Systematic review of the application of the plan–do–study–act …
Background Plan–do–study–act (PDSA) cycles provide a structure for iterative testing of changes to improve quality of systems. The method is widely accepted in healthcare improvement; however there is little overarching evaluation of how the method is applied. This paper proposes a theoretical framework for assessing the quality of application …
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Contextual factors that influence adoption and sustainment of self ...
Background Self-management support (SMS) is a recommended component of cancer survivorship care that improves health-related quality of life and reduces healthcare utilisation. However, widespread implementation has been difficult to achieve, with a gap in the literature on system-wide implementation efforts. This study examines contextual factors perceived to influence SMS adoption and ...
Multidisciplinary teamwork: the good, bad, and everything in …
Jun 1, 2001 · Teams make up the building blocks of health care and every team—from the executive to the coal face—is composed of different professionals, ideally possessing a variety of skills necessary to produce safe and effective care.1 We are constantly reminded of the value of diversity within teams, but the reality is that working together from a variety of perspectives is sometimes difficult to ...
Patient work self-managing medicines: a skilled job at the sharp …
Finally, for healthcare to be sustainable, particularly in settings where resources are stretched, there is a drive to situate acute or postsurgical care in the patient’s own home where appropriate, and for patients to take more responsibility for tools, tasks and technologies, for example, home monitoring of vital signs and app usage on postsurgical virtual wards.20 Managing medicines is ...
A primer on PDSA: executing plan–do–study–act cycles in practice, …
Plan-do–study–act (PDSA) cycles are the building blocks of iterative healthcare improvement.1 Although frequently regarded as separate from research,2 this quality improvement method remains rooted in the scientific method. The P in PDSA usually stands for ‘plan’ but could just as easily refer to ‘predict’. Each cycle combines prediction with a …
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Burden of serious harms from diagnostic error in the USA
Box 1 NAIC scale with specific exemplars used as anchors by CRICO in coding malpractice claim severity. NAIC 6—permanent significant (eg, deafness, loss of single limb, loss of eye, loss of one kidney or lung; cancers where there is a large tumour possibly with lymph node involvement—this includes cancers that are stage III and stage IV such as …
Diagnostic error in mental health: a review - BMJ Quality & Safety
Diagnostic errors are associated with patient harm and suboptimal outcomes. Despite national scientific efforts to advance definition, measurement and interventions for diagnostic error, diagnosis in mental health is not well represented in this ongoing work. We aimed to summarise the current state of research on diagnostic errors in …
Generative artificial intelligence, patient safety and healthcare ...
The capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) have accelerated over the past year, and they are beginning to impact healthcare in a significant way. Could this new technology help address issues that have been difficult and recalcitrant problems for quality and safety for decades? While we are early in the journey, it is clear that we are in the …