Table of contents

Original Articles

• Patterns of diffusion of evidence-based clinical programmes: a case study of the Hospital Elder Life Program (30 October, 2006) Free

  Elizabeth H Bradley, Tashonna R Webster, Mark Schlesinger, Dorothy Baker, Sharon K Inouye
• Potential population impact of the UK government strategy for reducing the burden of coronary heart disease in England: comparing primary and secondary prevention strategies (30 October, 2006)

  I Gemmell, R F Heller, K Payne, R Edwards, M Roland, P Durrington
• Healthcare provider complaints to the emergency department: a preliminary report on a new quality improvement instrument (30 October, 2006)

  R T Griffey, J S Bohan
• Use of a safety climate questionnaire in UK health care: factor structure, reliability and usability (30 October, 2006)

  A Hutchinson, K L Cooper, J E Dean, A McIntosh, M Patterson, C B Stride, B E Laurence, C M Smith
• The perioperative specialist practitioner: developing and evaluating a new surgical role (30 October, 2006)

  R Kneebone, D Nestel, J Chrzanowska, A E Barnet, J Younger, A Burgess, A Darzi
• Do panels vary when assessing intrapartum adverse events? The reproducibility of assessments by hospital risk management groups (30 October, 2006)

  D Kernaghan, G C Penney
• Experience of wrong site surgery and surgical marking practices among clinicians in the UK (30 October, 2006)

  Sally J Giles, Penny Rhodes, Gill Clements, Gary A Cook, Ruth Hayton, Melanie J Maxwell, Trevor A Sheldon, John Wright
• Governing the surgical count through communication interactions: implications for patient safety (30 October, 2006)

  R Riley, E Manias, A Polglase
• Reduced morbidity for elderly patients with a hip fracture after implementation of a perioperative evidence-based clinical pathway (30 October, 2006)

  L A Beaupre, J G Cinats, A Senthilselvan, D Lier, C A Jones, A Scharfenberger, D W C Johnston, L D Saunders