Introduction Patients who had a stroke often confront the trade-off between timely care at nearby hospitals and potentially ...

Background Double-checking of medication administration is a safety practice used in hospitals around the world. Independence is recommended as the key to effectiveness. Independent double-checking ...

Correspondence to: Dr Johan Thor Medical Management Centre, Berzelius väg 3, 5th floor, Karolinska Institutet, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden; johan.thor{at}ki.se Objective: To systematically review the ...

Background There is a poorly understood relationship between Leadership WalkRounds (WR) and domains such as safety culture, employee engagement, burnout and work-life balance. Methods This ...

Royal College of Nursing Institute, Royal College of Nursing, London, UK. The argument put forward in this paper is that successful implementation of research into practice is a function of the ...

Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands Ms J E van Doormaal, University Medical Center Groningen, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Postbus 30001, ...

1 Division of Rehabilitation and Ageing, University of Nottingham, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK 2 Health Care of Older People, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Queens Medical Centre ...

Objectives: To assess awareness and use of the current incident reporting system and to identify factors inhibiting reporting of incidents in hospitals. Design, setting and participants: Anonymous ...

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 ...

Objective Valid, reliable critical appraisal tools advance quality improvement (QI) intervention impacts by helping stakeholders identify higher quality studies. QI approaches are diverse and differ ...

Introduction Barcode medication administration (BCMA) can, if poorly implemented, cause disrupted workflow, increased workload and cause medication errors. Further exploration is needed of the causes ...

Background Effective communication is critical for patient safety. One potential threat to communication in the operating room is incivility. Although examined in other industries, little has been ...