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Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Ruth Boaden is affiliated with the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom and focuses their research within the health professions and medicine fields. Their work primarily spans areas such as mental health and patient involvement, primary care and health outcomes, and patient-provider communication in healthcare. Additional topics covered include health policy implementation science, clinical practice guidelines implementation, geriatric care and nursing homes, and healthcare innovation and challenges.

Their recent publications reflect a diverse range of interests and collaborative efforts. Some of the notable recent papers include:

  • "Co-designing new tools for collecting, analysing and presenting patient experience data in NHS services: working in partnership with patients and carers" (2021) published in Research Involvement and Engagement
  • "Push, pull or co-produce?" (2020) published in Journal of Health Services Research & Policy
  • "'Attending to History' in Major System Change in Healthcare in England: Specialist Cancer Surgery Service Reconfiguration" (2022) published in International Journal of Health Policy and Management
  • "Centralisation of specialist cancer surgery services in two areas of England: the RESPECT-21 mixed-methods evaluation" (2023) published in Health and Social Care Delivery Research
  • "Digital methods to enhance the usefulness of patient experience data in services for long-term conditions: the DEPEND mixed-methods study" (2020) published in Health Services and Delivery Research

Frequent coauthors in Ruth Boaden's research include Caroline Sanders, Charlotte A Sharp, William G Dixon, Nicola Small, and Bie Nio Ong. This reflects a collaborative approach across multiple projects and topics within healthcare research.

Their body of work appears regularly in a range of publication venues, including:

  • Research Involvement and Engagement
  • Journal of Health Services Research & Policy
  • Health and Social Care Delivery Research
  • International Journal of Health Policy and Management
  • Health Services and Delivery Research

Main fields of study where Ruth Boaden contributes include Health Professions and Medicine, with a stronger emphasis on General Health Professions as a subfield. Other subfields include Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health; Sociology and Political Science; Education; and Economics and Econometrics.

Their contributions to the academic community have been recognized by their election as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom.

Best Publications

  • An open letter to The BMJ editors on qualitative research

    Trisha Greenhalgh;Ellen Annandale;Richard Ashcroft;James Barlow

  • Impact of case management (Evercare) on frail elderly patients: controlled before and after analysis of quantitative outcome data

    Hugh Gravelle;Mark Dusheiko;Rod Sheaff;Penny Sargent

  • Reduced Mortality With Hospital Pay for Performance in England

    Matt Sutton;Silviya Nikolova;Ruth Boaden;Helen Lester

  • What is total quality management...and does it matter

    Ruth J. Boaden

  • Impact of centralising acute stroke services in English metropolitan areas on mortality and length of hospital stay: difference-in-differences analysis

    Stephen Morris;Rachael M Hunter;Angus I G Ramsay;Ruth Boaden

  • Editorial: Lean in Public Services—Panacea or Paradox?

    Zoe Jane Radnor;Ruth Boaden

  • Lessons for lean in healthcare from using six sigma in the NHS

    Nathan Proudlove;Claire Moxham;Ruth Boaden

  • Rules and guidelines in clinical practice: a qualitative study in operating theatres of doctors’ and nurses’ views

    R McDonald;J Waring;S Harrison;K Walshe

  • Quality Improvement: Theory and Practice in Healthcare

    Ruth Boaden;Gill Harvey;Claire Moxham;Nathan Proudlove

  • Can good bed management solve the overcrowding in accident and emergency departments

    N C Proudlove;K Gordon;R Boaden

  • Rethinking capacity building for knowledge mobilisation: developing multilevel capabilities in healthcare organisations

    Roman Kislov;Heather Waterman;Gill Harvey;Gill Harvey;Ruth Boaden

  • Challenges, solutions and future directions in the evaluation of service innovations in health care and public health

    Rosalind Raine;Ray Fitzpatrick;Helen Barratt;Gywn Bevan

  • The impact of performance measurement in the voluntary sector: Identification of contextual and processual factors

    Claire Moxham;Ruth Boaden

  • The ‘dark side’ of knowledge brokering

    Roman Kislov;Paul Wilson;Ruth Boaden

  • Long-Term Effect of Hospital Pay for Performance on Mortality in England

    Soren Rud Kristensen;Rachel Meacock;Alexander Turner;Ruth Boaden

  • Leadership development: Does it make a difference?

    Ruth J. Boaden

  • Sustaining total quality management: what are the key issues?

    B.G. Dale;R.J. Boaden;M. Wilcox;R.E. McQuater

  • The NIHR Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC) for Greater Manchester: Combining empirical, theoretical and experiential evidence to design and evaluate a large-scale implementation strategy.

    Gill Harvey;Louise Fitzgerald;Sandra Fielden;Anne McBride

  • Developing an understanding of corporate anorexia

    Zoe J. Radnor;Ruth Boaden

  • Patient and carer perceptions of case management for long-term conditions.

    Penny Sargent;Susan Pickard;Rod Sheaff;Ruth Boaden

Frequent Co-Authors

Naomi Fulop
Naomi Fulop University College London
Matt Sutton
Matt Sutton University of Manchester
Ruth McDonald
Ruth McDonald University of Manchester
Kieran Walshe
Kieran Walshe University of Manchester
Gill Harvey
Gill Harvey University of Adelaide
Caroline Sanders
Caroline Sanders University of Manchester
Lucy Gilson
Lucy Gilson University of Cape Town
Suzanne M. Skevington
Suzanne M. Skevington University of Manchester
Peter A. Coventry
Peter A. Coventry University of York
Trisha Greenhalgh
Trisha Greenhalgh University of Oxford

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