In the United States, research consistently shows around half of adults with hypertension do not achieve recommended control of their blood pressure (BP).1 Poor BP control at the population level then leads to higher rates of preventable negative cardiovascular outcomes, like strokes and heart attacks. As recently reported, Elizabeth Pfoh and colleagues studied a quality […]
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Unit culture, testing frequency, and simple interventions: more than meets the eye (test)
Recently, Benjamin Leis (@LeisBenjamin) and colleagues published a short report on an intervention in a cardiac intensive care unit (ICU) in Canada. In this study, the authors removed TSH testing from standard admission order sets with the aim of reducing the number of unnecessary thyroid studies obtained. Often, altering an order set like this is […]
Updates in Quality & Safety in the literature
In the latest review of high impact quality and safety articles, authors from the Ann Arbor VA and University of Michigan (including @JMeddings1 and @ashwin_b_gupta) reviewed three recent trials for BMJ Quality & Safety. These trials included: (i) the iCOMPARE trial1 of patient safety outcomes by maximum duration of intern duty hour period in the […]
Top 2018 articles on quality improvement
Influencing organisational culture to improve hospital performance in care of patients with acute myocardial infarction: a mixed-methods intervention study – in print, March 2018 issue. https://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/27/3/207 In this ambitious work, Curry et al. describe the effects on both culture and clinical outcomes of a 2-year organizational culture-improvement intervention at ten hospitals with at least 200 […]
Top 2018 articles on patient safety
2018 saw solid contributions to the literature on patient safety, with three papers demonstrating the importance of reflection and of sound evidence on which to base the design of interventions for improvement. Transforming concepts in patient safety: a progress report – in print, December 2018 issue. https://qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/27/12/1019 In this paper, members of the Lucian […]
Top 2018 articles on patient and family engagement
Throughout 2018, papers on patient and family engagement in quality and safety were high-impact. In this post, we discuss four papers that illustrate some potential benefits and some of the challenges too. What can patients tell us about the quality and safety of hospital care? Findings from a UK multicentre survey study – in print, […]
Intro to the Top 10 articles of 2018
As part of our blog rollout, we’re featuring the Editorial Board’s choice of the top 10 articles from 2018. To arrive at the ‘top articles’ each year, the Editors-in-Chief, this year assisted by our new social media editor, Joel Boggan, compile a list of about 30 candidate articles based on study quality, relevance and interest […]
Introducing the BMJ Quality & Safety Blog!
One of the specialist journals in the BMJ publishing group, BMJ Quality & Safety, is delighted to launch its new blog. Through this forum, we plan to highlight interesting articles and authors from the journal, as well as to encourage sharing of perspectives around broader issues of quality improvement and patient safety. The blog will […]