Listen to an audio recording of the Author in the Room call on preventing falls

In one of the most widely attended Author in the Room calls ever in the joint IHI and JAMA audio series, gerontology pioneer and MacArthur Foundation Fellow, Dr. Mary Tinetti, of the Yale University School of Medicine, shared her newest findings on preventing falls among the elderly. Her remarks were based on a recent study she co-authored, published in a special Care of the Aging series in JAMA Listen to an audio recording of the Author in the Room call on preventing falls

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Feedback from E Health Insider Live 2009

Some 1,300 people converged on The ICC in Birmingham for E-Health Insider Live ’09. The chair of Dr Foster Intelligence, Tim Kelsey, was the first keynote speaker at E-Health Insider Live ’09. In his speech, he called for sharing information in the NHS to be made mandatory – particularly for primary care trusts. Click here to download a podcast of his speech and find out more about E Health insider Live 2009.

Booking is already underway for E-Health Insider Live 2010, which will take place at The NEC in Birmingham from 8-9 November next year. More than 500 square metres of space have already been sold. If you would like to book a stand, please email Neil Hadland

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Podcast from St Christopher's Hospice – Palliative care support to community psychogeriatric team

View this Podcast from St Christopher's Hospice, London, who have appointed an experienced clinical nurse specialist (CNS) to work with people with advanced dementia and their carers, with the support of a palliative medicine consultant and learn more about their findings.

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Raising Joy in the Health Care Workforce- Free interactive debate

There’s nothing optional about a health care workforce that’s capable and empowered to deliver optimal care to patients. Staff members who are engaged in their jobs, have opportunities for growth and development, and feel respected by trusted colleagues and higher ups alike, go out of their way to implement best practices and, in the process, help their organizations earn reputations for best places to work. Join host, Madge Kaplan, and experts Joanne Watson and Katie Bell, for a lively discussion of new research findings and new strategies being deployed to build stronger connections between clinical outcomes, patient-centered care, and engaged frontline employees. Come listen, share your knowledge, and ask questions on IHI’s brand new audio “talk show” - the first of its kind devoted to capturing the best ideas for reforming the health care system through system redesign. Click here to enroll now!

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Hear Paul Batalden share his thoughts on new ideas for spread and improvement

This short podcast from Paul Batalden is available here. You can listen online, download, or if you prefer you can go to iTunes and sync with it there.(iTunes - select Podcasts - search for "Sarah Fraser" and you get a choice of podcast to which you can subscribe).

Podcasts from the Dignity Matters Conference

At the Dignity Matters conference in November Sir Michael Parkinson chatted with Barbara Pointon, Barbara Dearnley and Amanda Waring - this was filmed and is now available as a podcast. Phil Hope the minister for care services also filmed an introduction talking about his commitment to the dignity campaign. At the end of last year 3 podcasts were filmed in Leeds with the 2008 winners of the Health and Social Care award for Dignity, the topics for these are commitment from top to bottom and explains the role of the councils scrutiny committee in ensuring dignity is a priority social marketing - how innovative approaches are reaching the people of Leeds dignity audits - including audits in care homes
Look out for these on the dignity website, they are expected to be published in the next week or two.

Sarah Fraser Podcasts Now Available Online

Sarah Fraser has developed two series of podcasts which you can now download direct to your PC. Series 1: “In conversation with…” is a 10 minute podcast featuring a diverse range of individuals sharing their experiences, wisdom, guidance and thoughts on topics concerning quality improvement, patient safety, personal and organisational transformation, leadership and the spread of good practice. Series 2: Helping individuals do better - these short descriptions provide you with an introduction, possibly a reminder of what you'd forgotten and a prompt to try them out next time you need to work with others in your organisation. Perhaps they will also give you some hints to seek ways to tweak your own behaviour. Listen to the podcasts here.

Two more resources from Sarah Fraser

Sarah has kindly told me about two resources she has put together. The first is a blog where she reviews relevant books. On there now are Time Traps by Todd Duncan and Crucial Conversations by Patterson, Grenny, Mcmillan & Switzler. The second resource is a series of podcasts which are currently available on iTunes but will soon be available to download from Sarah's new website (I will post a link to this when it is up and running). These include: 'In conversation with' Diane Stewart from PBGH, California on the challenges of spread measures and Kate Silvester, international expert on Lean Thinking in Healthcare. A third podcast is on 'Techniques for helping individuals'.