Clinical Microsystems…what are they and what will they do?

We have a guest speaker in our monthly InfoBites  session  tomorrow 5^th March at 13:00 in Illingworth Library. Tracy Jackson from Sheffield Children's Hospital will be introducing Clinical Microsystems in a 20 minute session where you can also enjoy food nibbles and buy or bring a drink with you.

Well personally I have no idea what Microsystems are…..although I assume they are small rather than large… so I asked Tracy to fill me in with some background information.

Apparently this is a collaborative venture between Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and SCH and is a service improvement initiative which is entirely patient focused so the emphasis is on quality not cost saving. 

Thirty people from the two hospital trusts received training last autumn to be ‘coaches’ and they are currently working with multidisciplinary teams.

With the help of these coaches(see picture) – more of whom are being trained as I write - skills can be built in established teams within the hospital to help them implement solutions of their own, in order to successfully deliver change and improve service delivery.

This is a 3 year scheme which we were successful in receiving a grant from Health Foundation to implement and the scheme is supported by the Executive Team and senior managers across the trust.

I think it all sounds really interesting and I'm hoping that the phone doesn't ring too much during the session so I can sit and listen myself…there may well be ideas we can pinch for the library…

Do come along to hear Tracy and if you want any more information on Clinical Microsystems please check out this website or contact Tracy direct by email: Tracy.jackson@sch.nhs.uk

...hope the cakes aren't too micro....