportunities-to-save-time-in-the-nhs