Implementation Outcome Repository

Implementation Outcome Repository 

• A free online resource for implementation stakeholders, including researchers and healthcare professionals, wishing to quantitatively measure implementation outcomes. 
• Developed by researchers in the Centre for Implementation Science at King’s College London, King's Improvement Science and the Behavioural and Implementation Science research group at the University of East Anglia.

Patient safety BMJ Improvement Hub

Patient Safety 
BMJ Improvement Hub

• A collection of quality assessed resources to help you improve patient safety. 
• Other topics in the BMJ Improvement hub are on Mental health, leadership, and patient centred care.

Health Equity Assessment Tool (HEAT)

Health Equity Assessment Tool (HEAT)
PHE 24 September 2020

• HEAT is a practical framework that enables multiple audiences to systematically embed action on health inequalities and equalities in their work programme or service. The resources include case studies demonstrating practical application of the tool and the main benefits of applying it in different work areas.
• Accompanied by an e-learning module to equip professionals with essential skills for undertaking a HEAT assessment.

Using the NHS Knowledge Mobilisation Framework to capture lessons from COVID-19 (and beyond)

Using the NHS Knowledge Mobilisation Framework to capture lessons from COVID-19 (and beyond)
RealKM 10 September 2020

• The Knowledge Mobilisation Framework is designed to help individuals to develop and use skills to mobilise knowledge effectively in their organisations. It can help them to learn before, during, and after everything they do, so that pitfalls can be avoided and best practice replicated.

Guidance to support rapid successful changes to health and social care that will last during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic

Guidance to support rapid successful changes to health and social care that will last during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic
ARC South London 29 July 2020

• An interactive resource to support the rapid implementation and evaluation of health and social care innovations, interventions and new services during, and after, the Covid-19 pandemic.

A comprehensive hospital agile preparedness (CHAPs) tool for pandemic preparedness, based on the COVID-19 experience

A comprehensive hospital agile preparedness (CHAPs) tool for pandemic preparedness, based on the COVID-19 experience
Future Healthc J June 2020 DOI: https://doi.org/10.7861/fhj.2020-0030

• The comprehensive hospital agile preparedness (CHAPs) tool provides clinical planners with six key domains to consider that frequently create resource strain during COVID-19; it also allows local planners to identify issues unique to their hospital, system or region.

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Quality Improvement Resources

Quality Improvement Resources
National Bowel Cancer Audit

• Links to Quality Improvement methods and tools, as well as National Quality Improvement programmes.

Sweeney methodology - EBCD and FPCC

Sweeney methodology
Point of Care Foundation

• The Point of Care Foundation have blended Experience Based Co-Design (EBCD) and Patient and Family Centred Care (PFCC) to create their Sweeney programme to understand patient experience. The page includes links to the EBCD and PFCC toolkits.

Cancer Inequalities Toolkit

Cancer Inequalities Toolkit
Health London Partnership

• The Transforming Cancer Services Team (TCST) has produced a toolkit to reduce inequalities in cancer care and outcomes in London and West Essex in terms of; marginalised groups, early diagnosis, access and treatment, personalised care, and a summary of recommendations.

What Good Looks Like for population health programmes

What Good Looks Like
Association of Directors of Public Health, Public Health England 30 September 2019

• A series of ‘What Good Looks Like’ (WGLL) publications that set out the guiding principles of ‘what good quality looks like’ for population health programmes in local systems.
• The WGLL publications are based on the evidence of ‘what works and how it works’ including effectiveness, efficiency, equity, examples of best practices, opinions and viewpoints and, where available a return on investment.
• Current documents, others will be added: 
• What Good Children and Young People’s Public Health Looks Like
• What Good Local Tobacco Control Looks Like
• What Good Healthy Weight Looks Like
• What Good Cardiovascular Disease Prevention Looks Like
• What Good Sexual and Reproductive Health and HIV Provision Looks Like
• What Good Public Mental Health Looks Like
• What Good Health at Work Looks Like

Spread tools: a systematic review of components, uptake, and effectiveness of quality improvement toolkits

Spread tools: a systematic review of components, uptake, and effectiveness of quality improvement toolkits
Implementation Science v14, Article number: 83, 19 August 2019

• A review of the literature identified 77 studies evaluating 72 QI toolkits. 
• Available uptake data are limited but indicate variability. High satisfaction with toolkits can be achieved but the usefulness of individual tools may vary. The existing evidence base on the effectiveness of toolkits remains limited. While emerging evidence indicates positive effects on clinical processes, more research on toolkit value and what affects it is needed, including linking toolkits to objective provider behaviour measures and patient outcomes.

Do no harm: a roadmap for responsible machine learning for health care

Do no harm: a roadmap for responsible machine learning for health care
Nature Medicine v25, p1337–1340 (2019) 19 August 2019

• Interest in machine-learning applications within medicine has been growing, but few studies have progressed to deployment in patient care. We present a framework, context and ultimately guidelines for accelerating the translation of machine-learning-based interventions in health care. To be successful, translation will require a team of engaged stakeholders and a systematic process from beginning (problem formulation) to end (widespread deployment).

[Not available on NHS OpenAthens til August 2020]

Spread tools: a systematic review of components, uptake, and effectiveness of quality improvement toolkits

Spread tools: a systematic review of components, uptake, and effectiveness of quality improvement toolkits
Implementation Science volume 14, Article number: 83. 19 August 2019

• A systematic review of systematic review of toolkit evaluations intended to spread interventions to improve healthcare quality. identified 72 toolkits.  The toolkits addressed a variety of quality improvement approaches and focused on clinical topics such as weight management, fall prevention, vaccination, hospital-acquired infections, pain management, and patient safety.
• Studies generally indicated high satisfaction with toolkits, but the perceived usefulness of individual tools varied. 
• The authors conclude that "the existing evidence base on the effectiveness of toolkits remains limited."

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Instruments measuring interprofessional collaboration in healthcare – a scoping review

Instruments measuring interprofessional collaboration in healthcare – a scoping review
Journal of Interprofessional Care, 23 July 2019, DOI: 10.1080/13561820.2019.1637336

• A literature review identified 29 instruments measuring interprofessional collaboration.

Implementing and evaluating co-design

Implementing and evaluating co-design
New Philanthropy Capital 1 July 2019

• Co-design is when an organisation and its stakeholders work together to design or rethink a service. As an approach it sits midway between consultation and fully user-led projects.
• This toolkit explores what co-design is, why it matters and outlines a five-stage process for planning and implementing the co-design of products or services. The five stages cover: setting up - engaging participants; discovery - findings new insights that could influence the co-design process; defining - define the specific problem to be addressed; developing - develop and refine solutions; and delivery. For each stage, the toolkit includes case studies, tips and tools. 
• The toolkit also explores how evaluate and assess the outcomes of your co-design and the quality of your processes, and how to review and learn from the data. It is designed for service delivery organisations, but the principles apply to any organisation who want to improve its co-design.

Corporate services productivity toolkit

Corporate services productivity toolkit
NHS Improvement 5 June 2018 updated 28 June 2019

• A toolkit to help NHS providers implement their corporate services transformation and to enable the NHS to share best practice.

Measures for person centred coordinated care

Measures for person centred coordinated care
www.p3c.org.uk/

• A compendium of Patient Reported Outcomes Measures (PROMs) and Patient Reported Experience Measures (PREMs) that can be utilised within programs that aim to deliver or evaluate person centred and coordinated care (P3C). It includes diseases-specific measures for a variety of Long Term Conditions and End of Life
• The website is a complementary accompaniment to a “Commissioners Guide” (available on the p3c website) which explains how to deploy and utilise these tools in real-life healthcare settings.
• Measures for Person Centred Coordinated Care is an NHS England funded project undertaken by the Primary Care Group at Plymouth University.

Mobile Technology Investment Toolkit

Mobile Technology Investment Toolkit
NHS Digital April 2019
A toolkit containing support and guidance on initiating and implementing mobile working programmes and projects. It contains:

• innovative examples, success stories and lessons learned to inform your vision and strategy
• knowledge, practical guidance and tips to deliver effective mobile technology solutions
• practical tools and resources to help you when implementing mobile technology solutions
• key success factors and how to maximise benefits, along with a return on investment

Toolkit for evaluating digital health products

Toolkit for evaluating digital health products [Blogpost ]
NHS Digital 17 April 2019

• NHS Digital are developing an evaluation toolkit to help teams understand if their digital health product has achieved its intended health outcomes.

Inspire attract and recruit toolkit from NHS Employers

Inspire attract and recruit toolkit
NHS Employers December 2018

• An interactive toolkit has been developed for HR professionals, recruitment teams and managers in the NHS. The toolkit contains guidance, top tips and best practice examples on:
• understanding your workforce supply and your audience 
• the importance of being a leading employer and attracting the right people to your organisation 
• simplifying and improving your recruitment processes to create a positive candidate experience.