Background Healthcare-associated infections due to multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs) remain a high priority patient ...

The clinical microsystem puts medical error and harm reduction into the broader context of safety and quality of care by providing a framework to assess and evaluate ...

Correspondence to Professor Jeffrey Braithwaite, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia; jeffrey.braithwaite{at}mq.edu.au Background Bronchiolitis ...

3 Department of Surgery, University of Chicago SImulation Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA Correspondence to Dr Jeanne M Farnan, Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, 5841 S Maryland Ave, MC ...

2 Department of Bachelor in Nursing, University College Arteveldehogeschool Ghent, Gent, Belgium Context Previous studies report that pressure ulcer classification and differentiation from ...

Objective To (a) examine whether the effect of the Choosing Wisely consumer questions on question-asking and shared decision-making (SDM) outcomes differs based on individuals’ health literacy and (b) ...

Correspondence to Dr Eduardo Salas, Department of Psychology, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA; eduardo.salas{at}rice.edu Front-line medical teams are experiencing unprecedented stressors as a ...

Correspondence to Miss A L Grove, WMG, The University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK; amy.grove{at}warwick.ac.uk Background This paper presents the findings of a 13-month lean implementation in ...

Rather than being a static property of hospitals and other healthcare facilities, safety is dynamic and often on short time scales. In the past most healthcare delivery systems were loosely ...

Clinical Governance Unit, Metro South District, Queensland Health, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Correspondence to Dr Peter Lee, Clinical Governance Unit, Level 1 Melbourne St Office, Queensland ...