Correspondence to Dr David Cumin, Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142, New Zealand; d.cumin{at}auckland.ac.nz Background Communication of clinically ...

1 Houston VA HSR&D Center of Excellence and The Center of Inquiry to Improve Outpatient Safety Through Effective Electronic Communication, Houston, Texas, USA 2 Department of Medicine, Baylor College ...

1 Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA 2 Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA 8 Pediatric Critical Care, ...

There is wide belief that organisational culture shapes many aspects of performance, including safety. Yet proof of this relationship in a medical context is hard to find. In contrast to human factors ...

Background Patients are a valuable source of information about ways to prevent harm in primary care and are in a unique position to provide feedback about the factors that contribute to safety ...

Background Safety-netting is intended to protect against harm from uncertainty in diagnosis/disease trajectory. Despite recommendations to communicate diagnostic uncertainty when safety-netting, this ...

Safety in the clinical environment is based on structures that reduce the probability of harm, on evidence that enhances the likelihood of actions that increase favourable outcomes, and on explicit ...

Background The number of quality indicators for which clinicians need to record data is increasing. For many indicators, there are concerns about their efficacy. This study aimed to determine whether ...

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2 Department of Bachelor in Nursing, University College Arteveldehogeschool Ghent, Gent, Belgium Context Previous studies report that pressure ulcer classification and differentiation from ...

Background Bedside rounds (BR) have been proposed as an ideal method to promote patient-centred hospital care, but there is substantial variation in their implementation and effects. Our objectives ...