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

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

Objectives—To develop, validate, and test the reliability of an audit instrument that measures the extent to which patient records describe important aspects of nursing care. Material—Twenty records ...

Background Modern medical care requires numerous patient handovers/handoffs. Handover error is recognised as a potential hazard in patient care, and the information ...

Background Understaffing by nursing staff in hospitals is linked to patients coming to harm and dying unnecessarily. There is a vicious cycle whereby poor work conditions, including understaffing, can ...

For patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), prolonged mechanical ventilation is associated with poor outcomes. A quality improvement (QI) initiative with the aim of reducing median time on the ...

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 ...

With public reporting and value-based payment, healthcare organisations have strong incentives to optimise quality of care, improve patient outcomes and lower costs.1 In response, organisations are ...

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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 ...