Background Handoffs are a weak link in the chain of clinical care of inpatients. Within-unit handoffs are increasing in ...

Background Understaffing by nursing staff in hospitals is linked to patients coming to harm and dying unnecessarily. There is ...

The quality of care anyone receives in the USA is highly dependent on where they receive care. Prior research has found that ...

With public reporting and value-based payment, healthcare organisations have strong incentives to optimise quality of care, ...

Background Ward rounds are an essential activity occurring in hospital settings. Despite their fundamental role in guiding patient care, they have no standardised approach. Implementation of ...

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Administrative data are readily available, inexpensive, computer readable, and cover large populations. Despite coding irregularities and limited clinical details, administrative data supplemented by ...

Comparing safety, performance and user perceptions of a patient-specific indication-based prescribing tool with current practice: a mixed methods randomised user testing study ...

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