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Original research

• Frequency of low-value care in Alberta, Canada: a retrospective cohort study (14 September, 2017) Free

  Finlay A McAlister, Meng Lin, Jeff Bakal, Stafford Dean
• Increasing the use of patient decision aids in orthopaedic care: results of a quality improvement project (24 November, 2017)

  Mahima Mangla, Thomas D Cha, Janet M Dorrwachter, Andrew A Freiberg, Lauren J Leavitt, Harry E Rubash, Leigh H Simmons, Emily L Wendell, Karen R Sepucha
• Precommitting to choose wisely about low-value services: a stepped wedge cluster randomised trial (24 October, 2017)

  Jeffrey Todd Kullgren, Erin Krupka, Abigail Schachter, Ariel Linden, Jacquelyn Miller, Yubraj Acharya, James Alford, Richard Duffy, Julia Adler-Milstein
• Development of the Huddle Observation Tool for structured case management discussions to improve situation awareness on inpatient clinical wards (19 September, 2017)

  Julian Edbrooke-Childs, Jacqueline Hayes, Evelyn Sharples, Dawid Gondek, Emily Stapley, Nick Sevdalis, Peter Lachman, Jessica Deighton
• Does early return to theatre add value to rates of revision at 3 years in assessing surgeon performance for elective hip and knee arthroplasty? National observational study (1 August, 2017)

  Alex Bottle, Helen E Chase, Paul P Aylin, Mark Loeffler