keratocystic odontogenic tumour recurrence rates
The keratocystic odontogenic tumour (KCOT, odontogenic keratocyst (OKC)) was first described in the literature in 1956 and is classified by the World Health Organization classified as a benign...
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Have you ever had a painful shoulder? Did it get better on its own? I have a friend, not another Elf, who had bilateral frozen shoulders. It was a most functionally limiting and painful problem....
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Access to oral health care is difficult in many parts of the world. One way of improving this is by delegating tasks traditionally undertaken by dentists to other members of the dental team. The...
View ArticleAn integrated leadership approach needed to improve care
In this blog, Caroline De Brún considers the latest research evidence on leadership in health care and key characteristics required for effective leadership, published in a new report by the King's...
View ArticleCan competition improve management quality in the NHS?
Chris Sampson reports on a discussion paper produced by the Centre for Economic Performance, which looks at the impact of competition on management quality in hospitals. The post Can competition...
View ArticleCQC State of Care Report and research for quality improvement: Elves mine the...
Sarah Carr takes a look at CQC's State of Adult Social Care Report 2014/15 and corrals the elves in to mine the Social Care Elf archive for some research blogs to help adults social care providers...
View ArticleStratify, specialise, standardise, analyse: maximising quality and efficiency...
Our resident Elf Economist Chris Sampson summarises a recent report from Monitor (England’s health services regulator), which looks at how NHS providers can improve productivity in elective care. The...
View ArticleShould mental health service user-led organisations adapt to management...
Lucy Simons considers the findings of an ethnographic study led by Diana Rose that observed in-depth how service user-led organisations work to change mental health services. The post Should mental...
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