1 Assistant Professor of Health Care Management and Policy, Department of Healthcare Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health; Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School; Mongan ...

Background Surgical complications represent a significant cause of morbidity and mortality with the rate of major complications after inpatient surgery estimated at 3–17% in industrialised countries.

1 Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, UK 2 Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Intensive Care, ...

Correspondence to Dr Ronilda Lacson, Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street Boston, MA 02115, USA; rlacson{at}rics.bwh.harvard.edu Introduction Optimal critical test ...

Importance There is a paucity of literature on the quality and effectiveness of institutional morbidity & mortality (M&M) rounds processes. Objective We sought to implement and evaluate the ...

Quality Literature Program, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice; Office of Research and Innovation in Medical Education, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, ...

1 Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center, University of Toronto Centre for Patient Safety, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 2 Memorial Hermann Center for Healthcare Quality and Safety, University of Texas at ...

Clinical Safety Research Unit, Department of Surgery and Cancer, St. Mary's Hospital, London, UK Correspondence to Rachel Davis, Clinical Safety Research Unit, Department of Surgery and Cancer, 10 th ...

Objective The aim of this systematic review was to develop a ‘contributory factors framework’ from a synthesis of empirical work which summarises factors contributing to patient safety incidents in ...

Background There is growing international interest in involving patients in interventions to promote and support them in securing their own safety. This paper reports a systematic review of ...

Background To evaluate the effectiveness of a brief mindfulness intervention on hand hygiene performance and mindful attention for inpatient physician teams. Design A pilot, pre-test/post-test ...

The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of quality improvement (QI) and patient safety initiatives and data disaggregation on racial disparities in severe maternal morbidity from ...