A wide variety of research studies suggest that breakdowns in the diagnostic process result in a staggering toll of harm and patient deaths. These include autopsy studies, case reviews, surveys of ...

Correspondence to Dr Ian Leistikow, Medical Specialist Care, Dutch Healthcare Inspectorate, PO Box 2518, 6401DA Heerlen, The Netherlands; ip.leistikow{at}igz.nl The purpose of these systems is also ...

2 Professor of General Practice, Department of General Practice, University of Antwerp, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Antwerp, Belgium 3 Professor of Quality in Health Care, Clinical Governance Research ...

Research questions The paper explores which type of quality aspects (structure, process, outcome) most strongly determines patients' overall assessment of healthcare, and whether there is a variation ...

In 2005, draft guidelines were published for reporting studies of quality improvement interventions as the initial step in a consensus process for development of a more definitive version. This ...

Objectives: To conduct a multicentre study on adverse event and near miss reporting in the NHS and to explore the feasibility of creating a national system for collecting these data. Design: ...

Correspondence to Professor Paul Batalden, The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, Lebanon, NH 03766, USA; paul.batalden{at}gmail.com Our interactions during the Colloquium ...