Showing posts with label surgical procedures. Show all posts
Showing posts with label surgical procedures. Show all posts

Tuesday, 28 July 2015

Characterising ‘near miss’ events in complex laparoscopic surgery through video analysis

"Error awareness is essential in daily surgical practice and surgical training. The current study highlights the benefits of detailed video analysis to create a database of common injury mechanisms and video clip repository that can be used in tailoring future training interventions."

Characterising ‘near miss’ events in complex laparoscopic surgery through video analysis
EM Bonrath, LE Gordon, TP Grantcharov
BMJ Quality and Safety 2015;24:516-521 doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003816

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Thursday, 9 January 2014

Variations in outcome and costs among NHS providers for common surgical procedures

"We identify variation in patient-reported outcomes (PROs) across hospitals, assess the relationship between the cost and outcomes among NHS hospitals for these procedures, and determine the extent to which variations in outcomes and costs are due to differences in hospital performance."

Variations in outcome and costs among NHS providers for common surgical procedures: econometric analyses of routinely collected data
A Street, N Gutacker, C Bojke, N Devlin, S Daidone
National Institute of Health Research
Health Services and Delivery Research, 2014, 2(1)

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