While efforts have been made to bring about quality and safety improvement in healthcare, it remains by no means certain that an improvement project will succeed. This suggests a need to better understand the ...
Authors: Denham L. Phipps, Christian E. L. Jones, Dianne Parker and Darren M. Ashcroft
Colonoscopy has become a common medical procedure due to increased use of colonoscopy for evaluation of symptoms, colorectal cancer screening and surveillance of people with higher risks of developing colorect...
Authors: Gayle Restall, John R Walker, Celeste Waldman, Kathleen Zawaly, Valerie Michaud, Dana Moffat and Harminder Singh
To develop a culture of patient safety in a regime that strongly focuses on saving patients from emergencies may seem counter-intuitive and challenging. Little research exists on patient safety culture in the ...
Authors: Leif Inge K Sørskår, Eirik B Abrahamsen, Espen Olsen, Stephen J M Sollid and Håkon B Abrahamsen
We recently defined a global typology of primary care (PC) in Switzerland using a mixed inductive/deductive approach to construct latent, composite variables that summarize variance between practices. Now we e...
Authors: K Selby, J-C Zuchuat, C Cohidon and N Senn
Comorbidity is known to increase risk of death in cancer patients, both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal. The means of measuring comorbidity to assess risk of death has not been studied in any depth in Aboriginal...
Authors: Lettie Pule, Elizabeth Buckley, Theophile Niyonsenga, David Banham and David Roder
In dementia care, it is crucial that the chain of care is adapted to the needs of people with dementia and their informal caregivers throughout the course of the disease. Assessing the existing dementia care s...
The high prevalence of non-communicable diseases places significant demands on the healthcare system. As a result, hospitals are seeking to broaden their role to include more integrated health promotion. Stron...
Authors: Stephen Barrett, Stephen Begg and Michael Kingsley
Adolescents living with HIV experience worse HIV care outcomes compared to adults, especially during transition from pediatric to adult care. However, data regarding adolescents are limited. This paper describ...
Authors: Siyan Yi, Sovannary Tuot, Khuondyla Pal, Vohith Khol, Say Sok, Pheak Chhoun, Laura Ferguson and Gitau Mburu
Problems of irrational antibiotic use by prescribers are ongoing and have escalated following reductions in the cost of essential drugs policy. In an attempt to improve prescribing practices for village doctor...
Managing medical professionals is challenging because professionals tend to adhere to a set of professional norms and enjoy autonomy from supervision. The aim of this paper is to study the interplay of physici...
Authors: Domenico Salvatore, Dino Numerato and Giovanni Fattore
Patient experiences are acknowledged as an important aspect of health care quality but no validated instruments have been identified for the measurement of either parent or patient experiences with outpatient ...
Medicaid home and community-based services (HCBS) provide services such as personal care, nursing, and home-delivered meals to aging adults and individuals with disabilities. HCBS are available to people acros...
Authors: Chanee D Fabius, Kali S Thomas, Tingting Zhang, Jessica Ogarek and Theresa I Shireman
Medications targeting stroke risk factors have shown good efficacy, yet adherence is suboptimal. A lack of underlying theory may contribute to the ineffectiveness of eliciting or sustaining behaviour change in...
Authors: Elise Crayton, Alison J Wright and Mark Ashworth
Discharge summary with medication report effectively counteracts drug-related problems among elderly patients due to insufficient information transfer in care transitions. However, this requires optimal transf...
Authors: Gabriella Caleres, Åsa Bondesson, Patrik Midlöv and Sara Modig
In the German rehabilitation system, primary care physicians (PCPs), occupational health physicians (OPs), and rehabilitation physicians (RPs) fulfill different distinct functions and roles. While effective co...
Authors: Jan M. Stratil, Monika A. Rieger and Susanne Voelter-Mahlknecht
Understanding the perceived importance of Patient-Centered Care (PCC) among Palestinian doctors and how the provider and other clinical characteristics may impact their views on PCC is essential to determine t...
Authors: Wasim I M Sultan, Mutaz I M Sultan and José Crispim
Initiatives such as “Choosing Wisely” in the USA and “Smarter Medicine” in Switzerland have published lists of widely overused health care services. The German initiative “Choosing Wisely Together (Gemeinsam K...
Authors: Cathleen Muche-Borowski, Dorit Abiry, Hans-Otto Wagner, Anne Barzel, Dagmar Lühmann, Günther Egidi, Thomas Kühlein and Martin Scherer
Safety culture describes leader and staff interactions, attitudes, routines, awareness, and practices within an organisation. With this study, we aimed to determine the psychometric properties of the Slovenian...
Authors: Zalika Klemenc-Ketis, Irena Makivić and Antonija Poplas-Susič
Following publication of the original article [1], the author reported that their first names and last names were swapped. The original article has been corrected.
Authors: Roberto Ippoliti, Greta Falavigna, Floriana Montani and Silvia Rizzi
Citation:BMC Health Services Research
2018
18:771
Published on: 11 October 2018
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original article was published in BMC Health Services Research
2018
18:689
Globally, having the ‘patient and /or family voice’ engaged when measuring quality of care for the dying is fundamentally important. This is particularly pertinent within the United Kingdom, where changes to n...
Authors: Catriona Mayland, Tamsin McGlinchey, Maureen Gambles, Helen Mulholland and John Ellershaw
Differences in cancer survival exist between countries in Europe. Benchmarking of good practices can assist cancer centers to improve their services aiming for reduced inequalities. The aim of the BENCH-CAN pr...
Authors: Anke Wind, Joris van Dijk, Isabelle Nefkens, Wineke van Lent, Péter Nagy, Ernestas Janulionis, Tuula Helander, Francisco Rocha-Goncalves and Wim van Harten
Medication problems among patients with long-term conditions (LTCs) are well documented. Measures to support LTC management include: medicine optimisation services by community pharmacists such as the Medicine...
Authors: Reem Kayyali, Shereen Nabhani Gebara, Iman Hesso, Gill Funnell, Minal Naik, Thuy Mason, Mohammed Ahsan Uddin, Noor Al-Yaseri, Umar Khayyam, Teebah Al-Haddad, Roshan Siva and John Chang
“Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)” and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) are global health burden. Medication adherence in people living with HIV (PLWH) is a key element in reducing morbidity and mor...
Potential drug–drug interactions (pDDIs) are one of the preventable drug related problems having the risk of serious adverse events or therapeutic failure. In developing countries like Pakistan, this issue rem...
Authors: Mohammad Ismail, Sidra Noor, Umme Harram, Inamul Haq, Iqbal Haider, Faiza Khadim, Qasim Khan, Zahid Ali, Tahir Muhammad and Muhammad Asif
Obstetric units across the UK face resource pressures alongside a rising rate of Caesarean section (CS). It is assumed that this places a further burden in the form of postnatal bed demands. The number of inpa...
Advances in the management of retinal diseases have been fast-paced as new treatments become available, resulting in increasing numbers of patients receiving treatment in hospital retinal services. These patie...
Authors: Eren Demir, David Southern, Aimee Verner and Winfried Amoaku
Uganda halved its maternal mortality to 343/100,000 live births between 1990 and 2015, but did not meet the Millennium Development Goal 5. Skilled, timely and good quality antenatal (ANC) and delivery care can...
Authors: Lenka Benova, Mardieh L. Dennis, Isabelle L. Lange, Oona M. R. Campbell, Peter Waiswa, Manon Haemmerli, Yolanda Fernandez, Kate Kerber, Joy E. Lawn, Andreia Costa Santos, Fred Matovu, David Macleod, Catherine Goodman, Loveday Penn-Kekana, Freddie Ssengooba and Caroline A. Lynch
Self-management of exacerbations in COPD patients is important to reduce exacerbation impact. There is a need for more comprehensive and individualized interventions to improve exacerbation-related self-manage...
Authors: Y. J. G. Korpershoek, S. C. J. M. Vervoort, J. C. A. Trappenburg and M. J. Schuurmans
Over a third of Australian children have long-term health conditions, often involving multiple organ systems and resulting in complex health care needs. Our healthcare system struggles to meet their needs beca...
Authors: Christie Breen, Lisa Altman, Joanne Ging, Marie Deverell, Susan Woolfenden and Yvonne Zurynski
Variation in access to joint replacement surgery has been widely reported but less attention has been given to the impact of comorbidities on the patient journey to joint replacement surgery. There is a lack o...
Authors: Bélène Podmore, Andrew Hutchings, Mary-Alison Durand, John Robson, Sujith Konan, Jan van der Meulen and Rebecca Lynch
A substantial number of studies linked aspects of a balanced, healthy and supportive nurse practice environment with quality and patient safety. To what extent balanced work characteristics such as social capi...
Authors: Peter Van Bogaert, Danny Van heusden, Stijn Slootmans, Ingrid Roosen, Paul Van Aken, Guy H. Hans and Erik Franck
Female sex workers (FSWs) in many settings have restricted access to sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services. We therefore conducted an implementation study to test a ‘diagonal’ intervention which combin...
Authors: Yves Lafort, Malica Sofia Ismael de Melo, Faustino Lessitala, Sally Griffin, Matthew Chersich and Wim Delva
It is aspired in the German healthcare system that general practitioners (GPs) act as initial contact for patients and guide through at all steps of medical treatment. This study aims at identifying factors as...
Authors: Judith Tillmann, Marie-Therese Puth, Laura Frank, Klaus Weckbecker, Manuela Klaschik and Eva Münster
Mental health care lags behind other forms of medical care in its reliance on subjective clinician assessment. Although routine use of standardized patient-reported outcome measures, measurement-based care (MB...
Authors: Laura O. Wray, Mona J. Ritchie, David W. Oslin and Gregory P. Beehler
Long-term care (LTC) staffing practices are poorly understood as is their influence on quality of care. We examined the relationship between staffing characteristics and residents’ quality of care indicators a...
Authors: Veronique M Boscart, Souraya Sidani, Jeffrey Poss, Meaghan Davey, Josie d’Avernas, Paul Brown, George Heckman, Jenny Ploeg and Andrew P Costa
Meeting psychosocial needs is a significant component of quality dementia care. To enable persons with dementia to live at home for as long as possible, a community healthcare service offering care where physi...
Authors: Anette Hansen, Solveig Hauge, Ragnhild Hellesø and Ådel Bergland
The importance of clinical leadership in ensuring high quality patient care is emphasized in health systems worldwide. Of particular concern are the high costs to health systems related to clinical litigation ...
Current evidence to support cost effectiveness of doctor- pharmacist collaborative prescribing is limited. Our aim was to evaluate inpatient prescribing of venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis by a pharmac...
Authors: Andrew Hale, Greg Merlo, Lisa Nissen, Ian Coombes and Nicholas Graves
Every family expect to have a healthy mother and new born baby after pregnancy. Especially for parents, pregnancy is a time of great anticipation. Access to maternal and child health care insures safer pregnan...
Among all cancer patients in the palliative phase, ¾ have reached the age of 65. An aging population will increase the number of people afflicted with cancer, and create challenges for patients, family members...
Authors: Marianne Fjose, Grethe Eilertsen, Marit Kirkevold and Ellen Karine Grov
Mechanisms by which liaison mental health services (LMHS) may bring about improved patient and organisational outcomes are poorly understood. A small number of logic models have been developed, but they fail t...
Authors: Allan House, Elspeth Guthrie, Andrew Walker, Jenny Hewsion, Peter Trigwell, Cathy Brennan, Mike Crawford, Carolyn Czoski Murray, Matt Fossey, Claire Hulme, Adam Martin, Alan Quirk and Sandy Tubeuf
The level of quality of care of ambulatory services in Switzerland is almost completely unknown. By adapting existing instruments to the Swiss national context, the present project aimed to define quality indi...
Authors: Eva Blozik, Oliver Reich, Roland Rapold and Martin Scherer
The Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) model is a coordinated-care model that has served as a means to improve several chronic disease outcomes and reduce management costs. However, access to PCMH has not be...
Authors: Ziyad S Almalki, Nedaa A Karami, Imtinan A Almsoudi, Roaa K Alhasoun, Alaa T Mahdi, Entesar A Alabsi, Saad M Alshahrani, Nourah D Alkhdhran and Tahani M Alotaib
Research findings should be disseminated appropriately to generate maximum impact. The development of research derived ‘actionable’ tools (RDAT) as research outputs may contribute to impact in health services ...
Few early intervention programs aimed at maternal and child health have been developed to be integrated in the existing Child Health Service in a country where the service is free, voluntary and used by the ma...
Authors: Maria J. Leirbakk, Johan Torper, Eivind Engebretsen, Jorunn Neerland Opsahl, Paula Zeanah and Jeanette H. Magnus
Ghana has been providing HIV and AIDS services since the identification of the first case in 1986 and added highly active antiretroviral therapy to its comprehensive care in 2003.This study aimed at assessing ...
Authors: Stephen Ayisi Addo, Marijanatu Abdulai, Alfred Yawson, Akosua N. Baddoo, Jinkou Zhao, Nibretie Workneh, Ivy Okae and Ekow Wiah
Antibiotic resistance is a challenge in the management of infectious diseases and can cause substantial cost. Even without the onset of infection, measures must be taken, as patients colonized with multi-drug ...
Authors: Sabine Engler-Hüsch, Thomas Heister, Nico T Mutters, Jan Wolff and Klaus Kaier
The achievement of Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is a key aim of the global health agenda, and an important target of the Sustainable Development Goals. There is increasing recognition that some groups may f...
General Practitioners (GPs) in the Netherlands routinely register all patient contacts electronically. These records include longitudinally gathered clinical information of the patient contacts in coded data a...
Authors: Hugo M. Smeets, Marlous F. Kortekaas, Frans H. Rutten, Michiel L. Bots, Willem van der Kraan, Gerard Daggelders, Hanneke Smits-Pelser, Charles W. Helsper, Arno W. Hoes and Niek J. de Wit
A hospital culture that promotes and insures patient safety is a critical aspect for the effective delivery of hospital services and patient care. Yet there are significant patient health and safety issues in ...
Authors: Naif Alzahrani, Russell Jones and Mohamed E. Abdel-Latif
