Commentary What's the difference between a hospital and a bottling factory? Citation Text: Morton A, Cornwell J. What's the difference between a hospital and a bottling factory? BMJ. 2009;339(jul20 1). doi:10.1136/bmj.b2727. Copy Citation Format: DOIGoogle ScholarBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL June 30, 2011 Morton A, Cornwell J. BMJ. 2009;339(jul20 1). View more articles from the same authors. This commentary assesses the legitimacy of common comparisons between hospitals and commercial industries. The authors offer alternative industry models, such as mail processing, to trigger new ideas for improving health care. Available at Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Morton A, Cornwell J. What's the difference between a hospital and a bottling factory? BMJ. 2009;339(jul20 1). doi:10.1136/bmj.b2727. Copy Citation Format: DOIGoogle ScholarBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Undertriage of elderly trauma patients to state-designated trauma centers. October 8, 2008 Changes in medication safety indicators in England throughout the covid-19 pandemic using OpenSAFELY: population based, retrospective cohort study of 57 million patients using federated analytics. June 7, 2023 Does health care role and experience influence perception of safety culture related to preventing infections? July 17, 2013 Distractions in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory: impact for cardiologists and patient safety. February 24, 2021 A target to achieve zero preventable trauma deaths through quality improvement. July 19, 2018 The occurrence of potential patient safety events among trauma patients: are they random? March 3, 2011 Economic evaluation of quality improvement interventions to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections in the hospital setting: a systematic review. March 30, 2022 Investigating racial and ethnic disparities in maternal care at the system level using patient safety incident reports. August 9, 2023 National Partnership for Maternal Safety: consensus bundle on support after a severe maternal event. January 27, 2021 Impact of an obstetrical hospitalist program on the safety events in a mid-sized obstetrical unit. September 16, 2020 View More Related Resources Organizing Patient Safety: Failsafe Fantasies and Pragmatic Practices. May 8, 2019 Bundle interventions used to reduce prescribing and administration errors in hospitalized children: a systematic review. May 25, 2016 Human factors and ergonomics and quality improvement science: integrating approaches for safety in healthcare. April 1, 2015 Deaths due to medical error: jumbo jets or just small propeller planes? December 30, 2014 From harm to hope and purposeful action: what could we do after Francis? July 23, 2014 A Promise to Learn—a Commitment to Act: Improving the Safety of Patients in England. November 20, 2013 Toward the modelling of safety violations in healthcare systems. August 13, 2013 A framework for patient safety: a defense nuclear industry-based high-reliability model. June 12, 2013 Toward improving patient safety through voluntary peer-to-peer assessment. May 24, 2012 An ethnographic study of classifying and accounting for risk at the sharp end of medical wards. September 2, 2009 View More See More About The Topic Hospitals Safety Scientists General Internal Medicine Hospital Medicine Quality Improvement Strategies
Changes in medication safety indicators in England throughout the covid-19 pandemic using OpenSAFELY: population based, retrospective cohort study of 57 million patients using federated analytics. June 7, 2023
Does health care role and experience influence perception of safety culture related to preventing infections? July 17, 2013
Distractions in the cardiac catheterisation laboratory: impact for cardiologists and patient safety. February 24, 2021
The occurrence of potential patient safety events among trauma patients: are they random? March 3, 2011
Economic evaluation of quality improvement interventions to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections in the hospital setting: a systematic review. March 30, 2022
Investigating racial and ethnic disparities in maternal care at the system level using patient safety incident reports. August 9, 2023
National Partnership for Maternal Safety: consensus bundle on support after a severe maternal event. January 27, 2021
Impact of an obstetrical hospitalist program on the safety events in a mid-sized obstetrical unit. September 16, 2020
Bundle interventions used to reduce prescribing and administration errors in hospitalized children: a systematic review. May 25, 2016
Human factors and ergonomics and quality improvement science: integrating approaches for safety in healthcare. April 1, 2015
A Promise to Learn—a Commitment to Act: Improving the Safety of Patients in England. November 20, 2013
A framework for patient safety: a defense nuclear industry-based high-reliability model. June 12, 2013
An ethnographic study of classifying and accounting for risk at the sharp end of medical wards. September 2, 2009