Background Second-line chemotherapy for patients with oesophagogastric adenocarcinoma
refractory to platinum and fluoropyrimidines has not shown benefits in health-related quality …

Background Formal evaluations of programmes are an important source of learning about
the challenges faced in improving quality in healthcare and how they can be addressed. The …

Background. There is limited knowledge of the key determinants of antimicrobial prescribing
behavior (APB) in hospitals. An understanding of these determinants is required for the …

Although quality improvement (QI) is frequently advocated as a way of addressing the
problems with healthcare, evidence of its effectiveness has remained very mixed. The …

For this state-of-science overview of geospatial approaches for identifying US communities
with high lead-exposure risk, we compiled and summarized public data and national maps …

Introduction Patient and public involvement in healthcare planning, service development
and health‐related research has received significant attention. However, evidence about the …

Today's effective leaders create opportunities for their teams to develop both technical and
non-technical skills. In the perioperative arena, the focus until now mainly has been on …

Background: Patient blood management programs are gaining popularity as quality
improvement and patient safety initiatives, but methods for implementing such programs …

This article describes the interventions that sustained low central line–associated
bloodstream infection (CLABSI) rates in the Michigan Keystone ICU Project. This analysis …

Preventable harm is a major cause of preventable death worldwide. In late 1999, the
Institute of Medicine (IOM) released To Err is Human, 1 a report that riveted the world's …