Evaluation of hospital factors associated with hospital postoperative venous thromboembolism imaging utilisation practices.

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：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:Timely reporting and acknowledgement are crucial steps in critical laboratory results (CLR) management. The authors previously showed that an automated pathway incorporating short messaging system (SMS) texts, auto-escalation, and manual telephone back-up improved the rate and speed of physician acknowledgem...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Ti LK,Ang SB,Saw S,Sethi SK,Yip JW

更新日期：2012-08-01 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：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：OBJECTIVE:Implement and demonstrate feasibility of in situ simulations to identify latent safety threats (LSTs) at a higher rate than lab-based training, and reinforce teamwork training in a paediatric emergency department (ED). METHODS:Multidisciplinary healthcare providers responded to critical simulated patients in...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Patterson MD,Geis GL,Falcone RA,LeMaster T,Wears RL

更新日期：2013-06-01 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:Standard operating procedures (SOPs) should improve safety in the operating theatre, but controlled studies evaluating the effect of staff-led implementation are needed. METHODS:In a controlled interrupted time series, we evaluated three team process measures (compliance with WHO surgical safety checklist, ...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Morgan L,New S,Robertson E,Collins G,Rivero-Arias O,Catchpole K,Pickering SP,Hadi M,Griffin D,McCulloch P

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the psychometric properties of the French-language version of the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPSC). METHODS:Data were obtained from a staff survey at a Swiss multisite hospital. We computed descriptive statistics and internal consistency coefficients, then conducted a confirmatory...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Perneger TV,Staines A,Kundig F

更新日期：2014-05-01 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

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：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 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：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: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：: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：: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：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 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: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:In Scotland, the uptake of clinic-based breast (72%) and cervical (77%) screening is higher than home-based colorectal screening (~60%). To inform new approaches to increase uptake of colorectal screening, we compared the perceptions of colorectal screening among women with different screening histories. ME...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： Kotzur M,McCowan C,Macdonald S,Wyke S,Gatting L,Campbell C,Weller D,Crighton E,Steele RJC,Robb KA

更新日期：2020-06-01 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：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：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：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：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：:'The Problem with…' series covers controversial topics related to efforts to improve healthcare quality, including widely recommended, but deceptively difficult strategies for improvement and pervasive problems that seem to resist solution. ...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： de Vos MS,Hamming JF,Marang-van de Mheen PJ

更新日期：2018-09-01 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:Patient participation in care is a fundamental element of safe and high-quality healthcare with the potential to enhance health outcomes and improve patient satisfaction. OBJECTIVES:To test the efficacy of a clinician-facilitated, bedside multimedia (MyStay) intervention designed to support patient particip...

journal_title：BMJ quality & safety

authors： McDonall J,de Steiger R,Reynolds J,Redley B,Livingston PM,Hutchinson AF,Botti M

更新日期：2019-10-01 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