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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 ...
Problem: Labelling of high-risk drug infusions and lines is a well-recognised safety strategy to prevent medication errors. Although hospital wards characterised by multiple high-risk drug infusions ...
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 ...
Antibiotic overuse contributes to the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Despite local, national and global initiatives to target the problem, reducing overuse is challenging. Levels of ...
The ‘Deaf Effect’ The term ‘Deaf Effect’ has its roots in management and information studies literature, being defined 15 as occurring ‘When a decision maker doesn't hear, ignores or overrules a ...
In hospitals, the nursing staff typically represent the largest single element of cost, and nursing is frequently treated as a cost centre rather than a core service line. Efforts to contain hospital ...
Results In total, 365 674 HH dispensing events were observed out of a possible 911 791 opportunities. In the adjusted model, the presence of an auditor increased electronic HH events by approximately ...
Background Effective communication is critical for patient safety. One potential threat to communication in the operating room is incivility. Although examined in other industries, little has been ...
Low-value services and healthcare overuse are tests, treatments or other medical interventions that provide little to no benefit to patients relative to their risk of harm, their costs and the ...
Background: In 2004, The Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care recognised that the lack of a comprehensive framework describing competencies for patient safety was a barrier to ...
The capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) have accelerated over the past year, and they are beginning to impact healthcare in a significant way. Could this new technology help address issues ...
In 2008, Donald Berwick and colleagues provided a framework for the delivery of high value care in the USA, the Triple Aim, that is centred around three overarching goals: improving the individual ...