Background Literature depicts differences in ethical decision-making (EDM) between countries and intensive care units (ICU). Objectives To better conceptualise EDM climate in the ICU and to validate a ...
Department of Health Services Research & Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, UK Correspondence to Dr Nick Black, Department of Health Services Research & Policy, London ...
1 NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Patient Safety, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia 2 The Alfred Hospital, National Trauma Research Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia ...
Overuse of medical devices such as urinary and vascular catheters remains a pervasive problem contributing to preventable hospital-associated infections and other complications. There is not much ...
Objectives: To assess awareness and use of the current incident reporting system and to identify factors inhibiting reporting of incidents in hospitals. Design, setting and participants: Anonymous ...
Correspondence to Miss Michelle Halligan, The University of Western Ontario, Health and Rehabilitation Sciences Graduate Program, Elborn College, 1201 Western Road, London, ON, Canada, N6G 1H1; ...
Background Although well-established principles exist for improving the timeliness and efficiency of care, many organisations struggle to achieve more than small-scale, localised gains. Where care ...
Background Medication errors are the leading cause of preventable harm in healthcare. Despite proliferation of medication-related clinical decision support systems (CDSS), current systems have ...
Correspondence to Dr Adi Hirshberg, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Maternal Child Health Research Program, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA; ...
Correspondence to Dr Andrew Jordan Sun, Departments of General Surgery and Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305, USA; ajsun{at}stanford.edu Background Resident ...
Background Effective communication is critical for patient safety. One potential threat to communication in the operating room is incivility. Although examined in other industries, little has been ...
Background Those working in healthcare today are challenged more than ever before to quickly and efficiently learn from data to improve their services and delivery of care. There is broad agreement ...
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