Background Low-value practices, defined as tests or treatments that are used in practice despite not being supported by evidence, account for 20%–30% of healthcare expenditure; moreover, some ...
Background In situ simulation (ISS) has seen broad use in academic emergency medicine (EM). Studies with limited clinical ...
Importance Patient safety and systems integration (PSSI) simulations help uncover hazards that jeopardise patient safety. Using direct observation, video analysis and systems-focused debriefing, they ...
Importance Quality improvement efforts on general medical wards are often driven by organisational or clinician priorities, ...
Correspondence to Dr Julie Reed, NIHR CLAHRC NWL, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, 369 Fulham Road, London SW10 9HN, UK; Julie.reed02{at}imperial.ac.uk Background The ...
Background Clinical encounters with patients who display challenging behaviours (eg, rude, demanding) are increasingly common in emergency departments and can heighten negative emotions, compromise ...
The WHO Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) has been a cornerstone of surgical safety for nearly 20 years—endorsed as a required or recommended standard and adopted by hospitals worldwide.1 However, ...
Healthcare organisations invest substantial effort in redesigning systems, implementing new technologies and improving quality and safety processes. Comparatively less attention is paid to how ...
Correspondence to Professor Rosalind Raine, Department of Applied Health Research, University College London, London WC1E 7HB, UK; r.raine{at}ucl.ac.uk Objective Multidisciplinary team (MDT) meetings ...
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, ...
3 Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA 4 Department of Economics and Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA Correspondence to: Dr V ...
NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Patient Safety, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Dr S A Jeffcott, NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Patient Safety, Department of Epidemiology and ...
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