Patient care: A unified approach: A case study report

"This report highlights case studies that exemplify how integration between GPs and physicians can be achieved. The case studies span a wide range of services in England and Wales, and cover a variety of learning points involving different specialties, different population groups and different ways of addressing complex issues. This report has been compiled to share learning from successful examples of integration, and to encourage GPs and physicians to reflect on their own practice."

Patient care: A unified approach: A case study report
Royal College of Physicians, Royal College of General Practitioners
March 2016

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Using a systematic review in clinical decision making

"Evidence suggests that systematic reviews are used infrequently by physicians in clinical decision-making. One proposed solution is to create filtered resources so that information is validated and refined in order to be read quickly. Two shortened systematic review formats were developed to enhance their use in clinical decision-making."

Using a systematic review in clinical decision making: a pilot parallel, randomized controlled trial
L Perrier, N Persaud, KE Thorpe, SE Straus
Implementation Science, 2015, 10:118

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Understanding nurses’ and physicians’ fear of repercussions for reporting errors

"Although further investigation is needed to examine these and other factors in detail, supportive safety leadership appears to be central to reducing fear of reporting errors for both nurses and physicians."

Understanding nurses’ and physicians’ fear of repercussions for reporting errors: clinician characteristics, organization demographics, or leadership factors?
ES Castel, LR Ginsburg, S Zaheer, H Tamim
BMC Health Services Research, 2015, 15:326

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