Improving the quality and safety of care on the medical ward: a review and synthesis of the evidence base

S Pannick, I Beveridge, RM Wachter… - European journal of …, 2014 - Elsevier
Despite its place at the heart of inpatient medicine, the evidence base underpinning the
effective delivery of medical ward care is highly fragmented. Clinicians familiar with the …

The National Pain Audit for specialist pain services in England and Wales 2010–2014

C Price, AC de C Williams, BH Smith… - British Journal of …, 2019 - journals.sagepub.com
Introduction: Numerous reports highlight variations in pain clinic provision between services,
particularly in the provision of multidisciplinary services and length of waiting times. A …

[HTML][HTML] Performance of admission pathways within acute medicine services: Analysis from the Society for Acute Medicine Benchmarking Audit 2022 and comparison …

C Atkin, T Knight, T Cooksley, M Holland… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Urgent and emergency care services face increasing pressure, impacting patient care. We
evaluated the performance of acute medicine services, assessing clinical quality indicators …

[HTML][HTML] The reconfiguration of hospital services: is there evidence to guide us?

C Imison - Future Hospital Journal, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Many argue that the solution to the NHS's quality and financial problems lies in the
continuing reconfiguration and centralisation of hospital services. However, an ageing …

[HTML][HTML] Understanding how colorectal units achieve short length of stay: an interview survey among representative hospitals in England

BE Byrne, A Pinto, P Aylin, A Bottle, OD Faiz… - Patient Safety in …, 2015 - Springer
Background Wide variation in the outcomes of colorectal surgery persists, despite a well-
established evidence-base to inform clinical practice. This variation may be attributed to …

Senior doctor triage (SDT), a qualitative study of clinicians' views on senior doctors' involvement in triage and early assessment of emergency patients

MA Abdulwahid, J Turner, SM Mason - Emergency Medicine Journal, 2018 - emj.bmj.com
Introduction Despite the focus during the last decade on introducing interventions such as
senior doctor initial assessment or senior doctor triage (SDT) to reduce emergency …

Optimizing interventional cardiology services

K Al-Alawy, KA Sayegh, IA Moonesar - Future Cardiology, 2023 - Future Medicine
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a common and prominent cause of morbidity and mortality
interventional cardiology (IC) remains an important noninvasive intervention to improve …

[HTML][HTML] Supporting a hospital in difficulty: experience of a 'buddying'agreement to implement a new medical pathway

R Leach, S Banerjee, G Beer, S Tencheva… - Future Healthcare …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Increased NHS regulation has identified many healthcare organisations with operational
and/or financial difficulties. Although the causes are often complex, most cases are …

The development of methods to assess the quality of care in pain clinics in England and Wales

CM Price - 2019 - eprints.soton.ac.uk
Chronic pain has become a growing public health concern both with respect to its
prevalence and unsatisfactory treatment. Of particular concern is the rising number of …

[DOC][DOC] Senior doctor triage and emergency department performance: A mixed methods study

M Abdulwahid - 2018 - etheses.whiterose.ac.uk
Aim: Emergency department (ED) crowding has led many EDs to implement interventions
such as senior doctor's involvement in the initial assessment of emergency patients or senior …