Effects of a clinical pharmacist service on health-related quality of life and prescribing of drugs: a randomised controlled trial.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Diagnostic error is commonly defined as a missed, delayed or wrong diagnosis and has been described as among the most important patient safety hazards. Diagnostic errors also account for the largest category of medical malpractice high severity claims and total payouts. Despite a large literature on the inci...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Gunderson CG,Bilan VP,Holleck JL,Nickerson P,Cherry BM,Chui P,Bastian LA,Grimshaw AA,Rodwin BA

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In an international effort to reduce antibiotic resistance, in part suggested to be the effect of inappropriate antibiotic use, several quality indicators for outpatient antibiotic use have been proposed. In this study, geographical and educational differences in fluoroquinolone prescription in the treatment...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Ljung R,Reimers A,Ericsson O,Burström B

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient safety (PS) receives limited attention in health professional curricula. We developed and pilot tested four Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) stations intended to reflect socio-cultural dimensions in the Canadian Patient Safety Institute's Safety Competency Framework. SETTING AND PART...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Ginsburg LR,Tregunno D,Norton PG,Smee S,de Vries I,Sebok SS,VanDenKerkhof EG,Luctkar-Flude M,Medves J

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-drug technologies offer many benefits, but have been associated with adverse events, prompting calls for improved postmarket surveillance. There is little empirical research to guide the development of such a system. The purpose of this study was to identify optimal postmarket surveillance strategies for...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Gagliardi AR,Umoquit M,Lehoux P,Ross S,Ducey A,Urbach DR

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Learning is in delicate balance with safety, as faculty supervisors try to foster trainee development while safeguarding patients. This balance is particularly challenging if trainees are allowed to experience the educational benefits of failure, acknowledged as a critical resource for developing competence ...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Klasen JM,Driessen E,Teunissen PW,Lingard LA

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the psychometric properties of the French-language version of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC). METHODS:Data were obtained from a staff survey at a Swiss multisite hospital. We computed descriptive statistics and internal consistency coefficients, then conducted a confirmatory...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Perneger TV,Staines A,Kundig F

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Computerised order sets have the potential to reduce clinical variation and improve patient safety but the effect is variable. We sought to evaluate the impact of changes to the design of an order set on the delivery of chlorhexidine mouthwash and hydroxyethyl starch (HES) to patients in the intensive care un...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Bourdeaux CP,Davies KJ,Thomas MJ,Bewley JS,Gould TH

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the effectiveness of a 'Do not interrupt' bundled intervention to reduce non-medication-related interruptions to nurses during medication administration. METHODS:A parallel eight cluster randomised controlled study was conducted in a major teaching hospital in Adelaide, Australia. Four wards were rando...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Westbrook JI,Li L,Hooper TD,Raban MZ,Middleton S,Lehnbom EC

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Careful design of preprinted order sets is needed to prevent medical overuse. Recent work suggests that removing a single checkbox from an order set changes physicians' clinical decision-making. LOCAL PROBLEM:During a 2-month period, our coronary care unit (CCU) ordered almost eight times as many serum thyr...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Leis B,Frost A,Bryce R,Lyon AW,Coverett K

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Although registered nurses (RNs) are central in patient care, we have not found prior research that specifically addresses how RNs assess the safety of patient care at their workplace and how factors in RNs' work environment are related to their assessments. This study aims to address these issues. METHOD...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Smeds Alenius L,Tishelman C,Runesdotter S,Lindqvist R

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The world is not flat. Hierarchy is a fact of life in society and in healthcare institutions. National, specialty-specific and institutional cultures may play an important role in shaping today's patient-safety climate. The influence of power distance on safety interventions is under-studied. Checklists may make power...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Raghunathan K

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：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 synthesise available tools and their measurement properties in order to identify the most robust tool for measuring the team...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Boet S,Etherington N,Larrigan S,Yin L,Khan H,Sullivan K,Jung JJ,Grantcharov TP

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To understand what patients and family members know about problems and failures in healthcare. DESIGN:Qualitative, semistructured open-ended interviews were conducted with 39 patients and 80 family members about their experiences of incidents in tertiary healthcare. Nineteen interviews involved more than one...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Iedema R,Allen S,Britton K,Gallagher TH

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:The goal of this study was to identify barriers and facilitators to the optimal management of critically ill children who present initially to community hospitals and how best to support the needs of front-line healthcare providers in these settings prior to transfer to the regional academic paediatric health...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Gilleland J,McGugan J,Brooks S,Dobbins M,Ploeg J

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Risk-adjustment schemes are used to monitor hospital performance, on the assumption that excess mortality not explained by case mix is largely attributable to suboptimal care. We have developed a model to estimate the proportion of the variation in standardised mortality ratios (SMRs) that can be accounted for by vari...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Girling AJ,Hofer TP,Wu J,Chilton PJ,Nicholl JP,Mohammed MA,Lilford RJ

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Adverse events (AEs) affect 3-12% of hospitalised patients. These are estimates from a labour-intensive chart review process,which is not feasible outside research. Clinical deterioration on the wards triggers a rapid response teams (RRTs) consult and can be used to identify an AE prospectively. OBJECTIVE...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Amaral AC,McDonald A,Coburn NG,Xiong W,Shojania KG,Fowler RA,Chapman M,Adhikari NK

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Errors in clinical reasoning occur in most cases in which the diagnosis is missed, delayed or wrong. The goal of this review was to identify interventions that might reduce the likelihood of these cognitive errors. DESIGN:We searched PubMed and other medical and non-medical databases and identified addition...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Graber ML,Kissam S,Payne VL,Meyer AN,Sorensen A,Lenfestey N,Tant E,Henriksen K,Labresh K,Singh H

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Monitoring blood pressure at 72 hours and 7-10 days post partum in women with hypertensive disorders is recommended to decrease morbidity. However, there are no recommendations as to how to achieve this. OBJECTIVE:To compare the effectiveness of text-based blood pressure monitoring to in-person visits for w...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Hirshberg A,Downes K,Srinivas S

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) often produce skewed distributions of individual scores after a healthcare intervention. For health performance indicators derived from skewed distributions, funnel plots designed with symmetric control limits may increase the risk of false alarms about poor performa...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Neuburger J,Cromwell DA,Hutchings A,Black N,van der Meulen JH

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Advocates for quality and safety have called for healthcare that is patient-centred and decision-making that involves patients. OBJECTIVE:The aim of the paper is to explore the barriers and facilitators to patient-centred care in the hospital discharge process. METHODS:A qualitative study using purposive s...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Hesselink G,Flink M,Olsson M,Barach P,Dudzik-Urbaniak E,Orrego C,Toccafondi G,Kalkman C,Johnson JK,Schoonhoven L,Vernooij-Dassen M,Wollersheim H,European HANDOVER Research Collaborative.

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Distraction and interruption are endemic in the clinical environment and contribute to error. This study assesses whether simulation-based training with targeted feedback can improve undergraduate management of distractions and interruptions to reduce error-making. DESIGN:A prospective non-randomised contro...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Thomas I,Nicol L,Regan L,Cleland J,Maliepaard D,Clark L,Walker K,Duncan J

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE:Quality of care is considered to be of central importance in healthcare, disability services and rehabilitation. People experiencing disability often access a range of health and social care services; for some, these services are integral parts of daily life. Little research has explored perspe...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Fadyl JK,McPherson KM,Kayes NM

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In this study, we aim to develop a set of quality indicators for optimal perioperative diabetes care throughout the hospital care pathway and to gain insight into the feasibility of the indicator set in daily clinical practice by assessing the clinimetric properties of the indicators in a practice test. MET...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Hommel I,van Gurp PJ,Tack CJ,Wollersheim H,Hulscher ME

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether sharing of routinely collected health service performance data could have predicted a critical safety failure at an Australian maternity service. DESIGN:Observational quantitative descriptive study. SETTING:A public hospital maternity service in Victoria, Australia. DATA SOURCES:A pub...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Nowotny BM,Davies-Tuck M,Scott B,Stewart M,Cox E,Cusack K,Fletcher M,Saar E,Farrell T,Anil S,McKinlay L,Wallace EM

更新日期：2020-01-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Despite the increased focus on improving patient's postacute care outcomes, best practices for reducing readmissions from skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) are unclear. The objective of this study was to observe processes used to prepare patients for postacute care in SNFs, and to explore differences between...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Manges KA,Ayele R,Leonard C,Lee M,Galenbeck E,Burke RE

更新日期：2020-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To demonstrate complementary results of regression and statistical process control (SPC) chart analyses for hospital-acquired pressure ulcers (HAPUs), and identify possible links between changes and opportunities for improvement between hospital microsystems and macrosystems. METHODS:Ordinary least squares ...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Padula WV,Mishra MK,Weaver CD,Yilmaz T,Splaine ME

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a chronic disease requiring patients to have frequent specialty healthcare visits to delay progression of lung disease, prevent and treat failure to thrive and initiate early interventions to prevent acute illness and complications. The CF Foundation recommends that patients have visits with th...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Berlinski A,Chambers MJ,Willis L,Homa K,Com G

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Existing evidence indicates that reducing nurse staffing and/or skill mix adversely affects care quality. Nursing shortages may lead managers to dilute nursing team skill mix, substituting assistant personnel for registered nurses (RNs). However, no previous studies have described the relationship between nu...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Bridges J,Griffiths P,Oliver E,Pickering RM

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine whether the items on the Time Out and the Sign Out of the Surgical Safety Checklist are properly checked by operating room (OR) staff and to explore whether the number of checked items is influenced by the severity of the intervention and the use of the checklist as a memory tool during the Time...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Cullati S,Le Du S,Raë AC,Micallef M,Khabiri E,Ourahmoune A,Boireaux A,Licker M,Chopard P

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical errors continue to occur despite multiple strategies devised for their prevention. Although many safety initiatives lead to improvement, they are often short lived and unsustainable. Our goal was to build a culture of patient safety within a structure that optimised teamwork and ongoing engagement of the healt...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Thomas L,Galla C

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00