Adverse diagnostic events in hospitalised patients: a single-centre ...
Background Adverse event surveillance approaches underestimate the prevalence of harmful diagnostic errors (DEs) related to hospital care. Methods We conducted a single-centre, …
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What do clinical practice guidelines say about deprescribing? A …
Introduction Deprescribing ( medication dose reduction or cessation ) is an integral component of appropriate prescribing. The extent to which deprescribing recommendations are included in …
Understanding the enablers and barriers to implementing a …
Background The management of acute deterioration following surgery remains highly variable. Patients and families can play an important role in identifying early signs of deterioration but …
Patient work self-managing medicines: a skilled job at the sharp …
Finally, for healthcare to be sustainable, particularly in settings where resources are stretched, there is a drive to situate acute or postsurgical care in the patient’s own home where …
Multidisciplinary teamwork: the good, bad, and everything in …
Jun 1, 2001 · Teams make up the building blocks of health care and every team—from the executive to the coal face—is composed of different professionals, ideally possessing a variety …
Assessing patient work system factors for medication …
Objective To develop and evaluate measures of patient work system factors in medication management that may be modifiable for improvement during the care transition from hospital …
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Diagnostic error in mental health: a review - BMJ Quality & Safety
Diagnostic errors are associated with patient harm and suboptimal outcomes. Despite national scientific efforts to advance definition, measurement and interventions for diagnostic error, …
Patient-activated escalation in hospital: patients and their families ...
Patient-activated rapid response systems are in operation in a number of health systems across the globe,4 including the USA,5 most parts of Australia6 and New Zealand.7 Mechanisms of …