Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
1
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Effects of computerized physician order entry and clinical decision support systems on medication safety: a systematic review.
|
Arch Intern Med
|
2003
|
12.98
|
2
|
Quality improvement strategies for hypertension management: a systematic review.
|
Med Care
|
2006
|
4.29
|
3
|
Do opiates affect the clinical evaluation of patients with acute abdominal pain?
|
JAMA
|
2006
|
4.15
|
4
|
The tension between needing to improve care and knowing how to do it.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2007
|
3.84
|
5
|
Interventions to reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescribing: a systematic review and quantitative analysis.
|
Med Care
|
2008
|
2.86
|
6
|
Overuse of magnetic resonance imaging.
|
JAMA Intern Med
|
2013
|
2.46
|
7
|
Advancing the science of patient safety.
|
Ann Intern Med
|
2011
|
2.45
|
8
|
Teaching quality improvement and patient safety to trainees: a systematic review.
|
Acad Med
|
2010
|
2.44
|
9
|
Reducing antimicrobial therapy for asymptomatic bacteriuria among noncatheterized inpatients: a proof-of-concept study.
|
Clin Infect Dis
|
2014
|
2.37
|
10
|
Does this patient have acute cholecystitis?
|
JAMA
|
2003
|
2.28
|
11
|
Quality improvement in medical education: current state and future directions.
|
Med Educ
|
2012
|
1.97
|
12
|
Medication reconciliation during transitions of care as a patient safety strategy: a systematic review.
|
Ann Intern Med
|
2013
|
1.85
|
13
|
Influence of noninvasive cardiovascular imaging in primary prevention: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized trials.
|
Arch Intern Med
|
2011
|
1.50
|
14
|
Clinical problem-solving. Forgotten but not gone.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2004
|
1.39
|
15
|
Clinical problem-solving. Lost in transcription.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2006
|
1.38
|
16
|
Does user-centred design affect the efficiency, usability and safety of CPOE order sets?
|
J Am Med Inform Assoc
|
2011
|
1.35
|
17
|
Patient safety in emergency medical services: a systematic review of the literature.
|
Prehosp Emerg Care
|
2011
|
1.35
|
18
|
Quality improvement: science and action.
|
Circulation
|
2009
|
1.32
|
19
|
Adverse events detected by clinical surveillance on an obstetric service.
|
Obstet Gynecol
|
2006
|
1.31
|
20
|
Systematic reviews can be produced and published faster.
|
J Clin Epidemiol
|
2008
|
1.28
|
21
|
Trends in adverse events over time: why are we not improving?
|
BMJ Qual Saf
|
2013
|
1.27
|
22
|
Challenges in systematic reviews: synthesis of topics related to the delivery, organization, and financing of health care.
|
Ann Intern Med
|
2005
|
1.20
|
23
|
Effects of rapid response systems on clinical outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis.
|
J Hosp Med
|
2007
|
1.19
|
24
|
Usability evaluation of order sets in a computerised provider order entry system.
|
BMJ Qual Saf
|
2011
|
1.18
|
25
|
Refocusing quality measurement to best support quality improvement: local ownership of quality measurement by clinicians.
|
BMJ Qual Saf
|
2012
|
1.15
|
26
|
Sustaining quality improvement and patient safety training in graduate medical education: lessons from social theory.
|
Acad Med
|
2013
|
1.15
|
27
|
Classifying laboratory incident reports to identify problems that jeopardize patient safety.
|
Am J Clin Pathol
|
2003
|
1.15
|
28
|
Tell me about the context, and more.
|
BMJ Qual Saf
|
2011
|
1.14
|
29
|
Improving patient safety: moving beyond the "hype" of medical errors.
|
CMAJ
|
2005
|
1.12
|
30
|
Combining ratings from multiple physician reviewers helped to overcome the uncertainty associated with adverse event classification.
|
J Clin Epidemiol
|
2007
|
1.10
|
31
|
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
|
32
|
Identifying patients with post-discharge care problems using an interactive voice response system.
|
J Gen Intern Med
|
2009
|
1.08
|
33
|
Improving antibiotic selection: a systematic review and quantitative analysis of quality improvement strategies.
|
Med Care
|
2006
|
1.08
|
34
|
The impact of adverse events in the intensive care unit on hospital mortality and length of stay.
|
BMC Health Serv Res
|
2008
|
1.08
|
35
|
Still no magic bullets: pursuing more rigorous research in quality improvement.
|
Am J Med
|
2004
|
1.07
|
36
|
Should we use large scale healthcare interventions without clear evidence that benefits outweigh costs and harms? No.
|
BMJ
|
2008
|
1.06
|
37
|
Is acetylcysteine effective in preventing contrast-related nephropathy? A meta-analysis.
|
Am J Med
|
2004
|
1.06
|
38
|
The elephant of patient safety: what you see depends on how you look.
|
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf
|
2010
|
1.03
|
39
|
Surveillance search techniques identified the need to update systematic reviews.
|
J Clin Epidemiol
|
2008
|
1.01
|
40
|
The many faces of error disclosure: a common set of elements and a definition.
|
J Gen Intern Med
|
2007
|
1.00
|
41
|
Management of MRI wait lists in Canada.
|
Healthc Policy
|
2009
|
0.99
|
42
|
Building knowledge, asking questions.
|
BMJ Qual Saf
|
2013
|
0.98
|
43
|
Learning from our mistakes: quality grand rounds, a new case-based series on medical errors and patient safety.
|
Ann Intern Med
|
2002
|
0.98
|
44
|
Does full disclosure of medical errors affect malpractice liability? The jury is still out.
|
Jt Comm J Qual Saf
|
2003
|
0.94
|
45
|
The patient safety movement will help, not harm, quality.
|
Ann Intern Med
|
2004
|
0.94
|
46
|
Deaths due to medical error: jumbo jets or just small propeller planes?
|
BMJ Qual Saf
|
2012
|
0.88
|
47
|
The challenges of quality improvement reports and the urgent need for more of them.
|
Thorax
|
2011
|
0.88
|
48
|
Do physician outcome judgments and judgment biases contribute to inappropriate use of treatments? Study protocol.
|
Implement Sci
|
2007
|
0.87
|
49
|
Recipes for checklists and bundles: one part active ingredient, two parts measurement.
|
BMJ Qual Saf
|
2012
|
0.86
|
50
|
Can patient decision aids help people make good decisions about participating in clinical trials? A study protocol.
|
Implement Sci
|
2008
|
0.86
|
51
|
Measuring the quality of hospital care.
|
BMJ
|
2009
|
0.86
|
52
|
Limitations of gold standards for diagnosing gastroesophageal reflux disease.
|
Ann Intern Med
|
2004
|
0.85
|
53
|
Using decision aids may improve informed consent for research.
|
Contemp Clin Trials
|
2010
|
0.84
|
54
|
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
|
55
|
CoPlot: a tool for visualizing multivariate data in medicine.
|
Stat Med
|
2008
|
0.82
|
56
|
Implementing patient safety interventions in your hospital: what to try and what to avoid.
|
Med Clin North Am
|
2008
|
0.82
|
57
|
Impact of reliance on CT pulmonary angiography on diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: a Bayesian analysis.
|
J Hosp Med
|
2006
|
0.81
|
58
|
The economic burden of patient safety targets in acute care: a systematic review.
|
Drug Healthc Patient Saf
|
2012
|
0.81
|
59
|
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
|
60
|
The use of systematic reviews and meta-analyses in infection control and hospital epidemiology.
|
Am J Infect Control
|
2004
|
0.80
|
61
|
Introducing the patient safety professional: why, what, who, how, and where?
|
J Patient Saf
|
2011
|
0.78
|
62
|
The persistent value of the autopsy.
|
Am Fam Physician
|
2004
|
0.78
|
63
|
Inflated impacts of medication use technology assumed in simulating reduced adverse drug events.
|
J Am Med Inform Assoc
|
2003
|
0.78
|
64
|
Bad experiences in the hospital: the stories keep coming.
|
BMJ Qual Saf
|
2011
|
0.78
|
65
|
The evolving story of medical emergency teams in quality improvement.
|
Crit Care
|
2009
|
0.76
|
66
|
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
|
67
|
Automated patient assessments after outpatient surgery using an interactive voice response system.
|
Am J Manag Care
|
2008
|
0.76
|
68
|
Suspected pulmonary embolism.
|
N Engl J Med
|
2004
|
0.75
|
69
|
Building capacity for quality: a pilot co-learning curriculum in quality improvement for faculty and resident learners.
|
J Grad Med Educ
|
2013
|
0.75
|
70
|
Faculty-Resident "Co-learning": A Longitudinal Exploration of an Innovative Model for Faculty Development in Quality Improvement.
|
Acad Med
|
2017
|
0.75
|
71
|
Do unexpected deaths indicate a patient safety problem?
|
AORN J
|
2009
|
0.75
|
72
|
The era of big performance measurement: here at last?
|
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf
|
2008
|
0.75
|
73
|
Quality grand rounds: the case for patient safety.
|
Ann Intern Med
|
2006
|
0.75
|
74
|
MedGenMed's selection of the top 10 medical/health stories of 2002.
|
MedGenMed
|
2002
|
0.75
|