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New hospital system will help identify home care neglect
Hospitals are to trial a new system that will help identify when elderly patients are being neglected by care homes, according to the Department of Health. By making it possible for NHS staff to record signs of poor care, such… Read more
Present on Admission campaign group’s letter to Rt Hon. Andrew Lansley MP
The campaign group, led by Dr Foster, has today written to the Secretary of State for Health asking him to help implement a Present on Admission flag to give a clearer picture of both in-hospital care and social care. Find… Read more
Dr Foster launches new trust-wide performance dashboard
Dr Foster Intelligence has today (Monday 16 Jan) launched ‘TrustView’, an online ‘quick-look’ overview tool for non-specialist users within acute hospital trusts. The tool provides top-level information on clinical quality, clinical efficiency and market share (covering both the PCT and… Read more
Press Release: Dr Foster launches latest tool to promote understanding between new mortality indicator and HSMR
Dr Foster Intelligence has today launched a new informatics tool called, Mortality Comparator, which enables trusts and commissioners to view and understand the new Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator (SHMI) and how it compares to the established Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratio… Read more
Use of patient safety indicators in the Dr Foster hospital guide
We have been asked to provide guidance on how the AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators will be presented in the 2011 hospital guide. The 19 indicators are based on definitions created by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality in the… Read more
Important Update on SHMI and the 2011 Hospital Guide
Please find below an update about Dr Foster’s plans with regard to the new Summary Hospital-level Mortality Indicator (SHMI) and the Dr Foster Hospital Guide. 1. Summary Hospital-Level Mortality Indicator The SHMI is being produced by the NHS Information Centre,… Read more
New partnership to drive quality and performance improvement
Dr Foster Intelligence and GE Healthcare Performance Solutions, on the first day of the NHS Confederation Conference, have announced a partnership that looks to improve the quality of care and efficiencies of hospitals across England. The partnership offering called intelligent… Read more
DFI announces restructuring of its business as it plans for the future
Dr Foster Intelligence, the leading provider of healthcare information, has today announced a strategic restructuring of its operations designed to deliver a better service to customers, grow its international quality benchmarking work and to refocus its business to better align… Read more
Dr Foster Intelligence appoints new Chief Executive
Tom Moloney, Chief Executive of Dr Foster Intelligence, has left the company after nearly three years in post. He joined from Emap with the brief to put Dr foster into profit and prepare the business for sale. Both tasks have… Read more
Sale of Dr Foster Intelligence
Following a review of strategic options for the business initiated by our shareholders, Dr Foster Intelligence will be marketed for sale. Dr Foster and The NHS Information Centre for health and social care (NHS IC) entered into a joint venture… Read more