What should we do in order to improve quality and safety in medicines management? How beneficial is it to design the ...

The quality of care anyone receives in the USA is highly dependent on where they receive care. Prior research has found that ...

Background Handoffs are a weak link in the chain of clinical care of inpatients. Within-unit handoffs are increasing in ...

For patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), prolonged mechanical ventilation is associated with poor outcomes. A quality improvement (QI) initiative with the aim of reducing median time on the ...

The article by Cho et al 1 in the current issue of BMJ Quality and Safety addresses the persistent and debilitating problem ...

Background Understaffing by nursing staff in hospitals is linked to patients coming to harm and dying unnecessarily. There is a vicious cycle whereby poor work conditions, including understaffing, can ...

Background Ward rounds are an essential activity occurring in hospital settings. Despite their fundamental role in guiding patient care, they have no standardised approach. Implementation of ...

With public reporting and value-based payment, healthcare organisations have strong incentives to optimise quality of care, improve patient outcomes and lower costs.1 In response, organisations are ...