CLINICAL CARE SYSTEM

Clinical Care System

Acknowledgement

I would first like to express my gratitude for my research supervisor, colleagues, peers and family whose immense and constant support has been a source of continuous guidance and inspiration.

DECLARATION

I [type your full first names & surname here], declare that the following dissertation/thesis and its entire content has been an individual, unaided effort and has not been submitted or published before. Furthermore, it reflects my opinion and take on the topic and is does not represent the opinion of the University.

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Executive Summary

In this study the main aim was on the clinical care system of UK. And this study entails the following structure and findings. Background to Research Argument section will describe what clinical indicators are and how they are being used in the UK. Literature Review Methods section presents a detailed account of how I systematically searched for the appropriate literature upon which my review is based on. This will include the qualitative search methods employed to access key literature.Analysis and Discussion section will demonstrate my understanding of the research that I have done on my chosen topic by answering the following questions:

How are clinical indicators that I have chosen calculated?

Is the method used to calculated fair to both the health care providers and to patients?

Is the quality of the underlying data sufficient to draw the conclusions inferred?

Do clinical indicators encourage 'gaming' - that is offering or withdrawing services not because of actual need, but in order to generate better clinical indicators.

How should clinical indicators be interpreted?

These questions cover the project topic. Having answered these questions this will discuss the positive and negative aspects of the use of clinical indicators in clinical care. Project Review and Conclusion section summarizes the review statement by concluding that the use of clinical indicators does improve the quality of clinical care as trusts want to be competitive and achieve good scores every year once the Department of Health reviews their performance. This review is important as it shows why clinical indicators are vital to patients and to healthcare professional. For the healthy population, indicators can also be important with regard to prevention, quality of life, and satisfaction with health care. For healthcare professionals it stimulates them to provide better care for the patients and sets them a challenge against other trusts.

Table of Content

Acknowledgementii

DECLARATIONiii

Executive Summaryiv

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

Introduction1

Background2

Aims and Objectives4

Outline of the Study6

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE VIEW9

Importance of clinical care system9

Characteristics of Good clinical care system10

Clinical indicators11

National Health System12

The Quality and Outcomes Framework13

Problems in NHS16

The NHS Plan16

Important NHS Clinical Indicators17

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY22

Research Design22

Literature Search24

Chapter 4: Analysis and Discussion25

Gaming Generate Better Clinical Indicators28

Choose & Book29

The Health Protection Agency29

The Central Cardiac Audit Database (CCAD)31

CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION32

Project Review and Conclusion32

References34

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

Introduction

Clinical indicators are the tools that help in identifying and evaluating the problems and opportunities that exist in the clinical care system. The identified problems and opportunities help in improving the clinical care system. Indicators can be used for the comparison of current practices in the clinical care system with the future improvements in the quality of patient health ...