Social Media Reflections and Statistics; The Health Foundation Study Tour: Jönköping – Stockholm, Sweden 25-28 September 2011
In a collaboration between Par J. Hoglund (Resident, Postdoc in Quality Improvement, http://twitter.com/#!/doctor4quality) Paul de Roos (Resident in Neurology and Social Media Trainer and Expert, http://twitter.com/#!/paulderoos) we proudly present the reflection and statistics from the Health Foundation Visit in Sweden.
Reflections
Day 1: Welcome Session and Introduction to the Swedish healthcare system, including the Jönköping County Council health system
“Results are made bottom up but you cannot move without strong strategies (top down). You need both.”
“Democratic accountability is key at Jonkoping”
“Engaged scholarship” addresses gap Btwn theory & practice as a “knowledge production” problem rather than a “transfer” problem”
More reflections on day one can be found here: Reflections on Day One
Day 2: Site visits to Ryhov Hospital (dialysis, radiology, pediatrics, clinical training, OB&G) and the Highland hospital in Eksjö, birthplace of the Esther network,
“105,000 incidents patient safety in Sweden per year each incident leads to 6 extra days inpatient admission on average”
“Radiology clinic Jönköping Works with TQM. First, non-private clinic, which is ISO certified”
“Eksjo- ‘we built our network together’. Didn’t need experts.”
Eksjo ward rounds-patient comes to room, all data (notes,ecg,films) on screen. www.lj.se/ronden
More reflections on day two can be found here: Reflections on Day Two
Day 3: Hosted by the Karolinska Institute;Welcome and introduction to the Karolinska Institute, Patient co-production, Clinical Development utilizing Registers – the C.U.R. project Site visits: Karolinska Rheumatology Clinic and Simulation modeling of healthcare processes
“Of c200 RA patients only c15 can’t self manage with open access to clinic”
“use of health outcomes requires-national enablers (IT etc), clinician engagement, data richness, quality& sophistication of use”
“What would it take to make Quality Improvement as widespread & accepted as Evidence-based Medicine?”
More reflections on day three can be found here: Reflections on Day Three
Mentions (@) and hastags (#) were removed in the excerpt above for the sake or readiblity to different user groups
Statistics
Twitter reflections and commentary posts were written continously during the tour by seven participants; @doctorpreneur , @griffithsdavid @hssood @kldewit from the Health Foundation group, @paulderoos @Doctor4Quality, @quallimx from the Jönköping Academy and @sarariggare from the Karolinska Institute.
The meeting has gathered a substantial public exposure through Social Media. Several reflections on the meeting have had exposure to more than 10 000 people. 20 researchers, students and health care professionals, not on the tour, chimed in with questions and reflections. Participants were from the UK, Sweden, US (Dartmouth College) and Canada. One notable particant was professor @profchrisham, CEO from King’s Fund, who shared his experience of Jönköping. A total of 138 Tweets were sent during the 3 days of the programme (the data, the full transcript)