While the body of evidence-based healthcare interventions grows, the ability of health systems to deliver these interventions effectively and efficiently lags behind. Quality improvement approaches, ...

Context This quality improvement ... The current PDSA cycle is focusing on minimising interruptions and increasing senior medical staff presence at handover. Study design The Institute for Healthcare ...

7,19 To develop interventions that incorporated this best practice, a panel of six existing junior doctors was recruited to contribute to initial development and testing using plan–do–study–act (PDSA ...

Conclusions This study suggests that a systems approaches to healthcare design and delivery results in a statistically significant improvement ... Act (PDSA), Lean, Human Factors Engineering, WHO ...

Below are five key steps D&A leaders can take to build a business case for continuous data quality assurance, in order to ...

The business landscape of today is very competitive, where customer experience reigns supreme, with it being one of the key ...

Looking ahead TEAM represents a bold step toward making episode-based payment a permanent feature of hospital reimbursement. The model's mandatory participation, regional pricing approach, and ...

PDSA Vet Nurse, Nina Downing has shared her insight into the mysterious dog disease, Alabama rot. The rot, known to vet teams as ‘Cutaneous and Renal Glomerular Vasculopathy’ or ‘CRGV ...

When OpenAI announced a new generative artificial-intelligence (AI) model, called o3, a few days before Christmas, it aroused both excitement and scepticism. Excitement from those who expected its ...

While Six Sigma remains a popular and valuable methodology, other quality improvement frameworks have popped up in its wake, such as Agile and Lean. How AI can be used in Six Sigma The Six Sigma ...

But I do. If you want performance and the ability to build a real culture of continuous learning and improvement, you have to look for the A players. Strong leadership begins at the top ...