Volume 5 Issue 1 April 2011 Welcome to Knowledge Matters Welcome to a very special edition of Knowledge Matters which celebrates both the Royal Wedding and Knowledge Matters entering its 5th Year……… I hope that readers like my new dress……. I hope that you remember that last summer the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement opened an ‘ideas channel’ to gain examples from across the country of where measurement had supported improvements in cost and quality. 50 submissions were received from across the country and these can be accessed from the Institute website. As well as the original submissions, a number have been published as one page PDF case studies (including a number submitted by the Quality Observatory). The Institute are keen to receive examples of measurement supporting improvements and the site will remain open to ensure that examples of good practice can continue to be shared. To view the pdf case studies, original submissions and to make a new submission, go to the following website http://www.institute.nhs.uk/cost_and_quality/qipp/measurement_for_quality_and_cost.html I talked last time about some of the work that we have undertaken to support establishing GP consortia. Significant progress has been made with the web-based QOF tool – we will cover this in some detail in the next edition of Knowledge Matters. For the first time, the Quality Observatory has developed a dashboard which is viewable by GP practice and GP Commissioning Consortia. The diabetes dashboard has been developed with the intention of both helping identify areas for improvement in diabetes care and highlighting localities that are performing particularly well. A range of indicators are displayed from both primary and secondary care that, when viewed together, describe the current status of diabetes services for South East Coast practices and consortia. As always, the dashboard provides a range of graphs in an easy to understand format and has a helpful guide which describes the data sources and methodology. We will cover further detail on the diabetes dashboard in the next edition – if you can’t wait until then please contact Kate (katherine.cheema@southeastcoast.nhs.uk) That’s all for now. Happy reading and enjoy the sunshine!
Inside This Issue : Innovation in Outcomes Competition
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Quality in Care Programme
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NHS Evidence—Supporting QIPP
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The Safety Thermometer
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Quality Observatory Promotional Materials
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Innovation Expo 2011
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Oesophageal Doppler Benchmarking Tools
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Ask An Analyst
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News
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Skills Builder—the Slider
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Analysis, Ancient and Modern
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