Published in BMJ on February 03, 2011
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Details behind the dots: How different intensive care units used common and contrasting methods to prevent ventilator associated pneumonia. BMJ Qual Improv Rep (2015) 0.86
Is quality of care improving? Improvement efforts need to be targeted at junior doctors. BMJ (2011) 0.75
Is quality of care improving? What about value for money? BMJ (2011) 0.75
A primer on leading the improvement of systems. BMJ (1996) 14.50
Association between implementation of a medical team training program and surgical mortality. JAMA (2010) 5.19
A theory of organizational readiness for change. Implement Sci (2009) 4.11
The tension between needing to improve care and knowing how to do it. N Engl J Med (2007) 3.84
Large scale organisational intervention to improve patient safety in four UK hospitals: mixed method evaluation. BMJ (2011) 3.26
Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan intensive care units: observational study. BMJ (2010) 2.63
Decreasing PICU catheter-associated bloodstream infections: NACHRI's quality transformation efforts. Pediatrics (2010) 2.60
Multiple component patient safety intervention in English hospitals: controlled evaluation of second phase. BMJ (2011) 1.81
Framework for patient safety research and improvement. Circulation (2009) 1.52
Improving teamwork to reduce surgical mortality. JAMA (2010) 1.23
Societal perceptions of physicians: knights, knaves, or pawns? JAMA (2010) 1.19
Improving the quality of quality improvement projects. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf (2010) 0.96
Frailty as a predictor of surgical outcomes in older patients. J Am Coll Surg (2010) 5.72
Eliminating catheter-related bloodstream infections in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2004) 5.47
Association between helicopter vs ground emergency medical services and survival for adults with major trauma. JAMA (2012) 5.02
Impact of a national multimodal intervention to prevent catheter-related bloodstream infection in the ICU: the Spanish experience. Crit Care Med (2013) 4.78
Explaining Michigan: developing an ex post theory of a quality improvement program. Milbank Q (2011) 4.58
Public reporting of antibiotic timing in patients with pneumonia: lessons from a flawed performance measure. Ann Intern Med (2008) 4.18
Diagnostic errors--the next frontier for patient safety. JAMA (2009) 4.04
Incidents relating to the intra-hospital transfer of critically ill patients. An analysis of the reports submitted to the Australian Incident Monitoring Study in Intensive Care. Intensive Care Med (2004) 3.81
Balancing "no blame" with accountability in patient safety. N Engl J Med (2009) 3.78
Rapid response systems: a systematic review. Crit Care Med (2007) 3.51
Translating evidence into practice: a model for large scale knowledge translation. BMJ (2008) 3.15
Creating high reliability in health care organizations. Health Serv Res (2006) 3.13
Reality check for checklists. Lancet (2009) 3.07
Achieving the National Quality Forum's "Never Events": prevention of wrong site, wrong procedure, and wrong patient operations. Ann Surg (2007) 3.04
National study on the distribution, causes, and consequences of voluntarily reported medication errors between the ICU and non-ICU settings. Crit Care Med (2013) 2.87
Long-term mortality and quality of life in sepsis: a systematic review. Crit Care Med (2010) 2.86
Teamwork in the operating room: frontline perspectives among hospitals and operating room personnel. Anesthesiology (2006) 2.78
Rapid response teams--walk, don't run. JAMA (2006) 2.70
Lung protective mechanical ventilation and two year survival in patients with acute lung injury: prospective cohort study. BMJ (2012) 2.69
The checklist--a tool for error management and performance improvement. J Crit Care (2006) 2.68
Identification of physician impairment. JAMA (2013) 2.66
Sustaining reductions in catheter related bloodstream infections in Michigan intensive care units: observational study. BMJ (2010) 2.63
A systematic review of the Charlson comorbidity index using Canadian administrative databases: a perspective on risk adjustment in critical care research. J Crit Care (2005) 2.62
Association of unconscious race and social class bias with vignette-based clinical assessments by medical students. JAMA (2011) 2.61
Quality of life in adult survivors of critical illness: a systematic review of the literature. Intensive Care Med (2005) 2.55
Projected incidence of mechanical ventilation in Ontario to 2026: Preparing for the aging baby boomers. Crit Care Med (2005) 2.52
Neuromuscular dysfunction acquired in critical illness: a systematic review. Intensive Care Med (2007) 2.48
Advancing the science of patient safety. Ann Intern Med (2011) 2.45
Cardiac troponin I predicts short-term mortality in vascular surgery patients. Circulation (2002) 2.39
Needlestick injuries among surgeons in training. N Engl J Med (2007) 2.37
Systematic review identifies number of strategies important for retaining study participants. J Clin Epidemiol (2007) 2.36
Mechanical ventilation in Ontario, 1992-2000: incidence, survival, and hospital bed utilization of noncardiac surgery adult patients. Crit Care Med (2004) 2.34
Improving patient safety in intensive care units in Michigan. J Crit Care (2008) 2.31
Patient and intensive care unit organizational factors associated with low tidal volume ventilation in acute lung injury. Crit Care Med (2008) 2.28
Operating room teamwork among physicians and nurses: teamwork in the eye of the beholder. J Am Coll Surg (2006) 2.26
Impact of attending physician workload on patient care: a survey of hospitalists. JAMA Intern Med (2013) 2.25
Assessing and improving safety climate in a large cohort of intensive care units. Crit Care Med (2011) 2.22
A multicenter, phased, cluster-randomized controlled trial to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections in intensive care units*. Crit Care Med (2012) 2.18
Quality of life after acute respiratory distress syndrome: a meta-analysis. Intensive Care Med (2006) 2.13
The 100,000 Lives Campaign: A scientific and policy review. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf (2006) 2.12
Reducing health care hazards: lessons from the commercial aviation safety team. Health Aff (Millwood) (2009) 2.11
Implementation of a surgical comprehensive unit-based safety program to reduce surgical site infections. J Am Coll Surg (2012) 2.11
In their own words: patients and families define high-quality palliative care in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2010) 2.08
The impact of obesity on outcomes after critical illness: a meta-analysis. Intensive Care Med (2009) 2.01
Operating room briefings and wrong-site surgery. J Am Coll Surg (2006) 2.00
California's Proposition 46: a wolf in sheep's wool. Ann Intern Med (2014) 1.98
Sepsis change bundles: converting guidelines into meaningful change in behavior and clinical outcome. Crit Care Med (2004) 1.96
Depressive symptoms and impaired physical function after acute lung injury: a 2-year longitudinal study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2011) 1.93
Study protocol: The Improving Care of Acute Lung Injury Patients (ICAP) study. Crit Care (2006) 1.89
Patient flow variability and unplanned readmissions to an intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2009) 1.88
Improved prophylaxis and decreased rates of preventable harm with the use of a mandatory computerized clinical decision support tool for prophylaxis for venous thromboembolism in trauma. Arch Surg (2012) 1.87
The top patient safety strategies that can be encouraged for adoption now. Ann Intern Med (2013) 1.87
Qualitative review of intensive care unit quality indicators. J Crit Care (2002) 1.84
Lessons from the Johns Hopkins Multi-Disciplinary Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prevention Collaborative. BMJ (2012) 1.78
Surveillance bias in outcomes reporting. JAMA (2011) 1.78
Informed consent in the critically ill: a two-step approach incorporating delirium screening. Crit Care Med (2008) 1.78
Timing of low tidal volume ventilation and intensive care unit mortality in acute respiratory distress syndrome. A prospective cohort study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med (2015) 1.76
Commentary: a call to go green in health care by reprocessing medical equipment. Acad Med (2010) 1.75
25-Year summary of US malpractice claims for diagnostic errors 1986-2010: an analysis from the National Practitioner Data Bank. BMJ Qual Saf (2013) 1.73
The business case for quality: economic analysis of the Michigan Keystone Patient Safety Program in ICUs. Am J Med Qual (2011) 1.73
Effectiveness and efficiency of root cause analysis in medicine. JAMA (2008) 1.70
Collaborative cohort study of an intervention to reduce ventilator-associated pneumonia in the intensive care unit. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol (2011) 1.69
Adverse events during medical and surgical hospitalizations for persons with schizophrenia. Arch Gen Psychiatry (2006) 1.68
Impact of the Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program (CUSP) on safety culture in a surgical inpatient unit. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf (2010) 1.64
Reduction of catheter-associated bloodstream infections in pediatric patients: experimentation and reality. Pediatr Crit Care Med (2008) 1.63
Epidemiology and impact of aspiration pneumonia in patients undergoing surgery in Maryland, 1999-2000. Crit Care Med (2003) 1.63
Responsibility for quality improvement and patient safety: hospital board and medical staff leadership challenges. Chest (2010) 1.61
Number needed to treat and cost of recombinant human erythropoietin to avoid one transfusion-related adverse event in critically ill patients. Crit Care Med (2005) 1.60
A system factors analysis of airway events from the Intensive Care Unit Safety Reporting System (ICUSRS). Crit Care Med (2004) 1.56
National study on the quality of emergency department care in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction and pneumonia. Acad Emerg Med (2007) 1.55
Framework for patient safety research and improvement. Circulation (2009) 1.52
Meeting standards of high-quality intensive care unit palliative care: clinical performance and predictors. Crit Care Med (2012) 1.52
Sensitivity of routine intensive care unit surveillance for detecting myocardial ischemia. Crit Care Med (2003) 1.52
Improving surgical outcomes through adoption of evidence-based process measures: intervention specific or associated with overall hospital quality? Surgery (2009) 1.51
Critical pathway effectiveness: assessing the impact of patient, hospital care, and pathway characteristics using qualitative comparative analysis. Health Serv Res (2005) 1.51
Defining and measuring patient safety. Crit Care Clin (2005) 1.49
Critical Care Delivery: The Importance of Process of Care and ICU Structure to Improved Outcomes: An Update From the American College of Critical Care Medicine Task Force on Models of Critical Care. Crit Care Med (2015) 1.49
Physical complications in acute lung injury survivors: a two-year longitudinal prospective study. Crit Care Med (2014) 1.49
Short-term mortality prediction for acute lung injury patients: external validation of the Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome Network prediction model. Crit Care Med (2011) 1.48
Red blood cell transfusion practices in acute lung injury: what do patient factors contribute? Crit Care Med (2009) 1.48
A system factors analysis of "line, tube, and drain" incidents in the intensive care unit. Crit Care Med (2005) 1.48
Diagnostic errors in the pediatric and neonatal ICU: a systematic review. Pediatr Crit Care Med (2015) 1.47
Complications and costs after high-risk surgery: where should we focus quality improvement initiatives? J Am Coll Surg (2003) 1.47
Medication errors in paediatric care: a systematic review of epidemiology and an evaluation of evidence supporting reduction strategy recommendations. Qual Saf Health Care (2007) 1.46
The organization of intensive care unit physician services. Crit Care Med (2007) 1.46
What context features might be important determinants of the effectiveness of patient safety practice interventions? BMJ Qual Saf (2011) 1.45
Thinking like a pancreas: perioperative glycemic control. Anesth Analg (2007) 1.45
Health care resource use and costs of two-year survivors of acute lung injury. An observational cohort study. Ann Am Thorac Soc (2015) 1.45
Are temporary staff associated with more severe emergency department medication errors? J Healthc Qual (2010) 1.45
Interventions to reduce mortality among patients treated in intensive care units. J Crit Care (2004) 1.44
Time to accelerate integration of human factors and ergonomics in patient safety. BMJ Qual Saf (2011) 1.43