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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 (14 February, 2007) Free

  F A McAlister, S R Majumdar, D T Eurich, J A Johnson
• Stopping the error cascade: a report on ameliorators from the ASIPS collaborative (14 February, 2007)

  Bennett Parnes, Douglas Fernald, Javán Quintela, Rodrigo Araya-Guerra, John Westfall, Daniel Harris, Wilson Pace
• Adverse events following an emergency department visit (14 February, 2007)

  Alan J Forster, Nicholas G W Rose, Carl van Walraven, Ian Stiell
• Which doctors are influenced by a patient’s age? A multi-method study of angina treatment in general practice, cardiology and gerontology (14 February, 2007)

  Clare Harries, Damien Forrest, Nigel Harvey, Alastair McClelland, Ann Bowling
• Improving general practice computer systems for patient safety: qualitative study of key stakeholders (14 February, 2007)

  Anthony J Avery, Boki S P Savelyich, Aziz Sheikh, Caroline J Morris, Isobel Bowler, Sheila Teasdale
• Insufficient communication about medication use at the interface between hospital and primary care (14 February, 2007)

  Bente Glintborg, Stig Ejdrup Andersen, Kim Dalhoff
• 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 (14 February, 2007)

  Sisse Olsen, Graham Neale, Kat Schwab, Beth Psaila, Tejal Patel, E Jane Chapman, Charles Vincent
• Assessing system failures in operating rooms and intensive care units (14 February, 2007)

  M van Beuzekom, S P Akerboom, F Boer
• Multifaceted implementation of stroke prevention guidelines in primary care: cluster-randomised evaluation of clinical and cost effectiveness (14 February, 2007)

  John Wright, John Bibby, Joe Eastham, Stephen Harrison, Maureen McGeorge, Chris Patterson, Nick Price, Daphne Russell, Ian Russell, Neil Small, Matt Walsh, John Young
• Improving emergency caesarean delivery response times at a rural community hospital (14 February, 2007)

  Susan E Mooney, Greg Ogrinc, Wendy Steadman