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- A Typology of Organisational Cultures https://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/13/suppl_2/ii22 32 comments
- The Problem with ‘5 Whys’ (2016) https://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/26/8/671 116 comments
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- An estimated 795,000 Americans become permanently disabled or die annually across care settings because dangerous diseases are misdiagnosed. The results suggest that diagnostic error is probably the single largest source of deaths across all care settings (~371 000) linked to medical error. https://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/early/2023/07/16/bmjqs-2021-014130 518 comments science
- Hospitals that employ more nurse assistants relative to the number of professionally qualified nurses have higher mortality rates, lower patient satisfaction, and poorer quality and safety of care, according to a new European study published in BMJ Quality and Safety. http://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/early/2016/11/03/bmjqs-2016-005567.full 7 comments science
- Weekend surgery proves more fatal than operations during the week, study shows http://qualitysafety.bmj.com/cgi/content/long/bmjqs-2015-004360v1 4 comments science
- 25% of medical complaints in Australia are caused by 1% of doctors. 49% of complaints are caused by 3% of doctors. http://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/early/2013/02/22/bmjqs-2012-001691.full?sid=e6b7cc43-0afb-4815-b520-0ccf4e8a5534 199 comments science