CORNERSTONE is HQIP’s free online magazine, designed to support data-informed improvement in healthcare.
Aimed at those who are passionate about improving patient outcomes through evidence-based service design, it features short, easy-to-read articles on a range of related topics.
You also read individual articles using the links provided.
CORNERSTONE volume 2
This second edition features short, easy-to-read articles on the following topics:
- Patient and Public Engagement in practice. Find out how two award-winning projects have undertaken effective patient engagement, with interviews with both patients and healthcare professionals.
- How do I compare thee? In a minefield of data and information, what are the key resources and developments in relation to benchmarking in healthcare?
- Avoiding ‘lost in translation’. Translating data into meaningful change – using national healthcare data to support the best care for patients.
- An ‘umbrella approach’ to audit: sharing, efficiencies and results. The National Cancer Audit Collaborating Centre (NATCAN) one year on.
- 20 years of the National Joint Registry. How data on joints benefits hospitals and patients alike.
- In for the long haul. Taking an effective and sustainable approach to clinical audit.
If we have a detailed understanding of what is happening, where and to what extent, then we can adopt a ‘smarter’ approach to quality improvement; we can see where change is needed and where resources need to be directed. Importantly, we can also see where they are not required.”
CORNERSTONE volume 1
This first edition features short, easy-to-read articles on the following topics:
- The invisible power of health data. The value of healthcare data to patients.
- Safety in numbers. Patient safety and data-informed care.
- National clinical audit: Change, improvement and impact.
- Congratulations on your engagement! The ‘how to’ of effective patient engagement.
- Mind the (health) gap. Addressing healthcare inequalities.
- When is data the ‘right data’? Focusing on the right data for impact.
