Our mission and how we hope to move the field forward: statement from the BMJ Quality & Safety senior editorial team 2023

The challenge Despite progress in many areas, the world continues to face significant and growing challenges to the delivery of high-quality healthcare. Consistently high levels of avoidable harm are reported internationally.1 Inequities in quality persist and solutions are in short supply.2 Implementing initiatives to increase the uptake of effective care and de-implement ineffective technologies has also proven difficult.3 4 Patient-centred care is on the ‘to do’ list for healthcare systems but in too many instances it is deprioritised by decisions that seem arbitrary and not connected to any clear ethical framework.5 Delayed care is another widespread problem and we have long known that crude top-down solutions such as targets are unlikely to work.6 These challenges are formidable and exist against a backdrop of demographic pressures, staffing crises and financial constraints. In the context of these challenges,...
Source: BMJ Quality and Safety - Category: General Medicine Authors: Tags: Editorials Source Type: research