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Dr Foster Competition 19 July 2010
This is your chance to win £6000 worth of Dr Foster bespoke analytics for an investigation into efficiency savings.
Read more »What's new in the Hospital Guide 2010 19 July 2010
The Dr Foster Hospital Guide, the leading independent assessment of hospital performance, is inviting NHS hospital trusts to help shape the 2010 guide. A number of new indicators planned for this year will be released to trusts over the coming months for comment prior to publication.
Read more »Dr Foster identifies over £750m of efficiency savings 19 July 2010
The following figures show the cost incurred by GP practices with higher than expected rates of potentially avoidable, referrals and admission.
Read more »Dr Foster Wins Prestigious Marketing Awards 7 July 2010
Dr Foster Intelligence was awarded 'Best of Show' in the Consumer/Patients category at the prestigious IPA Best of Health Awards 2010, held on 24th June at Gilgamesh Studios in Camden.
Read more »Read Dr Foster's Confed Newspaper for Thursday 24 June 24 June 2010
Dr Foster, at this year's annual NHS Confederation conference, has put together an in-depth financial view of the NHS, the challenges it faces where savings can be made and ideas for the future.
Read more »Dr Foster Readmissions Research 23 June 2010
7, 14 and 28 day readmissions rates in conjunction with current tariffs to explore the impact of possible changes to funding levels in the NHS.
Read more »Read Dr Foster's Confed Newspaper for Wednesday 23 June 23 June 2010
Dr Foster, at this year's annual NHS Confederation conference, has put together an in-depth financial view of the NHS, the challenges it faces where savings can be made and ideas for the future.
Read more »Complaint about the content of the Dr Foster Birth Guide April 2010
The Dr Foster Ethics Committee received a complaint from two members of the public.
Read more »Dr Foster HSMRs remain on NHS choices 10 March 2010
The Department of Health continues with the Dr Foster HSMRs while a group of experts agree a national HSMR approach.
Read more »RTM to show impact of rebasing and coding on HSMRs 10 March 2010
Dr Foster’s Real Time Monitor tool will soon be enhanced so trusts can see their re-based HSMR before Hospital Guide launched.
Read more »HES vs SUS: Choosing the data set 10 March 2010
Dr Foster is in the fortunate position of being able to choose between HES and SUS but which is the most appropriate?
Read more »Tim Kelsey to leave Dr Foster 10 February 2010
One of the founders of Dr Foster, Tim Kelsey has announced that he's leaving the company in May and at the same time will finish in his role as Chair of the Executive Board of Dr Foster Intelligence (DFI). Tim will be joining McKinsey and Company where he will lead international work in developing health and public service information strategies.
Read more »Hospital Care at Home: Supporting independent and healthy lives 8 February 2010
Healthcare at Home and Dr Foster have produced a report that estimates a saving to the NHS of over £1 billion by providing more care at home.
Read more »New launch improves ways of measuring NHS marketing metrics 5 February 2010
Live release of Hospital Marketing Manager (HMM) version 3.
Read more »Political impact of the Hospital Guide 2009 January 2010
Dr Foster's Hospital Guide dominated the headlines across radio, TV and the press over the weekend of its launch on 29-30 November. However the political fall-out has been just as impressive, with the Government pushing safety even further up the agenda, bringing forward several planned policies and introducing a few new ones.
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The Hospital Guide 2009: patient safety and Dr Foster quality accounts online 29 November 2009
The Hospital Guide highlights some dramatic improvements in the NHS but also serious concern about the variations between hospitals. This year’s Hospital guide focuses on safety and previews Dr Foster quality accounts on www.drfosterhealth.co.uk
Read more »Success Stories 29 November 2009
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust awarded ‘Overall’ and ‘Foundation’ ‘Hospital Trust of the Year’ in Dr Foster Hospital Guide
Read more »New launch improves reporting 29 November 2009
HMM is also celebrating being a finalist in the Chartered Institute of Marketing, ‘Marketing Excellence Awards 2009’
Read more »Responding to your feedback 29 November 2009
Our recent customer satisfaction survey gave us some very useful feedback and insight into how we perform.
Read more »Promoting Excellence 29 November 2009
Dr Foster Intelligence helps design training exercise based on patient experience measurement and monitoring using Patient Experience Tracker.
Read more »Who owns your Medical Records? Dr Foster at the Conservative Party conference 8 October 2009
The public can and must learn that the government will have to manage their medical records, the Shadow Health Secretary Stephen O’Brien said at the Conservative Conference fringe entitled 'Health Information; who owns your medical records'.
Read more »Dr Foster Intelligence debates at the Labour Party Conference 1 October 2009
Tim Kelsey, Chair of Dr Foster, said yesterday at a Labour Party fringe event that we need to use more anonymised personal data from public services in order to drive up quality and performance.
Read more »New study shows fresh thinking required on week junior doctors start 22 September 2009
According to research supported by Dr Foster Intelligence people admitted to English hospitals in an emergency on the first Wednesday in August have, on average, a six percent higher mortality rate than people admitted on the previous Wednesday.
Read more »Dr Foster sets new standard for population health planning 9 September 2009
With increasing focus on reducing the demand for healthcare and developing a deeper understanding of your population, the need for common information for public health and commissioning teams becomes even more paramount.
Read more »BBC highlights Dr Foster analysis 17 August 2009
Dr Foster put together some data and analysis for the BBC’s flagship morning news programme, BBC Breakfast. The story that 6,000,000 appointments a year are being missed was also covered on BBC News online, on radio and on news bulletins throughout the day.
Read more »Long live the database state 24 July 2009
Smarter use of public service statistics can save lives as well as money. But anxious civil libertarians want to stop the state sharing our personal records. They must not succeed says Tim Kelsey, Chair of the Dr Foster Executive Board.
Read more »Dr Foster Intelligence in awards triumph 10 July 2009
Dr Foster Intelligence won two awards at the IPA Best of Health Awards, presented at a glittering ceremony on the 9 July. The awards were for the highly successful diabetes awareness campaign created for North East Essex Primary Care Trust.
Read more »Major new report challenges PCT boards to tackle health inequalities 11 June 2009
The report, The Intelligent Board 2009: Commissioning to reduce inequalities, produced by an independent reference group of experts and supported by Dr Foster, was launched on Wednesday 10 June at the NHS Confederation conference in Liverpool.
Read more »Coming soon: Landmark report on tackling health inequalities 5 June 2009
The exciting new report, ‘The Intelligent Board 2009: Commissioning to reduce inequalities’, produced by an independent reference group of experts and supported by Dr Foster, is set to be launched on Wednesday 10 June at the NHS Confederation conference in Liverpool.
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