1 Division of Health Policy and Quality, Houston Center for Quality of Care and Utilization Studies, Michael E DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Department of Medicine, Section of Health ...

Objective Indicators based on hospital administrative data have potential for misclassification error, especially if they rely on clinical detail that may not be well recorded in the data. We applied ...

Background The measurement of safety culture in healthcare is generally regarded as a first step towards improvement. Based on a self-assessment of safety culture, the Frankfurt Patient Safety Matrix ...

Background Antiplatelet therapy (APT) can substantially reduce the risk of further vascular events in individuals with established atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD). However, knowledge ...

1 Division of Health Services Management and Policy, College of Public Health, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA 2 Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, ...

The healthcare delivered in high-income countries is riddled with defects in value. One in 10 patients experiences harm when ...

Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-4945, USA Correspondence to: Professor D Neuhauser Department of ...

In this issue of BMJ Quality & Safety, Hampton and colleagues report a process evaluation of an intervention trial intended to encourage older patients’ involvement in their hospital care.1 The logic ...

Objective: This study determined the incidence, type, nature, preventability and impact of adverse events (AEs) among hospitalised patients and potentially preventable deaths in Dutch hospitals.

The growing recognition of harm as an unwelcome and frequently unrecognized byproduct of health care has initiated focused efforts to create highly reliable organizations for safe healthcare delivery.

4 Danish Society for Patient Safety, Hvidovre Hospital, Hvidovre, Denmark Correspondence to: P Knudsen Pharmakon a/s, Danish College of Pharmacy Practice, DK-3400 Hillerød, Denmark; ...