Background The Child Opportunity Index (COI) is a multidimensional measure of US neighbourhood-level conditions needed for healthy development. COI is associated with healthcare delivery and outcomes.
Background Double checking medication administration in hospitals is often standard practice, particularly for high-risk drugs, yet its effectiveness in reducing medication administration errors (MAEs ...
4 Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA 5 Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston ...
6 The Faculty of Health & Social Sciences, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, Dorset, UK Correspondence to Professor Gary B Smith, Faculty of Health & Social Sciences, Bournemouth University, Royal ...
Methods We triangulated pre-implementation interview, observational and focus group data to understand the clinical context, ...
The Harvard Medical Practice Study (HMPS) 1, 2 was not the first study to examine adverse events in healthcare organizations, but it established the standard by which adverse events are measured and ...
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Box 1 IOM recommendations Establish a national focus on patient safety by creating a centre for patient safety within the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Identify and learn from errors by ...
Correspondence to Professor Rachel Ann Elliott, Manchester Centre for Health Economics, School of Health Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK; ...
Background Enhancing competency in patient safety at entry to practice requires introduction and integration of patient safety into health professional education. As efforts to include patient safety ...
Objective To explore implementation of the modified early obstetric warning system (MEOWS) in practice to further understanding about the influence of contextual factors. Methods An ethnographic study ...
1 Deputy Director, Department of Paediatric Anaesthesia and Pain Management, Royal Children’s Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia 2 Professor, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, ...