The Optimal Study: describing the key components of optimal health care delivery to UK care home residents: a research protocol

Gordon, Adam L.; Goodman, Claire; Dening, Tom; Davies, Sue; Gladman, John R.F.; Bell, Brian G.; Zubair, Maria; Handley, Melanie J.; Meyer, Julienne; Bowman, Clive; Gage, Heather; Iliffe, Steve R.; Martin, Finbarr C.; Schneider, Justine; Victor, Christina

doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2014.06.011

All Outputs (23)

Understanding the epidemiology of avoidable significant harm in primary care: protocol for a retrospective cross-sectional study (2017)
Journal Article

Introduction: Most patient safety research has focused on specialist-care settings where there is an appreciation of the frequency and causes of medical errors, and the resulting burden of adverse events. There have, however, been few large-scale rob... Read More about Understanding the epidemiology of avoidable significant harm in primary care: protocol for a retrospective cross-sectional study.

Building a patient safety toolkit for use in general practice (2016)
Journal Article

Despite 340?000?000 primary care consultations annually in the UK, most of the literature on patient safety has focused on hospital-based services. To improve safety in primary care settings, we must know what methods, tools and indicators are availa... Read More about Building a patient safety toolkit for use in general practice.

The Optimal Study: describing the key components of optimal health care delivery to UK care home residents: a research protocol (2014)
Journal Article

Long term institutional care in the UK is provided by care homes. Residents have prevalent cognitive impairment and disability, have multiple diagnoses and are subject to polypharmacy. Prevailing models of healthcare provision - ad hoc, reactive and... Read More about The Optimal Study: describing the key components of optimal health care delivery to UK care home residents: a research protocol.