A lack of cultural safety is a contributing factor in preventable hospital deaths.

In this edition we review the limits of decision-making tools in situations of alert fatigue and failure-to-escalate.

Pre-eminent leaders in health, law, and ethics reflect on the evolution of quality and patient safety in Australia and overseas.

Major trauma in the older adult population is on the rise. Once a patient falls, the odds of preventable mortality increase with age.

In this edition we look at paediatric appendicitis - the most common cause of acute abdomen in children.

In this edition we look at the problem of access block, a major barrier to delivering safe and timely care to patients in hospitals.