Ruth Paterson's Outputs (3)

Improvement in out-of-hours outcomes following the implementation of Hospital at Night (2009)
Journal Article
Beckett, D. J., Gordon, C. F., Paterson, R., Chalkley, S., Stewart, C., Jones, M. C., Young, M., & Bell, D. (2009). Improvement in out-of-hours outcomes following the implementation of Hospital at Night. QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians, 102(8), 539-546. https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcp056

Background: Hospital at Night (H@N) is a Department of Health (England) driven programme being widely implemented across UK. It aims to redefine how medical cover is provided in hospitals during the out-of-hours period.
Aim: To investigate whether t... Read More about Improvement in out-of-hours outcomes following the implementation of Hospital at Night.

Assessment of clinical risk in the out of hours hospital prior to the introduction of Hospital at Night (2009)
Journal Article
Beckett, D., Gordon, C., Paterson, R., Chalkley, S., Bell, D., & Macleod, D. (2009). Assessment of clinical risk in the out of hours hospital prior to the introduction of Hospital at Night. Journal of Acute Medicine, 8(1), 33-40

Overnight medical cover in hospital is less than during daylight hours. We aimed to quantify the numbers of patients deteriorating overnight and their clinical outcome. Data was collected in real time on use of the Standardised Early Warning Score (S... Read More about Assessment of clinical risk in the out of hours hospital prior to the introduction of Hospital at Night.

Experiences of older people in emergency care settings: IMOGEN LYONS and RUTH PATERSON discuss the results of a qualitative study into aspects of emergency care that are important to older people (2009)
Journal Article
Lyons, I., & Paterson, R. (2009). Experiences of older people in emergency care settings: IMOGEN LYONS and RUTH PATERSON discuss the results of a qualitative study into aspects of emergency care that are important to older people. Emergency Nurse, 16(10), 26-31. https://doi.org/10.7748/en2009.03.16.10.26.c6851

People over the age of 65 make up about 20 per cent of the population of Scotland (Wood and Bain 2001). They also account for 185,000 emergency hospital admissions a year across the country, a figure that is expected to rise to 397,000 by 2021 (NHS Q... Read More about Experiences of older people in emergency care settings: IMOGEN LYONS and RUTH PATERSON discuss the results of a qualitative study into aspects of emergency care that are important to older people.