Background Efforts to improve the implementation of effective practice and to speed up
improvements in quality and patient safety continue to pose challenges for researchers and …

Background Internationally, key health care reform elements rely on improved integration of
care between the primary and secondary sectors. The objective of this systematic review is …

When you are ready to implement measures to improve patient safety, this is the book to
consult. Charles Vincent, one of the world's pioneers in patient safety, discusses each and …

Expert performance is often evaluated assuming that good experts have good outcomes. We
examine expertise in medicine and develop a model that allows for two dimensions of …

Background High-level policy barriers impede widespread adoption for even the most well-
positioned innovations. Most of the work in this field assumes rather than analyzes the …

Background While healthcare systems vary in their structure and available resources, it is
widely recognized that medical doctors play a key role in their adaptation and performance …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to examine the challenges that health care
organizations face in nurturing and sustaining cultures that ensure the delivery of continually …

Systematically updated throughout, the 6th edition of this leading text takes the story of
health policy to the end of the Blair era and into the early years of the Brown premiership. It …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to define a new conceptual framework or model, to
measure and manage organizational performance, both financial/non-financial and …

Role clarity is a crucial issue for effective interprofessional collaboration. Poorly defined
roles can become a source of conflict in clinical teams and reduce the effectiveness of care …