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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (52)

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COMMENTARY

Urine a Tough Position.

Gandhi TK. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. October 2003.

STUDY

Approaches to reducing the most important patient errors in primary health-care: patient and professional perspectives.

Buetow S, Kiata L, Liew T, Kenealy T, Dovey S, Elwyn G. Health Soc Care Community. 2010;18:296-303.

STUDY

Diagramming patients' views of root causes of adverse drug events in ambulatory care: an online tool for planning education and research.

Brown M, Frost R, Ko Y, Woosley R. Patient Educ Couns. 2006;62:302-315.

COMMENTARY

Patient Safety in the Physician Office Setting

Elder NC. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2006.

REVIEW

Coordinating care across diseases, settings, and clinicians: a key role for the generalist in practice.

Stille CJ, Jerant A, Bell D, Meltzer D, Elmore JG. Ann Intern Med. 2005;142:700-708.

STUDY

Development and early experience from an intervention to facilitate teamwork between general practices and allied health providers: the Team-link study.

Harris MF, Chan BC, Daniel C, Wan Q, Zwar N, Davies GP. BMC Health Serv Res. 2010;10:104.

STUDY

Threats to patient safety in the primary care office: concerns of physicians and nurses.

Schwappach DL, Gehring K, Battaglia M, et al. Swiss Med Wkly. 2012;142:w13601.

STUDY

Safety of telephone triage in general practitioner cooperatives: do triage nurses correctly estimate urgency?

Giesen P, Ferwerda R, Tijssen R, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2007;16:181-184.

STUDY

Quality of clinical aspects of call handling at Dutch out of hours centres: cross sectional national study.

Derkx HP, Rethans JE, Muijtjens AM, et al. BMJ. 2008;337:a1264.

STUDY

Ambulatory prescribing errors among community-based providers in two states.

Abramson EL, Bates DW, Jenter C, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2012;19:644-648.

REVIEW

E-prescribing: a focused review and new approach to addressing safety in pharmacies and primary care.

Odukoya OK, Chui MA. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2012 Oct 10; [Epub ahead of print].

STUDY

Missed opportunities in the primary care management of early acute ischemic heart disease.

Sequist TD, Marshall R, Lampert S, Buechler EJ, Lee TH. Arch Intern Med. 2006;166:2237-2243.

STUDY

Pharmacist-supported medication review training for general practitioners: feasibility and acceptability.

Krska J, Gill D, Hansford D. Med Educ. 2006;40:1217-1225.

STUDY

How do physicians conduct medication reviews?

Tarn DM, Paterniti DA, Kravitz RL, Fein S, Wenger NS. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:1296-1302.

STUDY

Retail pharmacy staff perceptions of design strengths and weaknesses of electronic prescribing.

Odukoya O, Chui MA. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2012;19:1059-1065.

STUDY

Alternatives to potentially inappropriate medications for use in e-prescribing software: triggers and treatment algorithms.

Hume AL, Quilliam BJ, Goldman R, Eaton C, Lapane KL. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:875-884.

STUDY

Patient report on information given, consultation time and safety in primary care.

Mira JJ, Nebot C, Lorenzo S, Pérez-Jover V. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:e33.

COMMENTARY

Carpe Diem (Seize the Day).

Krumholz A. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. December 2004.

STUDY

Adverse drug events in general practice patients in Australia.

Miller GC, Britt HC, Valenti L. Med J Aust. 2006;184:321-324.

STUDY

E-prescribing, efficiency, quality: lessons from the computerization of UK family practice.

Schade CP, Sullivan FM, de Lusignan S, Madeley J. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2006;13:470-475.

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