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•Device-related Complications (9)

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•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (39)

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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (61)

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Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (60)

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•Allied Health Services (1)

•Medicine (171)

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Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (190)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (192)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (107)

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•Hospitals (141)

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STUDY

Association of communication between hospital-based physicians and primary care providers with patient outcomes.

Bell CM, Schnipper JL, Auerbach AD, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:381-386.

STUDY

Information exchange among physicians caring for the same patient in the community.

van Walraven C, Taljaard M, Bell CM, et al. CMAJ. 2008;179:1013-1018.

STUDY

Self-reported medical, medication and laboratory error in eight countries: risk factors for chronically ill adults.

Scobie A. Int J Qual Health Care. 2011;23:182-186.

STUDY

The development and evaluation of an integrated electronic prescribing and drug management system for primary care.

Tamblyn R, Huang A, Kawasumi Y, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2006;13:148-159.

BOOK/REPORT

Inspiring Ideas and Celebrating Successes: A Guidebook to Leading Patient Safety Practices in Ontario Hospitals.

OHA Patient Safety Support Service. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Ontario Hospital Association; 2006.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Patient Safety Papers 5.

Baker GR, ed. Healthc Q. 2010;13:1-136.

REVIEW

Safety learning system development—incident reporting component for family practice.

O'Beirne M, Sterling P, Reid R, Tink W, Hohman S, Norton P. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:252-257.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Safety in EMS.

Brice JH, Patterson PD, eds. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2012;16:1-108.

STUDY

Usability of a computerised drug monitoring programme to detect adverse drug events and non-compliance in outpatient ambulatory care.

Auger C, Forster AJ, Oake N, Tamblyn R. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22:306-316.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Patient Safety Papers 4.

Baker GR, ed. Healthc Q. 2009;12:1-198.

REVIEW

Adopting electronic medical records in primary care: lessons learned from health information systems implementation experience in seven countries.

Ludwick DA, Doucette J. Int J Med Inform. 2009;78:22-31

REVIEW

The efficacy of computer-enabled discharge communication interventions: a systematic review.

Motamedi SM, Posadas-Calleja J, Straus S, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:403-415.

STUDY

Emotional impact of patient safety incidents on family physicians and their office staff.

O'Beirne M, Sterling P, Palacios-Derflingher L, Hohman S, Zwicker K. J Am Board Fam Med. 2012;25:177-183.

COMMENTARY

A clinical nurse specialist intervention to facilitate safe transfer from ICU.

St-Louis L, Brault D. Clin Nurse Spec. 2011;25:321-326.

STUDY

Safety incidents in family medicine.

O'Beirne M, Sterling PD, Zwicker K, Hebert P, Norton PG. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:1005-1010.

STUDY

Perspective: a business school view of medical interprofessional rounds: transforming rounding groups into rounding teams.

Bharwani AM, Harris GC, Southwick FS. Acad Med. 2012;87:1768-1771.

STUDY

Medication reconciliation during internal hospital transfer and impact of computerized prescriber order entry.

Lee JY, Leblanc K, Fernandes OA, et al. Ann Pharmacother. 2010;44:1887-1895.

STUDY

A randomized trial of the effectiveness of on-demand versus computer-triggered drug decision support in primary care.

Tamblyn R, Huang A, Taylor L, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2008;15:430-438.

STUDY

Frequency and clinical importance of pages sent to the wrong physician.

Wong BM, Quan S, Cheung CM, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169:1072-1073.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Canadian Disclosure Guidelines.

Windwick B, Vallet D, Beard P, et al; Disclosure Working Group. Edmonton, AB, Canada: Canadian Patient Safety Institute; 2008. ISBN: 0973927011.

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