Over the last three weeks Dr Foster has run an online consultation on the proposed indicators for the 2011 Hospital Guide. This process is now closed however you can still view the indicators. We have raised awareness of the consultation… Read more
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New indicators added to Hospital Guide 2011 consultation
Three new indicators, covering 1 year survival rates after cancer surgery, have been added to the Hospital Guide 2011 consultation. They are: Breast cancer – 1 year absolute survival rates for breast excision for cancer Colorectal cancer – 1 year survival rate for… Read more
Hospital Guide 2011 indicator consultation launched
Dr Foster Intelligence intends to include a number of new indicators in the 2011 Hospital Guide and wants the views and feedback of healthcare professionals on these issues and more. The methodologies (including the codes) for each new indicator can… Read more
The Dr Foster Hospital Guide Questionnaire
Each year Dr Foster sends out a questionnaire to all trusts as part of the research for the annual Hospital Guide. We test these questions with clinicians and others in the NHS to make sure they are relevant and useful…. 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
What’s in the Hospital Guide 2011?
Dr Foster’s mission is to harness the power of information to improve healthcare services and people’s wellbeing. We are committed to working in partnership around the Hospital Guide as a key way of meeting our goal. This year will be… 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
New global benchmark to drive international improvement in stroke and gastrointestinal surgery
Today UK health informatics leader, Dr Foster Intelligence, announces the launch of their elite global hospital benchmarking project with 30 leading medical institutions across Europe and the USA, including Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (US), Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust… Read more
Dr Foster is proud to launch the GP Practice Index, 2nd edition: Exploring variation in C.O.P.D. care and cost.
Sir David Nicholson, in his introduction to the recent guidance The Functions of GP Commissioning Consortia: A Working Document (11th March 2011), said: “The commissioning system will need to take on the quality and productivity challenge right from the outset… 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