Networking:
resource guide
Richard Bridgen
Knowledge and
Informatics Librarian
Lincolnshire Health Information and Library Service
Email:
Compiled [18th
April 2007]
WHAT IS A NETWORK?
Networks And
Organisational Work
http://www.slideshare.net/anna_maron/networks-and-organisational-work
This slide show will
give you a bullet point overview of networks within organisations. It
includes sections on social network analysis and
actor-network theory. Six types of network are identified: work;
social; innovation; expert knowledge; career;
learning. Networks can be formed in person or virtual.
Social Networks
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_network
There are many
theories of social networking. Wikipedia has an excellent section on
social networks. There is a see also section with
links to other networking theories and references if you wish to study
the subject in more depth.
Managed Clinical
Networks
http://www.library.nhs.uk/healthmanagement/ViewResource.aspx?resID=29543&tabID=290&catID=4033
This management briefing This
briefing provides an overview of Managed Clinical Networks and their
potential for managing resources across
healthcare organisations.
NETWORKING
OPPORTUNITIES
CHAIN
http://chain.ulcc.ac.uk/chain/
CHAINs -
Contact, Help, Advice and Information Networks - are
multi-professional and cross organisational online networks for people working in health and social care,
based around specific areas of interest, and give people a simple way of contacting each other to exchange ideas
and share knowledge.
eLibrary Scotland
http://www.elib.scot.nhs.uk/portal/elib/pages/SharedSpaces.aspx
The eLibrary Scotland has a section dedicated to networks. Its shared
spaces allows communities to form to share
knowledge and expertise. A list of communities and subgroups is also
displayed alongside.
King’s Fund Networks And Collaboratives Links
http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/applications/paginated/links.rm?id=1085&category=networks
andcollaboratives
29 links to networks and collaboratives related to health management.
NHS Confederation
http://www.nhsconfed.org/specialist/index.cfm
The NHS Confederation has a series of specialist networks. These
include the Future Healthcare Network;
the Health Services Research Network; the Rural Health Forum and the
NHS Black and Minority
Ethnic Leadership Forum.
NHS Live
http://www.institute.nhs.uk/nhs_live/introduction/welcome_to_nhs_live.html
NHS Live is a free, national learning network supporting staff,
patients and their communities to realise
local improvement ideas. The website includes case studies, toolkits
and project tips.
NHS Networks
http://www.networks.nhs.uk/1.php
NHS Networks is a means of promoting and connecting the
many networks which exist throughout the NHS - and encouraging the formation of new ones.
Useful pages include:
The Improvement Network East
Midlands
http://www.tin.nhs.uk/index.asp?pgid=1343
This page lists links to national and local networks and includes gems
such as the Developing Practice Network,
the Research and Development Forum and SHRINE – Strategic Human
Resource Intelligence Network.
HOW TO SET UP A
NETWORK
Networks for
Networks Event, 11/2005
http://www.dh.gov.uk/prod_consum_dh/groups/dh_digitalassets/@dh/@en/documents/
digitalasset/dh_4124735.pdf
Notes from the event
on:
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Successful networks: What does a
successful network look like?; What makes a successful network?
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Establishing networks: What are the
barriers?; What is the key to overcoming barriers?
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How to make it happen: What has/has
not worked well?; What would you do differently?
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Next steps: What are the three things
you will do next?; Who do you need help from?
Clinical Networks Implementation Guide
http://www.health.qld.gov.au/cpic/documents/Networks_Implement.pdf
From the Clinical
Practice Improvement Centre, Queensland, Australia, this document
takes you through the process of setting
up a clinical network.
Managed Networks
http://www.rcpch.ac.uk/doc.aspx?id_Resource=1739
A managed network is
one that has a formal management structure with defined governance
arrangements and specific
objectives linked to a published strategy. This document from The
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health,
published in December 2006, outlines network theory, includes a guide
on implementing a managed network and
has a resources section for more information.
NHS Service
Delivery And Organisation R&D Programme
Have produced two
documents on clinical networks:
-
Networks briefing:
Key lessons for network management in health care -
http://www.sdo.lshtm.ac.uk/files/adhoc/39-briefing-paper.pdf is
based on a systematic review of networks
across both the public and private sectors and looks at different
network structures, successful network
management and network governance.
-
Managing across
diverse networks of care: lessons from other sectors –
http://www.sdo.lshtm.ac.uk/files/adhoc/39-policy-report.pdf is a
policy report looking at different types of
networks. Section 9 looks at networks in health and social care and
section 10 details key lessons for the
NHS. It also reports on trust and trustworthiness in
inter-organisational networks and
investigates management and governance. Network theory is also
covered in section 3.
RESEARCH
Soft networks for
bridging the gap between research and practice: illuminative
evaluation of CHAIN, Russell, J. et al.,
BMJ, 2004; 328(7449): 1174
http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=411097
This study illuminated how
knowledge for evidence based health care can be targeted,
personalised, and made meaningful through informal
social processes.
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