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First do no harm: practitioners’ ability to ‘diagnose’ system weaknesses and improve safety is a critical initial step in improving care quality

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Healthcare systems across the world and especially those in low-resource settings (LRS) are under pressure and one of the first priorities must be to prevent any harm done while trying to deliver care. Health care workers, especially department leaders, need the diagnostic abilities to identify local safety concerns and design actions that benefit their patients. We draw on concepts from the safety sciences that are less well-known than mainstream quality improvement techniques in LRS. We use...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1136/archdischild-2020-320630

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDM
Sub department:
Tropical Medicine
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-7427-0826
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Department:
External
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-0851-3711
Publisher:
BMJ Publishing Group Publisher's website
Journal:
Archives of Disease in Childhood Journal website
Volume:
106
Issue:
4
Pages:
326-332
Publication date:
2020-12-23
Acceptance date:
2021-01-24
DOI:
EISSN:
1468-2044
ISSN:
0003-9888
Pmid:
33361068
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1151899
Local pid:
pubs:1151899
Deposit date:
2021-03-16

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