The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute is strengthening the evidence base for improving healthcare. Made possible by the @HealthFdn and @Cambridge_Uni.
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19 Dec 2024
Without high-quality, reliable evidence, the puzzle of healthcare improvement will always be incomplete. At THIS Institute, we're working to fill the gaps.
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25 Feb 2025
We're excited to share a new series of Listen to THIS, the podcast exploring how we’re improving the quality & safety of healthcare, diving into current and enduring challenges & the work addressing them. Learn more here ths.im/4hdgpfj
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24 Feb 2025
Have you experienced a caesarean birth? We want to hear from you! Please share your views on the outcomes that are most important to you. Join an important conversation and help make a difference. Click the link below and share your thoughts👇
20 Feb 2025
As part of the Avoiding Brain Injury in Childbirth programme, we’re seeking views from women, birthing people, birth partners and health professionals on impacted fetal head interventions during caesarean birth and outcomes. Please complete our survey: brnw.ch/21wQPZu
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19 Feb 2025
Hospital at Home (virtual wards): Understanding how they work for people living with frailty - a @THIS_Institute supported study added to the hub pslhub.org/learn/commissioni… #patientsafety #digitalhealth
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19 Feb 2025
Are you a resident doctor working on the emergency laparotomy pathway?
Please complete this survey to share your views on how the guidelines work in practice:
ths.im/emlap
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13 Feb 2025
📢Early-bird registration for THIS Space 2025 is open! The event is free to attend and open to everyone interested in improving healthcare, especially in the NHS. Register now: ths.im/410h8ds
ALT THIS Space 2025 early-bird registration is open! 25 November online conference
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13 Feb 2025
After THIS Space 2024, we caught up with @drnatarmstrong, Jessica Morley, and Florence Doo, and they were delighted to answer some more of your questions. Read our blog: thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/blog…
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12 Feb 2025
Share your views on improving data collection for avoidable brain injury at birth! Take part in our short survey by 23 Feb and help make a difference. ths.im/3EzBP8E
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10 Feb 2025
#THISFellow @lavendercrew will speak at @MarieCurieEOLC Research into Practice Conference on Thu Feb 13 in the ‘Building bridges from research to practice’ talk at 10:00. Sarah will share potential ways to improve medication management in palliative care & launch a new tool kit
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7 Feb 2025
What are the harms incurred by users of community-based mental healthcare, as reported by staff in these services?
In this paper from my @THIS_Institute PhD, we characterised the nature of #patientsafety incidents using data from English services
doi.org/10.1017/S00332917240…
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6 Feb 2025
How can patient care & safety in cancer diagnosis pathways improve? #THISfellow @GeorgiaBBlack from @QMUL research found significant demands placed on patients in the pathways & system complexities when trying to deliver holistic care. Read Georgia's story ths.im/3CR4xBf
ALT "Shaping future improvements for cancer diagnostics in the NHS" with headshot of THIS Fellow Georgia Black
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3 Feb 2025
It’s much harder for maternity and neonatal units to prevent brain injuries without access to high-quality data. Our study highlights key challenges in understanding how often and why these injuries occur.
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3 Feb 2025
This study needs your insights! The Timely study is exploring how digital tools can help early identification of mental health challenges in young people. Join an online focus group and have your say.
Learn more: ths.im/40Tr8qc
ALT Do you work with young people and have an interest in digital health? Join an online focus group exploring how digital tools can help early identification of mental health challenges in young people.
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31 Jan 2025
Can you offer insights into how pathways to emergency laparotomy work in practice? We have worked with @RCoA_CRI to launch a new survey. Have your say! buff.ly/3WHfgFb
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30 Jan 2025
Why is using remote monitoring technology in virtual wards caring for people with frailty so hard? This paper offers some answers.
THIS summary: ths.im/3EqJG8e
Full paper: ths.im/3WDon9Q
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THIS Institute retweeted
24 Jan 2025
Delighted that our paper which collates >400 attempts to improve access to general practice is out now in the @BJGPOpen
24 Jan 2025
THIS summary: thisinstitute.cam.ac.uk/rese…
Full paper: bjgpopen.org/content/early/2…
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24 Jan 2025
Despite record numbers of appointments, patient satisfaction with access to NHS general practice is declining. We and @HealthFdn reviewed 40 years of interventions into a themed catalogue to help guide improvement efforts.
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23 Jan 2025
Measurement is a key characteristic of any healthcare improvement effort. In our latest Element, authors @DrAleneToulany and @kgshojania note that most improvement interventions benefit from a mix of qualitative and quantitative measures. Read more: ths.im/3POxwJ4
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THIS Institute retweeted
23 Jan 2025
Help improve the way routinely collected data on avoidable brain injury around the time of birth are captured and used. Take part in @THIS_Institute short survey by 23 February. ths.im/4iLI7kY
13 Jan 2025
Calling all maternity and neonatal professionals! Help improve how routinely collected data on avoidable brain injury around the time of birth are captured and used. Take part in a short survey by 23 Feb ths.im/4iLI7kY @THIS_Institute @RCObsGyn @MidwivesRCM @RCPCHtweets
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