1 Centre for Healthcare Resilience and Implementation Science, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 3 Centre for Health Systems and ...

Original research: Combination of body mass index and body fat percentage in middle and late pregnancy to predict pregnancy outcomes in patients with gestational diabetes in Wenzhou, China: a ...

Objectives This study represents a pioneering attempt to quantify the contribution of age, sex and socioeconomic status (SES) to the observed inequalities in lipid profile components. Design ...

Objectives The objective of this review was to scrutinise the impact of urban green spaces on heat-related morbidity and mortality. Design This systematic review was meticulously carried out following ...

1 Policy Research Unit in Maternal Health and Care, National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK 2 Mother and Infant Research Unit, College of Medicine, Dentistry and Nursing ...

Objectives Kaizen, or continuous improvement, lies at the core of lean. Kaizen is implemented through practices that enable employees to propose ideas for improvement and solve problems. The aim of ...

Search strategy We searched 19 databases covering the full range of publication years, utilised three search engines and also personally contacted investigators. Reference lists of primary studies and ...

Background and study objective In response to growing pressures on healthcare systems, the advanced clinical practice (ACP) role has been implemented widely in the UK and internationally. In England, ...

1 NIHR CLAHRC for North West London, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK 2 Department of Medicine, Imperial College London, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK Setting A wide range ...

Aim The aim of this study was to explore suicidal patients’ experiences of safe clinical practice during hospitalisation in mental health wards. The study was guided by the following research question ...

Objective To review qualitative studies on the experience of taking opioid medication for chronic non-malignant pain (CNMP) or coming off them. Design This is a qualitative evidence synthesis using a ...

Objectives Open organisational culture in hospitals is important, yet it remains unclear what it entails other than its referral to ‘open communication’ in the context of patient safety. This study ...