Methods In this cross-sectional study burnout was measured at two university-based
emergency medicine residency programs with the Maslach Burnout Inventory. We also …

Although speaking up to protect patients is a key ethical and moral mandate for nurses,
silence still prevails in many situations. On the basis of concepts of safety culture …

Objective Patient safety may be enhanced by using reports from front-line staff of near
misses and unsafe conditions to identify latent safety events. We describe paediatric …

Introduction We aimed to determine the rate of preventable death in patients who died early
and unexpectedly following hospital admission from the emergency department (ED) …

Background Medical errors and preventable adverse events are a major cause of concern,
especially in the emergency department (ED) where its prevalence has been reported to be …

International studies have reported that injuries and complications during hospital
admissions affect nearly 1 in 10 patients and that up to 50% are the direct result of errors …

Background and aims: Healthcare is one of the areas with high risk. Nowadays, leader
organizations in healthcare recognize the fact that the side effects and the failure of the …

Purpose Previously published findings based on field tests indicated that emergency
department patient transfer communication measures are feasible and worthwhile to …

This report was sponsored by the US Department of Health and Human Services (Office of
the Secretary, Assistant Secretary of Preparedness and Response, Division of Health …

Methods: In this cross-sectional study burnout was measured at two university-based
emergency medicine residency programs with the Maslach Burnout Inventory. We also …