Background To identify the strategies and contextual factors that enable optimal engagement
of patients in the design, delivery, and evaluation of health services. Methods We searched …

Background Progressive independence is a traditional premise of clinical training. Recently,
issues such as managed care, work hours limitation, and patient safety have begun to …

Background Efforts to improve the implementation of effective practice and to speed up
improvements in quality and patient safety continue to pose challenges for researchers and …

… Ross Baker and Peter Norton conceived of and designed the study and provided ongoing
monitoring. Ross Baker interpreted the data and drafted the article. Peter Norton, Adalsteinn …

Background: Ineffective team communication is frequently at the root of medical error. The
objective of this study was to describe the characteristics of communication failures in the …

Objective To assess whether structured team briefings improve operating room communication.
Design, Setting, and Participants This 13-month prospective study used a preintervention…

Background: Pilot studies of complex interventions such as a team checklist are an essential
precursor to evaluating how these interventions affect quality and safety of care. We …

Since its publication in 2008, SQUIRE (Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting
Excellence) has contributed to the completeness and transparency of reporting of quality …

Title. Silence, power and communication in the operating room. Aim. This paper is a report of
a study conducted to explore whether a 1‐ to 3‐minute preoperative interprofessional team …

Background The Hawthorne effect, or behaviour change due to awareness of being observed,
is assumed to inflate hand hygiene compliance rates as measured by direct observation …