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:'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.
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BMJ Qual Safjournal_title
BMJ quality & safetyauthors
de Vos MS,Hamming JF,Marang-van de Mheen PJdoi
10.1136/bmjqs-2017-007463subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2018-09-01 00:00:00pages
758-762issue
9eissn
2044-5415issn
2044-5423pii
bmjqs-2017-007463journal_volume
27pub_type
杂志文章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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004112
更新日期:2016-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::The world is not flat. Hierarchy is a fact of life in society and in healthcare institutions. National, specialty-specific and institutional cultures may play an important role in shaping today's patient-safety climate. The influence of power distance on safety interventions is under-studied. Checklists may make power...
journal_title:BMJ quality & safety
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000608
更新日期:2012-07-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003151
更新日期:2015-12-01 00:00:00
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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/bmjqs.2010.048074
更新日期:2011-08-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004105
更新日期:2016-05-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/bmjqs.2011.051284
更新日期:2011-12-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001011
更新日期:2013-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To assess the quality of guidelines, consensus statements and systematic reviews on flu and pneumococcal immunisations in HIV-infected children. METHOD:The authors screened PubMed and Embase databases until the year 2009 for guidelines, consensus statements and systematic reviews on flu and pneumococcal immu...
journal_title:BMJ quality & safety
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/bmjqs.2010.047316
更新日期:2011-05-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003833
更新日期:2015-12-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2013-002345
更新日期:2014-04-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001774
更新日期:2014-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To describe the development of evidence-based electronic prescribing (e-prescribing) triggers and treatment algorithms for potentially inappropriate medications (PIMs) for older adults. DESIGN:Literature review, expert panel and focus group. SETTING:Primary care with access to e-prescribing systems. PARTIC...
journal_title:BMJ quality & safety
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/bmjqs.2010.049635
更新日期:2011-10-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000521
更新日期:2012-12-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008043
更新日期:2019-08-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2013-002524
更新日期:2014-06-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:Neonates are at high risk for significant morbidity and mortality from medication prescribing errors. Despite general awareness of these risks, mistakes continue to happen. Alerts in computerised physician order entry intended to help prescribers avoid errors have not been effective enough. This improvement p...
journal_title:BMJ quality & safety
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001089
更新日期:2013-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:To empirically assess the quality of hospital care in China and trends over a 5-year period during which the government significantly increased its investment in healthcare. DESIGN:Retrospective, observational study comparing hospital quality between two periods: October 2012-March 2013 and October 2017-Marc...
journal_title:BMJ quality & safety
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008938
更新日期:2019-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Outcome benefits of using the WHO Surgical Safety Checklist rely on compliance with checklist administration. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate engagement of operating room (OR) subteams (anaesthesia, surgery and nursing), and compliance with administering checklist domains (Sign In, Time Out and Sign Out) and checklis...
journal_title:BMJ quality & safety
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004545
更新日期:2016-12-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003150
更新日期:2014-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:RESEARCH QUESTIONS:The paper explores which type of quality aspects (structure, process, outcome) most strongly determines patients' overall assessment of healthcare, and whether there is a variation between different types of patient groups in this respect. METHODS:Secondary analyses were undertaken on survey data fr...
journal_title:BMJ quality & safety
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/bmjqs.2010.042358
更新日期:2011-04-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003272
更新日期:2015-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Human auditing has been the gold standard for evaluating hand hygiene (HH) compliance but is subject to the Hawthorne effect (HE), the change in subjects' behaviour due to their awareness of being observed. For the first time, we used electronic HH monitoring to characterise the duration of the HE on HH even...
journal_title:BMJ quality & safety
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2019-010310
更新日期:2020-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Patient and family engagement (PFE) in healthcare is an important element of the transforming healthcare system; however, the prevalence of various PFE practices in the USA is not known. OBJECTIVE:We report on a survey of hospitals in the USA regarding their PFE practices during 2013-2014. RESULTS:The resp...
journal_title:BMJ quality & safety
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004006
更新日期:2016-03-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/bmjqs.2009.038166
更新日期:2011-06-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/bmjqs.2009.034926
更新日期:2011-07-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001298
更新日期:2013-03-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2016-006240
更新日期:2017-08-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1136/bmjqs.2010.049668
更新日期:2011-07-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
doi:10.1136/bmjqs.2009.039693
更新日期:2011-09-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000647
更新日期:2012-08-01 00:00:00