A primary objective of clinical development is to generate high-quality data as efficiently as possible; this supports the ultimate goal of clinical development—getting a safe and effective product to market as rapidly as possible. The challenge in today’s environment is that generating this type of data is both expensive and time-consuming. As a result, clinical development organizations are c...

BACKGROUND Precise and complete documentation of in-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitations is important but data quality can be poor. In the present study, we investigated the effect of a tablet-based application for real-time resuscitation documentation used by the emergency team leader on documentation quality and clinical performance of the emergency team. METHODS Senior anaesthesiologist...

Context: Integration of electronic signatures embedded in health care processes in Germany challenges health care service and supply facilities. The suitability of the signature level of an eligible authentication procedure is confirmed for a large part of documents in clinical practice. However, the concrete design of such a procedure remains unclear. Objective: To create a summary of usable u...

The OsseoSpeed implant (also including short, narrow and Profile implants) has been extensively documented in several prospective clinical studies covering most indications such as: single-tooth restorations, fixed partial/full prostheses, and overdentures with a minimum of 1 year of follow-up . Moreover, results show that the implant can be safely used with a survival rate ranging from 94.5 to...

INTRODUCTION The quality of nursing documentation is still a challenge in the nursing profession and, thus, in the health care industry. One major quality improvement program is clinical governance, whose mission is to continuously improve the quality of patient care and overcome service quality problems. The aim of this study was to identify whether clinical governance improves the quality of ...