From the second victim to the learning organisation
When an adverse event involves a healthcare professional, the consequences are not limited to the...
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55 published articles
Every bag has a name: end-to-end traceability and the promise of safe blood
Every blood unit has a unique identity that can be followed from donor to recipient and back agai...
A Day in the Life of an Apheresis Nurse: Where Clinical Expertise Meets Quality Driven Care
The article provides an in-depth and specialized look at the role of the apheresis nurse, a posit...
The value of KPI’s in the transplant setting: Wits Donald Gordon Centre, Johannesburg
In high-stakes transplant settings, traditional outcome indicators such as mortality, relapse, an...
PDTA and Monitoring Systems as Engines of HTA: The 'cost' of appropriateness
In a healthcare context characterised by limited resources and increasing complexity, clinical ap...
The meaning of procedures
The article reflects on the authentic meaning of procedures in healthcare, overcoming the apparen...
The importance of KPIs in the management of laboratory outcomes in PMA
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are fundamental tools for monitoring and improving quality in m...
Case study of organisational management of interfering pathways in an operating block for active organ transplantation
This work stems from the need to observe the operating block not only as a technical site of the ...
How India Is Transforming Healthcare Through Technology
India, now home to more than 1.4 billion people, is undergoing a significant shift in the way hea...
From Fatigue to Flow: The Role of Human Factors Engineering in Nursing in High-Intensity Settings
Human Factors Engineering (HFE) is a multidisciplinary science that examines how humans interact ...
PDTA and Digital Dashboards: Essential Tools for a Changing Healthcare
Diagnostic Therapeutic Treatment Pathways (PDTAs) are organisational tools that define in detail ...
The management of scientific discoveries
Universities, research centres, companies, are all actors that in various ways are deputed to gen...
