Dr Foster Unit at Imperial, Department of Primary Care & Social Medicine, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine, London, UK Dr A Bottle, Dr Foster Unit at Imperial, Department of Primary Care & Social ...

Background Understaffing by nursing staff in hospitals is linked to patients coming to harm and dying unnecessarily. There is ...

School of Information, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA Correspondence to Professor Michael D Cohen, School of Information, University of Michigan, 1085 South University Avenue, 312 ...

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

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 ...

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

Background: Improving quality of end-of-life care is a key driver of UK policy. The Gold Standards Framework (GSF) for Palliative Care aims to strengthen primary palliative care through facilitating ...

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Comparing safety, performance and user perceptions of a patient-specific indication-based prescribing tool with current practice: a mixed methods randomised user testing study ...

2 VA National Center for Patient Safety, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 3 VA National Center for Patient Safety Field Office, White River Junction, Vermont, USA Background The Veterans Health Administration ...