Background Access to electronic health records (EHRs) has the potential to improve the quality of care. Clinical notes, free-text entries documenting clinicians’ observations and decisions, are ...

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Medication-related problems remain one of the leading causes of patient harm.1 Studies show that advances in electronic health records (EHR) and computerised prescribing systems with clinical decision ...

Background Conceptual models have been developed to address challenges inherent in studying health information technology (HIT). Method This manuscript introduces an eight-dimensional model ...

In 2005, draft guidelines were published for reporting studies of quality improvement interventions as the initial step in a consensus process for development of a more definitive version. This ...

Background Quality improvement collaboratives (QIC) have proliferated internationally, but there is little empirical evidence for their effectiveness. Method We searched Medline, Embase, CINAHL, ...

A realist review of how, why, for whom and in which contexts quality improvement in healthcare impacts inequalities ...

Effective improvement and research rely on sustained multidisciplinary collaboration, but few examples are available of centres with the broad range of disciplines and practical experience that are ...

The aviation domain provides a better analogy for the ”temporary” teams that are found in acute medical specialities than industrial or military teamwork research based on established teams. Crew ...

Background As nurses are the principal care provider in the hospital setting, the completion or omission of nursing care is likely to have a sizable impact on the patient care experience. However, ...

Where errors occur in the preparation and administration of intravenous medicines: a systematic review and Bayesian analysis ...