Innovating has always been an integral aspect of health and care as it impacts the ability to deliver and improve services for increasingly complex needs. Yet, health and care innovations often fail to spread or are slow in uptake. In this chapter, we focus on the role of values in ...
There is coverage of a wide range of different professions within healthcare, from GPs, mental health nurses, adult nurses and pharmacists, to NHS managers and chaplains. Chapters are followed by critical responses from senior healthcare practitioners. This original and insightful book will be a ...
While there is something quite dispassionate and impersonal about filling in a form, the survey creates opportunities for deeply personal and potentially emotionally charged conversations. The tool enables the patient and their healthcare professional to share information in a way which ‘breaks the ...
During the last decade, VBHC has been embraced by almost all stakeholders in most Western health care systems. In the US for example, there is an extended hospital value-based purchasing program led by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) [4]. In the UK, the NHS officially ...
Twitter Google Share on Facebook Underlying Value (redirected fromUnderlying Values) Thefundamentalvalueof a company, and not itsspeculatedor estimated future value. The underlying value may reflect bothtangibleandintangiblevalue and, for that reason, may be difficult to calculate. However, it comes ...
The way forward for UK governance ispublicinvestment in infrastructure, education, healthcare, services, law enforcement, addressing inequality. Investment. Over time public investment will result in a booming economy and a prosperous public. It always does, everywhere. Look at the countries that follo...
An increasing number of postmenopausal women are diagnosed with breast cancer at an older age (≥ 70 years). There is a lack of synthesised health utility data to support decision-making for managing breast cancer in this older population. This s
By working at The Home Depot, I contribute to my economic security by making a salary which helps pay for school. On a local level part of the money I make goes to taxes which help local citizens afford food and healthcare. Globally I contribute by helping people install greener and more...
This research was partially supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Great Ormond Street Hospital Biomedical Research Centre. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the National Health Service (NHS), the NIHR or the UK Department of Health....
Abstract Communities struggle with finding ways for collaboratively exploring the value of healthcare technologies. Currently, a strong emphasis is being placed on the assessment of the costs associated with the health gains (expressed in quality-adjusted life years) that are achieved with these technol...