Background Problems of quality and safety persist in health systems worldwide. We conducted a large research programme to examine culture and behaviour in the English National Health Service (NHS).
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Methods Data sources were identified using database searches, with additional reference and hand searching. Eligibility criteria were applied to all studies identified, resulting in a total of 24 ...
Background Collaborative quality initiatives (CQIs), such as the Michigan Surgical Quality Collaborative (MSQC), have invested significant resources to improve surgical outcomes over time. This study ...
Background The association of nursing staffing with patient outcomes has primarily been studied by comparing high to low staffed hospitals, raising concern other factors may account for observed ...
2 VA Center of Innovation for Complex Chronic Healthcare, Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA 3 Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, ...
Background We previously developed a digital quality measure (dQM) of emergency presentations (EPs) in colorectal cancer (CRC) and found it to be associated with worse outcomes. Potentially avoidable ...
1 Department of Family Medicine and MEDEX Northwest, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA 2 Department of Biobehavioral Nursing, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA 3 ...
Many diagnostic errors are associated with laboratory testing, and many of these are preventable. However, a reduction in testing-related diagnostic errors (TDE) is hindered by the absence of a ...
Background Medical safety huddles are short, structured meetings for physicians to proactively discuss and respond to ...