Background The organisation of junior doctors' work hours has been radically altered following the partial implementation of the European Working Time Directive. Poorly designed shift schedules cause ...

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, ...

5 Centre for Innovation in Complex Care, University Health Network University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 6 Centre for Patient Safety, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ...

Centre for Medication Safety and Service Quality, UCL School of Pharmacy and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK Correspondence to Monsey Chan McLeod,Centre for Medication Safety and ...

1 Department of Medical Informatics, University of Amsterdam Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 2 Department of Intensive Care Medicine, University of Amsterdam Academic Medical ...

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 ...

Objectives: (1) To identify communication gaps at hospital discharge for older people who are readmitted within 28 days; (2) to assess the contribution of incomplete discharge information to ...

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Doing ‘detective work’ to find a cancer: how are non-specific symptom pathways for cancer investigation organised, and what are the implications for safety and quality of care? A multisite qualitative ...

Centre for Quality of Care Research (WOK), University Medical Centre Nijmegen, 6500 HB Nijmegen, The Netherlands Dr M E J L Hulscher, Centre for Quality of Care Research (WOK), University Medical ...

Background Evaluation of neck trauma is a common reason for emergency department (ED) visits. There are several validated ...