BACKGROUND Patient safety is one of the greatest challenges in healthcare. In the operating room errors are frequent and often consequential. This article describes an approach to a successful implementation of a patient safety program in the operating room, focussing on latent risk factors that influence patient safety. We performed an intervention to improve these latent risk factors (LRFs) a...

BACKGROUND Patient safety can be at stake in both hospital and general practice settings. While severe patient safety incidents have been described, quantitative studies in large samples of patients in general practice are rare. This study aimed to assess patient safety in general practice, and to show areas where potential improvements could be implemented. METHODS We conducted a retrospecti...

OBJECTIVE To explore perceptions of safety culture in nine different types of primary care professions and to study possible differences. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey. SETTING Three hundred and thirteen practices from nine types of primary care profession groups in the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS Professional staff from primary care practices. Nine professions participated: dental care, di...

BACKGROUND Neighborhood characteristics may contribute to adiposity in young children, but results in the current literature are inconsistent. This study aimed to investigate whether objective (socioeconomic status (SES)) and subjective (perceived safety, satisfaction with green spaces and perceived physical disorder) neighborhood characteristics directly influence child adiposity (as measured ...

This study examined the cross-sectional associations between perceived neighborhood walkability and walking time, physical activity, wellbeing, and loneliness, and examined which components of walkability were most strongly associated with better wellbeing and less loneliness in older adults. Participants were community-dwelling Chinese adults aged 60+ (n = 181). Walkability was measured using ...

Favorable perceptions of the built and social neighborhood environment may promote outdoor physical activity (PA). However, little is known about their independent and interactive effects on neighborhood-specific outdoor PA. We examined associations of perceived built and social neighborhood environment factors, and their interactions, with objectively-measured neighborhood outdoor moderate-to-...

singapore is depicted to be the fastest growing telecommunications nation in asia. presently, all the members of the singapore banking industry have engaged in the use of information and communication technology as a platform for effective and efficient means of conducting financial transactions. this paper focuses on determining the level of users’ acceptance of the electronic banking services...

BACKGROUND The safety of neighborhoods and availability of parks and facilities may influence adolescent physical activity independently or interactively. METHODS 9114 Canadians in grades 6 to 10 completed the 2006 Health Behavior in School-Aged Children Survey. The outcome of interest was students' self-reported participation in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity outside of school. A com...