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Background There is growing recognition in the literature of the ‘Herculean’ efforts required to bring about change in healthcare processes and systems. Leadership is recognised as a critical lever ...
1 Department of Pediatrics, Division of Critical Care, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 2 Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Nursing, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada 3 ...
5 Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 6 Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins ...
This paper defines risk and its component elements and describes where clinical practice may be starting from in terms of what is reported in the literature about understanding risks and the ...
Background The use of national quality campaigns to foster evidence-based hospital practices is increasing. Because campaigns typically do not limit access to their resources, they may influence ...
Background The impact of a pandemic on unplanned hospital attendance has not been extensively examined. The aim of this study is to report the nationwide consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on ...
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.
2 Centre for Clinical Governance Research, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Background Clinical networks have been designed ...
High fidelity simulation has become a popular technique for training teamwork skills in high risk industries such as aviation, health care, and nuclear power production. Simulation is a powerful ...
2 Bryn Mawr College Graduate School of Social Work and Social Research, Research Associate, Quality Research, American Board of Internal Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 3 Executive ...
Determining how to collect and use patient-reported outcome measures (PROMs) continues to be an area of discussion, and in some cases frustration.1–5 Gaining a greater depth of knowledge concerning a ...