qualitysafety.bmj5d
Duration of antibiotic therapy in the intensive care unit: factors influencing decision-making during multidisciplinary meetings
Objectives In the intensive care unit (ICU), antibiotics are often given longer than recommended in guidelines. A better understanding of the factors influencing antibiotic therapy duration is needed ...
qualitysafety.bmj2d
Developing a patient measure of safety (PMOS)
Background Tools that proactively identify factors that contribute to accidents have been developed within high-risk industries. Although patients provide feedback on their experience of care in ...
qualitysafety.bmj3d
Research designs for studies evaluating the effectiveness of change and improvement strategies
3 Health Services Research Unit, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK Correspondence to: Professor M Eccles, Professor of Clinical Effectiveness, Centre for Health Services Research, 21 Claremont ...
qualitysafety.bmj1d
Anatomy of a patient safety event: a pediatric patient safety taxonomy
3 Institute for Healthcare Studies and Department of Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University and Children’s Memorial HospitalChicago, IL, USA 4 Feinberg School of ...
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Challenges of making a diagnosis in the outpatient setting: a multi-site survey of primary care physicians
1 Division of General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA 2 Center for Vulnerable Populations, San Francisco General Hospital, University of ...
qualitysafety.bmj6d
European Surveillance of Antimicrobial Consumption (ESAC): disease-specific quality indicators for outpatient antibiotic prescribing
1 University of Antwerp, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute (VAXINFECTIO), Laboratory of Medical Microbiology, Antwerp, Belgium 2 University of Antwerp, Vaccine & Infectious Disease Institute ...
qualitysafety.bmj3d
Qualitative versus quantitative research — balancing cost, yield and feasibility
Correspondence to: Professor W B Runciman, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000; wrunciman{at}bigpond.com In considering ...