NHS Institute Alert: Better research, better results

The NHS Institute have published their January 2010 bulletin, which contains information on all of the content which has recently been made available on the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement’s website.

The bulletin contains links to documents on change management, commissioning, improvement, innovation, knowledge improvement and research, leadership, patient experience and patient safety.

The bulletin can be accessed by following this link

Library Newsletter – December 2009

The library’s Christmas newsletter contains updates on Map of Medicine, the new Quality and Productivity Specialist Collection, Annual Evidence Updates and requesting help with a literature search from the library.

The newsletter can be accessed here

New NHS Evidence Specialist Collection – Quality and Productivity

NHS Evidence has launched a new Specialist Collection – Quality and Productivity – which aims to be the central resource of evidence on how to improve quality and productivity in the NHS. Evidence is organised around care pathways.

The collection is being built by contributions from across the NHS and includes examples of innovative practices that can be shared with all staff. The examples of improvements range from one-off staudies in single organisations to robustly tested large scale changes that have been replicated in multiple organisations and have had results published in academic journals.

The Quality and Productivity Specialist Collection can be accessed here

The Commissioner

The Commissioner, published by the North West Primary Care Librarians Group to keep you up to date with developments in Commisioning, has just been published.

This month’s bulletin features links to recently published documents on The Healthy Child Programme, 18 week waiting times, top tips for commissioners and practioners, and direct payments for health care.

The latest edition of the Commissioner Bulletin can be accessed here.

New England Journal of Medicine on YouTube

New England Journal of Medicine has established a YouTube channel, where they will be posting videos including Perspective Roundtables, procedural and clinical videos. Several videos are already available on the site, and more will be made available throughout December.

The NEJM YouTube Channel can be accessed here

NHS Institute Alert

NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement produce a monthly current awareness alert, which highlights the latest research and publications from the Institute’s website. The alert also features guest editorials, and news of speical events.

The latest alert can be viewed online here

You can also register to receive the alerts directly to your inbox by following this link.

To request an article please contact library@wcheshirepct.nhs.uk

Freedom of Information Journal

November’s issue of the Freedom of Information Journal is now available for NHS Western Cheshire and Community Care Western Cheshire staff to view over the extranet.

This issue contains stories about Freedom of Information exemptions, confidentiality, the Information Commissioner and animal experiements.

Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin

A study published by Drug and Therapeutics bulletin has suggested that the use of aspirin may not prevent deaths by stroke and cardiovascular and should be abandoned. Access Drug and Therapeutics bulletin here.

Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin provides evaluations of, and advice about, individual treatments and management of disease. It will be of particular interest to doctors, pharmcists, and other medical professionals.

NHS Western Cheshire and Community Care Western Cheshire staff are able to access Drug and Therapeutics bulletin using an Athens password. If you do not have an Athens password, you can register here.

Bulletins

Please follow this link to access the latest edition of the New Documents bulletin, which includes health and health related information such as newsletters, reports, surveys and guidance.

New Documents Bulletin

The Commissioner, which can also be accessed as a podcast, contains information on Integrated Care Pilots, Commissioning Breastfeeding Services and Top Tips for Commissioners and Providers.

The Commissioner

Eyes on Evidence, the monthly newsletter of NHS Evidence, contains stories on drug options for dementia and hepatitis C, and management of mucositis in cancer care. There is also an update on the NHS Evidence accreditation process.

Eyes on Evidence

To subscribe to library bulletins contact library@wcheshirepct.nhs.uk

Free Online Access to SAGE Journals until 31st October 2009

SAGE are offering free online access to their online journal collection until 31st October 2009, with content available from 1999-current.

The collection includes over 500 journals, with a wide variety of health titles including: Chronic Respiratory Disease, Dementia, Vascular Medicine, Child Language Teaching and Therapy and Perspectives in Public Health.

Follow this link to register for access to the free journals