Background Clinical encounters with patients who display challenging behaviours (eg, rude, demanding) are increasingly common ...
1 Marquette University School of Dentistry, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA 2 Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Pleasanton, Washington, USA 3 School of Dentistry, University of California San ...
1 Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia 2 Radiofrequency Identification Applications Laboratory, ...
Background Surgical complications represent a significant cause of morbidity and mortality with the rate of major complications after inpatient surgery estimated at 3–17% in industrialised countries.
Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, USA Correspondence to: M Husch Research Pharmacist Coordinator, Patient Safety Team, Northwestern ...
Objective To introduce a new type of risk-adjusted (RA) exponentially weighted moving average (EWMA) chart and to compare it to a commonly used type of variable life adjusted display chart for ...
Background Many hospital systems seek to improve patient satisfaction as assessed by the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) surveys. A systematic review of the ...
Evaluating the effects of increasing nursing numbers on quality of newborn care in understaffed neonatal units in Kenya: a prospective intervention study ...
Background Documenting an indication when prescribing antimicrobials is considered best practice; however, a better understanding of the evidence is needed to support broader implementation of this ...
The aviation domain provides a better analogy for the ”temporary” teams that are found in acute medical specialities than industrial or military teamwork research based on established teams. Crew ...
Box 1 IOM recommendations Establish a national focus on patient safety by creating a centre for patient safety within the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Identify and learn from errors by ...
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