Process improvement

Articles in this category

1. Decluttering for safety: Can we simply apply approaches used in de-implementing low-value care? (March 2026)

   • Clinical process
   • Safety process
   • (and 2 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Clinical process
     • Safety process
     • Policies / Protocols / Procedures
     • Research

   By Patient Safety Learning, 27 March

   • 0 comments
   • 263 views
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   • 27 March

2. A paradigm shift in the NHS approach to purchasing is coming – and soon (HSJ, 30 April 2024)

   • Process redesign

   By Patient_Safety_Learning, 7 May, 2024

   • 0 comments
   • 550 views
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   • 7 May, 2024

3. Putting the writing on the wall: Explaining work as imagined vs work as done (by Claire Cox)

   • Staff factors
   • Process redesign
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Staff factors
     • Process redesign
     • Safety process

   By Claire Cox, 1 August, 2023

   • 10 comments
   • 9,667 views
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   • Comment by Patient_Safety_Learning
   • 9 October, 2023

4. Hindsight bias critically impacts on clinicians’ assessment of care quality in retrospective case note review (January 2019)

   • Investigation
   • Patient death
   • (and 5 more)

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     • Investigation
     • Patient death
     • Care record
     • Heuristics
     • Information processing
     • Flawed processes
     • Human factors

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 22 April, 2023

   • 0 comments
   • 1,578 views
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   • 22 April, 2023

5. Alleviating the burden of documentation to focus on what matters (Institute of Healthcare Improvement, 3 November 2022)

   • Human factors
   • Process redesign
   • (and 3 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Human factors
     • Process redesign
     • Documentation
     • Human error
     • Quality improvement

   By Patient Safety Learning, 17 November, 2022

   • 0 comments
   • 1,182 views
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   • 17 November, 2022

6. Incidence and impact of physician and nurse disruptive behaviors in the emergency department (23 March 2011)

   • Emergency medicine
   • Staff factors
   • (and 6 more)

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     • Emergency medicine
     • Staff factors
     • Organisational culture
     • Safety process
     • Behaviour
     • Collaboration
     • Doctor
     • Nurse

   By Sam, 10 November, 2022

   • 0 comments
   • 597 views
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   • Added by Sam
   • 10 November, 2022

7. Moving from error and deviation to learning and meaningful measures. A dream or a plan? Presentation from Julie Avery and Brian Edwards (16 November 2021)

   • Human error
   • Human factors
   • (and 3 more)

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     • Human error
     • Human factors
     • Organisational learning
     • After action review
     • Leadership

   By Patient Safety Learning, 17 November, 2021

   • 0 comments
   • 1,436 views
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   • 17 November, 2021

8. Improving diagnostic performance through feedback: the Diagnosis Learning Cycle (20 August 2021)

   • Process redesign
   • Clinical process
   • (and 5 more)

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     • Process redesign
     • Clinical process
     • Diagnostic error
     • Human factors
     • Feedback
     • Qualitative
     • Research

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 24 September, 2021

   • 0 comments
   • 1,375 views
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   • 24 September, 2021

9. Central venous lines – patient safety poster (Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust)

   • Medicine - Renal
   • Medicine - Haematology
   • (and 1 more)

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     • Medicine - Renal
     • Medicine - Haematology
     • Human error

   By PatientSafetyLearning Team, 16 August, 2021

   • 0 comments
   • 2,078 views
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   • Added by PatientSafetyLearning Team
   • 16 August, 2021

10. Distractions in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory: impact for cardiologists and patient safety (2 December 2020)

    • Medicine - Cardiology
    • Human factors
    • (and 2 more)

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      • Medicine - Cardiology
      • Human factors
      • Distractions/ interruptions
      • Aviation

    By Patient Safety Learning, 10 August, 2021

    • 0 comments
    • 1,119 views
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    • 10 August, 2021

11. The Joint Commission Big Book of Checklists (2nd edition, 2018)

    • Human factors
    • Checklists
    • (and 7 more)

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      • Human factors
      • Checklists
      • Emergency medicine
      • Quality improvement
      • Staff factors
      • Technology
      • Leadership
      • Medication
      • Infection control

    By Patient Safety Learning, 20 June, 2021

    • 0 comments
    • 2,363 views
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    • 20 June, 2021

12. Vaccinating a nation: Ten human factors and ergonomics principles (CIEHF, 13 April 2021)

    • Human factors
    • Ergonomics
    • (and 1 more)

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      • Human factors
      • Ergonomics
      • Vaccination

    By Patient Safety Learning, 14 April, 2021

    • 0 comments
    • 2,741 views
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    • 14 April, 2021

13. Infographic: Improving the flows of reporting within your organisation

    • Human factors
    • Reporting
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Human factors
      • Reporting
      • Organisational culture
      • Organisational learning
      • Behaviour

    By Patient Safety Learning, 13 April, 2021

    • 0 comments
    • 1,248 views
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    • Added by Patient Safety Learning
    • 13 April, 2021

14. Ergonomics to support the COVID-19 response

    • Virus
    • Pandemic
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Virus
      • Pandemic
      • Ergonomics
      • Human factors
      • Organisational learning

    By Patient Safety Learning, 4 February, 2021

    • 0 comments
    • 1,531 views
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    • 4 February, 2021

15. Frontiers in human factors: embedding specialists in multi-disciplinary efforts to improve healthcare (9 September 2020)

    • Virus
    • Pandemic
    • (and 5 more)

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      • Virus
      • Pandemic
      • Human factors
      • Organisational Performance
      • Skills
      • System safety
      • Collaboration

    By Patient Safety Learning, 8 January, 2021

    • 0 comments
    • 1,128 views
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    • 8 January, 2021

16. The glucose error in arterial sampling: assessing staff awareness and the effect of sampling technique (28 October 2020)

    • Human factors
    • Human error
    • (and 5 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Human factors
      • Human error
      • Medication - related
      • Near miss
      • Training
      • HDU / ICU
      • Research

    By Patient Safety Learning, 15 November, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,103 views
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    • 15 November, 2020

17. Towards a dynamic balance between humans and automation: authority, ability, responsibility and control in shared and cooperative control situations (18 November 2011)

    • Human factors
    • System safety
    • (and 3 more)

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      • Human factors
      • System safety
      • Technology
      • Safety process
      • Research

    By Patient Safety Learning, 16 August, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 984 views
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    • Added by Patient Safety Learning
    • 16 August, 2020

18. A human factors approach to reducing risk: presentation from Maryanne Mariyaselvam at Improving Patient Safety & Care 2020

    • Risk management
    • Human error
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Risk management
      • Human error
      • Innovation
      • User-centred design

    By Patient Safety Learning, 20 July, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,330 views
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    • 20 July, 2020

19. Impact of environment on human health and performance: Working during extreme heat

    • Risk assessment
    • Health and safety
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Risk assessment
      • Health and safety
      • Physical environment

    By Patient Safety Learning, 20 May, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,328 views
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    • 20 May, 2020

20. Designing a safe space for neonatal care

    • Paediatrics
    • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Paediatrics
      • Obstetrics and gynaecology/ Maternity
      • Organisation / service factors
      • Physical environment
      • System safety
      • Work / environment factors

    By Claire Cox, 13 May, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,545 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 13 May, 2020

21. Guidance to help design effective and usable work procedures for health and social care teams

    • Safety management
    • Communication
    • (and 5 more)

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      • Safety management
      • Communication
      • External factors
      • Ergonomics
      • Heuristics
      • Decision making
      • Checklists

    By Claire Cox, 13 May, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,596 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 13 May, 2020

22. Selecting safe and easy to use products for healthcare (April 2020)

    • Human error
    • Safety process
    • (and 4 more)

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      • Human error
      • Safety process
      • Latent error
      • Process redesign
      • Labelling / packaging/ signage
      • User-centred design

    By Claire Cox, 1 May, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,409 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 1 May, 2020

23. EBCD: Experience-based co-design toolkit

    • Patient
    • Quality improvement
    • (and 1 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Patient
      • Quality improvement
      • Patient involvement

    By Claire Cox, 29 April, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 3,414 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 29 April, 2020

24. Double checking: a second look (16 November 2015)

    • Research
    • Human error
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Research
      • Human error
      • Medication
      • Clinical process
      • Safety process
      • Safety management

    By Patient Safety Learning, 24 January, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,170 views
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    • 24 January, 2020

25. Airway alert card and difficult airway database

    • Anaesthesia
    • Anaesthetist
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Anaesthesia
      • Anaesthetist
      • Team culture
      • Information sharing
      • Engagement

    By Claire Cox, 11 January, 2020

    • 0 comments
    • 1,795 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 11 January, 2020