RESULTS Types of communication failure Analysis of the field notes produced by observers yielded records of 421 procedurally relevant communication events. Some events were brief—such as a question ...
1 Division of Physical Therapy Education, School of Allied Health Professions, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA 2 Department of Biostatistics, College of Public Health, ...
Objective To understand how lean thinking has been put into practice in healthcare and how it has worked. Design A realist literature review. Data sources The authors systematically searched for ...
Background Debriefings help teams learn quickly and treat patients safely. However, many clinicians and educators report to struggle with leading debriefings. Little empirical knowledge on optimal ...
1 Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 2 Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, ...
Correspondence to Eric J Thomas, University of Texas at Houston, Memorial Hermann Center for Healthcare Quality and Safety, 6410 Fannin, UPB 1100.45, Houston, TX 77030, USA; eric.thomas{at}uth.tmc.edu ...
Methods Data sources were identified using database searches, with additional reference and hand searching. Eligibility criteria were applied to all studies identified, resulting in a total of 24 ...
1 Centre of Population Health Sciences: General Practice Section, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK 2 Tayside Centre for General Practice, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK 3 Centre for Rural ...
Background Surgical complications represent a significant cause of morbidity and mortality with the rate of major complications after inpatient surgery estimated at 3–17% in industrialised countries.
Background Effective communication is critical for patient safety. One potential threat to communication in the operating room is incivility. Although examined in other industries, little has been ...
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