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Clinical practice. The evaluation of suspected pulmonary embolism. N Engl J Med (2003) 3.90

Effects of computerized physician order entry and clinical decision support systems on medication safety: a systematic review. Arch Intern Med (2003) 12.98

Effects of quality improvement strategies for type 2 diabetes on glycemic control: a meta-regression analysis. JAMA (2006) 9.36

"July effect": impact of the academic year-end changeover on patient outcomes: a systematic review. Ann Intern Med (2011) 4.40

Quality improvement strategies for hypertension management: a systematic review. Med Care (2006) 4.29

Do opiates affect the clinical evaluation of patients with acute abdominal pain? JAMA (2006) 4.15

The tension between needing to improve care and knowing how to do it. N Engl J Med (2007) 3.84

Interventions to reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescribing: a systematic review and quantitative analysis. Med Care (2008) 2.86

Overuse of magnetic resonance imaging. JAMA Intern Med (2013) 2.46

Advancing the science of patient safety. Ann Intern Med (2011) 2.45

Teaching quality improvement and patient safety to trainees: a systematic review. Acad Med (2010) 2.44

Reducing antimicrobial therapy for asymptomatic bacteriuria among noncatheterized inpatients: a proof-of-concept study. Clin Infect Dis (2014) 2.37

Does this patient have acute cholecystitis? JAMA (2003) 2.28

The effect of a rapid response team on resident perceptions of education and autonomy. J Hosp Med (2015) 2.01

Hospital-initiated transitional care interventions as a patient safety strategy: a systematic review. Ann Intern Med (2013) 1.99

Quality improvement in medical education: current state and future directions. Med Educ (2012) 1.97

Medication reconciliation during transitions of care as a patient safety strategy: a systematic review. Ann Intern Med (2013) 1.85

Influence of noninvasive cardiovascular imaging in primary prevention: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials. Arch Intern Med (2011) 1.50

Clinical problem-solving. Forgotten but not gone. N Engl J Med (2004) 1.39

Clinical problem-solving. Lost in transcription. N Engl J Med (2006) 1.38

Patient safety in emergency medical services: a systematic review of the literature. Prehosp Emerg Care (2011) 1.35

Does user-centred design affect the efficiency, usability and safety of CPOE order sets? J Am Med Inform Assoc (2011) 1.35

Identifying entrustable professional activities in internal medicine training. J Grad Med Educ (2013) 1.35

Quality improvement: science and action. Circulation (2009) 1.32

Adverse events detected by clinical surveillance on an obstetric service. Obstet Gynecol (2006) 1.31

Systematic reviews can be produced and published faster. J Clin Epidemiol (2008) 1.28

Trends in adverse events over time: why are we not improving? BMJ Qual Saf (2013) 1.27

Challenges in systematic reviews: synthesis of topics related to the delivery, organization, and financing of health care. Ann Intern Med (2005) 1.20

Effects of rapid response systems on clinical outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis. J Hosp Med (2007) 1.19

Usability evaluation of order sets in a computerised provider order entry system. BMJ Qual Saf (2011) 1.18

Refocusing quality measurement to best support quality improvement: local ownership of quality measurement by clinicians. BMJ Qual Saf (2012) 1.15

Effects of increased overnight supervision on resident education, decision-making, and autonomy. J Hosp Med (2012) 1.15

Sustaining quality improvement and patient safety training in graduate medical education: lessons from social theory. Acad Med (2013) 1.15

Classifying laboratory incident reports to identify problems that jeopardize patient safety. Am J Clin Pathol (2003) 1.15

Tell me about the context, and more. BMJ Qual Saf (2011) 1.14

Improving patient safety: moving beyond the "hype" of medical errors. CMAJ (2005) 1.12

Developing entrustable professional activities as the basis for assessment of competence in an internal medicine residency: a feasibility study. J Gen Intern Med (2013) 1.12

Shifting indirect patient care duties to after hours in the era of work hours restrictions. Acad Med (2011) 1.11

Combining ratings from multiple physician reviewers helped to overcome the uncertainty associated with adverse event classification. J Clin Epidemiol (2007) 1.10

Use of an interactive, telephone-based self-management support program to identify adverse events among ambulatory diabetes patients. J Gen Intern Med (2008) 1.10

Identifying patients with post-discharge care problems using an interactive voice response system. J Gen Intern Med (2009) 1.08

Improving antibiotic selection: a systematic review and quantitative analysis of quality improvement strategies. Med Care (2006) 1.08

The impact of adverse events in the intensive care unit on hospital mortality and length of stay. BMC Health Serv Res (2008) 1.08

Still no magic bullets: pursuing more rigorous research in quality improvement. Am J Med (2004) 1.07

Should we use large scale healthcare interventions without clear evidence that benefits outweigh costs and harms? No. BMJ (2008) 1.06

Is acetylcysteine effective in preventing contrast-related nephropathy? A meta-analysis. Am J Med (2004) 1.06

The Housestaff Incentive Program: improving the timeliness and quality of discharge summaries by engaging residents in quality improvement. BMJ Qual Saf (2013) 1.03

The elephant of patient safety: what you see depends on how you look. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf (2010) 1.03

Surveillance search techniques identified the need to update systematic reviews. J Clin Epidemiol (2008) 1.01

The many faces of error disclosure: a common set of elements and a definition. J Gen Intern Med (2007) 1.00

Management of MRI wait lists in Canada. Healthc Policy (2009) 0.99

Learning from our mistakes: quality grand rounds, a new case-based series on medical errors and patient safety. Ann Intern Med (2002) 0.98

Building knowledge, asking questions. BMJ Qual Saf (2013) 0.98

The patient safety movement will help, not harm, quality. Ann Intern Med (2004) 0.94

Does full disclosure of medical errors affect malpractice liability? The jury is still out. Jt Comm J Qual Saf (2003) 0.94

Potential unintended consequences due to Medicare's "no pay for errors" rule? A randomized controlled trial of an educational intervention with internal medicine residents. J Gen Intern Med (2010) 0.91

Effect of hospitalist attending physicians on trainee educational experiences: a systematic review. J Hosp Med (2009) 0.90

The effect of a resident-led quality improvement project on improving communication between hospital-based and outpatient physicians. Am J Med Qual (2013) 0.90

The challenges of quality improvement reports and the urgent need for more of them. Thorax (2011) 0.88

Deaths due to medical error: jumbo jets or just small propeller planes? BMJ Qual Saf (2012) 0.88

Do physician outcome judgments and judgment biases contribute to inappropriate use of treatments? Study protocol. Implement Sci (2007) 0.87

Can patient decision aids help people make good decisions about participating in clinical trials? A study protocol. Implement Sci (2008) 0.86

Measuring the quality of hospital care. BMJ (2009) 0.86

Recipes for checklists and bundles: one part active ingredient, two parts measurement. BMJ Qual Saf (2012) 0.86

Limitations of gold standards for diagnosing gastroesophageal reflux disease. Ann Intern Med (2004) 0.85

Using decision aids may improve informed consent for research. Contemp Clin Trials (2010) 0.84

How complete is the evidence for thromboembolism prophylaxis in general medicine patients? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. J Hosp Med (2009) 0.83

Implementing patient safety interventions in your hospital: what to try and what to avoid. Med Clin North Am (2008) 0.82

CoPlot: a tool for visualizing multivariate data in medicine. Stat Med (2008) 0.82

Perspective: engaging trainees in performance improvement projects: the Quality and Safety Innovation Challenge. Am J Med Qual (2012) 0.82

Impact of reliance on CT pulmonary angiography on diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: a Bayesian analysis. J Hosp Med (2006) 0.81

The economic burden of patient safety targets in acute care: a systematic review. Drug Healthc Patient Saf (2012) 0.81

The successes and challenges of hospital to home transitions. J Hosp Med (2014) 0.80

The use of systematic reviews and meta-analyses in infection control and hospital epidemiology. Am J Infect Control (2004) 0.80

The faces of errors: a case-based approach to educating providers, policymakers, and the public about patient safety. Jt Comm J Qual Saf (2004) 0.80

Physical examination education in graduate medical education--a systematic review of the literature. J Gen Intern Med (2013) 0.79

Rapid response systems in adult academic medical centers. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf (2009) 0.78

Inflated impacts of medication use technology assumed in simulating reduced adverse drug events. J Am Med Inform Assoc (2003) 0.78

Introducing the patient safety professional: why, what, who, how, and where? J Patient Saf (2011) 0.78

Bad experiences in the hospital: the stories keep coming. BMJ Qual Saf (2011) 0.78

The persistent value of the autopsy. Am Fam Physician (2004) 0.78

Automated patient assessments after outpatient surgery using an interactive voice response system. Am J Manag Care (2008) 0.76

A Qualitative Analysis of Physician Perspectives on Missed and Delayed Outpatient Diagnosis: The Focus on System-Related Factors. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf (2014) 0.76

The evolving story of medical emergency teams in quality improvement. Crit Care (2009) 0.76

Using the Electronic Health Record to Identify Educational Gaps for Internal Medicine Interns. J Grad Med Educ (2017) 0.75

Building capacity for quality: a pilot co-learning curriculum in quality improvement for faculty and resident learners. J Grad Med Educ (2013) 0.75

Quality grand rounds: the case for patient safety. Ann Intern Med (2006) 0.75

Faculty-Resident "Co-learning": A Longitudinal Exploration of an Innovative Model for Faculty Development in Quality Improvement. Acad Med (2017) 0.75

What Happened to My Patient? An Educational Intervention to Facilitate Postdischarge Patient Follow-Up. J Grad Med Educ (2017) 0.75

Development of a Multi-Domain Assessment Tool for Quality Improvement Projects. J Grad Med Educ (2017) 0.75

The era of big performance measurement: here at last? Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf (2008) 0.75

MedGenMed's selection of the top 10 medical/health stories of 2002. MedGenMed (2002) 0.75

Do unexpected deaths indicate a patient safety problem? AORN J (2009) 0.75