Introduction Patients who had a stroke often confront the trade-off between timely care at nearby hospitals and potentially ...

Objective To examine the impact of nursing team size and composition on inpatient hospital mortality. Design A retrospective longitudinal study using linked nursing staff rostering and patient data.

Background Double-checking of medication administration is a safety practice used in hospitals around the world. Independence is recommended as the key to effectiveness. Independent double-checking ...

The traditional separation of the producers of research evidence in academia from the users of that evidence in healthcare organisations has not succeeded in closing the gap between what is known ...

Correspondence to: Dr Johan Thor Medical Management Centre, Berzelius väg 3, 5th floor, Karolinska Institutet, S-171 77 Stockholm, Sweden; johan.thor{at}ki.se Objective: To systematically review the ...

Background Many hospital systems seek to improve patient satisfaction as assessed by the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) surveys. A systematic review of the ...

Background There is a poorly understood relationship between Leadership WalkRounds (WR) and domains such as safety culture, employee engagement, burnout and work-life balance. Methods This ...

1 Betsy Lehman Center for Patient Safety, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 2 Patient Safety and Quality Initiatives, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 3 Harvard Medical School ...

Correspondence to Dr Jocelyn A Srigley, Department of Medicine, McMaster University, 711 Concession Street, M1-Room 8, Hamilton, ON, Canada, L8V 1C3; srigley{at}hhsc.ca Background The Hawthorne effect ...

1 Division of Rehabilitation and Ageing, University of Nottingham, Queens Medical Centre, Nottingham, UK 2 Health Care of Older People, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, Queens Medical Centre ...

Correspondence to: Dr A N Healey Clinical Safety Research, Imperial College London, Department of Surgical Oncology and Technology, 10th Floor QEQM, St Mary’s Hospital, Praed Street, Paddington, ...

Correspondence to: Dr M A Mohammed Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; m.a.mohammedbham.ac.uk Continuous improvement in health care and ...