Bmj Quality & Safety
Overview
BMJ Quality & Safety is a renowned peer-reviewed journal that focuses on improving healthcare quality and patient safety. It publishes innovative research, reviews, and commentaries on topics like healthcare delivery, patient-centered care, quality improvement strategies, and the impact of policies on patient outcomes. The journal serves as a valuable resource for healthcare professionals, policymakers, and researchers striving to enhance the safety and quality of healthcare systems worldwide.
Details
Details
Abbr.
BMJ Qual Saf
Start
2011
End
Continuing
Frequency
Monthly
p-ISSN
2044-5415
e-ISSN
2044-5423
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Specialty
Health Services
Metrics
Metrics
h-index / Ranks: 1132
167
SJR / Ranks: 1932
1512
CiteScore / Ranks: 1367
10.20
JIF / Ranks: 1377
5.4
Recent Articles
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Burra T, Auguste B, Lo L, Durowaye T, Dawit H, Fung S, et al.
BMJ Qual Saf
. 2025 Mar;
PMID: 40081889
Background: There are increasing efforts to include equity in all quality improvement (QI) initiatives. A comprehensive framework to embed equity in QI has been lacking, which acts as a barrier...
2.
Yu H, McHugh M, Bauermeister J, Hanneman T, Brom H
BMJ Qual Saf
. 2025 Mar;
PMID: 40050020
Background: Given the emphasis on promoting inclusive policies, we investigated the relationship between US hospitals' inclusion efforts for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, and other sexual and gender-diverse...
3.
Lambert B, Schroeder S, Galanter W, Schiff G, Vaida A, Gaunt M, et al.
BMJ Qual Saf
. 2025 Mar;
PMID: 40037800
Background: Wrong-drug medication errors are common. Regulators screen drug names for confusability, but screening methods lack empirical validation. Previous work showed that psycholinguistic tests on of drug names are associated...
4.
Ramgopal S, Ward C, Cash R, Martin-Gill C, Michelson K
BMJ Qual Saf
. 2025 Mar;
PMID: 40032510
Background: Children represent fewer than 10% of emergency medical services (EMS) encounters in the USA. We evaluated whether agency-level paediatric volume is associated with the quality of prehospital care provided....
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Feng Y, Su M, Sun X, Zhang J, Yao N
BMJ Qual Saf
. 2025 Feb;
PMID: 40015958
Purpose: This systematic review aims to identify the implementation strategies of financial navigation and systematically synthesise its effects on mitigating financial toxicity among cancer survivors, based on the theoretical framework...
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McLean J, Chambers P, Steventon L, Cruickshank S, Nabhani-Gebara S
BMJ Qual Saf
. 2025 Feb;
PMID: 40000158
Background: Disparities have been identified in many aspects of the cancer care pathway for people from minority ethnic groups (MEGs). Adherence to systemic anticancer therapies (SACTs) has been shown to...
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Vincent C, Irving D, Bellandi T, Higham H, Michel P, Staines A, et al.
BMJ Qual Saf
. 2025 Feb;
PMID: 39986680
The investigation of incidents and accidents, together with subsequent reflection and action, is an essential component of safety management in every safety-critical industry, including healthcare. A number of formal methods...
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Mehndiratta A, Moharana P, Mahapatra T, Srikantiah S, Babu S, Simba S, et al.
BMJ Qual Saf
. 2025 Feb;
PMID: 39978962
Background: Countries with resource-poor health systems have struggled to improve access to and the quality of caesarean section (C-section; CS) for women seeking care in public health facilities. Access to...
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Roczniewska M, Augustsson H, Ingvarsson S, Hedberg Rundgren E, Szymanski K, von Thiele Schwarz U, et al.
BMJ Qual Saf
. 2025 Feb;
PMID: 39947899
Background: Low-value care (LVC) describes practices that persist in healthcare, despite being ineffective, inefficient or causing harm. Several determinants for the provision of LVC have been identified, but understanding how...