Safety in aviation has often been compared with safety in healthcare. Following a recent
article in this journal, the UK government set up an Independent Patient Safety Investigation …

choo j., hutchinson a. & bucknall t.(2010) Journal of Nursing Management18, 853–861
Nurses' role in medication safety Aim To explore the nurse's role in the process of …

Patient handoffs at shift change are a ubiquitous and potentially hazardous process in
emergency care. As crowding and lengthy evaluations become the standard for an …

PROBLEM. Nurse–physician communication affects patient safety. Such communication has
been well studied using a variety of survey and observational methods; however, missing …

Patient safety is compromised by medical errors and adverse events related to
miscommunications among healthcare providers. Communication among healthcare …

Background Despite widespread emphasis on promoting 'assertive communication'by care
givers as essential to patient-safety-improvement efforts, little is known about when and how …

As health care delivery moves toward more complex, team-based systems, the topic of
medical teamwork has gained considerable attention and study across disciplines. This …

Poor teamwork results in preventable morbidity and mortality for mothers and babies.
Suboptimal communication and lack of leadership cost not only lives but also money that is …

Poor interprofessional communication and teamwork are now well recognised as significant
contributors to adverse events in healthcare (Kohn, Corrigan, & Donaldson, 2000). These …

We describe lessons for safety from a synthesis of seven studies of teamwork, leadership
and team training across a healthcare region. Two studies identified successes and …