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Download or read book Best Practices for Enhancing Performance Contracts with Monitoring-based Commissioning written by and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Health Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780215543028
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Commissioning written by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. Health Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2010 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commissioning : Written Evidence
Author : Dorota M. Goede B.Arch., LEED Green Assoc.
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1329822382
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (298 download)
Download or read book GREEN BUILDING FUNDAMENTALS A Concise Summary of LEED® Building Certification and Professional Accreditation Systems written by Dorota M. Goede B.Arch., LEED Green Assoc. and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-01-10 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains synopsis for ten course modules presented for the ENVR 10032 full time course at Mohawk College, Hamilton, ON, Canada. The Green Building Fundamentals Course introduces new students to the world of green building design and construction. It teaches fundamentals, factors, guidelines and solutions already widely available today. Specifically designed for the new generation that grew up digital, the Green Building Fundamentals course is delivered via websites, apps, workshops, web surfing, blogging, forums and varied online study components. Modern delivery tools guide students through a digital maze of currently used building industry rating and certification systems. Green project research and presentations are developed via online research and case studies. The course prepares interested students, and professionals, for the LEED Green Associate Examination with the Green Building Certification Institute - GBCI, the first step to LEED Accredited Professional Education.
Author : Great Britain: National Audit Office
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780102953015
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (53 download)
Download or read book NHS pay modernisation written by Great Britain: National Audit Office and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2008-02-28 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Each year general medical practices provide some 290 million consultations. The new contract (implemented in April 2004 but increased spending began in April 2003) changed the basis for commissioning primary care services. Instead of contracting with individual General Practitioners (GPs), Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) commission services from some 8,325 GP practices with around 33,000 GPs. This study examines the negotiation and implementation of the new contract and how well it is working in practice. In the first three years the PCTs spent £1.76 billion (9.4 per cent) more than the minimum committed by the Department of Health. Mostly this was due to an underestimation of the amount that GPs would earn from the pay for performance scheme, the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF), and the additional cost of providing out-of-hours care (most GPs have opted out of providing this service). GPs' salaries have increased by an average of 58 per cent. Practice nurses have not benefited to the same extent. While the number of consultations with patients has increased, these are not in proportion with the increase in costs, and productivity has fallen by 2.5 per cent per year. GPs are working less hours. Some progress has been made in extending the range of patient services, reduced administration, high quality care and linking pay and performance, and staff satisfaction and morale. Progress has not yet been demonstrated in productivity, and re-designing the services around patients. The contract has contributed to improved recruitment and retention of GPs. The NAO recommends that the Department develop a strategy for yearly negotiations on the QOF, which should be based more on health outcomes. PCTs should provide more services based on local need and review the number and skills of staff employed to commission and performance manage GP services with the aim of improving local commissioning.
Author : Deb O'Rourke
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Total Pages : 4 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Commissioning Existing Buildings written by Deb O'Rourke and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : National Research Council
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309211719
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Achieving High-Performance Federal Facilities written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-11-07 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The design, construction, operation, and retrofit of buildings is evolving in response to ever-increasing knowledge about the impact of indoor environments on people and the impact of buildings on the environment. Research has shown that the quality of indoor environments can affect the health, safety, and productivity of the people who occupy them. Buildings are also resource intensive, accounting for 40 percent of primary energy use in the United States, 12 percent of water consumption, and 60 percent of all non-industrial waste. The processes for producing electricity at power plants and delivering it for use in buildings account for 40 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. The U.S. federal government manages approximately 429,000 buildings of many types with a total square footage of 3.34 billion worldwide, of which about 80 percent is owned space. More than 30 individual departments and agencies are responsible for managing these buildings. The characteristics of each agency's portfolio of facilities are determined by its mission and its programs. In 2010, GSA's Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings asked the National Academies to appoint an ad hoc committee of experts to conduct a public workshop and prepare a report that identified strategies and approaches for achieving a range of objectives associated with high-performance green federal buildings. Achieving High-Performance Federal Facilities identifies examples of important initiatives taking place and available resources. The report explores how these examples could be used to help make sustainability the preferred choice at all levels of decision making. Achieving High-Performance Federal Facilities can serve as a valuable guide federal agencies with differing missions, types of facilities, and operating procedures.
Author : Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 021502687X
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Changes to Primary Care Trusts written by Great Britain: Parliament: House of Commons: Health Committee and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2006-01-11 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NHS Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) were created in 2002 to commission health services for their local populations, and are currently responsible for controlling about 80 per cent of the £76 billion NHS annual budget. In addition, PCTs have responsibility for public health, and many also provide community-based health services such as district nursing and community hospitals. The Committee's report examines the Government's proposals (set out in the Department of Health paper 'Commissioning a Patient-led NHS' published in July 2005, which can be downloaded at http://www.dh.gov.uk/assetRoot/04/11/67/17/04116717.pdf) to cut the number of PCTs and to contract out community health services by the end of 2008. The report raises a number of serious concerns about the proposals, including in relation to: failings in the consultation process; the impact of PCT restructuring and divestment of provider services; and the likelihood that the estimated financial savings of £250 million will be achieved.
Author : Great Britain: Department of Health
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780101788120
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (881 download)
Download or read book Equity and excellence: written by Great Britain: Department of Health and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2010-07-12 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Equity and Excellence : Liberating the NHS: Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for Health by Command of Her Majesty
Author : Great Britain: National Audit Office
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780102943801
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (438 download)
Download or read book Improving quality and safety written by Great Britain: National Audit Office and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2007-01-11 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) are responsible at the local NHS level for the statutory "duty of care", largely through implementing clinical governance. The concept of clinical governance aims to improve continuously the overall standard of clinical care; reduce variations in outcomes of, and access to, services; and ensure that local decisions are based on the most up to date evidence of what is known to be effective. The key principles of clinical governance are: a coherent approach to quality improvement, clear lines of accountability for clinical quality systems and effective processes for identifying and managing risk and addressing poor performance. Clinical governance, implemented effectively, can provide PCT Chief Executives with assurance that healthcare, whether provided directly or commissioned from other providers, is both safe and of good quality. This report finds that the organisational structures and processes for clinical governance have largely been put in place at PCT level. But progress in implementing the different components of clinical governance varies both within and between PCTs. More needs to be done to provide assurance about the performance of General Practitioners and the systems which protect the safety of patients. Key features of those PCTs that can demonstrate consistent improvements in quality include effective clinical leadership, maintaining the capacity to deliver services, ensuring the quality of the patient experience and improving services based on lessons from complaints and patient safety incidents. The higher performing PCTs are characterised by: availability and accessibility of information to support evidence-based medicine; all staff appraised against an agreed work and development programme; service users involved in service development; clear action plans developed in response to clinical risks; and underperformance by clinical staff addressed by clear management procedures.
Author : Susan Hamer
Publisher : Elsevier Health Sciences
ISBN 13 : 0702063088
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Achieving Evidence-Based Practice written by Susan Hamer and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2014-12-10 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. This book provides a practical introduction to and overview of the development and implementation of evidence-based practice. It focuses on how to look for and appraise the available evidence, how to apply the evidence using a variety of approaches and in different organisational contexts, and how to understand different dimensions of personal and organisational change and its ethical components. - Numerous examples from practice and case studies clarify theory - Very readable writing style and user-friendly format with checklists of key issues - Opportunities for reflective learning - Update on current policy and regulatory frameworks - Role of clinical governance in evidence-based practice considered.
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Download or read book The Health Service Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Green
Publisher : Thomas Telford
ISBN 13 : 9780727727886
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (278 download)
Download or read book Advancing Best Value in the Built Environment written by David Green and published by Thomas Telford. This book was released on 2000 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a guide to best practice for local authorities seeking to meet the new duty of best value in all built environment functions/services - from refuse collection to transportation (except housing management/maintenance).
Author : Jody Zall Kusek
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821382896
Total Pages : 270 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (213 download)
Download or read book Ten Steps to a Results-based Monitoring and Evaluation System written by Jody Zall Kusek and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2004-06-15 with total page 270 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An effective state is essential to achieving socio-economic and sustainable development. With the advent of globalization, there are growing pressures on governments and organizations around the world to be more responsive to the demands of internal and external stakeholders for good governance, accountability and transparency, greater development effectiveness, and delivery of tangible results. Governments, parliaments, citizens, the private sector, NGOs, civil society, international organizations and donors are among the stakeholders interested in better performance. As demands for greater accountability and real results have increased, there is an attendant need for enhanced results-based monitoring and evaluation of policies, programs, and projects. This Handbook provides a comprehensive ten-step model that will help guide development practitioners through the process of designing and building a results-based monitoring and evaluation system. These steps begin with a OC Readiness AssessmentOCO and take the practitioner through the design, management, and importantly, the sustainability of such systems. The Handbook describes each step in detail, the tasks needed to complete each one, and the tools available to help along the way."
Author : Glasby, Jon
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447308131
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)
Download or read book Commissioning for Health and Well-Being written by Glasby, Jon and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2012-01-18 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Commissioning is now a key task for health and social care - and yet policy aspirations often outstrip the infrastructure needed to support commissioners as they take difficult decisions about future services and to make commissioning a career of choice for future leaders. While commissioning was important under New Labour, it seems set to be even more fundamental now as commissioners think about future services in an era of austerity. Against this background, this is the first comprehensive text on a key area of management practice , exploring what commissioning is, where it has come from and where it might be taking us. With a wide range of leading contributors from fields including health care, social care, local government , the book takes students, practitioners and managers through key stages of the commissioning cycle as well as addressing cross-cutting themes such as the economics of commissioning, user involvement and commissioning in an era of personalisation. It is essential reading for everyone involved in the planning and delivery of health and social care - for social policy students, health and social care practitioners, managers and policy makers alike.
Author : Paul van Schaik
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1317145216
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)
Download or read book Electronic Performance Support written by Paul van Schaik and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite ubiquitous powerful technologies such as networked computers, global positioning systems, and cell phones; human failures in decision-making and performance continue to have disastrous consequences. Electronic Performance Support: Using Digital Technology to Enhance Human Ability, reminds everyone involved in education, training, human performance engineering, and related fields of the enormous importance of this area. Ironically, the more complex technology becomes, the more performance support may be needed, and that's why the extraordinary expertise shared in this book is especially valuable. The authors emphasize the psychological aspects of performance support, the fundamental limitations of human memory, perception, cognition, conation, and psychomotor skills and how they can be reduced through electronic performance support, as one of the most important pursuits of this century. Readers will find the material presented extremely useful because of its generic basis - which underlines much of the contemporary use of electronic technology for supporting people who are engaged in problem-solving activities. At the same time, the book gives examples of the application of electronic performance support in a number of specific domains. Possible future developments for electronic performance support are also discussed. The technological challenges we face today, both globally and locally, are more urgent than most people seem willing to acknowledge, and there is no time to waste putting the ideas expressed in this book into action.
Author : Great Britain: Department of Health
Publisher : The Stationery Office
ISBN 13 : 9780101875424
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (754 download)
Download or read book Department of Health: Hard Truths: The Journey to Putting Patients First - Cm. 8751 written by Great Britain: Department of Health and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2013-11-19 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Government's initial response, Patients First and Foremost (Cm. 8576, ISBN 9780101857628), set out a radical plan to prioritise care, improve transparency and ensure that where poor care is detected, there is clear action and clear accountability. This document now provides a detailed response to the 290 recommendations the Inquiry made across every level of the system. It also responds to six independent reviews commissioned to consider some of the key issues identified by the Inquiry. This document sets out how the whole health and care system will prioritise and build on this, including major new action in vital areas including: transparent monthly reporting of ward-by-ward staffing levels and other safety measures; a statutory and professional duties of candour; legislate at the earliest available opportunity on Wilful Neglect; a new fit and proper person's test which will act as a barring scheme; all arm's length bodies and the Department of Health have signed a protocol in order to minimise bureaucratic burdens on Trusts; a new Care Certificate to ensure that Healthcare Assistants and Social Care Support Workers have the right fundamental training and skills in order to give personal care to patients and service users; and the Care Bill will introduce a new criminal offence applicable to care providers that supply or publish certain types of information that is false or misleading, where that information is required to comply with a statutory or other legal obligation. It looks at preventing problems; detecting problems quickly; taking action promptly; ensuring robust accountability and ensuring staff are trained and motivated
Author : Wilson, Frances
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
ISBN 13 : 0335244955
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (352 download)
Download or read book Health Improvement And Well-Being: Strategies For Action written by Wilson, Frances and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a must-read that addresses the changing roles and needs of students and lecturers from a wide range of health and social care backgrounds.
