Alternatives to potentially inappropriate medications for use in e-prescribing software: triggers and treatment algorithms.

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：: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

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：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:Patient safety studies have identified older adults as a high-risk group for adverse events (AEs). As frequent users of the emergency department (ED), they are vulnerable to the negative consequences of ED crowding. The study objective was to determine whether a prolonged ED stay is associated with an increas...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Ackroyd-Stolarz S,Read Guernsey J,Mackinnon NJ,Kovacs G

更新日期：2011-07-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:Paediatric cardiac surgery has a low error tolerance and demands high levels of cognitive and technical performance. Growing evidence suggests that further improvements in patient outcomes depend on system factors, in particular, effective team skills. The hypotheses that small intraoperative non-routine even...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Schraagen JM,Schouten T,Smit M,Haas F,van der Beek D,van de Ven J,Barach P

更新日期：2011-07-01 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：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：BACKGROUND:A growing body of peer-reviewed studies demonstrate the importance of safety culture in healthcare safety improvement, but little attention has focused on developing a common set of definitions, dimensions and measures. OBJECTIVES:Specific objectives of this literature review include: summarising definition...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Halligan M,Zecevic A

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：:The opening keynote session of the 16th Annual National Patient Safety Foundation Patient Safety Congress, held 14-16 May 2014, featured a debate addressing the merits and challenges of accountability with respect to key issues in patient safety. The specific resolution debated was: Certain safety practices should be ...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： McTiernan P,Wachter RM,Meyer GS,Gandhi TK

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The American College of Surgeons' Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) provides trauma centres with performance reports on their processes and outcomes of care relative to their peers. This study explored how performance reports are used by trauma centre leaders to engage in performance improvement and ...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Gotlib Conn L,Hoeft C,Neal M,Nathens A

更新日期：2019-09-01 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：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 AND OBJECTIVES:Due to the multitude of questions in the Hospital-Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (H-CAHPS) survey, it may be difficult to decide where quality improvement efforts should be focused. Our organisation has supplemented the survey with a 'patient complaints' section. The s...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Kemp K,Warren S,Chan N,McCormack B,Santana M,Quan H

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association of consultants' experience with mortality by day of the week when elective surgery was performed. DESIGN:Retrospective observational study using English hospital administrative data. SETTING:All acute and specialist English National Health Service (NHS) hospitals carrying out elec...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Ruiz M,Bottle A,Aylin PP

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:We sought to identify the characteristics of patients who experience medical emergency team calls in the radiology department (MET-RD) and the relationship between these characteristics and patient outcomes. DESIGN/PARTICIPANTS:Retrospective review of 111 inpatient MET-RD calls (May 2008-April 2010). SETTIN...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Ott LK,Pinsky MR,Hoffman LA,Clarke SP,Clark S,Ren D,Hravnak M

更新日期：2012-06-01 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：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 human factors has increased across healthcare communities and institutions as the value of human centred design in healthcare becomes increasingly clear. However, as human factors is becoming more prominent, there is growing evidence of confusion about human factors science, both anecdotally and ...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Russ AL,Fairbanks RJ,Karsh BT,Militello LG,Saleem JJ,Wears RL

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Relatively little is known about how scorecards presenting performance indicators influence medication safety. We evaluated the effects of implementing a ward-level medication safety scorecard piloted in two English NHS hospitals and factors influencing these. METHODS:We used a mixed methods, controlled bef...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Ramsay AI,Turner S,Cavell G,Oborne CA,Thomas RE,Cookson G,Fulop NJ

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine how disciplinary tribunals assess different forms of misconduct in deciding whether to remove doctors from practice for professional misconduct. DESIGN AND SETTING:Multivariable regression analysis of 485 cases in which tribunals found doctors guilty of professional misconduct. The cases came from...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Elkin K,Spittal MJ,Elkin D,Studdert DM

更新日期：2012-12-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Hip fractures are associated with high rates of morbidity and mortality and their incidence is set to increase. The National Hip Fracture Database and the Best Practice Tariff were introduced with the aim of improving patient care. This complete audit cycle charts the substantial clinical improvements that...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Hawkes D,Baxter J,Bailey C,Holland G,Ruddlesdin J,Wall A,Wykes P

更新日期：2015-08-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Systemic issues can adversely affect the diagnostic process. Many system-related barriers can be masked by 'resilient' actions of frontline providers (ie, actions supporting the safe delivery of care in the presence of pressures that the system cannot readily adapt to). We explored system barriers and resili...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Smith MW,Davis Giardina T,Murphy DR,Laxmisan A,Singh H

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Interest in the use of social network analysis (SNA) in healthcare research has increased, but there has been little methodological research on how to choose the name generators that are often used to collect primary data on the social connection between individuals for SNA. OBJECTIVE:We sought to determine...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Burt RS,Meltzer DO,Seid M,Borgert A,Chung JW,Colletti RB,Dellal G,Kahn SA,Kaplan HC,Peterson LE,Margolis P

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Intravenous medication errors persist despite the use of smart pumps. This suggests the need for a standardised methodology for measuring errors and highlights the importance of identifying issues around smart pump medication administration in order to improve patient safety. OBJECTIVES:We conducted a mul...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Schnock KO,Dykes PC,Albert J,Ariosto D,Call R,Cameron C,Carroll DL,Drucker AG,Fang L,Garcia-Palm CA,Husch MM,Maddox RR,McDonald N,McGuire J,Rafie S,Robertson E,Saine D,Sawyer MD,Smith LP,Stinger KD,Vanderveen TW,

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00