Statistical process control (SPC) charts provide a natural approach to analysing time series data for healthcare quality ...

Objective Overconfidence is an important source of medical error. This review analyses experimental studies of confidence in ...

Background Artificial intelligence large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used to inform clinical decisions but ...

Background Literature depicts differences in ethical decision-making (EDM) between countries and intensive care units (ICU). Objectives To better conceptualise EDM climate in the ICU and to validate a ...

2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital, Taipei Branch, Taipei, Taiwan 3 Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei, ...

Background Valproate exposure during pregnancy causes major congenital malformations in 11% and neurodevelopmental disorders in 30–40% of exposed children. Despite regulatory interventions, including ...

2 Consultant Specialist, Australian Patient Safety Foundation; Visiting Research Fellow, University of Adelaide and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 3 Professor and Head, ...

2 Professor of General Practice, Department of General Practice, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium 3 Professor of Quality in Health Care, Clinical Governance Research ...

Department of Anesthesiology and the Duke University Human Simulation and Patient Safety Center, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, USA Correspondence to: MC Wright PhD Department ...

Background To describe the diagnoses of people who present to the emergency department (ED) with low back pain (LBP), the proportion of people with a lumbar spine condition who arrived by ambulance, ...

Correspondence to Dr Jane K O’Hara, Leeds Institute of Medical Education, University of Leeds, Leeds LS2 9JT, UK; jane.o%E2%80%99hara{at}bthft.nhs.uk Redley and ...