Objective—To develop a practitioner led definition of a prescribing error for use in quantitative studies of their incidence. Design—Two stage Delphi technique ...
Carrying the torch: Dr Lucian Leape’s enduring legacy in patient safety – lessons from dentistry
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 ...
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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.
1 Centre for Quality of Care Research, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 2 Nijmegen University Centre for Infectious Diseases (NUCI), Radboud University Medical Centre, ...
Correspondence to Professor Carolyn Tarrant, Department of Health Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, LE1 7RH, UK; ccp3{at}le.ac.uk The paper by Swinglehurst and colleagues in this issue of ...
The Institute of Medicine identifies patient-centred care as one of the essential elements of high quality care.1 They define patient-centred care as ‘respecting and responding to patients’ wants, ...
1 Department of Medicine, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, USA 2 Department of Public Health, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, USA 3 Department of ...
Correspondence to Aude Fourcade, Quality Department, Institut Gustave Roussy, 114, rue Edouard Vaillant, Villejuif cedex 94805, France; aude.fourcade{at}igr.fr Objective Implementation of a surgical ...
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 ...
The role and value of theory in improvement work in healthcare has been seriously underrecognised. We join others in proposing that more informed use of theory can strengthen improvement programmes ...
Correspondence to Dr Bonnie A. Armstrong, Surgery, International Centre for Surgical Safety, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5B 1T8; ...
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