All Outputs (5)

Patient safety culture in care homes for older people: a scoping review (2017)
Journal Article
Gartshore, E., Waring, J., & Timmons, S. (in press). Patient safety culture in care homes for older people: a scoping review. BMC Health Services Research, 17(1), https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-017-2713-2

Background: In recent years, there has been an increasing focus on the role of safety culture in preventing incidents such as medication errors and falls. However, research and developments in safety culture has predominantly taken place in hospital... Read More about Patient safety culture in care homes for older people: a scoping review.

Adherence to precautions for preventing the transmission of microorganisms in primary health care: a qualitative study (2017)
Journal Article
Maroldi, M. A. C., Felix, A. M. D. S., Dias, A. A. L., Kawagoe, J. Y., Padoveze, M. C., Ferreira, S. A., …Figueiredo, R. M. (2017). Adherence to precautions for preventing the transmission of microorganisms in primary health care: a qualitative study. BMC Nursing, 16(1), Article 49. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-017-0245-z

Background Health care associated infections (HAIs) are a source of concern worldwide. No health service in any country can be considered HAI risk-free. However, there is scarcity of data on the risks to which both patients and health workers are... Read More about Adherence to precautions for preventing the transmission of microorganisms in primary health care: a qualitative study.

Market-driven production of biospecimens and the role of NHS hospital-led biobanks (2017)
Journal Article
Timmons, S., & Vezyridis, P. (2017). Market-driven production of biospecimens and the role of NHS hospital-led biobanks. Sociology of Health and Illness, 39(7), 1242-1257. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9566.12584

Biobanks are vital for biospecimen production in research, despite the regulatory, recruitment and commercial difficulties they face. We conducted interviews with clinicians, researchers, volunteers who recruit biobank participants, regulators and NH... Read More about Market-driven production of biospecimens and the role of NHS hospital-led biobanks.

Tensions within management roles in healthcare organisations (2017)
Journal Article
Scott, A., & Timmons, S. (2017). Tensions within management roles in healthcare organisations. Nursing Management, 24(1), 31-37. https://doi.org/10.7748/nm.2017.e1569

Aim: This article reports the results of a study that gives an insight into ward leaders’ perspectives of their leadership role and explores how they deliver leadership at ward level within organisational constraints and processes. Previous studies h... Read More about Tensions within management roles in healthcare organisations.

Understanding the care.data conundrum: new information flows for economic growth (2017)
Journal Article
Vezyridis, P., & Timmons, S. (2017). Understanding the care.data conundrum: new information flows for economic growth. Big Data and Society, https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951716688490

The analysis of data from electronic health records aspires to facilitate healthcare efficiencies and biomedical innovation. There are also ethical, legal and social implications from the handling of sensitive patient information. The paper explores... Read More about Understanding the care.data conundrum: new information flows for economic growth.