Background Mobile health (mHealth) is often reputed to be cost-effective or cost-saving.
Despite optimism, the strength of the evidence supporting this assertion has been limited. In …

Background This systematic review aimed to describe non-conveyance in ambulance care
from patient-safety and ambulance professional perspectives. The review specifically …

BACKGROUND Telephone triage is proposed as a method of managing increasing demand
for primary care. Previous studies have involved small samples in limited settings, and …

Background Evidence based practice in health care has become increasingly popular over
the last decades. Many guidelines have been developed to improve evidence informed …

Objective Computerised clinical decision support systems (CDSS) are an increasingly
important part of nurse and allied health professional (AHP) roles in delivering healthcare …

Background In England in 2015/16, ambulance services responded to nearly 11 million
calls. Ambulance Quality Indicators show that half of the patients receiving a response by …

Background The decision over whether to convey after emergency ambulance attendance
plays a vital role in preventing avoidable admissions to a hospital's emergency department …

Background In 2013 NHS England set out its strategy for the development of an emergency
and urgent care system that is more responsive to patients' needs, improves outcomes and …

Background Although falls are common, costly, and often preventable, emergency
department (ED)‐initiated fall screening and prevention efforts are rare. The Geriatric …

Clinical decision support systems are interactive computer systems for situational decision
making and can improve decision efficiency and safety of care. We investigated the role of …