Importance Physician burnout has taken the form of an epidemic that may affect core
domains of health care delivery, including patient safety, quality of care, and patient …

Background: Quality-of-care improvement and prevention of practice errors is dependent on
nurses' adherence to the principles of patient safety. Aims: This paper aims to provide a …

RESUMEN La Seguridad del Paciente (SP), o el intento consciente de evitar lesiones al
paciente causadas por la asistencia, es un componente esencial de la Calidad Asistencial y …

Background Underlying systems factors have been seen to be crucial contributors to the
occurrence of medication errors. By understanding the causes of these errors, the most …

Background Patient complaints have been identified as a valuable resource for monitoring
and improving patient safety. This article critically reviews the literature on patient …

Background Operating-room crises (eg, cardiac arrest and massive hemorrhage) are
common events in large hospitals but can be rare for individual clinicians. Successful …

Health care is everywhere under tremendous pressure with regard to efficiency, safety, and
economic viability-to say nothing of having to meet various political agendas-and has …

Safety climate is a collective construct derived from individuals' shared perceptions of the
various ways that safety is valued in the workplace. Research over the past 35 years shows …

Many 21st century operations are characterised by teams of workers dealing with significant
risks and complex technology, in competitive, commercially-driven environments. Informed …

Is the human a problem to control, or a solution to harness? For half a century, safety
thinking was dominated by the idea that people are the target for intervention. The “human …