Beyond evidence: the micropolitics of improvement.

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：OBJECTIVE:To determine the association between daily levels of registered nurse (RN) and nursing assistant staffing and hospital mortality. DESIGN:This is a retrospective longitudinal observational study using routinely collected data. We used multilevel/hierarchical mixed-effects regression models to explore the asso...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Griffiths P,Maruotti A,Recio Saucedo A,Redfern OC,Ball JE,Briggs J,Dall'Ora C,Schmidt PE,Smith GB,Missed Care Study Group.

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Insulin is a high-risk medicine which may cause significant patient harm or death when given incorrectly. A 10-fold error in administered insulin dose commonly occurs when the abbreviation 'u' is used for 'units' and subsequently misinterpreted as a 'zero.' METHOD:A multidisciplinary working party was conve...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Dooley MJ,Wiseman M,McRae A,Murray D,Van De Vreede M,Topliss D,Poole SG,Wyatt S,Newnham H

更新日期：2011-07-01 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:Patient and public involvement (PPI) is often an essential requirement for research funding. Distinctions can be drawn between clinical research, which generally focuses on patients, and implementation research, which generally focuses on health professional behaviour. There is uncertainty about the role of ...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Gray-Burrows KA,Willis TA,Foy R,Rathfelder M,Bland P,Chin A,Hodgson S,Ibegbuna G,Prestwich G,Samuel K,Wood L,Yaqoob F,McEachan RRC

更新日期：2018-10-01 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：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: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：PURPOSE:To evaluate the impact of implementation of a dedicated intensivist-led medical emergency team (IL-MET) on mortality in patients admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS:All adult ward admissions to the ICU between July 2002 and December 2009 were reviewed (n=1920) after excluding readmissions and ad...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Karvellas CJ,de Souza IA,Gibney RT,Bagshaw SM

更新日期：2012-02-01 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：:In a high-reliability organisation (HRO), safety and quality (SQ) is an organisational priority, and all workforce members are engaged, continuously learning and improving their work. To build organisational capacity for SQ work, we have developed a role-tailored capacity-building framework that we are currently emplo...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Aboumatar HJ,Weaver SJ,Rees D,Rosen MA,Sawyer MD,Pronovost PJ

更新日期：2017-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:Diagnostic errors (missed, delayed or wrong diagnosis) have recently gained attention and are associated with significant preventable morbidity and mortality. The authors reviewed the recent literature and identified interventions that address system-related factors that contribute directly to diagnostic err...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Singh H,Graber ML,Kissam SM,Sorensen AV,Lenfestey NF,Tant EM,Henriksen K,LaBresh KA

更新日期：2012-02-01 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：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：:This commentary explores the nature of creating safety in the here-and-now. Creating safety encompasses two dimensions: revisiting specific behaviours by focusing on substandard performance (reflection), and a more broad-ranging attention to everyday behaviours that are taken as given (reflexivity). The piece pays par...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Iedema R

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To provide national estimates of the number and clinical and economic burden of medication errors in the National Health Service (NHS) in England. METHODS:We used UK-based prevalence of medication errors (in prescribing, dispensing, administration and monitoring) in primary care, secondary care and care hom...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Elliott RA,Camacho E,Jankovic D,Sculpher MJ,Faria R

更新日期：2021-02-01 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：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：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：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：:BACKGROUND Previous research has shown a correlation between physician job satisfaction and patient satisfaction with quality of care, but the connection between job satisfaction of other primary care team members and patient satisfaction is yet unclear. OBJECTIVE To evaluate whether there is an association between pa...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Szecsenyi J,Goetz K,Campbell S,Broge B,Reuschenbach B,Wensing M

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Individual effort and practice systems contribute to quality performance, but the nature of their contributions remains unclear. METHODS:This study assessed the roles of individual attributes and behaviours versus practice attributes in quality performance by assessing general internists' perceptions of f...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Pham HH,Bernabeo EC,Chesluk BJ,Holmboe ES

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There have been repeated calls to better involve patients and the public and to place them at the centre of healthcare. Serious clinical and service failings in the UK and internationally increase the urgency and importance of addressing this problem. Despite this supportive policy context, progress to achie...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Ocloo J,Matthews R

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This article is an exploration of views and experiences of Patient Safety Walkrounds, a widely recommended strategy for identifying patient safety problems and improving safety culture. DESIGN AND SETTING:Qualitative analysis of semistructured, in-depth interviews with 11 senior leaders and 33 front-line sta...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Rotteau L,Shojania KG,Webster F

更新日期：2014-10-01 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:The discharge letter is the primary means of communication at patient discharge, yet discharge letters are often not completed on time. A multifaceted intervention was performed to improve communication in patient hand-off from the intensive care unit (ICU) to the wards by improving the timeliness of dischar...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Medlock S,Eslami S,Askari M,van Lieshout EJ,Dongelmans DA,Abu-Hanna A

更新日期：2011-11-01 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 2005, The Joint Commission included medication reconciliation as a National Patient Safety Goal to reduce medication errors related to omissions, duplications and interactions. Hospitals continue to struggle to implement successful programmes that meet these objectives. METHODS:The authors used improveme...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： White CM,Schoettker PJ,Conway PH,Geiser M,Olivea J,Pruett R,Kotagal UR

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00