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STUDY

The use of human factors methods to identify and mitigate safety issues in radiation therapy.

Chan AJ, Islam MK, Rosewall T, Jaffray DA, Easty AC, Cafazzo JA. Radiother Oncol. 2010;97:596-600.

STUDY

Potential drug interactions and duplicate prescriptions among cancer patients.

Riechelmann RP, Tannock IF, Wang L, Saad ED, Taback NA, Krzyzanowska MK. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2007;99:592-600.

STUDY

Error rates in breast imaging reports: comparison of automatic speech recognition and dictation transcription.

Basma S, Lord B, Jacks LM, Rizk M, Scaranelo AM. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011;197:923-927.

BOOK/REPORT

Commission of Inquiry on Hormone Receptor Testing.

Cameron M. St. John's, NL: Government of Newfoundland and Labrador; 2009. ISBN: 978551463537.

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Rates of new or missed colorectal cancers after colonoscopy and their risk factors: a population-based analysis.

Bressler B, Paszat LF, Chen Z, Rothwell DM, Vinden C, Rabeneck L. Gastroenterology. 2007;132:96-102.

STUDY

Checking it twice: an evaluation of checklists for detecting medication errors at the bedside using a chemotherapy model.

White RE, Trbovich PL, Easty AC, Savage P, Trip K, Hyland S. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:562-567.

STUDY

Modern palliative radiation treatment: do complexity and workload contribute to medical errors?

D'Souza N, Holden L, Robson S, et al. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012;84:e43-e48.

STUDY

Perceptions of preventable medical errors in Alberta, Canada.

Northcott H, Vanderheyden L, Northcott J, et al. Int J Qual Health Care. 2008;20:115-122.

REVIEW

Adverse events experienced by homecare patients: a scoping review of the literature.

Masotti P, McColl MA, Green M. Int J Qual Health Care. 2010;22:115-125.

REVIEW

Improving patient safety through the systematic evaluation of patient outcomes.

Forster AJ, Dervin G, Martin C, Papp S. Can J Surg. 2012;55:418-425.

STUDY

A systematic review to evaluate the accuracy of electronic adverse drug event detection.

Forster AJ, Jennings A, Chow C, Leeder C, van Walraven C. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2012;19:31-38.

STUDY

Types and patterns of safety concerns in home care: staff perspectives.

Craven C, Byrne K, Sims-Gould J, Martin-Matthews A. Int J Qual Health Care. 2012;24:525-531.

STUDY

Using prospective clinical surveillance to identify adverse events in hospital.

Forster AJ, Worthington JR, Hawken S, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:756-763.

STUDY

Reconcilable differences: correcting medication errors at hospital admission and discharge.

Vira T, Colquhoun M, Etchells E. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15:122-126.

STUDY

Influence of house-staff experience on teaching-hospital mortality: the "July Phenomenon" revisited.

van Walraven C, Jennings A, Wong J, Forster AJ. J Hosp Med. 2011;6:389-394.

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.

STUDY

Incidence, severity and preventability of medication-related visits to the emergency department: a prospective study.

Zed PJ, Abu-Laban RB, Balen RM, et al. CMAJ. 2008;178:1563-1569.

STUDY

Learning from near misses: from quick fixes to closing off the Swiss-cheese holes.

Jeffs L, Berta W, Lingard L, Baker GR. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:287-294.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Coming clean on medical mistakes.

Talaga T, Cribb R. Toronto Star. March 19, 2007.

STUDY

Impact of intensive care unit discharge time on patient outcome.

Priestap FA, Martin CM. Crit Care Med. 2006;34:2946-2951.

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