Introduction Quality improvement (QI) is aimed at improving care. Equity is one of the six domains of healthcare quality, as defined by the Institute of Medicine. If this domain is ignored, QI ...

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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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Background Those working in healthcare today are challenged more than ever before to quickly and efficiently learn from data to improve their services and delivery of care. There is broad agreement ...

There is wide belief that organisational culture shapes many aspects of performance, including safety. Yet proof of this relationship in a medical context is hard to find. In contrast to human factors ...

Clinical Safety Research Unit, St Mary’s Hospital, London, UK R Davis, Clinical Safety Research Unit, Department of Bio-Surgery and Surgical Technology, 10th Floor, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother ...

Center for Organizational and Occupational Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland Correspondence to Dr Yvonne Pfeiffer, Center for Organizational and Occupational Sciences, ETH Zurich, Kreuzplatz 5 ...

Background The proportion of avoidable hospital deaths is challenging to estimate, but has great implications for quality improvement and health policy. Many studies and monitoring tools are based on ...

Qualitative research can make a valuable contribution to the study of quality and safety in health care. Sound ways of appraising qualitative research are needed, but currently there are many ...

1 School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Manchester, UK 2 School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, UK Correspondence to: Dr D M Ashcroft Senior Clinical ...