Safety in healthcare is a constantly moving target. As standards improve and concern for safety grows, we come to regard an increasing number of events as patient safety issues. In this respect, ...

Centre for Quality of Care Research (WOK), University Medical Centre Nijmegen, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands Dr M E J L Hulscher, Centre for Quality of Care Research (WOK), University Medical ...

Correspondence to Dr Eduardo Salas, Department of Psychology, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA; eduardo.salas{at}rice.edu Front-line medical teams are experiencing unprecedented stressors as a ...

Monash University and Southern Health Simulation and Skills Centre, Melbourne, Australia Dr S Marshall, Southern Health Simulation and Skills Centre, PO Box 72, East Bentleigh, VIC 3165, Australia; ...

Background Despite over a decade of efforts to reduce the adverse event rate in healthcare, the rate has remained relatively unchanged. Root cause analysis (RCA) is a process used by hospitals in an ...

1 Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety & Quality, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2 Department of ...

3 Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK Correspondence to: Professor M Eccles, Professor of Clinical Effectiveness, Centre for Health Services Research, 21 Claremont ...

Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics (LIME), Medical Management Centre (MMC), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Correspondence to Susanne Ullström, Department of Learning, ...

Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social, and Environmental Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany Correspondence to Matthias Weigl, Institute and Outpatient ...

Introduction Barcode medication administration (BCMA) can, if poorly implemented, cause disrupted workflow, increased workload and cause medication errors. Further exploration is needed of the causes ...

Background: Breakdown in communication among members of the healthcare team threatens the effective delivery of health services, and raises the risk of errors and adverse events. Aim: To describe the ...

Introduction Improving the quality of self-management support (SMS) for treatment-related toxicities is a priority in cancer care. Successful implementation of SMS programmes depends on tailoring ...