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September 13, 2019

Editorial
Realising the potential of health information technology to enhance medication safety
Free

Aziz Sheikh

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-010018
Original research
Impact of a system-wide quality improvement initiative on blood pressure control: a cohort analysis

Elizabeth R Pfoh, Kathryn Martinez, Nirav Vakharia, Michael Rothberg

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-009032
Editorial
The ageing surgeon
Free

Natalia Kurek, Ara Darzi

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009739
Short report
When do trials of diabetes quality improvement strategies lead to sustained change in patient care?

Emily L Kearsley-Ho, Hsin Yun Yang, Sathya Karunananthan, Celia Laur, Jeremy M Grimshaw, Noah M Ivers

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009658

September 12, 2019

Original research
Hospital-level evaluation of the effect of a national quality improvement programme: time-series analysis of registry data

Timothy J Stephens, Carol J Peden, Ryan Haines, Mike P W Grocott, Dave Murray, David Cromwell, Carolyn Johnston, Sarah Hare, Jose Lourtie, Sharon Drake, Graham P Martin, Rupert M Pearse On behalf of Enhanced Perioperative Care for High-risk patients (EPOCH) trial group

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009537

September 09, 2019

Editorial
Nurses matter: more evidence
Free

Linda H Aiken, Douglas M Sloane

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009732

September 05, 2019

Viewpoint
Coproduction: when users define quality

Glyn Elwyn, Eugene Nelson, Andreas Hager, Amy Price

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009830

September 03, 2019

Editorial
Challenges in translating mortality risk to the point of care
Free

Vincent J Major, Yindalon Aphinyanaphongs

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009858

August 29, 2019

Original research
Community pharmacy medication review, death and re-admission after hospital discharge: a propensity score-matched cohort study

Lauren Lapointe-Shaw, Chaim M Bell, Peter C Austin, Lusine Abrahamyan, Noah M Ivers, Ping Li, Petros Pechlivanoglou, Donald A Redelmeier, Lisa Dolovich

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009545

August 24, 2019

Original research
A mixed-methods study of challenges experienced by clinical teams in measuring improvement

Thomas Woodcock, Elisa G Liberati, Mary Dixon-Woods

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-009048
Original research
The value of Facebook in nation-wide hospital quality assessment: a national mixed-methods study in Norway

Oyvind Bjertnaes, Hilde Hestad Iversen, Katrine Damgaard Skyrud, Kirsten Danielsen

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009456

August 23, 2019

Editorial
Mind the gap: how vulnerable patients fall through the cracks of cancer quality metrics
Free

Christopher Manz, Katharine Rendle, Justin Bekelman

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-010062

August 22, 2019

Original research
Validation of new ICD-10-based patient safety indicators for identification of in-hospital complications in surgical patients: a study of diagnostic accuracy

Daniel I McIsaac, Gavin M Hamilton, Karim Abdulla, Luke T Lavallée, Husien Moloo, Chris Pysyk, Jocelyn Tufts, William A Ghali, Alan J Forster

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008852

August 19, 2019

Original research
Mental well-being, job satisfaction and self-rated workability in general practitioners and hospitalisations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions among listed patients: a cohort study combining survey data on GPs and register data on patients

Karen Busk Nørøxe, Anette Fischer Pedersen, Anders Helles Carlsen, Flemming Bro, Peter Vedsted

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-009039

August 16, 2019

Original research
Nursing roles for in-hospital cardiac arrest response: higher versus lower performing hospitals

Timothy C Guetterman, Joan E Kellenberg, Sarah L Krein, Molly Harrod, Jessica L Lehrich, Theodore J Iwashyna, Steven L Kronick, Saket Girotra, Paul S Chan, Brahmajee K Nallamothu

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009487

August 10, 2019

Editorial
Language, culture and preventable readmissions: pragmatic, intervention studies needed
Free

Elaine C Khoong, Alicia Fernandez

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009836

August 07, 2019

Systematic review
Effectiveness of double checking to reduce medication administration errors: a systematic review

Alain K Koyama, Claire-Sophie Sheridan Maddox, Ling Li, Tracey Bucknall, Johanna I Westbrook

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009552
Original research
Association of registered nurse and nursing support staffing with inpatient hospital mortality

Jack Needleman, Jianfang Liu, Jinjing Shang, Elaine L Larson, Patricia W Stone

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-009219
Original research
Automated detection of wrong-drug prescribing errors

Bruce L Lambert, William Galanter, King Lup Liu, Suzanne Falck, Gordon Schiff, Christine Rash-Foanio, Kelly Schmidt, Neeha Shrestha, Allen J Vaida, Michael J Gaunt

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009420

August 05, 2019

Original research
Randomised controlled trial of a theory-based intervention to prompt front-line staff to take up the seasonal influenza vaccine

Kelly Ann Schmidtke, Peter G Nightingale, Katharine Reeves, Suzy Gallier, Ivo Vlaev, Samuel I Watson, Richard J Lilford

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009775

July 31, 2019

Original research
Failure to administer recommended chemotherapy: acceptable variation or cancer care quality blind spot?

Ryan J Ellis, Cary Jo R Schlick, Joe Feinglass, Mary F Mulcahy, Al B Benson, Sheetal M Kircher, Tony D Yang, David D Odell, Karl Bilimoria, Ryan P Merkow

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009742
Editorial
What does it take to improve nationwide healthcare quality in China?
Free

Xi Li, Harlan M Krumholz

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009839

July 30, 2019

Original research
The ageing surgeon: a qualitative study of expert opinions on assuring performance and supporting safe career transitions among older surgeons

Rupert Sherwood, Marie Bismark

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009596

July 29, 2019

Original research
Exploring the sustainability of quality improvement interventions in healthcare organisations: a multiple methods study of the 10-year impact of the ‘Productive Ward: Releasing Time to Care’ programme in English acute hospitals

Glenn Robert, Sophie Sarre, Jill Maben, Peter Griffiths, Rosemary Chable

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009457
Systematic review
How do stakeholders experience the adoption of electronic prescribing systems in hospitals? A systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies

Albert Farre, Gemma Heath, Karen Shaw, Danai Bem, Carole Cummins

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-009082

July 20, 2019

Original research
Influence of doctor-patient conversations on behaviours of patients presenting to primary care with new or persistent symptoms: a video observation study

Dorothee Amelung, Katriina L Whitaker, Debby Lennard, Margaret Ogden, Jessica Sheringham, Yin Zhou, Fiona M Walter, Hardeep Singh, Charles Vincent, Georgia Black

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009485

July 19, 2019

Original research
The discontinuation of contact precautions for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus: Impact upon patient adverse events and hospital operations

Gregory M Schrank, Graham M Snyder, Roger B Davis, Westyn Branch-Elliman, Sharon B Wright

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008926

July 18, 2019

Original research
Assessing the safety of electronic health records: a national longitudinal study of medication-related decision support

A Jay Holmgren, Zoe Co, Lisa Newmark, Melissa Danforth, David Classen, David Bates

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009609
Editorial
Connecting simulation and quality improvement: how can healthcare simulation really improve patient care?
Free

Victoria Brazil, Eve Isabelle Purdy, Komal Bajaj

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009767

July 13, 2019

Original research
Effect of hands-on interprofessional simulation training for local emergencies in Scotland: the THISTLE stepped-wedge design randomised controlled trial

Erik Lenguerrand, Cathy Winter, Dimitrios Siassakos, Graeme MacLennan, Karen Innes, Pauline Lynch, Alan Cameron, Joanna Crofts, Alison McDonald, Kirsty McCormack, Mark Forrest, John Norrie, Siladitya Bhattacharya, Tim Draycott

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008625

July 09, 2019

Viewpoint
Managing risk in hazardous conditions: improvisation is not enough

Rene Amalberti, Charles Vincent

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009443

July 03, 2019

Original research
‘This is our liver patient…’: use of narratives during resident and nurse handoff conversations

Thomas Kannampallil, Steve Jones, Joanna Abraham

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-009268
Quality improvement report
Reducing unnecessary sedative-hypnotic use among hospitalised older adults

Chris Fan-Lun, Clarissa Chung, Eun Hye Grace Lee, Elisabeth Pek, Rebecca Ramsden, Cheryl Ethier, Christine Soong

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-009241
Original research
Study of a multisite prospective adverse event surveillance system

Alan J Forster, Allen Huang, Todd C Lee, Alison Jennings, Omer Choudhri, Chantal Backman

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008664

July 01, 2019

Original research
Impact of audit and feedback with action implementation toolbox on improving ICU pain management: cluster-randomised controlled trial

Marie-José Roos-Blom, Wouter T Gude, Evert de Jonge, Jan Jaap Spijkstra, Sabine N van der Veer, Niels Peek, Dave A Dongelmans, Nicolette F de Keizer

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009588

June 29, 2019

Quality improvement report
Reducing door-to-needle times in stroke thrombolysis to 13 min through protocol revision and simulation training: a quality improvement project in a Norwegian stroke centre

Soffien Chadli Ajmi, Rajiv Advani, Lars Fjetland, Kathinka Dehli Kurz, Thomas Lindner, Sigrunn Anna Qvindesland, Hege Ersdal, Mayank Goyal, Jan Terje Kvaløy, Martin Kurz

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-009117

June 28, 2019

Original research
mHOMR: a feasibility study of an automated system for identifying inpatients having an elevated risk of 1-year mortality

Pete Wegier, Ellen Koo, Shahin Ansari, Daniel Kobewka, Erin O'Connor, Peter Wu, Leah Steinberg, Chaim Bell, Tara Walton, Carl van Walraven, Gayathri Embuldeniya, Judy Costello, James Downar

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-009285

June 26, 2019

Original research
Stepped-wedge randomised trial to evaluate population health intervention designed to increase appropriate anticoagulation in patients with atrial fibrillation

Shirley V Wang, James R Rogers, Yinzhu Jin, David DeiCicchi, Sara Dejene, Jean M Connors, David W Bates, Robert J Glynn, Michael A Fischer

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009367

June 14, 2019

Original research
Can a patient-directed video improve inpatient advance care planning? A prospective pre-post cohort study

Rajesh Nair, Samuel Abuaf Kohen

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-009066
Innovations in Education
Patient safety superheroes in training: using a comic book to teach patient safety to residents

Theresa Camille Maatman, Heather Prigmore, Joni Strom Williams, Kathlyn E Fletcher

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-009094

June 07, 2019

Viewpoint
Patient experience surveys: reflections on rating a sacred trust

Catherine C Ferguson

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009525

June 06, 2019

Original research
Missed nursing care in newborn units: a cross-sectional direct observational study

David Gathara, George Serem, Georgina A V Murphy, Alfred Obengo, Edna Tallam, Debra Jackson, Sharon Brownie, Mike English

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009363

June 04, 2019

Original research
Management of low back pain in Australian emergency departments

Giovanni E Ferreira, Gustavo C Machado, Christina Abdel Shaheed, Chung-Wei Christine Lin, Chris Needs, James Edwards, Rochelle Facer, Eileen Rogan, Bethan Richards, Christopher G Maher

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009383
Original research
When order sets do not align with clinician workflow: assessing practice patterns in the electronic health record

Ron C Li, Jason K Wang, Christopher Sharp, Jonathan H Chen

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008968

May 30, 2019

Editorial
Clinical considerations when applying machine learning to decision-support tasks versus automation
Free

Trevor Jamieson, Avi Goldfarb

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009514
Original research
Disrupting activities in quality improvement initiatives: a qualitative case study of the QuICR Door-To-Needle initiative

Jo-Louise Huq, Jaana Woiceshyn

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008898

May 28, 2019

Quality improvement report
MRI for patients with cardiac implantable electronic devices: simplifying complexity with a ‘one-stop’ service model

Anish N Bhuva, Patricia Feuchter, Angela Hawkins, Lizette Cash, Redha Boubertakh, Jane Evanson, Richard Schilling, Martin Lowe, James C Moon, Charlotte H Manisty

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-009079

May 24, 2019

Original research
Home care nursing after elective vascular surgery: an opportunity to reduce emergency department visits and hospital readmission

Charles de Mestral, Ahmed Kayssi, Mohammed Al-Omran, Konrad Salata, Mohamad Anas Hussain, Graham Roche-Nagle

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-009161

May 23, 2019

Original research
Putting out fires: a qualitative study exploring the use of patient complaints to drive improvement at three academic hospitals

Jessica J Liu, Leahora Rotteau, Chaim M Bell, Kaveh G Shojania

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008801

May 21, 2019

Original research
Association between cultural factors and readmissions: the mediating effect of hospital discharge practices and care-transition preparedness

Nosaiba Rayan-Gharra, Ran D. Balicer, Boaz Tadmor, Efrat Shadmi

doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2019-009317

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