Objective Overconfidence is an important source of medical error. This review analyses experimental studies of confidence in ...

Statistical process control (SPC) charts provide a natural approach to analysing time series data for healthcare quality ...

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Purpose Misgendering of transgender and non-binary (TGNB) individuals in healthcare settings can lead to worsened mental and physical health outcomes and decreased utilisation of care. Few studies ...

More than 20 years since a landmark study1 documented hospitalised patients were more likely to die when their nurse cared for too many patients at a time, hundreds of rigorously conducted studies in ...

Background Valproate exposure during pregnancy causes major congenital malformations in 11% and neurodevelopmental disorders in 30–40% of exposed children. Despite regulatory interventions, including ...

Expression of concern: Reducing opioid use for chronic non-cancer pain in primary care using an evidence-based, theory-informed, multistrategic, multistakeholder approach: a single-arm time series ...

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Background Health systems worldwide are increasingly holding boards of healthcare organisations accountable for the quality of care that they provide. Previous empirical research has found ...

This example provides a summary of a real case that occurred in a hospital and the failure to learn from the incident in spite of a root cause analysis. In a large acute hospital, a patient underwent ...

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Introduction: Care home residents are at particular risk from medication errors, and our objective was to determine the prevalence and potential harm of prescribing, monitoring, dispensing and ...