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An inherent resistance to change

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There was an inherent resistance to change, which was often a fear of getting it wrong, Dr. Alan Smith, Director of Performance Improvement (Scheduled Care) with the Department of Health Special Delivery Unit, told a conference on maximising day surgery in Ireland in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Maureen Browne reports.

Award for patient safety

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Temple Street Children’s University Hospital Paediatric Trigger Tool team won a Biomnis HealthCare Innovation Award this year for Patient Safety for their quality improvement project, writes Eilis Murphy, Quality, Standards & Service Planning Manager.

Award for Aero Medical Services

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The Health Atlas Ireland Aero-Medical was the winner of the Biomnis 2013 award for Irish Technology Innovation, writes Dr. Howard Johnson, Clinical Lead, Health Intelligence, HSE

Patients self check in at Tallaght

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A new self check in for outpatients and clinic management at Tallaght Hospital won won a Biomnis HealthCare Innovation Award this year, writes Orla O’Shea Project Officer at Tallaght Hospital.

Local managers must lead standards

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Phelim Quinn, Director of Regulation, Health Information and Quality Authority, outlines what managers might expect if their facilities are inspected by HIQA in the coming months.

Managers need to tackle health literacy

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Given our current financial woes, managers need to examine the costs of health literacy as low health literacy has financial implications for the health services, writes Norma Deasy.

Compliance and safety do not always match

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Compliance with standards does not always guarantee your patients are safe, Mr. George McCracken, head of risk and environment at the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, told a Dublin conference and workshop on compliance and water safety. Susan Pearson reports.

Breaking new territory

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A pilot peer supervision programme involving 50 Therapy Managers has taken place over the last year. Programme Creator and HMI Associate Lily Murphy, describes how one year on, managers are reporting exciting results in their working lives.

Diary of events

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Health managers might be interested in these events.

President’s Message

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A Time for Brave Decisions Those of us who attended the HMI/RCPI Leadership Briefing on 5th March last in RCPI can only have been...

Fair Play To You!

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What a pity then that Croke Park ll not only involves further cuts in the income of most public servants but has created a perception of unfairness by appearing to treat similar circumstances differently and unfairly, writes Denis Doherty.

News from around your health services

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HSE appoints Chief Operations Officer Mercy Urgent Care Centre opened New Mater Emergency Department Phoenix Care Centre opened Investment needed in preventive eye care Breast cancer diagnosed in 832 women What’s in a name? Referral thresholds for surgical procedures

Proposed new payment system for hospitals

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A prospective case-based payment system (Diagnosis Related Group system) will replace the current block grant allocation payment to public hospitals; it is proposed in the Government’s new ‘Money Follows the Patient’ (MFTP) consultation document, Maureen Browne reports.

Re-balanced hospital budgets

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HSE allocations to voluntary hospitals have been particularly controversial this year, following the HSE decision to “re-balance” hospital budgets, writes Maureen Browne.

Two new Boards to progress reform agenda

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A Programme Management Office and a Health Reform Programme Board are being established in the Department of Health as part of the overall governance structure for the programme of reform, Health Minister, Dr. James Reilly told the 9th National Health Summit in Dublin. Maureen Browne reports.

Which services need not be provided by staff?

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One of the greatest challenges facing the Irish health services was to ensure that diminishing resources were absolutely focused on the core business of the health service, Mr. Tony O’Brien, Director Designate HSE told The 9th National Health Summit. Maureen Browne reports.

Leading large scale change

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Tallaght Hospital in Dublin doubled the number of patients going through its Emergency Department between March and September last year, the hospital CEO, Ms. Eilish Hardiman told the 9th National Health Summit in Dublin. Maureen Browne reports.

Delivering better outcomes and savings

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The system of funding the Irish health services needs a seismic overhaul, Mr. Brian Fitzgerald, CEO, St. James’s Hospital, Dublin, told the 9th National Health Summit in Dublin.

More patients will self manage

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More patient self-management will be a feature of the health services in the future, Mr. Kieran Ryan, CEO, Irish College of General Practitioners, told the 9th National Health Summit in Dublin. Maureen Browne reports.

The hospital is dead – long live the hospital

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Patients in Ireland still believed they were not getting out of the health system what was being put into it, Prof. John Higgins, Chair of the Hospital Group Strategic Board told the 9th National Health Summit in Dublin.
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