Table of contents

Original research

• Effects of the I-PASS Nursing Handoff Bundle on communication quality and workflow (5 July, 2017)

  Amy J Starmer, Kumiko O Schnock, Aimee Lyons, Rebecca S Hehn, Dionne A Graham, Carol Keohane, Christopher P Landrigan
• Patients’ and providers’ perceptions of the preventability of hospital readmission: a prospective, observational study in four European countries (22 June, 2017)

  Louise S van Galen, Mikkel Brabrand, Tim Cooksley, Peter M van de Ven, Hanneke Merten, Ralph KL So, Loes van Hooff, Harm R Haak, Rachel M Kidney, Christian H Nickel, John TY Soong, Immo Weichert, Mark HH Kramer, Christian P Subbe, Prabath WB Nanayakkara
• Optimising impact and sustainability: a qualitative process evaluation of a complex intervention targeted at compassionate care (15 September, 2017)

  Jackie Bridges, Carl May, Alison Fuller, Peter Griffiths, Wendy Wigley, Lisa Gould, Hannah Barker, Paula Libberton
• How do hospital boards govern for quality improvement? A mixed methods study of 15 organisations in England (8 July, 2017)

  Lorelei Jones, Linda Pomeroy, Glenn Robert, Susan Burnett, Janet E Anderson, Naomi J Fulop
• Controlled trial to improve resident sign-out in a medical intensive care unit (7 August, 2017)

  Rahul Nanchal, Brian Aebly, Gabrielle Graves, Jonathon Truwit, Gagan Kumar, Amit Taneja, Gaurav Dagar, Jeanette Graf, Erin Hubertz, Vijaya Ramalingam, Kathlyn E Fletcher
• A randomised controlled trial assessing the efficacy of an electronic discharge communication tool for preventing death or hospital readmission (18 August, 2017)

  Maria J Santana, Jayna Holroyd-Leduc, Danielle A Southern, Ward W Flemons, Maeve O’Beirne, Michael D Hill, Alan J Forster, Deborah E White, William A. Ghali