Introduction There is increased recognition that diagnostic errors disproportionately affect marginalised and underserved ...

Background and objectives Paediatric medication use is at high risk for errors due to factors such as weight-based dosing and ...

Background Since 2015, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines have recommended antenatal magnesium sulfate (MgSO4) for mothers in preterm labour (<30 weeks’ gestation) ...

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.

1 Pediatrics, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA 2 Emergency Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA 3 Department of Biomedical & Health Information ...

Objectives To provide national estimates of the number and clinical and economic burden of medication errors in the National Health Service (NHS) in England. Methods We used UK-based prevalence of ...

The importance of leadership for effective safety management has been the focus of research attention in industry for a number of years, especially in energy and manufacturing sectors. In contrast, ...

European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption (ESAC): disease-specific quality indicators for outpatient antibiotic prescribing ...

Objective To quantify the percentage of records with matching identifiers as an indicator for duplicate or potentially duplicate patient records in electronic health records in five different ...

Abirami Srivarathan, Andrea Bradford, Sara Shearkhani, Layla Heimlich, Sheryl Jefferson, Kristen E Miller, Kelly Smith, Helen Haskell, Traber D Giardina ...

A wide variety of research studies suggest that breakdowns in the diagnostic process result in a staggering toll of harm and patient deaths. These include autopsy studies, case reviews, surveys of ...