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5 Centre for Innovation in Complex Care, University Health Network University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 6 Centre for Patient Safety, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada ...

Background Physicians should be engaged in quality-improvement activities to make the systems in which they work safer and more reliable. However, many physicians are still unable to contribute to ...

Marmot and colleagues detail how quality issues such as cold, damp, mould, overheating, inaccessibility, and inadequate safety create avoidable illness and exacerbate health inequalities. Unaffordable ...

The diligence with which information is recorded may influence the visibility of AEs. On the other hand, poor quality of the information in patient records may be a cause or a consequence of poor ...

Methods This prospective quality improvement study included a 7-month preintervention baseline, 5-month intervention and 11-month postintervention period. Change strategies included education, ICU ...