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Turning Value-Based Health Care into a Real Business Model \u2013 Harvard Business Review<\/strong>
\nThe shift from volume-based to value-based health care <\/a>is inevitable. Although that trend is happening slowly in some communities, payers are increasingly basing reimbursements on the quality of care provided, not just the number and type of procedures. But because most providers\u2019 business models still depend on fee-for-service revenues, reducing volume (and increasing value) cuts into short-term profits. How, then, are innovative providers redesigning care so that, despite financial pain in the short term, they achieve long-range success?<\/p>\n

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New guidance to raise awareness of the importance of good nutritional care – NHS England<\/strong>
\nNHS England has published new guidance to help ensure patients receive excellent nutrition and hydration care<\/a>. The guidance has been produced to address the issues raised within \u2018Hard Truths\u2019 and the Francis Report; and to the concerns of patient, carers and the public with regard to malnutrition and dehydration. Malnutrition is still a concern for the health service and is more common than many people expect \u2013 affecting more than three million people in the UK at any one time. Around 1 in 3 patients admitted to hospital or who are in care homes are malnourished or at risk of becoming so. Poor nutrition and hydration not only harms patients\u2019 health and wellbeing, it can also reduce their ability to recover and leads to increased admissions to hospitals and care homes. The new guidance draws together the most up-to-date evidence based resources and research to support commissioners to develop strategies to help ensure excellent nutrition and hydration care in acute services and the community. It also outlines why commissioners should make this issue a priority \u2013 how to tackle the problem, how to assess the impact of commissioned services and highlighting the good work which is already underway.<\/p>\n

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George Eliot makes second attempt to recruit chief executive \u2013 Health Service Journal<\/strong>
\nA financially troubled West Midlands trust is looking to recruit a permanent chief executive<\/a> after a previous attempt failed to attract a suitable candidate.\u00a0George Eliot Hospital Trust, which came out of special measures in July last year, has been searching for a permanent chief executive since Kevin McGee left in September 2014.<\/p>\n