Background Despite significant advances, patient safety remains a critical public health concern. Daily huddles—discussions to identify and respond to safety risks—have been credited with enhancing ...

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 ...

Study sites We enrolled six paediatric outpatient offices, with two at teaching hospitals, two in urban neighbourhoods and two in affluent suburban areas. During the study period, 132 paediatric ...

To achieve continuous quality improvement “it is not enough to do your best …” Continuous improvement in health care and elsewhere is not a contentious issue—but the means by which this may be ...

Introduction Deprescribing ( medication dose reduction or cessation ) is an integral component of appropriate prescribing. The extent to which deprescribing recommendations are included in clinical ...

Medication-related problems remain one of the leading causes of patient harm.1 Studies show that advances in electronic ...

Effective improvement and research rely on sustained multidisciplinary collaboration, but few examples are available of centres with the broad range of disciplines and practical experience that are ...

Background Rapid revascularisation in acute ischaemic stroke is crucial to reduce its total burden including societal costs. A quality improvement (QI) project that included streamlining the stroke ...

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 Formal evaluations of programmes are an important source of learning about the challenges faced in improving quality in healthcare and how they can be addressed. The authors aimed to ...

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Background Speaking up is important for patient safety, but healthcare professionals often hesitate to voice their concerns. Direct supervisors have an important role in influencing speaking up.