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Original research

• Changes in adverse event rates in hospitals over time: a longitudinal retrospective patient record review study (4 January, 2013) Free

  Rebecca J Baines, Maaike Langelaan, Martine C de Bruijne, Henk Asscheman, Peter Spreeuwenberg, Lotte van de Steeg, Kitty M Siemerink, Floor van Rosse, Maren Broekens, Cordula Wagner
• A novel approach to improving emergency department consultant response times (15 January, 2013)

  Christine Soong, Sasha High, Matthew W Morgan, Howard Ovens
• Usability of a computerised drug monitoring programme to detect adverse drug events and non-compliance in outpatient ambulatory care (8 February, 2013)

  Claudine Auger, Alan J Forster, Natalie Oake, Robyn Tamblyn
• Competition in collaborative clothing: a qualitative case study of influences on collaborative quality improvement in the ICU (15 February, 2013)

  Katie N Dainty, Damon C Scales, Tasnim Sinuff, Merrick Zwarenstein
• Home-care nurses’ perceptions of unmet information needs and communication difficulties of older patients in the immediate post-hospital discharge period (29 January, 2013)

  Katrina M Romagnoli, Steven M Handler, Frank M Ligons, Harry Hochheiser
• Do you have to re-examine to reconsider your diagnosis? Checklists and cardiac exam (5 February, 2013)

  Matthew Sibbald, Anique B H de Bruin, Rodrigo B Cavalcanti, Jeroen J G van Merrienboer
• Treatment quality indicators predict short-term outcomes in patients with diabetes: a prospective cohort study using the GIANTT database (5 February, 2013)

  Grigory Sidorenkov, Jaco Voorham, Dick de Zeeuw, Flora M Haaijer-Ruskamp, Petra Denig
• Women's safety alerts in maternity care: is speaking up enough? (15 February, 2013)

  Susanna Rance, Christine McCourt, Juliet Rayment, Nicola Mackintosh, Wendy Carter, Kylie Watson, Jane Sandall
• Estimated nursing workload for the implementation of ventilator bundles (21 February, 2013)

  Westyn Branch-Elliman, Sharon B Wright, Jean M Gillis, Michael D Howell