Perspectives on quality of care for people who experience disability.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In order to improve its quality-assurance programme based on ISO 9001, the Central Sterile Supply Department of a public university hospital has performed a prospective risk analysis using the Preliminary Risk Analysis method (PRA). The objectives were the achievement of a global risk mapping related to the ...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Niel-Lainé J,Martelli N,Bonan B,Talon D,Desroches A,Prognon P,Vincent F

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：:This paper aims to draw attention to the social and micropolitical dimensions of attempting to implement improvements within healthcare organisations. It is argued that quality improvement initiatives, like other forms of organisational innovation, will fail unless they are conceived and implemented in such a way as t...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Langley A,Denis JL

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Burnout is widespread among healthcare providers and is associated with adverse safety behaviours, operational and clinical outcomes. Little is known with regard to the explanatory links between burnout and these adverse outcomes. OBJECTIVES:(1) Test the psychometric properties of a brief four-item burnout ...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Profit J,Sharek PJ,Amspoker AB,Kowalkowski MA,Nisbet CC,Thomas EJ,Chadwick WA,Sexton JB

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To sustainably reduce the rate of mislabelled laboratory specimens through implementation of a series of interventions as led and coordinated by a multidisciplinary performance improvement team. METHODS:The quality improvement project was performed at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, an academic ...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Seferian EG,Jamal S,Clark K,Cirricione M,Burnes-Bolton L,Amin M,Romanoff N,Klapper E

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the effectiveness of two types of online learning methodologies for improving the patient-safety behaviours mandated in the Joint Commission National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG). METHODS:This randomised controlled trial was conducted in 2010 at Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's ...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Shaw TJ,Pernar LI,Peyre SE,Helfrick JF,Vogelgesang KR,Graydon-Baker E,Chretien Y,Brown EJ,Nicholson JC,Heit JJ,Co JP,Gandhi T

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI) are costly, common and often preventable by reducing unnecessary urinary catheter (UC) use. METHODS:To summarise interventions to reduce UC use and CAUTIs, we updated a prior systematic review (through October 2012), and a meta-analysis regarding interven...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Meddings J,Rogers MA,Krein SL,Fakih MG,Olmsted RN,Saint S

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：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 from clinical interventions. Widely used critical appraisal instruments do not take unique QI features into account and e...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Hempel S,Shekelle PG,Liu JL,Sherwood Danz M,Foy R,Lim YW,Motala A,Rubenstein LV

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progress in reducing diagnostic errors remains slow partly due to poorly defined methods to identify errors, high-risk situations, and adverse events. Electronic trigger (e-trigger) tools, which mine vast amounts of patient data to identify signals indicative of a likely error or adverse event, offer a promising metho...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Murphy DR,Meyer AN,Sittig DF,Meeks DW,Thomas EJ,Singh H

更新日期：2019-02-01 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：:Current methods used to evaluate the effects of healthcare improvement efforts have limitations. Designs with strong causal inference-such as individual patient or cluster randomisation-can be inappropriate and infeasible to use in single-centre settings. Simpler designs-such as prepost studies-are unable to infer cau...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Walkey AJ,Bor J,Cordella NJ

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Under the 'Choosing Wisely' (CW) framework, professional organisations internationally have advocated limiting imaging for asymptomatic patients following curative cancer therapy, based on limited value and high cost. F18-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography-CT (PET/CT) was widely adopted lo...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Paltiel O,Raviv Sharabi G,Tzemach R,Rechavi T,Trachtenberg E,Goldschmidt N,Dann EJ,Bar-Shalom R

更新日期：2020-05-28 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Administrative data systems are used to identify hospital-based patient safety events; few studies evaluate their accuracy. We assessed the accuracy of a new set of patient safety indicators (PSIs; designed to identify in hospital complications). STUDY DESIGN:Prospectively defined analysis of registry data (...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： McIsaac DI,Hamilton GM,Abdulla K,Lavallée LT,Moloo H,Pysyk C,Tufts J,Ghali WA,Forster AJ

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine the quality and diagnostic accuracy of in-hospital adult clinical emergency calls. DESIGN:Prospective observational study. SETTING:Three National Health Service acute hospitals in England. PARTICIPANTS:Adult patients sustaining an in-hospital cardiac arrest (CA) or medical emergency (ME) which...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Akhtar N,Field RA,Greenwood L,Davies RP,Woolley S,Cooke MW,Perkins GD

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recent research suggests that hospital rates of postoperative venous thromboembolism (VTE) are subject to surveillance bias: the more hospitals 'look for' VTE, the more VTE they find. However, little is known about what drives variation in hospital VTE imaging rates. We conducted an observational study to ex...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Chung JW,Ju MH,Kinnier CV,Haut ER,Baker DW,Bilimoria KY

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patient safety experts have postulated that increasing patient participation in communications during patient handovers will improve the quality of patient transitions, and that this may reduce hospital readmissions. Choosing strategies that enhance patient safety through improved handovers requires better u...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

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

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:People who are sick are often the most vulnerable in society. They frequently rely on caring and competent healthcare professionals and should and do have expectations of a safe and caring environment. In a recent unexpected adventure through the healthcare system, the organisation, professionalism, caring and compass...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： McCullough M

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore whether differences between collaboratives with respect to type of topic, type of targets, measures (systems) are also reflected in the degree of effectiveness. STUDY SETTING:182 teams from long-term healthcare organisation developed improvement initiatives in seven quality-improvement collaborati...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Strating MM,Nieboer AP,Zuiderent-Jerak T,Bal RA

更新日期：2011-04-01 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:A safe delivery is part of a good start in life, and a continuous focus on preventing harm during delivery is crucial, even in settings with a good safety record. In January 2013, the labour unit at Copenhagen University Hospital, Hvidovre, undertook a quality improvement (QI) project to prevent asphyxia and...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Hollesen RVB,Johansen RLR,Rørbye C,Munk L,Barker P,Kjaerbye-Thygesen A

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Few studies have investigated whether clinicians can use checklists to verify their diagnostic decisions. Checklists may improve accuracy by prompting clinicians to reconsider or recollect information but might impair decision making by adding to clinicians' cognitive load. This study assessed whether checkl...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Sibbald M,de Bruin AB,Cavalcanti RB,van Merrienboer JJ

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

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：OBJECTIVE:To assess quality of care for children presenting with acute abdominal pain using validated indicators. DESIGN:Audit of care quality for acute abdominal pain according to 21 care quality indicators developed and validated in four stages. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS:Medical records of children aged 1-15 years r...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Zurynski Y,Churruca K,Arnolda G,Dalton S,Ting HP,Hibbert PD,Molloy C,Wiles LK,de Wet C,Braithwaite J

更新日期：2020-06-01 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：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：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：BACKGROUND:Interest in patient safety (PS) is growing exponentially, fuelled by epidemiological research unveiling the extent of unsafe care. However, there is little information about the frequency of harm in developing and transitional countries. To address this issue, the authors performed a study known as the Ibero...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Aranaz-Andrés JM,Aibar-Remón C,Limón-Ramírez R,Amarilla A,Restrepo FR,Urroz O,Sarabia O,García-Corcuera LV,Terol-García E,Agra-Varela Y,Gonseth-García J,Bates DW,Larizgoitia I,IBEAS team.

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Transfers of care have become increasingly frequent and complex with shorter inpatient stays and changes in work hour regulations. Potential hazards exist with transfers. There are few reports of institution-wide efforts to improve handoffs. METHODS:An institution-wide physician handoff task force was devel...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Horwitz LI,Schuster KM,Thung SF,Hersh DC,Fisher RL,Shah N,Cushing W,Nunes J,Silverman DG,Jenq GY

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the quality of guidelines, consensus statements and systematic reviews on flu and pneumococcal immunisations in HIV-infected children. METHOD:The authors screened PubMed and Embase databases until the year 2009 for guidelines, consensus statements and systematic reviews on flu and pneumococcal immu...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Giannattasio A,Lo Vecchio A,Albano F,Giacomet V,Barbarino A,Guarino A

更新日期：2011-05-01 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