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Autor:
Sarah L. Krein, Milisa Manojlovich, Megan Lafferty, Timothy P. Hofer, Molly Harrod, Michaella McBratnie
Publikováno v:
BMJ Qual Saf
BackgroundHow quickly physicians respond to communications from bedside nurses is important for the delivery of safe inpatient care. Delays in physician responsiveness can impede care or contribute to patient harm. Understanding contributory factors
Publikováno v:
Journal of patient safety. 17(8)
Objectives The study of communication has evolved from diverse academic disciplines, yet those diverse fields are not well represented in theoretical frameworks that describe communication in health care, narrowing our ability to explain how communic
Publikováno v:
Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology. 37:811-817
BACKGROUNDThe number of peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) lumens is associated with thrombotic and infectious complications. Because multilumen PICCs are not necessary in all patients, policies that limit their use may improve safety and
Autor:
Sarah L. Krein, Elizabeth Umberfield, Molly Harrod, Milisa Manojlovich, Richard M. Frankel, Timothy P. Hofer, Alaa Heshmati
Publikováno v:
BMJ qualitysafety. 28(2)
BackgroundDespite decades of research and interventions, poor communication between physicians and nurses continues to be a primary contributor to adverse events in the hospital setting and a major challenge to improving patient safety. The lack of p
Autor:
Timothy P. Hofer, Karen E. Fowler, Allen Kachalia, Sanjay Saint, Scott A. Flanders, Angela Fagerlin, Aaron Berg
Publikováno v:
Annals of Internal Medicine. 162:100-108
BACKGROUND Health care reform efforts and initiatives seek to improve quality and reduce costs by eliminating unnecessary care. However, little is known about overuse and its drivers, especially in hospitals. OBJECTIVE To assess the extent of and fac
Autor:
Timothy P. Hofer
Publikováno v:
Health Services Research. 46:679-684
The paper by Sharek and colleagues in this issue of Health Services Research describes some of the characteristics of a method of measuring adverse events in hospitalized patients. The method was developed by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement
Autor:
Timothy P. Hofer, Bryony Dean Franklin, Jon Nicholl, Celia A. Brown, Richard Thomson, A. Johal, Richard J. Lilford
Publikováno v:
Quality and Safety in Health Care. 17:178-181
This is the final article in the series on the epistemology of patient safety research, and considers the selection of study design and end points during the planning of an evaluation. The key message of this series is that “one size does not fit a
Autor:
Bryony Dean Franklin, Celia A. Brown, A. Johal, Richard J. Lilford, Timothy P. Hofer, Jon Nicholl, Richard Thomson
Publikováno v:
Quality and Safety in Health Care. 17:158-162
This is the first of a four-part series of articles examining the epistemology of patient safety research. Parts 2 and 3 will describe different study designs and methods of measuring outcomes in the evaluation of patient safety interventions, before
Autor:
Bryony Dean Franklin, A. Johal, Celia A. Brown, Richard J. Lilford, Timothy P. Hofer, Richard Thomson, Jon Nicholl
Publikováno v:
Quality and Safety in Health Care. 17:163-169
This is the second in a four-part series of articles detailing the epistemology of patient safety research. This article concentrates on issues of study design. It first considers the range of designs that may be used in the evaluation of patient saf
Autor:
Richard Thomson, Timothy P. Hofer, A. Johal, Bryony Dean Franklin, Celia A. Brown, Jon Nicholl, Richard J. Lilford
Publikováno v:
Quality and Safety in Health Care. 17:170-177
This article builds on the previous two articles in this series, which focused on an evaluation framework and study designs for patient safety research. The current article focuses on what to measure as evidence of safety and how these measurements c