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How can routine colorectal cancer screening in the USA be considered low value in other countries?
Kelsey Chalmers, Shannon Brownlee, Vikas Saini

BMJ Quality & Safety Mar 2023, bmjqs-2022-015576; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015576
Improving risk stratification and decision support for deteriorating hospital patients
Judit Orosz, Daryl A Jones

BMJ Quality & Safety Feb 2023, bmjqs-2022-015881; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015881
High cost of broken relationships
Christine A Sinsky, James Morrow

BMJ Quality & Safety Feb 2023, bmjqs-2023-015930; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-015930
Making it happen: engaging the power of many in translating research into practice
Lillian S Kao, Clifford Y Ko

BMJ Quality & Safety Feb 2023, bmjqs-2022-015613; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015613
Emotional safety is patient safety
Audrey Lyndon, Dána-Ain Davis, Anjana E Sharma, Karen A Scott

BMJ Quality & Safety Feb 2023, bmjqs-2022-015573; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015573
Understanding the consequences of GP referral thresholds: taking the instrumental approach
Jen Lewis, Christopher Burton

BMJ Quality & Safety Jan 2023, bmjqs-2022-015557; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015557
Advancing equity, diversity and inclusion at BMJ Quality and Safety
Bryony Dean Franklin, Eric J Thomas, Christine Soong

BMJ Quality & Safety Jan 2023, bmjqs-2023-015910; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-015910
Measuring what matters: refining our approach to quality indicators
Perla J Marang-van de Mheen, Charles Vincent

BMJ Quality & Safety Dec 2022, bmjqs-2022-015221; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015221
Hip fracture in the COVID-19 era: what can we say about care and patient outcomes?
Alex Bottle, Alex Liddle

BMJ Quality & Safety Dec 2022, bmjqs-2022-015293; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015293
Breaking the quality-equity cycle when implementing prevention programmes
Sheena McHugh, Fiona Riordan, Rachel C Shelton

BMJ Quality & Safety Dec 2022, bmjqs-2022-015558; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015558
Nurse staffing and patient safety in acute hospitals: Cassandra calls again?
Peter Griffiths, Chiara Dall'Ora

BMJ Quality & Safety Dec 2022, bmjqs-2022-015578; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015578

Original research

Error disclosure in neonatal intensive care: a multicentre, prospective, observational study
Loïc Passini, Stephane Le Bouedec, Gilles Dassieu, Audrey Reynaud, Camille Jung, Marie-Laurence Keller, Aline Lefebvre, Therese Katty, Jean-Marc Baleyte, Richard Layese, Etienne Audureau, Laurence Caeymaex

BMJ Quality & Safety Mar 2023, bmjqs-2022-015247; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015247
Patient safety and hospital visiting at the end of life during COVID-19 restrictions in Aotearoa New Zealand: a qualitative study
Aileen Collier, Deborah Balmer, Eileen Gilder, Rachael Parke

BMJ Quality & Safety Feb 2023, bmjqs-2022-015471; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015471
Predictors and population health outcomes of persistent high GP turnover in English general practices: a retrospective observational study
Rosa Parisi, Yiu-Shing Lau, Peter Bower, Katherine Checkland, Jill Rubery, Matt Sutton, Sally J Giles, Aneez Esmail, Sharon Spooner, Evangelos Kontopantelis

BMJ Quality & Safety Jan 2023, bmjqs-2022-015353; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015353
Effect of contextual factors on the prevalence of diagnostic errors among patients managed by physicians of the same specialty: a single-centre retrospective observational study
Yukinori Harada, Yumi Otaka, Shinichi Katsukura, Taro Shimizu

BMJ Quality & Safety Jan 2023, bmjqs-2022-015436; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015436
Illness severity characteristics and outcomes of patients remaining on an acute ward following medical emergency team review: a latent profile analysis
Anthony Batterbury, Clint Douglas, Lee Jones, Fiona Coyer

BMJ Quality & Safety Jan 2023, bmjqs-2022-015637; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015637
Impact of altering referral threshold from out-of-hours primary care to hospital on patient safety and further health service use: a cohort study
Ellen Rabben Svedahl, Kristine Pape, Bjarne Austad, Gunnhild Åberge Vie, Kjartan Sarheim Anthun, Fredrik Carlsen, Neil M Davies, Johan Håkon Bjørngaard

BMJ Quality & Safety Dec 2022, bmjqs-2022-014944; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-014944
Measurement and Monitoring of Safety Framework: a qualitative study of implementation through a Canadian learning collaborative
Joanne Goldman, Leahora Rotteau, Virginia Flintoft, Lianne Jeffs, G Ross Baker

BMJ Quality & Safety Dec 2022, bmjqs-2022-015017; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015017
Does recruiting patients to diabetes prevention programmes via primary care reinforce existing inequalities in care provision between general practices? A retrospective observational study
Beth Parkinson, Emma McManus, Matt Sutton, Rachel Meacock

BMJ Quality & Safety Dec 2022, bmjqs-2022-014983; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-014983
Surgical implementation gap: an interrupted time series analysis with interviews examining the impact of surgical trials on surgical practice in England
Kelly Ann Schmidtke, Felicity Evison, Amy Grove, Laura Kudrna, Olga Tucker, Andy Metcalfe, Andrew W Bradbury, Aneel Bhangu, Richard Lilford

BMJ Quality & Safety Oct 2022, bmjqs-2022-015077; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015077
Nurse staffing and inpatient mortality in the English National Health Service: a retrospective longitudinal study
Ben Zaranko, Natalie Jean Sanford, Elaine Kelly, Anne Marie Rafferty, James Bird, Luca Mercuri, Janice Sigsworth, Mary Wells, Carol Propper

BMJ Quality & Safety Sep 2022, bmjqs-2022-015291; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015291
How do hospital inpatients conceptualise patient safety? A qualitative interview study using constructivist grounded theory
Emily Barrow, Rachael A Lear, Abigail Morbi, Susannah Long, Ara Darzi, Erik Mayer, Stephanie Archer

BMJ Quality & Safety Oct 2022, bmjqs-2022-014695; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-014695
Approach to systematically examine the usefulness of quality measures in practice: Minnesota’s nursing home quality indicators and scoring approach
Dongjuan Xu, Teresa Lewis, Marissa Rurka, Greg Arling

BMJ Quality & Safety Oct 2022, bmjqs-2021-014384; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2021-014384
Development and validation of a new ICD-10-based screening colonoscopy overuse measure in a large integrated healthcare system: a retrospective observational study
Megan A Adams, Eve A Kerr, Jason A Dominitz, Yuqing Gao, Nicholas Yankey, Folasade P May, John Mafi, Sameer D Saini

BMJ Quality & Safety Oct 2022, bmjqs-2021-014236; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2021-014236
Delayed diagnosis of serious paediatric conditions in 13 regional emergency departments
Kenneth A Michelson, Finn L E McGarghan, Emma E Patterson, Margaret E Samuels-Kalow, Mark L Waltzman, Kimberly F Greco

BMJ Quality & Safety Sep 2022, bmjqs-2022-015314; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015314
Mixed-methods study examining family carers’ perceptions of the relationship between intrahospital transitions and patient readiness for discharge
Alycia A Bristol, Catherine E Elmore, Marianne E Weiss, Lisa A. Barry, Eli Iacob, Erin P Johnson, Andrea S Wallace

BMJ Quality & Safety Sep 2022, bmjqs-2022-015120; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015120
Indirect effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on hospital mortality in patients with hip fracture: a competing risk survival analysis using linked administrative data
Fiona Grimm, Antony Johansen, Hannah Knight, Richard Brine, Sarah R Deeny

BMJ Quality & Safety Aug 2022, bmjqs-2022-014896; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-014896
Engagement and fidelity of a cardiovascular disease prevention-focused digital health intervention in cardiology outpatient waiting rooms: a mixed-methods study
Daniel Mcintyre, Jason Chiang, Aravinda Thiagalingam, Allison Tong, Clara Kayei Chow

BMJ Quality & Safety Jul 2022, bmjqs-2021-014664; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2021-014664
Impact of COVID-19 on opioid use in those awaiting hip and knee arthroplasty: a retrospective cohort study
Luke Farrow, William T Gardner, Chee Chee Tang, Rachel Low, Patrice Forget, George Patrick Ashcroft

BMJ Quality & Safety Sep 2021, bmjqs-2021-013450; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2021-013450
Addressing social determinants of health in primary care: a quasi-experimental study using unannounced standardised patients to evaluate the impact of audit/feedback on physicians' rates of identifying and responding to social needs
Colleen Gillespie, Jeffrey A Wilhite, Kathleen Hanley, Khemraj Hardowar, Lisa Altshuler, Harriet Fisher, Barbara Porter, Andrew Wallach, Sondra Zabar

BMJ Quality & Safety May 2022, bmjqs-2021-013904; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2021-013904
Quality framework for remote antenatal care: qualitative study with women, healthcare professionals and system-level stakeholders
Lisa Hinton, Francesca H Dakin, Karolina Kuberska, Nicola Boydell, Janet Willars, Tim Draycott, Cathy Winter, Richard J McManus, Lucy C Chappell, Sanhita Chakrabarti, Elizabeth Howland, Jenny George, Brandi Leach, Mary Dixon-Woods

BMJ Quality & Safety May 2022, bmjqs-2021-014329; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2021-014329
Patient-centred outcomes of imaging tests: recommendations for patients, clinicians and researchers
Matthew J Thompson, Monica Zigman Suchsland, Victoria Hardy, Danielle C Lavallee, Sally Lord, Emily Beth Devine, Jeffrey G Jarvik, Steven Findlay, Thomas A Trikalinos, Fiona M Walter, Roger Chou, Beverly B Green, Karen J Wernli, Annette L Fitzpatrick, Patrick M Bossuyt

BMJ Quality & Safety Oct 2021, bmjqs-2021-013311; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2021-013311
Accuracy of telephone triage for predicting adverse outcomes in suspected COVID-19: an observational cohort study
Carl Marincowitz, Tony Stone, Peter Bath, Richard Campbell, Janette Kay Turner, Madina Hasan, Richard Pilbery, Benjamin David Thomas, Laura Sutton, Fiona Bell, Katie Biggs, Frank Hopfgartner, Suvodeep Mazumdar, Jennifer Petrie, Steve Goodacre

BMJ Quality & Safety Mar 2022, bmjqs-2021-014382; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2021-014382
Sustaining interventions in care homes initiated by quality improvement projects: a qualitative study
Reena Devi, Graham P Martin, Jaydip Banerjee, John RF Gladman, Tom Dening, Atena Barat, Adam Lee Gordon

BMJ Quality & Safety Mar 2022, bmjqs-2021-014345; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2021-014345
Safety implications of remote assessments for suspected COVID-19: qualitative study in UK primary care
Sietse Wieringa, Ana Luisa Neves, Alexander Rushforth, Emma Ladds, Laiba Husain, Teresa Finlay, Catherine Pope, Trisha Greenhalgh

BMJ Quality & Safety Mar 2022, bmjqs-2021-013305; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2021-013305
Diagnostic error experiences of patients and families with limited English-language health literacy or disadvantaged socioeconomic position in a cross-sectional US population-based survey
Sigall K Bell, Joe Dong, Long Ngo, Patricia McGaffigan, Eric J Thomas, Fabienne Bourgeois

BMJ Quality & Safety Feb 2022, bmjqs-2021-013937; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2021-013937
Days alive and at home after hip fracture: a cross-sectional validation of a patient-centred outcome measure using routinely collected data
Daniel I McIsaac, Robert Talarico, Angela Jerath, Duminda N Wijeysundera

BMJ Quality & Safety Jul 2021, bmjqs-2021-013150; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2021-013150
Effect of a health system payment and quality improvement programme for tonsillectomy in Ontario, Canada: an interrupted time series analysis
Sanjay Mahant, Jun Guan, Jessie Zhang, Sima Gandhi, Evan Jon Propst, Astrid Guttmann

BMJ Quality & Safety Jul 2021, bmjqs-2021-013110; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2021-013110

Quality improvement report

Reducing unnecessary diagnostic phlebotomy in intensive care: a prospective quality improvement intervention
Thomas Bodley, Olga Levi, Maverick Chan, Jan O Friedrich, Lisa K Hicks

BMJ Quality & Safety Jan 2023, bmjqs-2022-015358; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015358

Systematic review

Indication documentation and indication-based prescribing within electronic prescribing systems: a systematic review and narrative synthesis
Calandra Feather, Nicholas Appelbaum, Ara Darzi, Bryony Dean Franklin

BMJ Quality & Safety Feb 2023, bmjqs-2022-015452; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015452
Roles and effectiveness of knowledge brokers for translating clinical practice guidelines in health-related settings: a systematic review
Amanda J Cross, Terry P Haines, Choon Ean Ooi, Adam La Caze, Sara Karavesovska, Eu Jin Lee, Samuel Siu, Sagar Sareen, Carlos Jones, Michelle Steeper, John Simon Bell

BMJ Quality & Safety Feb 2023, bmjqs-2022-015595; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-015595

Thank you to our reviewers

2017 Thank you to our frequent reviewers
BMJ Quality & Safety Mar 2018, bmjqs-2017-reviewers2; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2017-reviewers2

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How can we champion diversity, equity and inclusion within Lean Six Sigma? Practical suggestions for quality improvement
Bharat Kumar, Hilary Mosher, Amany Farag, Melissa Swee

BMJ Quality & Safety Dec 2022, bmjqs-2022-014892; DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2022-014892

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