Setting priorities in prevention

Setting priorities in health

Acknowledgements We would like to thank the Nuffield Trust for giving us the opportunity to undertake this research work, with particular thanks to the Efficiency research programme steering group for their expert advice and guidance, and the reviewers for their very helpful and detailed comments. We would also like to thank those who helped develop and pilot the electronic survey. Finally, we ...

Setting priorities for patient safety.

BACKGROUND Current "flags" for adverse events (AEs) are biased towards those with serious outcomes, potentially leading to failure to address mundane common problems. AIM To provide a basis for setting priorities to improve patient safety by ranking adverse events by resource consumption as well as by outcome. This was done by classifying a set of AEs, according to how they may be prevented, ...

Setting Priorities for DSS Development

Traditional project management and design methods used for data processing and MIS applications are illsuited to decision support systems (DSS). The authors argue that effective management of DSS development requires: a) An explicit plan for the full development life cycle; b) Careful assignment of responsibility for DSS development; c) Appropriate user involvement and direction; and d) On-goin...

Setting health care priorities in Oregon.

Setting priorities in Asian stroke research

This is a report based on the Asia-Pacific Stroke Stroke Workshop at the Biopolis, Singapore in September 2005. The meeting discussed the priorities, future directions and other issues in stroke research in Asia. Stroke research must occupy a prominent area in Asian neurology as stroke is a leading cause of adult disability and dependency, resulting in substantial demands in individual, family ...