An institution-wide handoff task force to standardise and improve physician handoffs.

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: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：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：:There have been repeated calls from all quarters of healthcare for more clinicians to be leaders. The risks of not accepting this responsibility have been demonstrated by harrowing reports into failed care in England. Ambiguity persists over what clinical leadership encompasses, how it can be developed and how to insp...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Ramanuj PP,Ryland H,Mitchell EW,Parvizi N,Chinthapalli K

更新日期：2014-08-01 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

abstract：:The use of statistical process control (SPC) charts in healthcare is increasing. The primary purpose of SPC is to distinguish between common-cause variation which is attributable to the underlying process, and special-cause variation which is extrinsic to the underlying process. This is important because improvement u...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Mohammed MA,Panesar JS,Laney DB,Wilson R

更新日期：2013-04-01 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：BACKGROUND:We sought to investigate the formal and informal ways preregistration students from medicine, nursing, pharmacy and the allied healthcare professions learn about patient safety. METHODS:We drew on Eraut's framework on formal and informal acquisition of professional knowledge to undertake a series of phased ...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Cresswell K,Howe A,Steven A,Smith P,Ashcroft D,Fairhurst K,Bradley F,Magnusson C,McArthur M,Pearson P,Sheikh A,Patient Safety Education Research Group.

更新日期：2013-10-01 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:Experts in patient safety stress the importance of a shared culture of safety. Lack of consensus may be detrimental to patient safety. This study examines differences in patient safety culture perceptions among providers, management and staff in a large national survey of safety culture in ambulatory practic...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Hickner J,Smith SA,Yount N,Sorra J

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Readmissions of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) have devastating effects on patient quality-of-life, disease progression and healthcare cost. Effective interventions to reduce COPD readmissions are needed. OBJECTIVES:Reduce 30-day all-cause readmissions by (1) creating a COPD care bundle that a...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Zafar MA,Panos RJ,Ko J,Otten LC,Gentene A,Guido M,Clark K,Lee C,Robertson J,Alessandrini EA

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of a clinical pharmacist service on health-related quality of life (HRQL) and prescribing of drugs. METHODS A randomised controlled study was performed in two internal medicine wards. The intervention consisted of medication reviews with feedback to the physicians, drug treatment disc...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Bladh L,Ottosson E,Karlsson J,Klintberg L,Wallerstedt SM

更新日期：2011-09-01 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：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：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：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：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：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：:Statistical hypothesis testing involving the comparison of three or more means and/or proportions is a frequent undertaking in medical statistics. For comparison of means, analysis of variance is a common choice and for comparison of proportions, χ(2) tests are common. However, both these approaches have important lim...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Mohammed MA,Holder R

更新日期：2012-06-01 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：: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 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：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：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:Improved hospital care is needed to reduce newborn mortality in low/middle-income countries (LMIC). Nurses are essential to the delivery of safe and effective care, but nurse shortages and high patient workloads may result in missed care. We aimed to examine nursing care delivered to sick newborns and identi...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Gathara D,Serem G,Murphy GAV,Obengo A,Tallam E,Jackson D,Brownie S,English M

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association of mortality by day of the week for emergency and elective patients. DESIGN:Retrospective observational study using the international dataset from the Global Comparators (GC) project consisting of hospital administrative data. SETTING:28 hospitals from England, Australia, USA and ...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Ruiz M,Bottle A,Aylin PP

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Hospital-acquired pressure injuries are localised skin injuries that cause significant mortality and are costly. Nursing best practices prevent pressure injuries, including time-consuming, complex tasks that lack payment incentives. The Braden Scale is an evidence-based stratification tool nurses use daily to...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Padula WV,Pronovost PJ,Makic MBF,Wald HL,Moran D,Mishra MK,Meltzer DO

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To synthesise qualitative studies that investigated the experiences of healthcare professionals with using information from patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) to improve the quality of care. DESIGN:A qualitative systematic review was conducted by searching PubMed, PsycINFO and CINAHL with no time res...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Boyce MB,Browne JP,Greenhalgh J

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：BACKGROUND:Root cause analyses of surgical complications are of high importance to ensure surgical quality, but specific details on technical causes often remain unclear. Identifying subclinical intraoperative incidents attributable to technical errors is essential for developing rescue mechanisms to prevent adverse ou...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Bonrath EM,Gordon LE,Grantcharov TP

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00