Published in N Engl J Med on November 25, 2010
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Using smart pumps to understand and evaluate clinician practice patterns to ensure patient safety. Hosp Pharm (2013) 0.97
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Toxic element contamination of natural health products and pharmaceutical preparations. PLoS One (2012) 0.95
Positive deviance: a different approach to achieving patient safety. BMJ Qual Saf (2014) 0.94
Understanding differences in electronic health record (EHR) use: linking individual physicians' perceptions of uncertainty and EHR use patterns in ambulatory care. J Am Med Inform Assoc (2013) 0.94
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Moving healthcare quality forward with nursing-sensitive value-based purchasing. J Nurs Scholarsh (2012) 0.90
Training for efficiency: work, time, and systems-based practice in medical residency. J Health Soc Behav (2012) 0.90
Work-family conflict, cardiometabolic risk, and sleep duration in nursing employees. J Occup Health Psychol (2015) 0.90
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Minimizing medication errors: Moving attention from individual to system. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol (2013) 0.87
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On the CUSP: Stop BSI: evaluating the relationship between central line-associated bloodstream infection rate and patient safety climate profile. Am J Infect Control (2014) 0.86
The Effect of Contact Precautions on Frequency of Hospital Adverse Events. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2015) 0.86
Creating patient safety capacity in a nation's health system: A comparison between Israel and Canada. Isr J Health Policy Res (2012) 0.84
Prevalence and severity of patient harm in a sample of UK-hospitalised children detected by the Paediatric Trigger Tool. BMJ Open (2014) 0.84
Predicting the cumulative risk of death during hospitalization by modeling weekend, weekday and diurnal mortality risks. BMC Health Serv Res (2014) 0.84
The TRANSFORM Patient Safety Project: a microsystem approach to improving outcomes on inpatient units. J Gen Intern Med (2014) 0.83
A narrative review of surgical resident duty hour limits: where do we go from here? J Grad Med Educ (2013) 0.83
Introducing standardized "readbacks" to improve patient safety in surgery: a prospective survey in 92 providers at a public safety-net hospital. BMC Surg (2012) 0.82
Do large-scale hospital- and system-wide interventions improve patient outcomes: a systematic review. BMC Health Serv Res (2014) 0.82
CareTrack Kids-part 3. Adverse events in children's healthcare in Australia: study protocol for a retrospective medical record review. BMJ Open (2015) 0.82
A systematic review of human factors and ergonomics (HFE)-based healthcare system redesign for quality of care and patient safety. Ergonomics (2014) 0.82
The Care Process Self-Evaluation Tool: a valid and reliable instrument for measuring care process organization of health care teams. BMC Health Serv Res (2013) 0.81
The role of the anesthesiologist in perioperative patient safety. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol (2014) 0.81
The economic burden of patient safety targets in acute care: a systematic review. Drug Healthc Patient Saf (2012) 0.81
Strengths and weaknesses of working with the Global Trigger Tool method for retrospective record review: focus group interviews with team members. BMJ Open (2013) 0.80
Trends and variations in the rates of hospital complications, failure-to-rescue and 30-day mortality in surgical patients in New South Wales, Australia, 2002-2009. PLoS One (2014) 0.80
Estimating the incidence of adverse events in Portuguese hospitals: a contribution to improving quality and patient safety. BMC Health Serv Res (2014) 0.80
Can we quantify harm in general practice records? An assessment of precision and power using computer simulation. BMC Med Res Methodol (2013) 0.80
Improving patient safety in haemodialysis. Clin Kidney J (2015) 0.80
Learning from positively deviant wards to improve patient safety: an observational study protocol. BMJ Open (2015) 0.80
Insights into temporal patterns of hospital patient safety from routinely collected electronic data. Health Inf Sci Syst (2015) 0.79
Incident Learning and Failure-Mode-and-Effects-Analysis Guided Safety Initiatives in Radiation Medicine. Front Oncol (2013) 0.79
Multimethod study of a large-scale programme to improve patient safety using a harm-free care approach. BMJ Open (2016) 0.78
Pharmacotherapy for adverse events reduces the length of hospital stay in patients admitted to otolaryngology ward: a single arm intervention study. PLoS One (2014) 0.78
Improving patient safety through the systematic evaluation of patient outcomes. Can J Surg (2012) 0.78
Performance of trigger tools in identifying adverse drug events in emergency department patients: a validation study. Br J Clin Pharmacol (2016) 0.78
Identifying Previously Undetected Harm: Piloting the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's Global Trigger Tool in the Veterans Health Administration. Qual Manag Health Care (2015) 0.78
Is researching adverse events in hospital deaths a good way to describe patient safety in hospitals: a retrospective patient record review study. BMJ Open (2015) 0.77
Development and Psychometric Analysis of a Nurses' Attitudes and Skills Safety Scale: Initial Results. J Nurs Care Qual (2016) 0.77
Applying mathematical models to predict resident physician performance and alertness on traditional and novel work schedules. BMC Med Educ (2016) 0.77
Challenges and barriers to improving care of the musculoskeletal patient of the future - a debate article and global perspective. Patient Saf Surg (2011) 0.77
A structured approach to improving patient safety: Lessons from a public safety-net system. Patient Saf Surg (2011) 0.77
Patient safety and general practice: traversing the tightrope. Br J Gen Pract (2014) 0.77
One fourth of unplanned transfers to a higher level of care are associated with a highly preventable adverse event: a patient record review in six Belgian hospitals. Crit Care Med (2015) 0.77
Triggering management for quality improvement. Health Serv Res (2014) 0.77
Surgical never events and contributing human factors. Surgery (2015) 0.76
Initial assessment of patient handoff in accredited general surgery residency programs in the United States and Canada: a cross-sectional survey. Can J Surg (2015) 0.75
Science and patient safety. CMAJ (2012) 0.75
Establishing standard performance measures for adult brain tumor patients: a Nationwide Inpatient Sample database study. Neuro Oncol (2013) 0.75
Quality in cardiac anesthesia: is there an alternative to its practice? Ann Card Anaesth (2015) 0.75
Fatigue optimization scheduling in graduate medical education: reducing fatigue and improving patient safety. J Grad Med Educ (2013) 0.75
Improving outcomes of hospitalized patients: the Physician Relationships, Improvising, and Sensemaking intervention protocol. Implement Sci (2014) 0.75
Control of hospital acquired infections in the ICU: A service perspective. Med J Armed Forces India (2014) 0.75
Real-time registration of adverse events in Dutch hospitalized children in general pediatric units: first experiences. Eur J Pediatr (2011) 0.75
Hematology point of care testing and laboratory errors: an example of multidisciplinary management at a children's hospital in northeast Italy. J Multidiscip Healthc (2014) 0.75
Clinicians should be aware of their responsibilities as role models: a case report on the impact of poor role modeling. Med Educ Online (2014) 0.75
The Stories Clinicians Tell: Achieving High Reliability and Improving Patient Safety. Perm J (2015) 0.75
Effect of automated drug distribution systems on medication error rates in a short-stay geriatric unit. J Eval Clin Pract (2014) 0.75
Consistency in diagnostic suggestions does not influence the tendency to accept them. Can Med Educ J (2012) 0.75
Health care research that delivers: introduction to the special issue on cognitive factors in health care. J Exp Psychol Appl (2011) 0.75
Research in the field of drug therapy safety management. Br J Clin Pharmacol (2013) 0.75
Ethical diversity and the role of conscience in clinical medicine. Int J Family Med (2013) 0.75
Campaigning for safety. J Extra Corpor Technol (2012) 0.75
Application of Variable Life Adjusted Displays (VLAD) on Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset (VAED). BMC Health Serv Res (2012) 0.75
Unexpected death within 72 hours of emergency department visit: were those deaths preventable? Crit Care (2015) 0.75
The use of a checklist in a pediatric oncology clinic. Pediatr Blood Cancer (2013) 0.75
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Temporal trends in rates of patient harm from medical care. N Engl J Med (2011) 0.75
An evidence-based toolkit for the development of effective and sustainable root cause analysis system safety solutions. J Healthc Risk Manag (2013) 0.75
Staying out of trouble. J Digit Imaging (2013) 0.75
Intervention to reduce transmission of resistant bacteria in intensive care. N Engl J Med (2011) 7.07
Eliminating waste in US health care. JAMA (2012) 5.94
The 100,000 lives campaign: setting a goal and a deadline for improving health care quality. JAMA (2006) 4.93
Effect of nonpayment for preventable infections in U.S. hospitals. N Engl J Med (2012) 4.19
Rates of medication errors among depressed and burnt out residents: prospective cohort study. BMJ (2008) 3.51
Hospital-acquired neonatal infections in developing countries. Lancet (2005) 3.17
Effects of the accreditation council for graduate medical education duty hour limits on sleep, work hours, and safety. Pediatrics (2008) 3.16
Immunochemical properties of the staphylococcal poly-N-acetylglucosamine surface polysaccharide. Infect Immun (2002) 3.14
Prioritizing strategies for preventing medication errors and adverse drug events in pediatric inpatients. Pediatrics (2003) 2.90
Recalibration of risk prediction models in a large multicenter cohort of admissions to adult, general critical care units in the United Kingdom. Crit Care Med (2006) 2.69
A new risk prediction model for critical care: the Intensive Care National Audit & Research Centre (ICNARC) model. Crit Care Med (2007) 2.64
Comparative opsonic and protective activities of Staphylococcus aureus conjugate vaccines containing native or deacetylated Staphylococcal Poly-N-acetyl-beta-(1-6)-glucosamine. Infect Immun (2005) 2.37
Effect of a pediatric hospitalist system on housestaff education and experience. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (2002) 2.15
Systematic review and evaluation of physiological track and trigger warning systems for identifying at-risk patients on the ward. Intensive Care Med (2007) 2.02
Development, testing, and findings of a pediatric-focused trigger tool to identify medication-related harm in US children's hospitals. Pediatrics (2008) 2.02
Interventional study to evaluate the impact of an alcohol-based hand gel in improving hand hygiene compliance. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2002) 1.92
Use of confocal microscopy to analyze the rate of vancomycin penetration through Staphylococcus aureus biofilms. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2005) 1.91
A clinical case of electronic health record drug alert fatigue: consequences for patient outcome. Pediatrics (2013) 1.89
The teicoplanin-associated locus regulator (TcaR) and the intercellular adhesin locus regulator (IcaR) are transcriptional inhibitors of the ica locus in Staphylococcus aureus. J Bacteriol (2004) 1.81
Poly-N-acetylglucosamine production in Staphylococcus aureus is essential for virulence in murine models of systemic infection. Infect Immun (2005) 1.80
Decrease in hospital-wide mortality rate after implementation of a commercially sold computerized physician order entry system. Pediatrics (2010) 1.79
The asthma kiosk: a patient-centered technology for collaborative decision support in the emergency department. J Am Med Inform Assoc (2004) 1.70
Impact of enhanced infection control at 2 neonatal intensive care units in the Philippines. Clin Infect Dis (2009) 1.68
Parents as partners in obtaining the medication history. J Am Med Inform Assoc (2005) 1.67
Adverse drug events in pediatric outpatients. Ambul Pediatr (2007) 1.63
A randomized, controlled trial of a multifaceted intervention including alcohol-based hand sanitizer and hand-hygiene education to reduce illness transmission in the home. Pediatrics (2005) 1.62
Reducing absenteeism from gastrointestinal and respiratory illness in elementary school students: a randomized, controlled trial of an infection-control intervention. Pediatrics (2008) 1.57
Quantifying uncertainty: physicians' estimates of infection in critically ill neonates and children. Clin Infect Dis (2004) 1.57
A randomised, controlled, triple-blind trial of the efficacy of homeopathic treatment for chronic fatigue syndrome. J Psychosom Res (2004) 1.56
Quality of health care for children: role of health and chronic illness in inpatient care experiences. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med (2007) 1.53
Microstream capnography improves patient monitoring during moderate sedation: a randomized, controlled trial. Pediatrics (2006) 1.47
Implementation of a two-specimen requirement for verification of ABO/Rh for blood transfusion. Transfusion (2009) 1.46
Synchronous neural interactions assessed by magnetoencephalography: a functional biomarker for brain disorders. J Neural Eng (2007) 1.41
Antibiotic responsive demyelinating neuropathy related to Lyme disease. Neurology (2009) 1.40
The association of television and video viewing with fast food intake by preschool-age children. Obesity (Silver Spring) (2006) 1.40
Optimizing care of adults with congenital heart disease in a pediatric cardiovascular ICU using electronic clinical decision support*. Pediatr Crit Care Med (2014) 1.39
Developing a pathway for high-value, patient-centered total joint arthroplasty. Clin Orthop Relat Res (2013) 1.39
Molecular basis for preferential protective efficacy of antibodies directed to the poorly acetylated form of staphylococcal poly-N-acetyl-beta-(1-6)-glucosamine. Infect Immun (2007) 1.35
Protection against Escherichia coli infection by antibody to the Staphylococcus aureus poly-N-acetylglucosamine surface polysaccharide. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2007) 1.34
Notifying emergency department patients of negative test results: pitfalls of passive communication. Pediatr Emerg Care (2003) 1.30
Recommendations for evaluation of health care improvement initiatives. Acad Pediatr (2013) 1.27
Risk factors in preventable adverse drug events in pediatric outpatients. J Pediatr (2007) 1.24
NICU practices and outcomes associated with 9 years of quality improvement collaboratives. Pediatrics (2010) 1.23
Use of antimicrobial agents in United States neonatal and pediatric intensive care patients. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2005) 1.23
Unit-based clinical pharmacists' prevention of serious medication errors in pediatric inpatients. Am J Health Syst Pharm (2008) 1.20
Miles to go: an introduction to the 5 Million Lives Campaign. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf (2007) 1.18
Assessment and optimization of mortality prediction tools for admissions to pediatric intensive care in the United kingdom. Pediatrics (2006) 1.17
Exemplar pediatric collaborative improvement networks: achieving results. Pediatrics (2013) 1.11
The role of epitope specificity in the human opsonic antibody response to the staphylococcal surface polysaccharide poly N-acetyl glucosamine. J Infect Dis (2005) 1.11
Patient misidentification in the neonatal intensive care unit: quantification of risk. Pediatrics (2006) 1.09
Static magnetic field therapy for symptomatic diabetic neuropathy: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Arch Phys Med Rehabil (2003) 1.09
Impact of patient-centered decision support on quality of asthma care in the emergency department. Pediatrics (2006) 1.09
Misconceptions about colds and predictors of health service utilization. Pediatrics (2003) 1.08
Use of population health data to refine diagnostic decision-making for pertussis. J Am Med Inform Assoc (2010) 1.05
Patient characteristics associated with in-hospital mortality in children following tracheotomy. Arch Dis Child (2010) 1.04
Incorporating vaccine-preventable disease surveillance into the National Health Information Network: leveraging children's hospitals. Pediatrics (2006) 1.04
Illness transmission in the home: a possible role for alcohol-based hand gels. Pediatrics (2005) 1.04
Administrative databases provide inaccurate data for surveillance of long-term central venous catheter-associated infections. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2003) 1.03
Neuropathies associated with excessive exposure to lead. Muscle Nerve (2006) 1.03
Clinically significant infections with organisms of the Streptococcus milleri group. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2002) 1.02
Evaluation of organizational culture among different levels of healthcare staff participating in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's 100,000 Lives Campaign. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2011) 1.00
The effect of hospital bed occupancy on throughput in the pediatric emergency department. Ann Emerg Med (2009) 0.99
Treatment of chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy with pulsed oral steroids. Arch Neurol (2008) 0.99
Animal and human antibodies to distinct Staphylococcus aureus antigens mutually neutralize opsonic killing and protection in mice. J Clin Invest (2010) 0.98
Impact of a health maintenance organization hospitalist system in academic pediatrics. Pediatrics (2002) 0.98
Evaluating vancomycin use at a pediatric hospital: new approaches and insights. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2005) 0.97
Binary cumulative sums and moving averages in nosocomial infection cluster detection. Emerg Infect Dis (2002) 0.97
A quality improvement project to increase breast milk use in very low birth weight infants. Pediatrics (2012) 0.97
Is there a relationship between high-quality performance in major teaching hospitals and residents' knowledge of quality and patient safety? Acad Med (2009) 0.97
Telithromycin: a ketolide antibiotic for treatment of respiratory tract infections. Clin Infect Dis (2005) 0.96
Medication errors in paediatric outpatients. Qual Saf Health Care (2010) 0.95
The impact of the introduction of critical care outreach services in England: a multicentre interrupted time-series analysis. Crit Care (2007) 0.94
Improving communication in a pediatric intensive care unit using daily patient goal sheets. J Crit Care (2007) 0.94
Outcome at 6 months after admission for pediatric intensive care: a report of a national study of pediatric intensive care units in the United kingdom. Pediatrics (2006) 0.94
Measuring Hospital-Wide Mortality-Pitfalls and Potential. J Healthc Qual (2016) 0.93
Evaluation and development of potentially better practices to prevent neonatal nosocomial bacteremia. Pediatrics (2003) 0.93
Approaches for preventing healthcare-associated infections: go long or go wide? Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2014) 0.92
The epistemology of quality improvement: it's all Greek. BMJ Qual Saf (2011) 0.92
Preventing lethal hospital outbreaks of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. N Engl J Med (2012) 0.91
Healthcare-associated infection and antimicrobial resistance: moving beyond description to prevention. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2007) 0.91
Preventable adverse events in infants hospitalized with bronchiolitis. Pediatrics (2005) 0.91
IHI replies to "The 100,000 Lives Campaign: A scientific and policy review. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf (2006) 0.88
Perceived impact of the Medicare policy to adjust payment for health care-associated infections. Am J Infect Control (2012) 0.87
Impact of Medicare's payment policy on mediastinitis following coronary artery bypass graft surgery in US hospitals. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2013) 0.86
Coping with college and inflammatory bowel disease: implications for clinical guidance and support. Inflamm Bowel Dis (2014) 0.85
Health information management and perceptions of the quality of care for children with tracheotomy: a qualitative study. BMC Health Serv Res (2011) 0.85
Randomized, controlled trial of intravenous immunoglobulin in myasthenia gravis. Muscle Nerve (2002) 0.84
Seven propositions of the science of improvement: exploring foundations. Qual Manag Health Care (2013) 0.83
Development of an Electronic Pediatric All-Cause Harm Measurement Tool Using a Modified Delphi Method. J Patient Saf (2016) 0.82
The use of telemedicine access to schools to facilitate expert assessment of children with asthma. Int J Telemed Appl (2008) 0.81
An antibiotic order form intervention does not improve or reduce vancomycin use. Pediatr Infect Dis J (2005) 0.80
Duplication within the SEPT9 gene associated with a founder effect in North American families with hereditary neuralgic amyotrophy. Hum Mol Genet (2009) 0.80
Medical errors detected and corrected by a pediatric infectious diseases consultation service. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2005) 0.80
A compendium of strategies to prevent healthcare-associated infections in acute care hospitals: 2014 updates. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2014) 0.80
Controlled evaluation of Bactec Peds Plus/F and Bactec lytic/10 anaerobic/F media for isolation of Salmonella enterica serovars typhi and paratyphi A from blood. J Clin Microbiol (2008) 0.80
Impact of a hospitalist system on length of stay and cost for children with common conditions. Pediatrics (2007) 0.79
Implementation and case-study results of potentially better practices to improve pain management of neonates. Pediatrics (2006) 0.79
Use of electronic medical record-enhanced checklist and electronic dashboard to decrease CLABSIs. Pediatrics (2014) 0.79