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TOOLKIT

Seven steps to patient safety in general practice.

National Patient Safety Agency. London, England: NHS; 2009.

STUDY

Identifying unintended consequences of quality indicators: a qualitative study.

Lester HE, Hannon KL, Campbell SM. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:1057-1061.

COMMENTARY

The association between culture, climate and quality of care in primary health care teams.

Hann M, Bower P, Campbell S, Marshall M, Reeves D. Fam Pract. 2007;24:323-329.

REVIEW

Quality of medication use in primary care—mapping the problem, working to a solution: a systematic review of the literature.

Garfield S, Barber N, Walley P, Willson A, Eliasson L. BMC Med. 2009;7:50.

REVIEW

Routinely recorded patient safety events in primary care: a literature review.

Tsang C, Majeed A, Aylin P. Fam Pract. 2012;29:8-15.

STUDY

Medicines reconciliation using a shared electronic health care record.

Moore P, Armitage G, Wright J, Dobrzanski S, Ansari N, Hammond I, Scally A. J Patient Saf. 2011;7:147-153.

STUDY

The quality, safety and content of telephone and face-to-face consultations: a comparative study.

McKinstry B, Hammersley V, Burton C, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:298-303.

STUDY

Receptionist input to quality and safety in repeat prescribing in UK general practice: ethnographic case study.

Swinglehurst D, Greenhalgh T, Russell J, Myall M. BMJ. 2011;343:d6788.

STUDY

Barriers and motivators for making error reports from family medicine offices: a report from the American Academy of Family Physicians National Research Network (AAFP NRN).

Elder NC, Graham D, Brandt E, Hickner J. J Am Board Fam Med. 2007;20:115-123.

STUDY

High risk prescribing in primary care patients particularly vulnerable to adverse drug events: cross sectional population database analysis in Scottish general practice.

Guthrie B, McCowan C, Davey P, Simpson CR, Dreischulte T, Barnett K. BMJ. 2011;342:d3514.

STUDY

Measuring perceptions of safety climate in primary care: a cross-sectional study.

de Wet C, Johnson P, Mash R, McConnachie A, Bowie P. J Eval Clin Pract. 2012;18:135-142.

STUDY

Bayesian cohort and cross-sectional analyses of the PINCER trial: a pharmacist-led intervention to reduce medication errors in primary care.

Hemming K, Chilton PJ, Lilford RJ, Avery A, Sheikh A. PLoS ONE. 2012;7:e38306.

REVIEW

A review of the current evidence base for significant event analysis.

Bowie P, Pope L, Lough M. J Eval Clin Pract. 2008;14:520-536.

REVIEW

Meta-analysis: effect of interactive communication between collaborating primary care physicians and specialists.

Foy R, Hempel S, Rubenstein L, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2010;152:247-258.

STUDY

A qualitative study of why general practitioners may participate in significant event analysis and educational peer assessment.

Bowie P, McKay J, Dalgetty E, Lough M. Qual Saf Health Care. 2005;14:185-189.

BOOK/REPORT

Investigating the prevalence and causes of prescribing errors in general practice: The PRACtICe Study.

Avery T, Barber N, Ghaleb M, et al. London, UK: General Medical Council; May 2, 2012.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

How safe are patients in primary care?

Carlowe J. Nursing Times. April 28, 2009.

COMMENTARY

Intentionally harmful violations and patient safety: the example of Harold Shipman.

Baker R, Hurwitz B. J R Soc Med. 2009;102:223-227.

COMMENTARY

Safer out of hours primary care.

Cosford PA, Thomas JM. BMJ. 2010;340:c3194.

BOOK/REPORT

Safety First: Top of Your Board's Agenda: 100 Day Challenge Survey Report.

The Patients Association. Harrow, Middlesex, UK: The Patients Association; June 2009.

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