Quality and Safety in the Literature: November 2022

Healthcare quality and safety span multiple topics across the spectrum of academic and clinical disciplines. Keeping abreast of the rapidly growing body of work can be challenging. In this series, we provide succinct summaries of selected relevant studies published in the last several months. Some articles will focus on a particular theme, whereas others will highlight unique publications from high-impact medical journals. Key points Addressing fundamental principles of age-friendly care through an ‘Eat Walk Engage’ programme, with a goal of decreasing hospital-associated complications in older people, reduced the incidence of hospital-associated delirium by nearly half but did not change length of stay, admissions within 6 months or all-cause mortality. JAMA Internal Medicine, 10 January 2022. A standardised, three-step support strategy for relatives of patients in the intensive care unit when treatment withholding and/or withdrawal was involved resulted in significant reductions in the incidence of...
Source: BMJ Quality and Safety - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Quality & amp; safety in the literature Source Type: research