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A new systematic review of the UK Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) is published in the Annals of Family Medicine today. The QOF, a controversial program of financial incentives and information technology to promote structured and team-based care, is the most comprehensive Continue reading Pay-for-performance with caution: new systematic review published in Annals of Family Medicine
In April 2012 Professor Niro Siriwardena and Fiona Togher travelled to Paris with colleagues, Nadya Essam, Debbie Shaw (East Midlands Ambulance Service [EMAS]) and David Francis (East of England Ambulance Service) to attend the 17th International Forum on Quality and Continue reading ASCQI presented at International Forum on Quality and Safety in Health Care in Paris, April
A new study has been published on organisational factors associated with practice success in the annual seasonal influenza vaccination programme in BMJ Open, the new open access journal from the BMJ. The study entitled ‘Strategies to increase influenza vaccination Continue reading Strategies to increase influenza vaccination rates in general practice features in annual Chief Medical Officer’s guidance
Mohammad Iqbal, research fellow and PhD student at the University of Lincoln and research associate at East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS), together with Anne Spaight (senior research fellow at the University of Lincoln and Head of Clinical Governance, Audit and Continue reading New study published on how acute pain management could be improved in urgent care
At a well-attended seminar on 30th March, academics from Universities of Ghent and Antwerp in Belgium presented at University of Lincoln. Sibyl Anthierens (medical sociologist working at the University of Antwerp) presented on “Benzodiazepines: sleeping through the problem”. This included Continue reading Seminar – Insomnia and sleeping tablets: a European perspective – 30 March 2011