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Original research

• Electronic health record-based surveillance of diagnostic errors in primary care (13 October, 2011) Free

  Hardeep Singh, Traber Davis Giardina, Samuel N Forjuoh, Michael D Reis, Steven Kosmach, Myrna M Khan, Eric J Thomas
• Do nurse and patient injuries share common antecedents? An analysis of associations with safety climate and working conditions (19 October, 2011)

  Jennifer A Taylor, Francesca Dominici, Jacqueline Agnew, Daniel Gerwin, Laura Morlock, Marlene R Miller
• Do older patients' perceptions of safety highlight barriers that could make their care safer during organisational care transfers? (7 November, 2011)

  Jason Scott, Pamela Dawson, Diana Jones
• Effects of a multicentre teamwork and communication programme on patient outcomes: results from the Triad for Optimal Patient Safety (TOPS) project (7 November, 2011)

  Andrew D Auerbach, Niraj L Sehgal, Mary A Blegen, Judith Maselli, Brian K Alldredge, Eric Vittinghoff, Robert M Wachter
• What drives hospital performance? The impact of comparative outcome evaluation of patients admitted for hip fracture in two Italian regions (19 October, 2011)

  Luigi Pinnarelli, Sabina Nuti, Chiara Sorge, Marina Davoli, Danilo Fusco, Nera Agabiti, Milena Vainieri, Carlo A Perucci
• Understanding how rapid response systems may improve safety for the acutely ill patient: learning from the frontline (4 October, 2011)

  Nicola Mackintosh, Helen Rainey, Jane Sandall
• Organisational characteristics associated with the use of daily interruption of sedation in US hospitals: a national study (22 September, 2011)

  Melissa A Miller, Sarah L Krein, Sanjay Saint, Jeremy M Kahn, Theodore J Iwashyna
• Association between implementation of an intensivist-led medical emergency team and mortality (20 December, 2011)

  Constantine J Karvellas, Ivens A O de Souza, R T Noel Gibney, Sean M Bagshaw