Background Voluntary assisted dying (VAD) in Victoria, Australia, is governed by a stringent legislative framework, designed ...

Background Safety-netting has become best practice when dealing with diagnostic uncertainty in primary care. Its use, however, is highly varied and a lack of evidence-based guidance on its ...

BMJ Quality & Safety - Our Full Story 12 March 2024 Listen to Editors-in-Chief of BMJ Quality & Safety, Bryony Dean Franklin and Eric Thomas, talk about the journal's aims and scope, the advice they ...

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7 Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, USA 8 Departments of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Family Medicine, and Population Health Sciences, ...

Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA V M Arora, University of Chicago, 5841 S. Maryland Ave., MC 2007, AMB W216, Chicago, IL 60637, USA; varora{at}medicine.bsd.uchicago ...

Correspondence to Professor David Reeves, NIHR School for Primary Care Research, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester Faculty of ...

External groups requiring measures now include public and private payers, regulators, accreditors and others that certify performance levels for consumers, patients and payers. Although benefits have ...

Background Non-adherence to medications continues to be a burden worldwide, with significant negative consequences. Community pharmacist interventions seem to be effective at improving medication ...

Background Technology, equipment and medical devices are vital for effective healthcare throughout the world but are associated with risks. These risks include device failure, inappropriate use, ...

Correspondence to Dr Catherine Arsenault, Global Health and Population, Harvard University T H Chan School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA; carsenault{at}hsph.harvard.edu ...

Background Patient-centredness is an essential quality parameter of modern healthcare. Accordingly, involving patients in decisions about care is required by international laws and an increasing ...