Continuous remote monitoring of ill children
Led by Birmingham Children's Hospital NHS Trust in partnership with the McLaren Formula 1 team, this project aimed to develop a paediatric early warning system to accurately identify deterioration in ...
Shine 2011 The 2011 Shine challenge was to find new approaches to delivering health care that reduce the need for acute hospital care, while improving quality and saving money
Key Points
- Part of our Shine programme to provide teams with the resources to develop and evaluate innovative ideas to improve quality of care.
- Shine 2011 funded 14 innovative, forward-thinking projects with up to £75,000 each.
- Projects completed in May 2012.
Aims
There are many situations where care does not need to be provided in a hospital or inpatient setting; when the experience for service users and carers could be improved by providing care closer to home, or at home, and at lower cost. The Shine challenge in 2011 was to find new approaches to delivering health care that reduce the need for acute hospital care while improving quality and saving money.
Implementing such new ways of working requires innovative thinking, testing on a small scale and evidence of impact and effectiveness.
Projects
Through the Shine programme we invested up to £75,000 in 14 innovative, forward-thinking projects. Over 12 months, the teams developed and tested their approach, putting it into practice and gathering evidence about its impact and effectiveness.
The Shine 2011 teams completed their work in May 2012.
Further reading
Treatment of frozen shoulder in a primary care setting
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Web-based outpatient consultations in diabetes
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Ambulatory haematological cancer service
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Alcohol relapse prevention programme
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Empowering patients in high quality COPD care
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Heart failure admission prevention
Led by University Hospital of North Staffordshire NHS Trust, this project aimed to reduce demand for inpatient beds for heart failure patients, while also maintaining and improving quality of care and...
Identification of diabetes patients at risk of renal disease
Led by Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, this project aimed to develop software that trusts could use to identify diabetic patients at highest risk of developing end stage kidney disease so they ...
Prevention of chronic back pain
This project aimed to reduce the incidence of chronic back pain, promote patient self-management and reduce the costs associated with managing back pain.
Pre-pregnancy care in diabetes
This project aimed to raise awareness of the need for pre-pregnancy care for women with diabetes, among women themselves along with professionals such as pharmacists, health visitors and fertility cli...
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