In the spotlight: healthcare inspections as an opportunity for trainee clinicians to be the leaders of today.

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：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: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：BACKGROUND:Plan-do-study-act (PDSA) cycles provide a structure for iterative testing of changes to improve quality of systems. The method is widely accepted in healthcare improvement; however there is little overarching evaluation of how the method is applied. This paper proposes a theoretical framework for assessing t...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Taylor MJ,McNicholas C,Nicolay C,Darzi A,Bell D,Reed JE

更新日期：2014-04-01 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: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：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: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：BACKGROUND:The egregious failings in patient safety at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust between 2005 and 2009 identified by Sir Robert Francis QC in his public inquiry prompted him to recommend the introduction of a new criminal offence into English law in circumstances where a patient dies or is seriously harmed...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Yeung K,Horder J

更新日期：2014-06-01 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：BACKGROUND:National Hospital Quality Measures (NHQM) should accurately reflect quality of care, as they increasingly impact reimbursement and reputation. However, similar to risk adjustment of outcomes measures, NHQM process measures pose unique methodological concerns, including lack of representativeness of the final...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Bruckel J,Liu X,Hohmann SF,Karson AS,Mort E,Shahian DM

更新日期：2017-03-01 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: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: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：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：:This paper adopts methods from the organisational team training literature to outline how health professions education can improve patient safety. We argue that health educators can improve training quality by intentionally encouraging errors during simulation-based team training. Preventable medical errors are inevit...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： King A,Holder MG Jr,Ahmed RA

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Community pharmacists are well positioned to support patients' minor ailments. The objective was to evaluate the clinical and humanistic impact of a minor ailment service (MAS) in community pharmacy compared with usual pharmacist care (UC). METHODS:A cluster randomised controlled trial was conducted. Interv...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Dineen-Griffin S,Benrimoj SI,Rogers K,Williams KA,Garcia-Cardenas V

更新日期：2020-11-01 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：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：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：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：BACKGROUND:Free-text directions generated by prescribers in electronic prescriptions can be difficult for patients to understand due to their variability, complexity and ambiguity. Pharmacy staff are responsible for transcribing these directions so that patients can take their medication as prescribed. However, little ...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Zheng Y,Jiang Y,Dorsch MP,Ding Y,Vydiswaran VGV,Lester CA

更新日期：2020-05-25 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：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：: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:Quality collaboratives are widely endorsed as a potentially effective method for translating and spreading best practices for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) care. Nevertheless, hospital success in improving performance through participation in collaboratives varies markedly. We sought to understand what d...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Bradley EH,Brewster AL,McNatt Z,Linnander EL,Cherlin E,Fosburgh H,Ting HH,Curry LA

更新日期：2018-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Healthcare systems worldwide are concerned with strengthening board-level governance of quality. We applied Lozeau, Langley and Denis' typology (transformation, customisation, loose coupling and corruption) to describe and explain the organisational response to an improvement intervention in six hospital boa...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Jones L,Pomeroy L,Robert G,Burnett S,Anderson JE,Morris S,Capelas Barbosa E,Fulop NJ

更新日期：2019-03-01 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