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How does a patient-centric pharmaceutical company behave? Blog, Healthcare, Insight - 2:16 pm How does a patient-centric pharmaceutical company behave?

In a world where pharmaceutical companies traditionally focus on patient compliance with their medication regimes, how would a patient-centric model pay for itself? And how would we recognise its existence in a drug company’s behaviour?

Customer Faithful joins BHBIA Blog, Healthcare, News - 1:53 pm Customer Faithful joins BHBIA

Customer Faithful has been elected as a full member of the British Healthcare Business Intelligence Association (BHBIA).
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Building a Mindset of Being Better Blog, Healthcare, Insight - 10:04 am Building a Mindset of Being Better

In a busy deadline-driven world of operational efficiency, how do industry leaders find the time and motivation to build truly world-class organisations? Perhaps the answer lies not at the end of a rainbow but in the tail-end of a bell curve……

Surgery Checklists – how a factory taught a surgeon how to save lives Blog, Healthcare, Insight, Toolbox - 12:16 pm Surgery Checklists – how a factory taught a surgeon how to save lives

This article shows how a doctor adapted the risk management techniques of aircraft-maker Boeing to improve the patient outcomes in his operating theatre. Read on to learn how checklists can improve the consistency and quality of any product or service.

Liz Poulson Blog, News, People - 4:58 pm Liz Poulson

We’re delighted to welcome Liz, who will join our team supporting projects in healthcare.
In addition to her practical fieldwork experience in consumer research, Liz brings a specialism in Psychology, holding a first class degree from Birkbeck College, London.

Combining health and social care – the NHS future? Blog, Healthcare, News - 5:01 pm Combining health and social care – the NHS future?

The UK’s Health Bill is once again paused for another round of consultation.
But whilst much of the discussion surrounds GP commissioning, we believe an even more fundamental issue is gathering momentum – that of integrated health and social care.

What Patients say about the NHS Experience Blog, Healthcare - 6:01 pm What Patients say about the NHS Experience

Recent feedback analysis of NHS services in the UK found that patients prefer being treated at private hospitals for NHS treatment. Not surprised? You might be, when you read what patients said REALLY made a difference…….

When Worlds Collide – Personal Perspectives on Mental Health Blog, Healthcare, Insight - 7:09 pm When Worlds Collide – Personal Perspectives on Mental Health

Explore video accounts, narrated by the individuals themselves, which provide a valuable insight into their lives, the challenges they face and their strength and resolve to change the image of mental health.

Patient Experience in hospitals – who’s leading the way? Blog, Healthcare, Resource - 4:13 pm Patient Experience in hospitals – who’s leading the way?

A new report from the NHS Confederation outlines how important a component the patient experience is in the overall delivery of high quality care within hospitals.

Keeping Mum – what’s really driving home birth statistics? Blog, Featured, Healthcare - 1:45 pm Keeping Mum – what’s really driving home birth statistics?

Statistics showing the trend towards hospital birth is undeniable. In the 1960s, 1 in 3 births in the UK took place in the home, whereas today the figure is close to 1 in 40. But what factors – social, cultural and economic – are at work here, and how is an ‘ideal birth outcome’ defined?