International journal for quality in health care : journal of the International Society for Quality in Health Care
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Int J Qual Health Care · Aug 2015
SEQUenCE: a service user-centred quality of care instrument for mental health services.
To develop a quality of care instrument that is grounded in the service user perspective and validate it in a mental health service. ⋯ SEQUenCE is a valid, reliable scale that is grounded in the service user perspective and suitable for routine use. It may serve as a useful tool in individual care planning, service evaluation and research. The instrument was developed and validated with service users with a diagnosis of either BPAD or a psychotic disorder; it does not yet have established external validity for other diagnostic groups.
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Int J Qual Health Care · Aug 2015
Examining the attitudes of hospital pharmacists to reporting medication safety incidents using the theory of planned behaviour.
To assess the effect of factors within hospital pharmacists' practice on the likelihood of their reporting a medication safety incident. ⋯ This study suggests that efforts to improve medication safety incident reporting by hospital pharmacists should focus on their behavioural and control beliefs about the reporting process. This should include instilling greater confidence about the benefits of reporting and not harming professional relationships with doctors, greater clarity about what/not to report and a simpler reporting system.
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To measure the impact of electronic medication reconciliation implementation on reports of admission medication reconciliation errors (MREs). ⋯ We successfully implemented an electronic process for admission medication reconciliation, which was associated with a reduction in reports of non-intercepted admission MREs.