J Firth-Cozens - Quality in Health Care, 2001 - qshc.bmj.com Improvements in patient safety result primarily from organisational and
individual learning. This paper discusses the learning that can take place
within organisations and the cultural change necessary to encourage it. It ... Cited by 78 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 11 versions
- ►bmj.com J Firth-Cozens, D Mowbray - British Medical Journal, 2001 - qshc.bmj.com The importance of good leadership is becoming increasingly apparent within
health care. This paper reviews evidence which shows that it has effects, not
only on financial management, but on the quality of care provided. Some ... Cited by 61 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
R Westrum - Quality and safety in health care, 2004 - qshc.bmj.com There is wide belief that organisational culture shapes many aspects of
performance, including safety. Yet proof of this relationship in a medical
context is hard to find. In contrast to human factors, whose contributions ... Cited by 45 - Related articles - All 8 versions
- ►bmj.com [PDF] J Firth-Cozens - British Medical Journal, 2001 - qshc.bmj.com Teams make up the building blocks of health care and every team—from the
executive to the coal face—is composed of diVerent professionals, ideally
possessing a variety of skills necessary to produce safe and eVective care. ... Cited by 29 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
LL Leape, DD Woods, MJ Hatlie, KW Kizer, … - Jama, 1998 - Am Med Assoc Since then a number of initiatives in patient safety have been undertaken at
both the state and national level, and many hospitals have intensified their
efforts at preventing patient injuries, particularly those due to ... Cited by 175 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
JS Carroll, AC Edmondson - Quality and Safety in Health Care, 2002 - qshc.bmj.com Acording to Berwick and Nolan, 5 “searching for one word to describe the state
of mind of the physician in the United States today, we might choose
beleaguered”. The professional status of physicians is at its lowest, ... Cited by 59 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 8 versions
- ►bmj.com E Hart, J Hazelgrove - British Medical Journal, 2001 - qshc.bmj.com This paper responds to the current emphasis on organisational learning in the
NHS as a means of improving healthcare systems and making hospitals safer places
for patients. Conspiracies of silence have been identified as obstacles to ... Cited by 20 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 7 versions
PJ Pronovost, B Weast, CG Holzmueller, BJ … - Quality and Safety in Health Care, 2003 - qshc.bmj.com Background: Despite the emphasis on patient safety in health care, few
organizations have evaluated the extent to which safety is a strategic priority
or their culture supports patient safety. In response to the Institute of ... Cited by 123 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 10 versions
JJ Mohr, PB Batalden - Quality and safety in health care, 2002 - qshc.bmj.com Health care is provided to patients by caregivers who work in complex
organisational arrangements, but the overwhelming amount of their own daily work
is as part of “clinical microsystems”. The basic concept of clinical ... Cited by 74 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
E West - Quality in Health Care, 2000 - qshc.bmj.com Organisational sociology has long accepted that mistakes of all kinds are a
common, even normal, part of work. Medical work may be particularly prone to
error because of its complexity and technological sophistication. The ... Cited by 49 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 6 versions
