HARC e-Bulletin Issue 28
August 2014. In this month’s Bulletin we look at recent studies in The Lancet Infectious Diseases and from the World Health Organization that reveal a worrying global increase in resistance to and...
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September 2014. In this month’s Bulletin we look at research about two vital safety and quality themes: the massive global increase in healthcare data and how it can be used to improve health services;...
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October 2014. In this month’s Bulletin we bring you a HARC ‘Five questions’ video with Sir David Dalton, Chief Executive of Salford Royal NHS Trust, talking about how to engage and motivate staff In...
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November/December 2014. This month we bring you a report from the December HARC Forum, where keynote speaker Dr Niek Klazinga from the OECD Health Division stressed the importance of national data...
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January 2015. Welcome to your first edition of the HARC e-Bulletin for 2015. This month, we look at new research exploring factors that affect the cost of care in our hospitals. We also look at the...
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February 2015. In this month’s Bulletin we invite HARC partner employees to apply for the 2015 HARC Scholarship Program. You can also read about how HARC scholar Bernadette King from the Clinical...
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March 2015. In this month’s Bulletin, we look at the latest research on antenatal care, including research on whether offering pregnant women financial incentives to quit smoking pays off. The huge...
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April 2015. In this month’s Bulletin, we report on the recent HARC Scholars Forum, which showcased some of the diverse and far-reaching outcomes achieved by former scholarship recipients across areas...
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May 2015. This month’s Bulletin focuses on the patient experience of healthcare. We lead with our wrap of the recent forum featuring NHS expert Dan Wellings, and look at research that shows how...
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June 2015. In this month’s Bulletin, we meet the four recipients of the 2015 HARC scholarships, who will now have the opportunity to investigate areas ranging from antimicrobial resistance to design...
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August 2015. In this month’s Bulletin, we shine a spotlight on the value of patient data. We feature research that shows how data linkage has revealed “hot spots” where Australian patients are crossing...
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August 2015. In this month’s e-Bulletin, we look at how the “human factors” approach adopted by the aviation industry has the potential to change the way the healthcare industry addresses safety...
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September 2015. In this month’s e-Bulletin, we look at the challenging areas of evaluation and measurement. Speaking at a recent HARC Forum, visiting expert Professor Nicholas Mays offered valuable...
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October 2015. In this month’s e-Bulletin, we focus on shifts in the way hospitals are managed, from the way wards are organised to the way staff are rostered. We look at research into how both staff...
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November 2015. In this month’s e-Bulletin, we focus on medical records ‒ an ever-changing but vital element of the healthcare system. One study finds that what patients say about their hospital...
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January 2016 Welcome to the first HARC e-Bulletin for 2016, covering the latest news, research and reports from December last year and this month. In this Bulletin, we look at new research on avoiding...
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February 2016. In this month’s HARC e-Bulletin, we look at new research on interventions that are having a positive impact on health outcomes, and some that aren’t proving quite as successful. In our...
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March 2016. In this month’s HARC e-Bulletin, we report on a recent symposium that explored the concept of the Patient-Centred Medical Home, a new model of primary care that has been adopted in the...
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April 2016. In this month’s Bulletin, we meet the four new recipients of the 2016 HARC scholarships, who will now have the opportunity to travel abroad to investigate areas ranging from ways to...
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May 2016. This month, we focus on the major challenge of keeping patients safe within our healthcare institutions. Our recent HARC forum on accreditation heard that too many patients are still harmed...
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