Background Rehabilitation based upon research evidence gives stroke survivors the best
chance of recovery. There is substantial research to guide practice in stroke rehabilitation …

Background Health care improvement efforts should be aligned in order to make a
meaningful impact on health systems. Appropriate care delivery could be a unifying goal to …

Objectives. To investigate the effectiveness of a fast track pathway (FTP) on sight loss in
patients with suspected giant cell arteritis (GCA). Methods. A longitudinal observational …

Background: Effective interprofessional teamwork is an essential component for the delivery
of high-quality patient care in an increasingly complex medical environment. The objective is …

Importance In China and other parts of the world, hospital personnel adherence to evidence-
based stroke care is limited. Objective To determine whether a multifaceted quality …

Objective To identify the prevalence of the practice of defensive medicine among Italian
hospital physicians, its costs and the reasons for practising defensive medicine and possible …

Aim To evaluate the impact of multi‐professional teamwork (MPTW) and leadership training
interventions on patient outcomes in acute hospital settings. Background Although …

Abstract Background Stroke Care Pathways (SCPs) aim to improve quality of care by
providing better access to stroke units, rehabilitation centres, and home care for dependent …

Background and Purpose: Quality indicators (QI) are an accepted tool to measure
performance of hospitals in routine care. We investigated the association between quality of …

Background The capacity for health systems to support the translation of research in to
clinical practice may be limited. The cluster randomised controlled trial (cluster RCT) design …