OBrien, Niki Flott, Kelsey Durkin, Mike
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The implications of COVID-19 on health care systems globally are proving to be immense, with unforeseen impacts that are still to fully emerge. Local and national health care systems, hospitals and health care workers have been overwhelmed by the needs of patients and limited by weaknesses in resources, staff capacity and distribution networks. The...
Bashir, Saima Nasir, Muhammad
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To estimate technical efficiency scores of District Headquarter Hospitals (DHQHs) for obstetric services and to explore the relationship between the efficiency of DHQHs and the patients' satisfaction about the quality of services provided. Data from Health Facility Assessment (HFA) survey is used for efficiency measurement. The data on patient's pe...
Staines, Anthony Lécureux, Estelle Rubin, Pascal Baralon, Christian Farin, Alexandre
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To assess the impact of implementation of the TeamSTEPPS teamwork improvement concept on patient safety culture. Pre-post culture assessment using the Hospital Survey on Patient Safety Culture, at baseline and one year after implementation of TeamSTEPPS. Two maternity wards within the same 480-bed multisite teaching hospital. Implementation of the ...
Matheson, Leigh M Pitson, Graham Yap, Cheng Hon Singh, Madhu Collins, Ian Campbell, Philip Patrick, Alison Rogers, Margaret J
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The implementation of clinical quality indicators for monitoring cancer care in regional, rural and remote areas. Retrospective data from a population-based Clinical Quality Registry for lung, colorectal, and breast cancer. All major Health Services in the Barwon South Western Region, Victoria, Australia. All patients diagnosed with cancer presenti...
Kobo-Greenhut, Ayala Sharlin, Ortal Adler, Yael Peer, Nitza Eisenberg, Vered H Barbi, Merav Levy, Talia Ben Shlomo, Izhar Zimlichman, Eyal
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Preventing medical errors is crucial, especially during crises like the COVID-19 pandemic. Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) is the most widely prospective hazard analysis used in healthcare. FMEA relies on brainstorming by multi-disciplinary teams to identify hazards. This approach has two major weaknesses: significant time and human resou...
Kjærgaard-Andersen, Gunhild Ibsgaard, Pernille Paltved, Charlotte Jensen, Hanne Irene
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To explore the impact of in situ simulation training in regard to identification of latent safety threats and participant experiences. A prospective study including quantitative and qualitative measures. A Danish hospital shifted from simulation training in centres outside the hospital to training where simulation was conducted where the situations...
Van den Bulck, Steve Spitaels, David Vaes, Bert Goderis, Geert Hermens, Rosella Vankrunkelsven, Patrik
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The aim of this systematic review is 1) to assess whether electronic audit and feedback (A&F) is effective in primary care and 2) to evaluate important features concerning content and delivery of the feedback in primary care, including the use of benchmarks, the frequency of feedback, the cognitive load of feedback and the evidence-based aspects of...
AkgÜn, Mehtap Kavradim, Turan Selma Boz, İlkay Özer, Zeynep
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To develop and examine the psychometric properties of the Caring Behaviors Assessment Tool Nursing Version-Short Form (CBAN-SF) based on the Human Caring Theory to assess the importance of different caring behaviors from a nurse perspective. This study is based on the Consensus-Based Standards for the Selection of Health Status Measurement Instrume...
Batomen, Brice Moore, Lynne Strumpf, Erin Yanchar, Natalie L Thakore, Jaimini Nandi, Arijit
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We aim to assess the impact of several accreditation cycles of trauma centers on patient outcomes, specifically in-hospital mortality, complications and hospital length of stay. Interrupted time-series. British Columbia, Canada. Trauma patients admitted to all level I and II trauma centers between January 2008 and March 2018. Accreditation. We firs...
Koc, Meltem Esra Aksoy, Hilal Ayhan Baser, Duygu Baydar Artantas, Aylin Kahveci, Rabia Cihan, Fatma Goksin
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The tools used for critically appraising the quality of Clinical Practice Guidelines are complex and not suitable for the busy end-users. So rapid, effective and simple instruments are more preferred. The aim of this study is to compare two critical appraisal tools: iCAHE as a rapid instrument and AGREE II as a complex instrument on guideline quali...
