Operational failures are well documented in hospitals and although they often cause only brief interruptions (such as searching for missing equipment), they add up to major time losses. A recent publication from THIS Institute researchers and collaborators, published in Annals of Family Medicine, explores the issue of ‘operational failures’ in primary care. From a critical […]
Further evaluation is required for smartphone-aided diagnosis of skin cancer
Blog by Dr Fiona Walter, head of Cancer Group at the Primary Care Unit and co-director of the international CanTest collaborative Skin cancer is one of the most common cancers in the world, and the incidence is increasing. Could skin cancer detection be transformed by innovative technologies such as digital medicine and artificial intelligence, offering […]
New way to measure multiple health conditions may help healthcare services respond to the needs of patients
The Cambridge Multimorbidity Score is a new method for measuring multiple long-term health conditions amongst primary care patients, intended to help healthcare planners trying to respond to the needs of patients with multiple health conditions, or multimorbidity. It outperforms the most commonly used current measure, called the Charlson index. Numbers of patients with multimorbidity are […]
Improving care by using patients’ feedback in the NHS: NIHR research review features Primary Care Unit research
Both NHS staff and patients express a desire for patients’ feedback about their care experiences to be heard and acted upon and the NHS has clear policies to encourage this. But listening to feedback and taking action in response to this can be complicated and challenging. A new NIHR Themed Review brings together research on […]
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