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Original research

• Safely and effectively reducing inpatient length of stay: a controlled study of the General Internal Medicine Care Transformation Initiative (9 October, 2013) Free

  Finlay A McAlister, Jeffrey A Bakal, Sumit R Majumdar, Stafford Dean, Rajdeep S Padwal, Narmin Kassam, Maria Bacchus, Ann Colbourne
• Using data and quality monitoring to enhance maternity outcomes: a qualitative study of risk managers’ perspectives (6 December, 2013)

  Rebecca A Simms, Andrew Yelland, Helen Ping, Antonia J Beringer, Timothy J Draycott, Robert Fox
• Creating a safe, reliable hospital at night handover: a case study in implementation science (9 December, 2013)

  Annette McQuillan, Jane Carthey, Ken Catchpole, Peter McCulloch, Deborah A Ridout, Allan P Goldman
• Governance of quality of care: a qualitative study of health service boards in Victoria, Australia (10 December, 2013)

  Marie M Bismark, David M Studdert
• Interactive questioning in critical care during handovers: a transcript analysis of communication behaviours by physicians, nurses and nurse practitioners (13 December, 2013)

  Michael F Rayo, Austin F Mount-Campbell, James M O'Brien, Susan E White, Alexandra Butz, Kris Evans, Emily S Patterson
• Caring for critically ill children in the community: a needs assessment (17 December, 2013)

  Jonathan Gilleland, Jennifer McGugan, Sandy Brooks, Maureen Dobbins, Jenny Ploeg