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February 2007, Volume 16, Issue 1

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  1. Quality Lines
  2. Editorial
  3. Commentary
  4. Original Articles
  5. Miscellaneous
  6. Quality improvement reports
  7. Heroes and martyrs of quality and safety
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Quality Lines

  • Quality Lines

    • David P Stevens
    Qual Saf Health Care 2007;16:1 1

Editorial

  • Healthcare: What is “quality improvement” and how can it transform healthcare?

    • Paul B Batalden,
    • Frank Davidoff
    Qual Saf Health Care 2007;16:1 2-3 doi:10.1136/qshc.2006.022046

Commentary

  • Diabetes: Specialists versus generalists in the era of pay for performance: “A plague o’ both your houses!”

    • David Aron,
    • Leonard Pogach
    Qual Saf Health Care 2007;16:1 3-5 doi:10.1136/qshc.2006.021006

Original Articles

  • The effect of specialist care within the first year on subsequent outcomes in 24 232 adults with new-onset diabetes mellitus: population-based cohort study

    • F A McAlister,
    • S R Majumdar,
    • D T Eurich,
    • J A Johnson
    Qual Saf Health Care 2007;16:1 6-11 doi:10.1136/qshc.2006.018648

  • Stopping the error cascade: a report on ameliorators from the ASIPS collaborative

    • Bennett Parnes,
    • Douglas Fernald,
    • Javán Quintela,
    • Rodrigo Araya-Guerra,
    • John Westfall,
    • Daniel Harris,
    • Wilson Pace
    Qual Saf Health Care 2007;16:1 12-16 doi:10.1136/qshc.2005.017269

  • Adverse events following an emergency department visit

    • Alan J Forster,
    • Nicholas G W Rose,
    • Carl van Walraven,
    • Ian Stiell
    Qual Saf Health Care 2007;16:1 17-22 doi:10.1136/qshc.2005.017384

  • Which doctors are influenced by a patient’s age? A multi-method study of angina treatment in general practice, cardiology and gerontology

    • Clare Harries,
    • Damien Forrest,
    • Nigel Harvey,
    • Alastair McClelland,
    • Ann Bowling
    Qual Saf Health Care 2007;16:1 23-27 doi:10.1136/qshc.2006.018036

  • Improving general practice computer systems for patient safety: qualitative study of key stakeholders

    • Anthony J Avery,
    • Boki S P Savelyich,
    • Aziz Sheikh,
    • Caroline J Morris,
    • Isobel Bowler,
    • Sheila Teasdale
    Qual Saf Health Care 2007;16:1 28-33 doi:10.1136/qshc.2006.018192

  • Insufficient communication about medication use at the interface between hospital and primary care

    • Bente Glintborg,
    • Stig Ejdrup Andersen,
    • Kim Dalhoff
    Qual Saf Health Care 2007;16:1 34-39 doi:10.1136/qshc.2006.019828

  • Hospital staff should use more than one method to detect adverse events and potential adverse events: incident reporting, pharmacist surveillance and local real-time record review may all have a place

    • Sisse Olsen,
    • Graham Neale,
    • Kat Schwab,
    • Beth Psaila,
    • Tejal Patel,
    • E Jane Chapman,
    • Charles Vincent
    Qual Saf Health Care 2007;16:1 40-44 doi:10.1136/qshc.2005.017616

  • Assessing system failures in operating rooms and intensive care units

    • M van Beuzekom,
    • S P Akerboom,
    • F Boer
    Qual Saf Health Care 2007;16:1 45-50 doi:10.1136/qshc.2005.015446

  • Multifaceted implementation of stroke prevention guidelines in primary care: cluster-randomised evaluation of clinical and cost effectiveness

    • John Wright,
    • John Bibby,
    • Joe Eastham,
    • Stephen Harrison,
    • Maureen McGeorge,
    • Chris Patterson,
    • Nick Price,
    • Daphne Russell,
    • Ian Russell,
    • Neil Small,
    • Matt Walsh,
    • John Young
    Qual Saf Health Care 2007;16:1 51-59 doi:10.1136/qshc.2006.019778

  • Improving emergency caesarean delivery response times at a rural community hospital

    • Susan E Mooney,
    • Greg Ogrinc,
    • Wendy Steadman
    Qual Saf Health Care 2007;16:1 60-66 doi:10.1136/qshc.2006.019976

Miscellaneous

  • Clinical supervision in emergency departments

    Qual Saf Health Care 2007;16:1 16

  • Nurses leaving profession in Sweden

    Qual Saf Health Care 2007;16:1 22

  • Children’s management of their own medical care

    Qual Saf Health Care 2007;16:1 33

  • Coronary heart disease mortality in Ireland

    Qual Saf Health Care 2007;16:1 44

  • Patient perspectives of health care for systemic lupus erythematosus

    Qual Saf Health Care 2007;16:1 70

Quality improvement reports

  • Influencing referral practice using feedback of adherence to NICE guidelines: a quality improvement report for dyspepsia

    • Glyn Elwyn,
    • Diane Owen,
    • Llinos Roberts,
    • Kathie Wareham,
    • Paul Duane,
    • Miles Allison,
    • Alan Sykes
    Qual Saf Health Care 2007;16:1 67-70 doi:10.1136/qshc.2006.019992

  • 3D: a tool for medication discharge education

    • Dennis M Manning,
    • John G O’Meara,
    • Arthur R Williams,
    • Ahmed Rahman,
    • Danica Myhre,
    • Karyl J Tammel,
    • Lisa C Carter
    Qual Saf Health Care 2007;16:1 71-76 doi:10.1136/qshc.2006.018564

Heroes and martyrs of quality and safety

  • Quality improvement research: are randomised trials necessary?

    • D Neuhauser,
    • M Diaz
    Qual Saf Health Care 2007;16:1 77-80 doi:10.1136/qshc.2006.021584

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