International hospital quality assurance programme
Our challenge is always to ensure that those in our care receive the latest, high quality healthcare when they need it, wherever they are in the world.
As medical advances are made, opportunities for new diagnostic tests and treatments are increasing all the time.
It is critical, however, that patients receive the right care - that it is safe and appropriate, that it delivers the right outcome for them, and that it is affordable.As a funder and provider of a wide range of healthcare services and as a partner to public healthcare systems across the globe, we have a responsibility and a focus on delivering clinical excellence and on driving consistent governance and clinical quality across the healthcare sector.
We are also committed to sharing our experience both across our organisation and beyond.
The number and range of initiatives over the past year alone has been considerable. Below is a selection of our leading programmes.
Clinical excellence at Bupa
Clinical excellence is at the heart of everything we do.
We have an independent Medical Advisory Panel, made up of leading clinicians, who provide clinical advice and oversight across our business.
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Work with the Chinese government to boost national hospital quality
The UK’s Department of Health and China’s Ministry of Health signed a Memorandum of Understanding to mark a cross-government initiative: “Partners in Health Innovation”.
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Creating a rapid new health technology appraisal to facilitate state of the art treatment
With the emergence of new tests and treatments comes the promise of new benefits. The challenge for clinicians is evaluating these new options.
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Tackling vitamin D deficiency among Middle Eastern patients in London
Vitamin D deficiency has long been associated with a higher risk of osteomalacia – which can cause bone pain, muscle weakness and fractures.
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Data and information governance framework to protect data of Bupa customers
Bupa's framework to encourage and support all Bupa businesses to meet the highest standards for protecting the confidentiality of customer data.
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Creating the world’s first national pain strategy in Australia
One in five Australians suffers with chronic pain, which costs the Australian economy approximately AUS$34.3 billion per year.
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A novel method for the intra operative staging of axillary lymph nodes in breast cancer
More than 40,000 people are diagnosed each year with breast cancer in the UK. This hand held-device could help assess lymph nodes and the spread of cancer.
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Genesis Heart Care Project
Bupa Australia has partnered with Genesis Heart Care, the largest group of private cardiologists in Australia focusing on providing quality, evidence based cardiology services.
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Having knee arthroscopy
Bupa is committed to helping our customers have access to high quality, safe and effective treatment when they need it.
