Highlands and Islands Improvement Institute
Quality through improvement
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Publications and Reports
Michelle Beattie, Gavin Hookway, Michael Perera, Suzy Calder, Carolyn Hunter-Rowe, Hugo van Woerden
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BMJ Open Quality Vol 7 - 3 Published 6 July, 2018
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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
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Journal of Medical Internet Research 2018;20(4):e131
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A review of the evidence for the use of Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) programmes for education.
Elaine Mead, Cameron Stark, Mamie Thompson
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Management in Healthcare 2(2). 115-124 2017
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Discusses the challenges of widespread implementation of quality improvement methods at scale.
Michelle Beattie, Ashley Shepherd, William Lauder, Iain Atherton, Julie Cowie, Douglas Murphy
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BMJ Open, 6:e010101. 2016
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Describes the development and testing of a new patient feedback tool.
Brian James, Michelle Beattie, Ashley Shepherd, Lorraine Armstrong
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Nurse Education in Practice, doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2016.05.004. 2016
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Summarises student nurses' experience of undertaking quality improvement work in practice.
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Michelle Beattie, Donald Murphy, Iain Atherton, William Lauder
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Systematic Reviews, 4; 97. doi:10.1186/s13643-015-0089-0 2015
Systematic review of care quality indicators.
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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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Stark C. Value Management Boards - Ward 7a
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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
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BMJ Open Quality 2015;4:u201341.w1226. doi: 10.1136/bmjquality.u201341.w1226
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Describes improvement work in a pre-operative assessment service, using Lean methods.