Patients, clinicians and managers all want to be reassured that their healthcare organisation is safe. But there is no consensus about what we mean when we ask whether a healthcare organisation is ...

While the body of evidence-based healthcare interventions grows, the ability of health systems to deliver these interventions effectively and efficiently lags behind. Quality improvement approaches, ...

Closing the gap on healthcare quality for equity-deserving groups: a scoping review of equity-focused quality improvement interventions in medicine (12 June, 2024) ...

Doing ‘detective work’ to find a cancer: how are non-specific symptom pathways for cancer investigation organised, and what are the implications for safety and quality of care? A multisite qualitative ...

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 ...

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 ...

Improvement (defined broadly as purposive efforts to secure positive change) has become an increasingly important activity and field of inquiry within healthcare. This article offers an overview of ...

Centre for Health Systems and Safety Research, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, UNSW Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Correspondence to Professor ...

1 University of Neuchâtel, Institute for Work and Organizational Psychology, Neuchâtel, Switzerland 2 University of Bern, Institute for Psychology, Bern, Switzerland Objective To develop a behavioural ...

3 Institute of Medical Education Research, Rotterdam, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam Correspondence to Professor Pat Croskerry, Division of Medical Education, Dalhousie University, ...

Correspondence to: Professor J S Carroll MIT Sloan School of Management, 50 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02142, USA; jcarrollmit.edu Professionals in healthcare organisations who seek to enhance ...

Background Imaging tests are one of the most frequently used diagnostic modalities in healthcare, but the benefits of their direct impacts on clinical decision-making have been countered by concerns ...