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1 Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK 2 NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK Correspondence to: Dr S Gilbody Senior Lecturer ...
‘The problem with…’ series covers controversial topics related to efforts to improve healthcare quality, including widely recommended, but deceptively difficult strategies for improvement and ...
Correspondence to Dr Natasha Rafter, Department of Geriatric and Stroke Medicine, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 2, Ireland; natasharafter{at}rcsi.ie Introduction Irish healthcare has ...
Objective To examine 27 low-value procedures, as defined by international recommendations, in New South Wales public hospitals. Design Analysis of admitted patient data for financial years 2010–2011 ...
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 Champions play a critical role in driving innovation, advancing evidence-based practice (EBP) and supporting its implementation across diverse healthcare settings. This paper describes the ...
Background Dementia increases the risk of adverse outcomes during hospitalisation, underscoring the need for system-level strategies. In 2016, Japan introduced Dementia Care Add-on 1 (DCA1), a ...
Introduction Physician burnout is related to patient safety and quality of care. Female physicians face unique challenges which may contribute to higher physician task load (PTL). We investigated the ...
Background Literature depicts differences in ethical decision-making (EDM) between countries and intensive care units (ICU). Objectives To better conceptualise EDM climate in the ICU and to validate a ...
Background Medication-related problems (MRPs) place a substantial burden on the healthcare system, contributing to hospital admissions and significant healthcare costs. Quality prescribing indicators ...
Background Virtual wards (VWs) (also referred to as hospital at home (HaH)) are a key component of National Health Service (NHS) policy in England to shift acute care from hospital to community ...