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STUDY

Emergency hospitalizations for adverse drug events in older Americans.

Budnitz DS, Lovegrove MC, Shehab N, Richards CL. N Engl J Med. 2011;365:2002-2012.

STUDY

Association between waiting times and short term mortality and hospital admission after departure from emergency department: population based cohort study from Ontario, Canada.

Guttmann A, Schull MJ, Vermeulen MJ, Stukel TA. BMJ. 2011;342:d2983.

REVIEW

Rapid-response teams.

Jones DA, DeVita MA, Bellomo R. N Engl J Med. 2011;365:139-146.

REVIEW

Effect of clinical pharmacists on care in the emergency department: a systematic review.

Cohen V, Jellinek SP, Hatch A, Motov S. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2009;66:1353-1361.

STUDY

Hospital-wide code rates and mortality before and after implementation of a rapid response team.

Chan PS, Khalid A, Longmore LS, Berg RA, Kosiborod M, Spertus JA. JAMA. 2008;300:2506-2513.

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Public reporting of antibiotic timing in patients with pneumonia: lessons from a flawed performance measure.

Wachter RM, Flanders SA, Fee C, Pronovost PJ. Ann Intern Med. 2008;149:29-32.

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Medication use leading to emergency department visits for adverse drug events in older adults.

Budnitz DS, Shehab N, Kegler SR, Richards CL. Ann Intern Med. 2007;147:755-765.

REVIEW

Rapid response teams: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Chan PS, Jain R, Nallmothu BK, Berg RA, Sasson C. Arch Intern Med. 2010;170:18-26.

BOOK/REPORT classic

Patient Safety in Emergency Medicine.

Croskerry P, Cosby KS, Schenkel SM, Wears RL, eds. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2009. ISBN: 9780781777278.

STUDY

Introduction of the medical emergency team (MET) system: a cluster-randomised controlled trial.

MERIT study investigators. Lancet. 2005;365:2091-2097.

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Simulation based teamwork training for emergency department staff: does it improve clinical team performance when added to an existing didactic teamwork curriculum?

Shapiro MJ, Morey JC, Small SD, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2004;13:417-421.

STUDY

Error reduction and performance improvement in the emergency department through formal teamwork training: evaluation results of the MedTeams project.

Morey JC, Simon R, Jay GD, et al. Health Serv Res. 2002;37:1553-1581.

REVIEW

The effect of computerized provider order entry systems on clinical care and work processes in emergency departments: a systematic review of the quantitative literature.

Georgiou A, Prgomet M, Paoloni R, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2013;61:644-653.

STUDY

Beating the weekend trend: increased mortality in older adult traumatic brain injury (TBI) patients admitted on weekends.

Schneider EB, Hirani SA, Hambridge HL, et al. J Surg Res. 2012;177:295-300.

STUDY

How reliable are patient-completed medication reconciliation forms compared with pharmacy lists?

Meyer C, Stern M, Woolley W, Jeanmonod R, Jeanmonod D. Am J Emerg Med. 2012;30:1048-1054.

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Understanding how rapid response systems may improve safety for the acutely ill patient: learning from the frontline.

Mackintosh N, Rainey H, Sandall J. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;22:135-144.

REVIEW

Systematic review of safety checklists for use by medical care teams in acute hospital settings—limited evidence of effectiveness.

Ko HCH, Turner TJ, Finnigan MA. BMC Health Serv Res. 2011;11:211.

STUDY

Reduction in hospital mortality over time in a hospital without a pediatric medical emergency team: limitations of before-and-after study designs.

Joffe AR, Anton NR, Burkholder SC. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2011;165:419-423.

STUDY

Older patients' understanding of emergency department discharge information and its relationship with adverse outcomes.

Hastings SN, Barrett A, Weinberger M, et al. J Patient Saf. 2011;7:19-25.

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Outcomes of emergency department patients presenting with adverse drug events.

Hohl CM, Nosyk B, Kuramoto L, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2011;58:270-279.

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