Background Risk aversion among junior doctors that manifests as greater intervention (ordering of tests, diagnostic procedures and so on) has been proposed as one of the possible causes for increased ...

The ubiquitous nature of hindsight bias is a cause for concern for those engaged in investigations and retrospective analysis of medical error. Hindsight does not ...

Correspondence to Dr Roman Kislov, Alliance Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9SS, UK; roman.kislov{at}manchester.ac.uk Finally, analysis and interpretation of ...

1 Centre of Population Health Sciences: General Practice Section, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK 2 Tayside Centre for General Practice, University of Dundee, Dundee, UK 3 Centre for Rural ...

1 The Research Institute, The Norwegian Medical Association, P O B 1152 Sentrum, N-0107 Oslo and Institute of Health Management and Health Economics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Norway 2 ...

Correspondence to Dr Emma Claire Phillips, The University of Edinburgh, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, Edinburgh EH16 4SB, UK; e.c.phillips{at}doctors.org.uk Background and objectives ...

University of Missouri Center for Health Care Quality, Department of Health Management and Informatics, Columbia, Missouri, USA Background: The use of verbal orders, while essential in some healthcare ...

1 GKT Concordance Unit, Department of General Practice and Primary Care, Guy’s King’s and St Thomas’ School of Medicine, King’s College London 2 Department of Practice and Policy, The School of ...

1 Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA 2 Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, USA Correspondence to: Assistant Professor B-T Karsh ...

Background Patient identification is a central safety critical aspect of healthcare work. Most healthcare activities require identification of patients by healthcare staff, often in connection with ...

Correspondence to Dr Catherine C Ferguson, Pediatrics, The Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA; cferguson{at}mcw.edu A few months ago, I received feedback via email from our patient ...

‘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 ...