In this update:
· social media · change management · role of boards · staff engagement · joined up services · Qld payroll review · coding workforce · hospital car parking · Aus health survey · perinatal trends · Canadian healthcare · health integration · integrated care · nurse staffing · hospital impact of H1N1 | · waste medicines · radiology · dental fluorosis · family nutrition · GLBTI carers · mental health carers · national drug strategy · prison syringe programs · drug using offenders · youth drinking · ADHD · child injuries · literacy partnerships · health & disability · disability reforms | · disability equipment · deaths in care · downsizing juvenile justice · girls in juvenile justice · mental health & juvenile justice · infanticide · sexual assault victims · community housing · UK social housing reform · housing support impact · housing need · mixed communities · housing inequality · youth & housing · flood damage |
Social media: what's the risk? discusses the impact that social media has had on government policy, as well as how to manage the associated risk and leverage the benefits of social media. VMIA (Nov 2010) Organisational Change Management: A rapid literature review managers will need to consider what strategies, in terms of communication, training, reinforcement etc, are appropriate for the different stages, rather than decide on a single approach that can be applied throughout the process, and at the same time remain flexible and reactive to changes as they happen. UK Education (Nov 2010) The role of boards examines the operation of boards in Scotland's public sector...Following a decade of growth, public sector budgets will be reduced significantly over the next few years which will have a major impact on the finances of public bodies. Boards will need to demonstrate strong leadership and make difficult decisions about their funding priorities. Scotland Audit (Sep 2010) Insight into Staff engagement reveals links between staff engagement and financial efficiency UK Health (Nov 2010) Local Delivery of Joined-up Services for Older People Partners working together may include: local authorities; other public sector and statutory organisations (e.g. fire and rescue services); voluntary and community organisations (including charities and social enterprises); and older people themselves...addresses why and how local areas have joined-up these services, discussing how barriers can be overcome and provides examples of good practice to be shared across the local authority community. UK DWP (Nov 2010) Review of Queensland Health's Payroll and Rostering Solutions An eighteen month program of work has been recommended to re-configure the payroll and rostering systems Qld Health (Nov 2010) The coding workforce shortfall The implementation of Activities Based Funding and other aspects of the National Partnership Agreement (NPA) will require a larger and more productive coding workforce as coded data provides the source of many of the performance reporting and measurement targets. AIHW (Nov 2010) Hospital car parking: the impact of access costs In the UK parking charges are an important source of income for hospitals (typically around 0.25% of income) and the opportunity cost of dropping charges is a reduction in resources available for patient care. However, the stress caused by hospital parking is largely avoidable. Hospitals should be encouraged to make the parking experience as unstressful as possible for patients and visitors by, for example, providing clear and easily accessible information on parking charges and policy, sources of financial support and the availability of permits or season tickets for regular users. UK CHE (Nov 2010) The Menzies-Nous Australian Health Survey 2010 The survey asked questions on the following subjects: Satisfaction with the health system- Support for health reform- Access to health care services- Confidence in services- Affordability of health care...Australians have a very positive view of their own health and are generally satisfied with their interactions with the health system (with the exception of public hospitals) Menzies Centre (Nov 2010) Australia's mothers and babies 2008 the ‘baby boom’ peak appears to have passed; the rate of women aged 15–44 years giving birth in the population decreased slightly between 2007 and 2008. AIHW (Nov 2010) Critical Condition: A Historian’s Prognosis on Canada’s Aging Healthcare System At the beginning of the twenty-first century, most Canadians would endorse the view that healthcare is also too important to be left in the hands of politicians, bureaucrats, and economists...The overall erosion of confidence in the system and its managers is unfortunate. The lesson appears to be that decisions shaping the excellence of the healthcare system should be made primarily by experts in providing healthcare, and only secondarily by governments. Can Uni Toronto (Nov 2010) Clinical and service integration: the route to improved outcomes Care planning, case management ; Patient-centred medical homes ;personal budgets; electronic health records and electronic messaging ; Telehealth and telecare UK Kings Fund (Nov 2010) Progress report: evaluation of the national integrated care pilots It will come as no surprise to many that better integration is not easy and there can be a number of challenges - from the development of organisational form and infrastructure to cultural difference. However, the benefits can be more rewarding from both a patient and service perspective, and there is an appetite among frontline staff to explore integrated working. UK Health (Nov 2010) Calculating Outcomes Potentially Sensitive to Nursing: A Literature Review There is a link between nurse staffing, in terms of hours and skill mix, and certain patient outcomes....costing of OPSNs is possible, and is generally done through the use of a hospital accounting system. NZ Health (Nov 2010) The Impact of the H1N1 Pandemic on Canadian Hospitals H1N1 cost hospitals close to $200 million, and $128 million was spent over the five busiest weeks of the pandemic. CIHI (Nov 2010) | |
Evaluation of the Scale, Causes and Costs of Waste Medicines , finds that in England in 2009 NHS primary and community care prescription medicines waste (valued in terms of the purchase prices of medicines discarded, rather than taken by the patients for whom they were prescribed) cost £300 million. news release UK York Health Economics (Nov 2010) Interventional radiology: guidance for service delivery a summary of the evidence base for how comprehensive IR services can contribute to improved outcomes, safety and experience for patients who present with relevant emergency and planned care conditions. UK Health (Nov 2010) Prevalence and Severity of Dental Fluorosis in the United States, 1999-2004 By the 1980s, studies in selected U.S. communities reported an increase in dental fluorosis (4,5), paralleling the expansion of water fluoridation and the increased availability of other sources of ingested fluoride, such as fluoride toothpaste (if swallowed) and fluoride supplements ...Twenty-three percent of persons aged 6-49 had dental fluorosis in 1999-2004 US CDC (Nov 2010) American Dietetic Association Foundation's 2010 Family Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey Reveals Positive Changes and Opportunities...Since 2003, there has been a significant increase in daily family meals eaten at home, from 52 percent in 2003 to 73 percent in 2010. ADA (Nov 2010) Supporting Direct Care Workers in Caring for Aging Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Individuals Long-term and home care are characterized by gaps in care, barriers to continuity of care, provider unresponsiveness, and multiple missed opportunities in preventing health care complications. US Direct Care Alliance (Sep 2010) Mental Health Carers Report 2010 provides the first quantifiable measure of the issues and concerns of Australian mental health carers and the people they care for...the first in what will become an annually repeated study intended to monitor changes in mental health carers’ experiences. MHCA (Nov 2010) Draft National Drug Strategy 2010-2015 seeking feedback from stakeholders and the broader community Friday 10 December 2010. NDS (Nov 2010) ANEX (Oct 2010) Legally coerced treatment for drug using offenders: ethical and policy issues summarises the case for legally coerced drug treatment, describes the different approaches that have been used to implement it, discusses the ethical issues raised by different types of legally coerced drug treatment, and summarises the evidence on the effectiveness of community-based drug treatment with and without legal coercion. NSW Bocsar (Nov 2010) From Ideal to Reality: Cultural contradictions and young people’s drinking. for many young people, alcohol was highly valued as a resource used to achieve social inclusion and to confer pleasure, as elusive and as transient as the latter often proved to be. Drinkwise Aust (Nov 2010) Increasing Prevalence of Parent-Reported Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder Among Children --- United States demonstrate a substantial increase in the percentage of children ever diagnosed with ADHD (according to parent report), with nearly one in 10 children aged 4--17 years diagnosed with ADHD by 2007., also: Road Trauma in Teenage Male Youth with Childhood Disruptive Behavior Disorders US CDC (Nov 2010) Strategies to prevent unintentional injuries among under 15s Children from disadvantaged backgrounds, such those in low income families and those living in social or privately rented housing, are most at-risk of an unintentional injury. Yet, the vast majority of cases in the home can be prevented by carrying out home safety assessments and through the provision of home safety equipment. UK NICE (Nov 2010) Blind date: an exploration of potential partnerships between literacy teachers and community service workers (free registration required) Partnerships between literacy teachers and community service workers have the potential to engage people with low literacy levels in learning. NCVER (Nov 2010) Health of Australians with disability: health status and risk factors Despite the overall improvement in population health, the gap between Australians with disability and those without disability remains large...About 42% of people aged 16–64 years with severe or profound disability had seriously thought about committing suicide, including 18% who had attempted suicide AIHW (Nov 2010) The Year in Disability - 2010 Disability and carer reforms are continuing to be implemented by the Australian Government, with several new measures announced during 2010. FaHCSIA (Nov 2010) | |
Community Alliance PADP Issues Paper on the national core equipment list The Alliance strongly supports the provision of equipment tailored to meet the needs of the person with a disability in order to maximise their independence and participation in the community. The Alliance believes that the development of a national core equipment list may compromise the provision of individualised responses and create further unintended problems if not carefully managed. NSW PCDN (Nov 2010) Inquests and young people in care: the involvement of the Advocates Office In the last fifteen years (1995 to present), there were twenty six Inquests into the deaths of young people in Canada who were connected to the care systems, including child welfare, youth justice, and children’s mental health Can Ontario (Oct 2010) A New Era In California Juvenile Justice: Downsizing The State Youth Corrections System illustrates how the reduction of incarcerated youth can save lives and cost less money than expensive and failed state facilities. US BCCJ (Aug 2010) Gender Responsiveness and Equity in California’s Juvenile Justice System how the juvenile justice system can best respond to the unique needs of girls. US BCCJ (Aug 2010) Mental Health Issues in California’s Juvenile Justice System By making the case for universal mental health definitions, screening and assessment, outcomes-based programs, and collaboration, this policy brief offers research-based recommendations on how juvenile justice and other systems of care can better meet the needs of youth with mental health issues. US BCCJ (May 2010) The social factors responsible for maternal infanticide it has been shown in humans that stress is a major risk factor for postpartum depression and for child neglect and abuse Sci Am (Nov 2010) Supporting victims through the legal process: The role of sexual assault service providers At present, most crime victims decline to get involved in the legal system, apparently preferring to suffer the injustice rather than compromise their family or community ties, their privacy, their safety, or their mental health ACSSA (Nov 2010) NSW Community Housing Conference "The Future is Now" presentations NSW FHA (Nov 2010) Local decisions: a fairer future for social housing sets out the UK Government's plans for radical reform to the social housing system. It includes changes on tenure; the management of waiting lists; and the homelessness duty. It also covers the introduction of a new 'affordable rent' tenancy and changes to the system of council housing finance. media release UK Communities (Nov 2010) Independent Review of the Supporting People Programme in Wales: Final Report Supporting People provides housing related support to around 50,000 vulnerable people a year to help them live as independently as possible in the community, whether in their own homes, hostels, sheltered housing or other specialised supported housing...the programme saves the taxpayer millions of pounds in other areas such as health, social care and policing. media release Welsh Gov (Nov 2010) Estimating housing need There is no single official measure of housing need. This research assesses and forecasts housing need in England, in terms of a range of housing outcomes including overcrowding, homelessness and unsuitable accommodation. UK Communities (Nov 2010 Mixed Communities: Evidence review considers whether a mixed communities approach is an effective means to renew disadvantaged neighbourhoods....There should be continued support for ‘traditional’ urban and neighbourhood renewal, which might include a modest mixing element. On the precautionary principle, and on the grounds that the costs of preventing non-mix are lower than those of altering it, mix should be encouraged in new developments, and through any schemes to support developers and registered social landlords during the housing market downturn.more: Evaluation of the Mixed Communities Initiative: UK Communities (Nov 2010 Housing Wealth Inequality a seminar which looked at understanding the different forms of wealth inequality and its effects on social mobility and chances more Measuring changes in housing wealth inequality UK Communities (Nov 2010) A young people’s charter on housing and Young people and housing: the need for a new policy agenda reflects on current policy about young people and housing and considers the need to revise policies so they reflect the risks and obstacles specific to young people in the housing market UK Joseph Rowntree (Nov 2010) Guidance and standards for drying flood damaged buildings. a review of the issues associated with the drying of buildings following a major flood, and whether new guidance would improve the perceived problem of delays in householders re-occupying their homes. UK Communities (Nov 2010) |
