Correspondence to Professor R Brian Haynes, Health Information Research Unit, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, CRL 133, Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4K1, Canada; bhaynes{at}mcmaster.ca Background ...

Background The use of national quality campaigns to foster evidence-based hospital practices is increasing. Because campaigns typically do not limit access to their resources, they may influence ...

5 Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 6 Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins ...

Social Science Applied to Healthcare Improvement Research Group, Department of Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK Correspondence to Professor Mary Dixon-Woods, ...

The evolution of the concepts and processes underpinning the Australian Patient Safety Foundation's systems over the last 15 years are traced. An ideal system should have the following attributes: an ...

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Objective Diagnostic delay is a pervasive patient safety problem that disproportionately affects historically underserved populations. We aim to systematically examine and synthesise published ...

Objectives To determine whether in patients with chronic disease a patient-held medical record (PHR), compared to usual care, improves clinical care, patient outcomes or satisfaction. Design ...

Background Little is known about the incidence or significance of diagnostic error in the inpatient setting. We used a malpractice claims database to examine ...

3 Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK Correspondence to: Professor M Eccles, Professor of Clinical Effectiveness, Centre for Health Services Research, 21 Claremont ...

Introduction Use of investigations can help support the diagnostic process of patients with cancer in primary care, but the size of variation between patient group and between practices is unclear.

The last 5 years have seen a rapid growth in research applying artificial intelligence or machine learning to improve the quality and safety of healthcare. This coincides with the release of web ...