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Muir Gray

Muir Gray: We need to tackle the “fear of finding out”

February 1, 2018

In the midst of a blizzard of reports about the overuse of general practice it may seem inappropriate to highlight the problem of underuse, but many people are still presenting […]

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Muir Gray: Population based and personalised care—two sides of the same coin

July 4, 2014

Health services have become archipelagos. There are great islands like primary care and secondary care, acute and community, or public health and clinical practice, and each one is surrounded by […]

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Muir Gray: Population health—what’s in a name

June 4, 2014

Suddenly the word population is everywhere. The Oxford University Department of Public Health is now the Department of Population Health Sciences, the Institute for Healthcare Improvement has added population health […]

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Muir Gray: Developing a system budget

January 16, 2013

Read the rest of this series of blogs about designing and planning population based systems of care here. Step 8: Developing a system budget One of the aims of developing […]

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Muir Gray: Defining the pathway for population systems of care

November 28, 2012

Read the rest of this series of blogs about designing and planning population based systems of care here. Step 7: Defining the pathway The pathway is the route the patient […]

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Muir Gray: Creating a network for systems of care

November 21, 2012

Read the rest of this series of blogs about designing and planning population based systems of care here. Step 6: Creating a network The network is the set of individuals […]

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Muir Gray: Setting standards for systems of care

November 15, 2012

Read the rest of this series of blogs about designing and planning population based systems of care here. Step 5: Setting standards Having formulated objectives and chosen criteria to measure […]

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Muir Gray: Choosing criteria for systems of care

November 6, 2012

Read the rest of this series of blogs about designing and planning population based systems of care here. Step 4: Choosing criteria Choosing criteria is a more time consuming process […]

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Muir Gray: Setting objectives for systems of care

November 1, 2012

Read the rest of this series of blogs about designing and planning population based systems of care here. Step 3: Setting objectives Having defined the scope of the system and […]

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Muir Gray: Defining the population for systems of care

October 23, 2012

Read the rest of this series of blogs about designing and planning population based systems of care here. Step 2: Defining the Population Having defined the scope of the system, […]

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