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STUDY
The association between a prolonged stay in the emergency department and adverse events in older patients admitted to hospital: a retrospective cohort study.
Ackroyd-Stolarz S, Read Guernsey J, Mackinnon NJ, Kovacs G. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:564-569.
SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE
Patient Safety Papers 3.
Baker GR, ed. Healthc Q. 2008;11:1-144.
STUDY
Use of an electronic information system to identify adverse events resulting in an emergency department visit.
Ackroyd-Stolarz S, Mackinnon NJ, Zed PJ, Murphy N. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:e53.
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An implementation strategy for a multicenter pediatric rapid response system in Ontario.
Lobos A, Costello J, Gilleland J, Gaiteiro R, Kotsakis A; The Ontario Pediatric Critical Care Response Team Collaborative. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2010;36:271-280.
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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.
SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE
Safety in EMS.
Brice JH, Patterson PD, eds. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2012;16:1-108.
REVIEW
Team working in intensive care: current evidence and future endeavors.
Richardson J, West MA, Cuthbertson BH. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2010;16:643-648.
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Assessing residents' communication skills: disclosure of an adverse event to a standardized patient.
Posner G, Nakajima A. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2011;33:262-268.
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The intended and unintended consequences of communication systems on general internal medicine inpatient care delivery: a prospective observational case study of five teaching hospitals.
Wu RC, Lo V, Morra D, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2013 Jan 25; [Epub ahead of print].
MEETING/CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
Diagnostic Errors in Medicine 2010.
Society for Medical Decision Making. October 25–27, 2010; Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Using Medical Emergency Teams to detect preventable adverse events.
Iyengar A, Baxter A, Forster AJ. Crit Care. 2009;13:R126.
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Evaluating teamwork in a simulated obstetric environment.
Morgan PJ, Pittini R, Regehr G, Marrs C, Haley MF. Anesthesiology. 2007;106:907-915.
REVIEW
Interprofessional communication and medical error: a reframing of research questions and approaches.
Varpio L, Hall P, Lingard L, Schryer CF. Acad Med. 2008;83(suppl 10):S76-S81.
COMMENTARY
Patient safety in women's health-care: professional colleges can make a difference. The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada MORE(OB) program.
Milne JK, Lalonde AB. Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2007;21:565-579.
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Do emergency physicians attribute drug-related emergency department visits to medication-related problems?
Hohl CM, Zed PJ, Brubacher JR, Abu-Laban RB, Loewen PS, Purssell RA. Ann Emerg Med. 2010;55:493-502.e4.
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Stressful intensive care unit medical crises: how individual responses impact on team performance.
Piquette D, Reeves S, Leblanc VR. Crit Care Med. 2009;37:1251-1255.
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Emergency medical and health providers' perceptions of key issues in prehospital patient safety.
Atack L, Maher J. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2010;14:95-102.
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Silence, power and communication in the operating room.
Gardezi F, Lingard L, Espin S, Whyte S, Orser B, Baker GR. J Adv Nurs. 2009;65:1390-1399.
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Not overstepping professional boundaries: the challenging role of nurses in simulated error disclosures.
Jeffs L, Espin S, Rorabeck L, et al. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;26:320-327.
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Incidence of potentially avoidable urgent readmissions and their relation to all-cause urgent readmissions.
van Walraven C, Jennings A, Taljaard M, et al. CMAJ. 2011;183:E1067-E1072.
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