qualitysafety.bmj2d
The problem with the existing reporting standards for adverse event and medical error research
The Enhancing the Quality and Transparency of Health Research (EQUATOR) Network indexes over 600 reporting guidelines designed to improve the reproducibility of manuscripts across medical fields and ...
qualitysafety.bmj2d
Impact of hospitals’ LGBTQ+ inclusion efforts on patient satisfaction from 2016 to 2023: a retrospective longitudinal observational study
Background Given the emphasis on promoting inclusive policies, we investigated the relationship between US hospitals’ inclusion efforts for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, ...
qualitysafety.bmj3d
Systematic review and meta-analysis of interventions for operating room to intensive care unit handoffs
Correspondence to Dr Joanna Abraham, Department of Anesthesiology, Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis, St Louis, MO 63110, USA; joannaa{at}wustl.edu Objective To conduct a systematic ...
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The SQUIRE (Standards for QUality Improvement Reporting Excellence) guidelines for quality improvement reporting: explanation and elaboration
Quality Literature Program, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice; Office of Research and Innovation in Medical Education, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, ...
qualitysafety.bmj3d
Is everyone really breathing 20 times a minute? Assessing epidemiology and variation in recorded respiratory rate in hospitalised adults
Background Respiratory rate (RR) is an independent predictor of adverse outcomes and an integral component of many risk prediction scores for hospitalised adults. Yet, it is unclear if RR is recorded ...
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The run chart: a simple analytical tool for learning from variation in healthcare processes
Background Those working in healthcare today are challenged more than ever before to quickly and efficiently learn from data to improve their services and delivery of care. There is broad agreement ...
qualitysafety.bmj4d
Using data science to improve patient care: rethinking clinician responsibility
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qualitysafety.bmj5d
Psycholinguistic tests predict real-world drug name confusion error rates: a cross-sectional experimental study
Background Wrong-drug medication errors are common. Regulators screen drug names for confusability, but screening methods lack empirical validation. Previous work showed that psycholinguistic tests on ...
qualitysafety.bmj5d
Root-cause analysis: swatting at mosquitoes versus draining the swamp
4 University of Toronto Centre for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, Toronto, Ontario, Canada RCA represents a hypothesis-generating approach. The investigative team develops a detailed ...
qualitysafety.bmj5d
The European HANDOVER project: the role of nursing
Correspondence to Shirley M Moore, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106-4904, USA; smm8{at}case.edu Traditionally, nurses have had a key role in ...
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Teamwork, communication and safety climate: a systematic review of interventions to improve surgical culture
3 General Surgery, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, USA Correspondence to Dr Greg D Sacks, Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los ...