Reducing avoidable harm in maternity care is vital. The Healthcare Improvement Studies Institute’s new study takes a fresh, positive perspective and describes what safety in maternity units looks like, using a seven-feature framework known as For Us. The new plain-language framework, the For Us (For Unit Safety) framework, was developed through a multi-site ethnographic study and […]
Cambridge awarded £40m to create world-leading health care improvement research institute
The University of Cambridge is to receive £40 million over ten years from the Health Foundation, an independent charity, to establish and run a new research institute aimed at strengthening the evidence-base for how to improve health care. This funding is a tremendous opportunity to produce new knowledge about how to improve care, experience and […]
Video: Professor Mary Dixon-Woods’ Inaugural Lecture, 11th October 2016
“What’s new (and what isn’t) in improving quality and safety in healthcare” View full length video of Mary’s lecture The Lecture was introduced by Patrick Maxwell, Regius Professor of Physic here at the Clinical School, who said: ‘It was a real tour de force both in terms of presentation style (how many lecturers can get […]
“What’s new (and what isn’t) in improving quality and safety in healthcare”
Inaugural Lecture by Professor Mary Dixon-Woods RAND Professor of Health Services Research, University of Cambridge The lecture will be introduced by Professor Patrick Maxwell, Regius Professor of Physic at the University of Cambridge Tuesday, 11 October 2016 18:00 to 19:00 Mary’s lecture is followed by a reception, to which all guests are warmly invited The […]
Is medical error really the third leading cause of death in the US?
A recent claim that medical error constitutes the 3rd leading cause of death in the US is challenged by Professor Mary Dixon-Woods, recently appointed RAND Professor of Health Services Research at CCHSR. As reported in The Guardian, http://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jun/03/medical-error-study-cause-of-death-criticized, Professor Dixon-Woods and Kaveh G. Shojania – both editors of BMJ Quality and Safety – responded to […]
Making things better in healthcare organisation and delivery – Professor Mary Dixon-Woods arrives at the Primary Care Unit
Professor Mary Dixon-Woods, RAND Professor of Health Services Research, talks about her career pathway so far, her focus on the science and ethics of making things better in healthcare organisation and delivery and her arrival at the Primary Care Unit. What’s your career history so far? I was very lucky to attend a […]