Too often, seemingly simple interventions are implemented without fully considering how the intervention might achieve the desired results, whether it can cause harm, or whether a different intervention should be considered.1–3 The tendency to favour rapid cycle implementation over analysis and measurement represents a common pitfall in quality and safety studies.4 Quality improvement and patient…

Objectives Work addiction is not contingent on personality alone; it is also impacted by social contextual factors. Work addiction influences the perceived quality of care and intention to remain in healthcare sector. The current study seeks to understand the role of ethical climate as a potential organisational lever to reduce such addiction, especially among newcomers. Design We contacted a…

The risk of adverse patient outcomes, including death, is lower in hospitals that provide more registered nurses to care for patients on inpatient wards. The association has been demonstrated in a body of evidence comprising several hundred studies, involving hundreds of hospitals and millions of patients from around the world. The association has been shown at hospital level in large…

A growing body of research on patients’ and families’ understanding and conceptualisation of patient safety1 2 begs the question of how and why we, in healthcare and the field of patient safety and quality, conceptualise patient safety as a domain separate from patient-centredness and patient experience.3 In this issue, Archer et al contribute to this body of work.4 The authors explored patients’…