Reliability is the most reported measurement characteristic used as evidence of the quality of a measurement. However, ...
Digital tools powered by artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI in the form of large language models, are ...
Results 1121 patients were operated on before and 1100 after intervention. 44 operations were observed before and 50 afterwards. Non-technical skills (p=0.002) and WHO compliance (p<0.001) improved ...
Background Although well-established principles exist for improving the timeliness and efficiency of care, many organisations struggle to achieve more than small-scale, localised gains. Where care ...
Background The ability to capture the complexities of healthcare practices and the quick turnaround of findings make rapid ethnographies appealing to the healthcare sector, where changing ...
Objective To examine 27 low-value procedures, as defined by international recommendations, in New South Wales public hospitals. Design Analysis of admitted patient data for financial years 2010–2011 ...
1 Senior Staff Specialist and Director, Sydney Medical Simulation Centre, Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia 2 Director, Research and Development, Sydney Medical ...
5 Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium 6 Department of General Internal Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium Objective The objective of this review ...
Correspondence to: Dr J Øvretveit, Professor of Health Policy and Management, The Nordic School of Public Health, Goteborg, Box 12133, S-40242 Sweden; jovret{at}aol.com. Quality improvement ...
Objective Quality improvement (QI) practices and scholarship are increasingly concerned with environmental sustainability given the negative health outcomes caused by the ecological crisis, as well as ...
Background The ability of medical teams to develop and maintain team situation awareness (team SA) is crucial for patient safety. Limited research has investigated team SA within clinical environments ...
Introduction Trauma resuscitation is a complex and time-sensitive endeavour with significant risk for error. These errors can manifest from sequential system, team ...