Article of the month

To demonstrate that the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement is evidence-based in its practice, Article of the month has been developed. Each month, different teams at the NHS Institute choose a current article, which is openly available to all, and critique it. This page links to previous Articles of the Month.  Follow the link to find the current Article of the Month.

June 2011 - Use of communities of practice in business and health care sectors: a systematic review

Margaret Demian of The Knowledge Management Team at the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement selected Use of communities of practice in business and health care sectors: a systematic review as Article of the Month for June 2011.  You can read the review here.

May 2011 - Elephants and fleas: Is your organization prepared for change?

Jo Godman, Lead Associate for Solutions West has selected a piece written by Charles Handy, called Elephants and fleas: Is your organization prepared for change? You can read the review here.

April 2011 - Leading change: why transformational efforts fail

Alice O'Neill has selected Leading change: why transformational efforts fail and you can read the review here.

March 2011 - Safer Patients' Initiative

Nicola Davey and Paresh Dawda have selected recent publications on the evaluation of the Health Foundation’s Safer Patients Initiative and you can read the review here.

February 2011 - Patient satisfaction - focussing on 'excellent'

Clare Price Dowd has selected Patient Satisfaction: Focusing on ‘Excellent’ and you can read the review here.

December 2010 - Evaluation of the NHS Institute Patient Experience Learning Programme

Sam Hudson, has selected the Evaluation of the NHS Institute Patient Experience Learning Programme and you can read the review here.

November 2010 - Critique of Improving healthcare quality at scale and pace 

Kristy Parnell, has selected the research report “Improving healthcare quality at scale and pace. Lessons from The Productive Ward: Releasing time to care™ programme" and you can read the review here.

October 2010 - Critique of Putting quality first in the boardroom 

Rachel Duffy has chosen this article – “Putting quality first in the boardroom - improving the business of caring" - and you can read the review here.

September 2010 - Critique of Innovation in Turbulent Times 

Lynne Maher has chosen this article – “Innovation in Turbulent Times" - and you can read the review here.

August 2010 - Critique of Goals gone wild: the systematic side effects of over prescribed goal setting

Mark Outhwaite has picked this article – “Goals gone wild" - and you can read the review here.

July 2010 - Critique of Place based innovation

Julia Taylor has picked this article – “Place based innovation" - and you can read the review here.

June 2010 - Critique of From control to commitment in the workplace

Helen Bevan has picked this article – “From control to commitment in the workplace" - and you can read the review here.

April 2010 - Critique of How do you modernize a health service

The Research and Evaluation Team has picked this article – “How do you modernize a health service? A realist evaluation of whole-scale transformation in London" - and you can read the review here.

March 2010 - Critique of whether action bias is one of the numerous causes of 'unnecaesareans'

The Delivering Quality and Value Team has picked this article – “Is action bias one of the numerous causes of 'unnecaesareans’?" - and you can read the review here.

February 2010 - Critique of the challenge of improving patient safety in primary care

The Safer Care Team has picked this article – “The challenge of improving patient safety in primary care’ - and you can read the review here.

January 2010 - Critique of leadership in a (permanent) crisis

The Leadership Team has picked this article – “Leadership in a (permanent) crisis’ - and you can read the review here.