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 ...

Introduction: The frequency of adverse events in the operating theatre has been linked to the quality of teamwork and communication. Developing suitable measures of teamwork may play a role in ...

Background Problems of quality and safety persist in health systems worldwide. We conducted a large research programme to examine culture and behaviour in the English National Health Service (NHS).

4 Center for Outcomes Research, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA 5 Center for Health Outcomes and ...

Background The association of nursing staffing with patient outcomes has primarily been studied by comparing high to low staffed hospitals, raising concern other factors may account for observed ...

4 Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, BD9 6RJ., Bradford, UK Correspondence to Dr Rosemary R C McEachan, Bradford Institute for Health Research, ...

2 Professor of General Practice, Department of General Practice, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium 3 Professor of Quality in Health Care, Clinical Governance Research ...

Correspondence to Dr Fiona A Miller, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada; fiona.miller{at}utoronto.ca The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the ...

Correspondence to Dr Chuenjid Kongkaew, Centre for Safety and Quality in Health, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Department of Pharmacy Practice, Naresuan University, Muang 65000, Thailand; ...

1 Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA 2 Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA 8 Pediatric Critical Care, ...

1 University of Technology Sydney, Centre for Health Communication, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 2 HSPIB, NSW Ministry of Health, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 3 Emergency Department, ...

Background Tools that proactively identify factors that contribute to accidents have been developed within high-risk industries. Although patients provide feedback on their experience of care in ...