Rationing in health care: The theory and practice of priority setting

Despite concerted efforts from academics, policy makers and practitioners, the challenges of resource scarcity in health care remain stubbornly in place.

Friday October 21st, 2011

Document of the Week (Sept 16th 2011): Engaging Patients in Healthcare by Angela Coulter

This evidence-based guide provides the first comprehensive overview of patient engagement and participation in healthcare. It has been written for all those who want to understand the various ways in…

Friday September 16th, 2011

In healthcare, geography is destiny: an introduction to the problem of unwarranted variation

Jack Wennberg, the father of the Dartmouth Atlas and inspiration for the Right Care NHS Atlas of Variation, has just published “Tracking Medicine: A researcher’s quest to understand healthcare“.  The…

Friday November 12th, 2010

Creating Value based Competition on Results

As we push harder on with Right Care, we will need to challenge the current focus on current structures to a focus on new ways of thinking around population health…

Friday July 23rd, 2010

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