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Inappropriate prescribing for older people with reduced kidney function: can we do better at the primary care level?

As people age, so do their kidneys.1 The average decline in renal function is approximately 1 mL/min/year after 30 years ...
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Integrating equity into incident reporting and patient concerns systems: a critical interpretive synthesis

Background Hospital incident reporting and patient concerns systems are widely used to detect and respond to patient harm.
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The incidence of diagnostic error in medicine

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 ...
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Learning from incidents in healthcare: the journey, not the arrival, matters

Correspondence to Dr Ian Leistikow, Medical Specialist Care, Dutch Healthcare Inspectorate, PO Box 2518, 6401DA Heerlen, The Netherlands; ip.leistikow{at}igz.nl The purpose of these systems is also ...
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Formative evaluation of the video reflexive ethnography method, as applied to the physician–nurse dyad

Correspondence to Dr Milisa Manojlovich, School of Nursing, University of Michigan School of Nursing, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA; mmanojlo{at}umich.edu Background Despite decades of research and ...
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The problem with ‘5 whys’

Correspondence to Dr Alan J Card, Evidence-Based Health Solutions, LLC, PO Box 62, Notre Dame, IN 46556, USA; alan.j.card{at}gmail.com ‘The Problem with…’ series covers controversial topics related to ...
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‘Care left undone’ during nursing shifts: associations with workload and perceived quality of care

1 National Nursing Research Unit, Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College London, London, UK 2 Florence Nightingale School of Nursing and Midwifery, King's College London, ...
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Suffering in silence: a qualitative study of second victims of adverse events

Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics (LIME), Medical Management Centre (MMC), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden Correspondence to Susanne Ullström, Department of Learning, ...
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The natural history of recovery for the healthcare provider “second victim” after adverse patient events

University of Missouri Health System, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, USA Correspondence to S D Scott, Office of Clinical Effectiveness, University of Missouri Health System, One ...
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Diagnostic errors: moving beyond ‘no respect’ and getting ready for prime time

Correspondence to Dr Hardeep Singh, Houston VA HSR&D Center of Excellence, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Section of Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, ...
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Using statistical process control to improve the quality of health care

Correspondence to: Dr M A Mohammed Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; m.a.mohammedbham.ac.uk Continuous improvement in health care and ...
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Publication guidelines for quality improvement in health care: evolution of the SQUIRE project

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 ...