This article was designed to develop a plan for testing the validity and reliability of a new Patient Measure of Organisational Safety (PMOS) and the Patient Incident Reporting Tool (PIRT) in an effort to improve organizational safety in hospitals in the United Kingdom. The authors outlined an intensive, multi-year study in order to validate each […]
2011
Common and Uncommon Sense in Managerial Decision Making Under Task Uncertainty
Dinur, A. R., (2011). Common and uncommon sense in managerial decision making under task uncertainty. Management Decision, 49(5), 694-709. doi: 10.1108/00251741111130797 The premise of the article is an exploration of sense making from both a common and uncommon sense approach . Common sense, by most of the provided examples, was only possible in an area […]
Management Indecision
Brooks, Margaret E. (2011). Management indecision. Management Decision, 49(5), 683-693. doi: 10.1108/00251741111130788 This article focuses on indecision, which can lead to error. The author indicates there is a lot more research on making decisions than on the failure to make a decision. Society has convinced many people that it is better to choose not to act and […]
Factors to Drive Clinical Practice Improvement in a Malaysian Intensive Care Unit: Assessment of Organisational Readiness Using a Mixed Method Approach
This article addresses patient complications that are encountered by the staff in an intensive care unit in Malaysia. It addresses the need for an enhanced safety culture to address these often-preventable complications. The authors noted that there is an international drive to enhance patient safety, effectively linking this research to research already done at a […]
Implementation of Checklists in Health Care: Learning from High-Reliability Organisations
This qualitative study was undertaken to determine if the use of checklists common in HROs can be used in health care to reduce risk. As healthcare has improved, it has become dangerous. With the increasing complexity of healthcare, checklists may be a useful way to ensure procedures are performed without common mistakes. This article provides […]