Objective Quality improvement (QI) practices and scholarship are increasingly concerned with environmental sustainability ...

Correspondence to Peter F Kemper, Department of Public and Occupational Health, EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VU University Medical Center, Van de Boechorststraat 7, Amsterdam 1081 BT, ...

‘We need bold, fundamental change that gets at the roots of the burnout crisis.’- US Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy, MD, MBA. The key is understanding what is suboptimal. Their main findings from 124 ...

This May, the World Health Assembly (WHA) will vote on re-establishing a mandate for the WHO to address the health ...

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Background Drug–drug interaction (DDI) alerts target the co-prescription of two potentially interacting medications and are a frequent feature of electronic medical records (EMRs). There have been few ...

Background The Child Opportunity Index (COI) is a multidimensional measure of US neighbourhood-level conditions needed for healthy development. COI is associated with healthcare delivery and outcomes.

Background Differences in contexts (eg, policies, healthcare organisation characteristics) may explain variations in the effects of patient safety practice (PSP) implementations. However, knowledge of ...

Background Improving small and sick newborn care (SSNC) is crucial in resource-limited settings. Newborn Essential Solutions and Technologies (NEST360), a multicountry alliance, aims to reduce newborn ...

Importance Patients with poor glycaemic control have a high risk for major cardiovascular events. Improving glycaemic monitoring in patients with diabetes can improve morbidity and mortality.

What should we do in order to improve quality and safety in medicines management? How beneficial is it to design the medicines management system—for example, the tasks, tools and physical ...