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Organisational culture: problem-sensing and comfort seeking
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Finding out what is going well, what can be improved and what needs urgent attention is not easy, and sometimes organisations can have a tendency to take comfort in data that show that...
Sarah Clark
25 July 2023
4 min read
Organisational culture: problem-sensing and comfort seeking
In her presentation, Mary Dixon-Woods described how, from “Tonsil-gate” to challenges around accessing remote care during and since the COVID-19 pandemic, variations in care have been a...
Professor Mary Dixon-Woods
23 May 2023
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Putting the person into improving quality and safety in healthcare
Simulation as an Improvement Technique Simulation has historically been employed as an educational technique in healthcare, but is rapidly evolving as an approach for healthcare...
Katrina Brown
17 January 2023
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New content on healthcare improvement approaches
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Martha Roberts
14 December 2022
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Perspectives on healthcare improvement
It’s now more important than ever to understand what good staff engagement looks like,...
Sarah Clark
14 November 2022
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Defining and measuring staff engagement in major change
We’ve come a long way in making enduring and important contributions to understanding how...
Professor Mary Dixon-Woods
14 November 2022
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The next five years – THIS strategy to 2027
The latest collection in our series focuses on three important approaches: making culture...
Katrina Brown
13 October 2022
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Delve into the evidence on healthcare improvement approaches in the latest collection in our series
We have worked with over 60 leading academic and clinical experts to develop our series, ...
Katrina Brown
17 August 2022
3 min read
Are you looking for authoritative overviews of the evidence on approaches to improve quality and safety in healthcare?
'Presenting complaint', 'poorly controlled diabetic', 'non-compliant patient': as...
Martha Roberts
4 May 2022
3 min read
The power of language in clinical practice
How might remote consultations widen health inequalities? When is it safe to deviate from...
Tara Lamont
24 February 2022
4 min read
Diverse PhD projects for real-world healthcare problems
THIS Institute is seeking a provider to undertake an evaluation of our engagement and...
Joann Leeding
23 November 2021
1 min read
Invitation to tender: evaluating THIS Institute’s engagement and involvement strategy
High-quality perioperative care has the potential to make a positive impact on the care...
Professor Graham Martin
19 November 2021
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New fellowship opportunity - Spread of innovation: perioperative care for older people
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