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2 Imperial Vascular Unit, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK 3 Clinical Safety Research Unit, Imperial College, London, UK Background Surgical technology has led to significant ...

1 NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Patient Safety, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia 2 The Alfred Hospital, National Trauma Research Institute, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia ...

Objectives To report the implementation of a trigger review method (TRM) in primary care, with a particular focus on its impact on patient safety-related findings. Design Cross-sectional structured ...

1 Division of Nursing Business and Health Systems, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 2 University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 3 ...

Background Enhancing competency in patient safety at entry to practice requires introduction and integration of patient safety into health professional education. As efforts to include patient safety ...

Objective: To develop a framework for understanding factors affecting the use of patient survey data in quality improvement. Design: Qualitative interviews with senior health professionals and ...

Department of Pharmacy, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands M A Boermeester, Department of Surgery (G4-109.2), Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, ...

Objective: This study determined the incidence, type, nature, preventability and impact of adverse events (AEs) among hospitalised patients and potentially preventable deaths in Dutch hospitals.

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Background Healthcare leaders look to high-reliability organisations (HROs) for strategies to improve safety, despite questions about how to translate these strategies into practice. Weick and ...

Background Surgical complications represent a significant cause of morbidity and mortality with the rate of major complications after inpatient surgery estimated at 3–17% in industrialised countries.