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Publications and Reports
Michelle Beattie, Gavin Hookway, Michael Perera, Suzy Calder, Carolyn Hunter-Rowe, Hugo van Woerden
BMJ Open Quality Vol 7 - 3 Published 6 July, 2018
Describes use of Lean methods to decrease waiting time for Opiate Replacement Therapy. In the six months following the work, waiting time reduced by 63%, from 56 days to 21 days.
Evaluation of Technology-Enhanced Learning Programs for Health Care Professionals: Systematic Review
Pam Nicoll, Sandra MacRury, Hugo van Woerden, Keith Smyth
Journal of Medical Internet Research 2018;20(4):e131
A review of the evidence for the use of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) programmes for education.
Elaine Mead, Cameron Stark, Mamie Thompson
Management in Healthcare 2(2). 115-124 2017
Discusses the challenges of widespread implementation of quality improvement methods at scale.
Michelle Beattie, Ashley Shepherd, William Lauder, Iain Atherton, Julie Cowie, Douglas Murphy
BMJ Open, 6:e010101. 2016
Describes the development and testing of a new patient feedback tool.
Brian James, Michelle Beattie, Ashley Shepherd, Lorraine Armstrong
Nurse Education in Practice, doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2016.05.004. 2016
Summarises student nurses' experience of undertaking quality improvement work in practice.
Michelle Beattie, Donald Murphy, Iain Atherton, William Lauder
Systematic Reviews, 4; 97. doi:10.1186/s13643-015-0089-0 2015
Systematic review of care quality indicators.

Chiazor, Emmanuel Ifeanyi, Meirion Evans, Hugo van Woerden, Azuka C. Oparah "A systematic review of community pharmacists’ interventions in reducing major risk factors for cardiovascular disease." Value in Health Regional Issues 7 (2015): 9-21
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During 2016 Raigmore hospital was involved in testing a new approach to value improvement

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Cameron Stark, Anne Gent, Linda Kirkland
BMJ Open Quality 2015;4:u201341.w1226. doi: 10.1136/bmjquality.u201341.w1226
Describes improvement work in a pre-operative assessment service, using Lean methods.