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Investigators are human too: outcome bias and perceptions of individual culpability in patient safety incident investigations
Background Healthcare patient safety investigations inappropriately focus on individual culpability and the target of ...
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Assessing safety culture: guidelines and recommendations
Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA Correspondence to: Associate Professor P J Pronovost Department of Anaesthesiology and ...
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Demystifying theory and its use in improvement
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 ...
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How to study improvement interventions: a brief overview of possible study types
Improvement (defined broadly as purposive efforts to secure positive change) has become an increasingly important activity and field of inquiry within healthcare. This article offers an overview of ...
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Safety culture in healthcare: a review of concepts, dimensions, measures and progress
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; ...
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The quality, safety and content of telephone and face-to-face consultations: a comparative study
1 Centre of Population Health Sciences: General Practice Section, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK 2 Tayside Centre for General Practice, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK 3 Centre for Rural ...
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Adverse events and near miss reporting in the NHS
Objectives: To conduct a multicentre study on adverse event and near miss reporting in the NHS and to explore the feasibility of creating a national system for collecting these data. Design: ...
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Measuring the teamwork performance of teams in crisis situations: a systematic review of assessment tools and their measurement properties
Background Educational interventions to improve teamwork in crisis situations have proliferated in recent years with substantial variation in teamwork measurement. This systematic review aimed to ...
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Stroke units: research and reality. Results from the National Sentinel Audit of Stroke
1 Clinical Effectiveness and Evaluation Unit, Royal College of Physicians, London and Consultant Stroke Physician, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK 2 Clinical Effectiveness and ...
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Role of registered nurses in error prevention, discovery and correction
Background: Registered nurses have a vital role in discovering and correcting medical error. Objective: To describe the type and frequency of errors detected by ...
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Interprofessional collaboration among care professionals in obstetrical care: are perceptions aligned?
Background In an obstetrical team, obstetricians, midwives and nurses work together in a dynamic and complex care setting. Different professional cultures can be a barrier for effective ...
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The harm susceptibility model: a method to prioritise risks identified in patient safety reporting systems
Background Medical errors are endemic in healthcare. Patient safety reporting systems (PSRSs) have been developed and implemented to identify and reduce medical errors. Although they have succeeded in ...