... 2021 15 02 2022 18 03 2022 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Primary care Clinical guidelines Healthcare quality Communication Refugee health Emergency medicine The current exodus of Venezuelans has generated...

... services remains largely speculative. The management of cancer patients can be improved by devising strategies to target such reasons for guideline-inappropriate referrals. Clinical guidelines Audit Cancer Quantitative research Health law or regulation Surveillance or screening Breast...

... identified were also local issues. Relevant national guidance, including the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists Clinical Guideline for the “Management of Late Intrauterine Death and Stillbirth” was identified and the current literature was reviewed and the evidence base for each recommendation...

... Publishing Limited 2017 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Evidence-based practice Quality Health policy Governance structures Health care quality Clinical guidelines The American health care system continues to fall short on basic dimensions of quality, outcomes...

... Clinical guidelines Clinical governance One method of addressing a toxic culture is to adopt the use of root cause analysis. This avoids blame by focusing on systems rather than individual. When an adverse incident occurs, root cause analysis can be used to address the root causes of failure...

... Limited 2015 Clinical effectiveness Clinical governance Clinical guidelines Knowledge of the problems associated with infections resistant to antimicrobial therapy is not new. Birnbaum (2015) reports that John and Fishman (1997) detailed the need for a multi-faceted approach...

... as the physical domain. This review is based on Rahman and Al-Khatlan (2014) . Dr Fiona MacVane can be contacted at: fiona@macvane.com © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2014 Clinical effectiveness Clinical governance Clinical guidelines While the term “clinical governance...

...Arash Rashidian; Ian Russell Clinical guidelines aim to disseminate evidence and thus to change behaviour. This process is complex and needs a coherent approach. Aims to develop a model for implementing clinical guidelines in primary care and thus influencing prescribing by general practitioners...

... Health care Pharmaceuticals Clinical guidelines The recently published Department of Health report, “An organisation with a memory”, recommended that by the year 2005 the aim should be to reduce by 40 per cent the number of serious errors in the use of prescribed drugs (Department of Health...

...Robbie Foy; Anne Walker; Gillian Penney Aims to provide a framework for identifying barriers to the implementation of a clinical guideline by examining a clinical effectiveness programme and a review of relevant literature. A total of 41 types of barrier were identified and categorised according...

... 18.8 per cent had died. Suggests that patients with leg symptoms of venous thrombosis but negative ultrasound should be followed up closely because of the likelihood of underlying pathology. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Clinical guidelines Clinical effectiveness Several authors, including...

... from 5.3 per cent to 10.3 per cent. We conclude that cardiac decision units decrease hospital admissions but increase ED revisit rates as a consequence of this now frequently used care pathway. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Clinical guidelines Clinical effectiveness The evaluation of chest...

.... Some patients being started on a combined preparation. A smaller improvement was noted in the control group. Women Health Clinical guidelines Hormone replacement therapy We have also shown that passive data feedback in these computerised practices can improve some measures of HRT...

..., understood by all relevant staff, and accessible to those who need them, and that such policies are subject to appropriate audit and monitoring arrangements”. Clinical Governance Clinical guidelines Negligence Risk management Patients Training © MCB UP Limited 2001 patient’s...

... updating of staff skills in terms of CPD (Category Q). 4. (5b) Please give brief details: (Free text). 5. (6) CPA has led to the department receiving a larger training budget (Category Q). © MCB UP Limited 2000 Accreditation Pathology Laboratories Clinical guidelines...

... therapy in the real world. © MCB UP Limited 2000 AIDS Hospitals Clinical guidelines The introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has dramatically changed the natural history of HIV infection. It has been shown that patients who achieve a plasma HIV RNA viral load...

... facial fracture, diagnosis of compound nasal fracture and foreign body detection. Conclusion – doctors need to be better informed that nasal radiography has no useful value. A clear clinical guideline should be set up nationwide to protect patients from unnecessary exposure to radiation. This will also...

... that there are no common criteria for discharge of patients with similar conditions from physiotherapy across the Trusts as measured by the Therapy Outcome Measure. © MCB UP Limited 2000 National Health Service Hospitals Clinical guidelines Physiotherapy Over many decades it has been assumed...

...Lesley Hall; Martin Eccles This paper describes the implementation of a clinical guideline across three acute Trusts. A Clinical Effectiveness Steering Group identified prevention of venous thromboembolism as a health priority. A local guideline development group adapted the recommendations...

...Gillian C. Penney; Donald Pearson Seeks to assess maternity care for women with Type 1 diabetes in relation to recommendations in a national clinical guideline using a criterion‐based clinical audit. The audit covered all 22 consultant‐led maternity units in Scotland, focusing on 268 completed...