King’s Fund

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7 March 2011

Full WSD results expected by autumn

The full results from the evaluation of the world’s biggest telehealth trial are not expected to be published in full
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24 February 2011

Risk model applied to social care

Researchers at the Nuffield Trust have succeeded in building a model to identify people at risk of needing social care
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16 February 2011

Predictive risk for Clacton virtual ward

NHS North East Essex has set up a virtual ward powered by IT built around a King's Fund model for
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21 January 2011

Healey: revolution would need cash

Shadow health secretary John Healey has said it is “largely unlikely” that the aims of the 'information revolution' will be
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7 December 2010

Power to the people?

Will the information revolution drive choice and quality in the NHS? Fiona Barr weighs up the evidence.
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2 December 2010

More doubt cast on impact of info

Presenting high quality data to patients is unlikely to directly drive improvements in the quality of care, according to a
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25 November 2010

King’s Fund urges caution on choice

The government should be cautious about patients’ ability to make use of information to choose hospitals, the King’s Fund has
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12 October 2010

King’s Fund calls for brake on reforms

The case for reorganising the NHS in England has not been made and health ministers should reconsider the speed and
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27 September 2010

Predictive risk tool for West Midlands

New technology developed by Bupa Health Dialog will be used to help GPs in the West Midlands to predict the
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17 August 2010

Referral management centres criticised

Providing GPs with more information about referrals would be a more effective strategy for cutting costs and improving quality than
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