Can principles from design and the integration of technology help us improve quality and care for patients through better research? What boundaries are encountered when different disciplines are applied to finding innovative solutions to challenges in healthcare?

In this episode, host Kristina Wanyonyi-Kay is joined by Graham Pullin, Kurannen Baaki and Niels Peek to explore what taking a holistic approach to improving healthcare can look like. They discuss:

· How the design of a prosthetic limb can define its relationship with its wearer, and how they are seen by others

· The role facilities management can play in creating an efficient hospital workplace that improves patient outcomes

· Whether technologists underestimate the complexity of healthcare services and how we can take advantage of the opportunities that new technologies and data present

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Listen to THIS is the healthcare research podcast which explores how we can improve the quality and safety of healthcare, diving into both current and longstanding healthcare challenges and shining a light on the work that's being done to address them.

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From cutting down the use of antibiotics to unnecessary lab tests and scans, how can we educate patients and staff to accept that less may be better? Overmedicalisation is often seen as a problem that can be solved by educating patients and staff to accept that less may be better.

In this episode, host Tara Lamont and guests Heather Cassie, Claire Hastings and Jane O’Hara explore some of the reasons why this can be hard for staff and systems in healthcare today.

•How do we know what to reduce or add into the system?

•Where are the trade-offs between policies, processes and patient expectations?

•The importance of trust in staff-patient relationships and how health literacy affects patient expectations

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Listen to THIS is the healthcare research podcast which explores how we can improve the quality and safety of healthcare, diving into both current and longstanding healthcare challenges and shining a light on the work that's being done to address them.

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Carrying out healthcare improvement research without working with the people actively embedded in the system may not translate into practice. But who should be involved and how can they contribute to enhancing research in a meaningful way.

In this episode, host Graham Martin and guests Oli Williams, Michelle Peter and Nicola Boydell unpack terms such as co-production (and how they can be misunderstood), and explore how to put these concepts into action and the ways they can inform improvement research. They’ll discuss:

• How can we amplify the voices of underrepresented groups, so we find solutions for the disparities that exist in maternal and pregnancy outcomes?
• How can engaging the right people lead to improvement within sexual and reproductive health services?
• What are the three categories of co-production and how are they used in designing healthcare services research.

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Listen to THIS is the healthcare research podcast which explores how we can improve the quality and safety of healthcare, diving into both current and longstanding healthcare challenges and shining a light on the work that's being done to address them.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.