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What is ‘‘quality improvement’’ and how can it …

in healthcare today are inter-ested in defining ‘‘quality improvement’’. We propose defin-ing it as the combined and unceasing efforts of everyone—healthcare … See more

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Promoting engagement by patients and families to …

WEBIntroduction Patient-centeredness is central to healthcare. Hospitals should address patients’ unique needs to improve safety and quality. Patient engagement in …

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Problems and promises of innovation: why healthcare …

WEBInnovation is often regarded as uniformly positive. This paper shows that the role of innovation in quality improvement is more complicated. The authors identify three …

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Using ethnography to study improving healthcare: …

WEBWhile methods broadly described as ‘ethnographic’ have been increasingly employed to research the organisation and delivery of healthcare,1–4 a single or widely …

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Mortality and morbidity meetings: an untapped resource …

WEBIntroduction National Health Service hospitals and government agencies are increasingly using mortality rates to monitor the quality of inpatient care. Mortality and …

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Impact of a hospital-wide hand hygiene initiative on …

WEBBackground. Hand hygiene (HH) has long been known to reduce healthcare-associated infections,1–5 but published reports repeatedly illustrate the failure of healthcare …

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Health professional networks as a vector for improving …

WEBBackground While there is a considerable corpus of theoretical and empirical literature on networks within and outside of the health sector, multiple research questions are yet to …

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The “To Err is Human” report and the patient safety …

WEBThe Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a report in 1999 entitled “To Err is Human: Building a Safer Health System”. 1 The report stated that errors cause between 44 000 and 98 …

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Quality improvement as a primary approach to change in …

WEBSelf-limiting cascade when quality improvement is the primary approach to change. Underpinning the self-limiting cascade are three variables endemic to change and …

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Safety measurement and monitoring in healthcare: a …

WEBPatients, clinicians and managers all want to be reassured that their healthcare organisation is safe. But there is no consensus about what we mean when we ask whether a …

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Separating fact from fiction

WEBHuman factors—a science at the intersection of psychology and engineering—is dedicated to designing all aspects of a work system to support human performance and safety. …

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The problem with ‘5 whys’ BMJ Quality & Safety

WEB‘The Problem with…’ series covers controversial topics related to efforts to improve healthcare quality, including widely recommended but deceptively difficult strategies for …

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Ten tips for advancing a culture of improvement in primary care

WEBOur journey. In 2010, our practice transitioned to a Family Health Team, a medical home model that includes non-physician health professionals.4 5 We adopted an electronic …

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In the room where it happens: do physicians need feedback …

WEBIn the room where it happens: do physicians need feedback on their real- world communication skills? Jeffrey A Wilhite, Department of Medicine, New York University …

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Sustaining quality improvement efforts: emerging principles and

WEBTo convince healthcare leadership of the need for time and resources to understand the problem, rather than to act and ‘fix the problem’, QI practitioners might suggest an audit …

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Healthcare Complaints Analysis Tool

WEBOVERVIEW: THE HEALTHCARE COMPLAINTS ANALYSIS TOOL (HCAT) The Healthcare Complaints Analysis Tool (HCAT) is an analytical tool for codifying and …

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Safety culture assessment: a tool for improving patient safety in

WEBSAFETY CULTURE ASSESSMENT IN HEALTHCARE ORGANIZATIONS. The Advisory Committee on the Safety of Nuclear Installations 8 provides the following definition of …

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Diagnostic error in mental health: a review BMJ Quality & Safety

WEBDiagnostic errors are associated with patient harm and suboptimal outcomes. Despite national scientific efforts to advance definition, measurement and interventions for …

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Time for a rebalance: psychological and emotional well-being in …

WEBThe COVID-19 pandemic shone a light on the work and needs of the healthcare workforce like never before, resulting in an increased focus of workforce well …

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Is greater patient involvement associated with higher satisfaction

WEBBackground Patient-centredness is an essential quality parameter of modern healthcare. Accordingly, involving patients in decisions about care is required by international laws …

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Quality & Safety in Health Care (formerly Quality in Health …

WEBEditor David P Stevens (USA) Publisher Janet O’Flaherty Journal Manager Claire Jura Production Editor Malcolm Smith Editorial Assistant Francesca Grillo

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Quality & Safety in Health Care(formerly Quality in Health …

WEBEditor David P Stevens (USA) Publisher Christiane Notarmarco Journal Manager Craig Raybould Production Editor Bryony Lovelock Editorial Assistant Michaela Barton

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