Correspondence to Dr Bharat Kumar, The University of Iowa Roy J and Lucille A Carver College of Medicine, Iowa, IA 52242, USA; bharat-kumar{at}Uiowa.edu For the most part, the increased emphasis of ...

Correspondence to Dr Hugh McLeod, Health Economics Unit, University of Birmingham, Public Health Building, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK; h.s.t.mcleod{at}bham.ac.uk Objectives In line with a national policy ...

3 Pharmacy Department, Queens Medical Centre, University Hospital, Nottingham NG7 2UH, UK Correspondence to: Mrs R L Howard, Division of Primary Care, School of Community Health Sciences, University ...

1 Scientific Center for Care and Welfare (Tranzo), Tilburg University, Tilburg, The Netherlands 2 Center for Prevention and Health Services Research, National Institute for Public Health and the ...

Patient safety has become an international priority with major research programmes being carried out in the USA, UK, and elsewhere. The challenge is how to organize research efforts that will produce ...

Centre for Clinical Psychology & Healthcare Research, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, Kielder House, Coach Lane Campus, Benton, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7XA, UK The importance of good ...

Background Those working in healthcare today are challenged more than ever before to quickly and efficiently learn from data to improve their services and delivery of care. There is broad agreement ...

1 Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 3 Department of Surgery, Johns ...

1 Department of Medical Education, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois, USA 2 Center for the Management of Complex Chronic Care, US Department of Veteran Affairs, University of Illinois, Chicago ...

Background While the concept of collaboration is highly touted in the literature, most descriptions of effective collaboration highlight formal collaborative events; largely ignored are the informal ...