Centre Publications 2015

  1. Bishop AC, Baker GR, Boyle TA, MacKinnon NJ. Using the Health Belief Model to explain patient involvement in patient safety. Health Expect. 2015 Dec;18(6):3019-33.
  2. Soong C, Bell C. Identifying preventable readmissions: an achievable goal or waiting for Godot? BMJ Qual Saf. 2015 Dec;24(12):741-3.
  3. Halperin IJ, Sehgal P, Lowe J, Hladunewich M, Wong BM. Increasing Timely Postpartum Oral Glucose Tolerance Test Completion in Women with Gestational Diabetes: A Quality-Improvement Initiative. Can J Diabetes. 2015 Dec;39(6):451-6.
  4. Kwan JL, Morgan MW, Stewart TE, Bell CM. Impact of an innovative inpatient patient navigator program on length of stay and 30-day readmission. J Hosp Med. 2015 Dec;10(12):799-803.
  5. Amaral AC, McDonald A, Coburn NG, Xiong W, Shojania KG, et al. Expanding the scope of Critical Care Rapid Response Teams: a feasible approach to identify adverse events. A prospective observational cohort. BMJ Qual Saf. 2015 Dec;24(12):764-8.
  6. Brehaut JC, Carroll K, Elwyn G, Saginur R, Kimmelman J, Shojania K, et al. Elements of informed consent and decision quality were poorly correlated in informed consent documents. J Clin Epidemiol. 2015 Dec;68(12):1472-80.
  7. Harel Z, Wald R, McArthur E, Chertow GM, Harel S, Gruneir A, Fischer HD, Garg AX, Perl J, Nash DM, Silver S, Bell CM. Rehospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits after Hospital Discharge in Patients Receiving Maintenance Hemodialysis. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2015 Dec;26(12):3141-50.
  8. Jeffs L, et al. Implementation of the National Nursing Quality Report Initiative in Canada: Insights From Pilot Participants. J Nurs Care Qual. 2015 Oct-Dec;30(4):E9-16.
  9. Sasangohar F, Donmez B, Easty AC, Trbovich PL. The relation between interruption content and interrupted task severity in intensive care nursing: An observational study. Int J Nurs Stud. 2015 Oct;52(10):1573-81.
  10. Uppal NK, Eisen D, Weissberger J, Wyman RJ, Urbach DR, Bell CM. Transfer of care of postsurgical patients from hospital to the community setting: cross-sectional survey of primary care physicians. Am J Surg. 2015 Oct;210(4):778-82.
  11. Sasangohar F, Donmez B, Easty AC, Trbovich PL. Mitigating nonurgent interruptions during high-severity intensive care unit tasks using a task-severity awareness tool: A quasi-controlled observational study. J Crit Care. 2015 Oct;30(5):1150.e1-6.
  12. Yin P, Kiss A, Leis JA. Urinalysis Orders Among Patients Admitted to the General Medicine Service. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Oct 1;175(10):1711-3.
  13. Leis JA, Corpus C, Catt B, Jinnah F, Edgar B, Wong BM, et al. Indwelling urinary catheter surveillance using a Task-oriented nurse acuity system. Am J Infect Control. 2015 Oct 1;43(10):1112-3.
  14. Jeffs L, Thampi N, Maione M, Steinberg M, Morris AM, Bell CM. A Qualitative Analysis of Implementation of Antimicrobial Stewardship at 3 Academic Hospitals: Understanding the Key Influences on Success. Can J Hosp Pharm. 2015 Sep-Oct;68(5):395-400.
  15. Shojania KG, Marang-van de Mheen PJ. Temporal trends in patient safety in the Netherlands: reductions in preventable adverse events or the end of adverse events as a useful metric? BMJ Qual Saf. 2015 Sep;24(9):541-4.
  16. Adams J, Wong B, Wijeysundera HC. Root causes for delayed hospital discharge in patients with ST-segment Myocardial Infarction (STEMI): a qualitative analysis. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2015 Sep 29;15:107.
  17. Bhatia RS, Ivers N, Yin CX, Myers D, Nesbitt G, Edwards J, Yared K, Wadhera R, Wu JC, Wong B, et al. Design and methods of the Echo WISELY (Will Inappropriate Scenarios for Echocardiography Lessen SignificantlY) study: An investigator-blinded randomized controlled trial of education and feedback intervention to reduce inappropriate echocardiograms. Am Heart J. 2015 Aug;170(2):202-9.
  18. Weinerman AS, Dhalla IA, Kiss A, Etchells EE, Wu RC, Wong BM. Frequency and clinical relevance of inconsistent code status documentation. J Hosp Med. 2015 Aug;10(8):491-6..
  19. Daneman N, Bronskill SE, Gruneir A, Newman AM, Fischer HD, Rochon PA, Anderson GM, Bell CM. Variability in Antibiotic Use Across Nursing Homes and the Risk of Antibiotic-Related Adverse Outcomes for Individual Residents. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Aug;175(8):1331-9.
  20. So JP, Aleem IS, Tsang DS, Matlow AG, et al. Increasing Compliance With an Antibiotic Prophylaxis Guideline to Prevent Pediatric Surgical Site Infection: Before and After Study. Ann Surg. 2015 Aug;262(2):403-8.
  21. Khoshbin A, So JP, Aleem IS, Stephens D, Matlow AG, Wright JG; for The SickKids Surgical Site Infection Task Force. Antibiotic Prophylaxis to Prevent Surgical Site Infections in Children: A Prospective Cohort Study. Ann Surg. 2015 Aug;262(2):397-402.
  22. Jeffs L, Nincic V, White P, Hayes L, Lo J. Leveraging Data to Transform Nursing Care: Insights From Nurse Leaders. J Nurs Care Qual. 2015 Jul-Sep;30(3):269-74.
  23. Liu JJ, Alam AQ, Goldberg HR, Matelski JJ, Bell CM. Characteristics of Internal Medicine Physicians Disciplined by Professional Colleges in Canada. Medicine (Baltimore). 2015 Jul;94(26):e937.
  24. Thampi N, Showler A, Burry L, Bai AD, Steinberg M, Ricciuto DR, Bell CM, Morris AM. Multicenter study of health care cost of patients admitted to hospital with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: Impact of length of stay and intensity of care. Am J Infect Control. 2015 Jul 1;43(7):739-44.
  25. Stall NM, Fischer HD, Wu CF, Bierman AS, Brener S, Bronskill S, Etchells E, Fernandes O, Lau D, Mamdani MM, Rochon P, Urbach DR, Bell CM. Unintentional Discontinuation of Chronic Medications for Seniors in Nursing Homes: Evaluation of a National Medication Reconciliation Accreditation Requirement Using a Population-Based Cohort Study. Medicine (Baltimore). 2015 Jun;94(25):e899.
  26. Urbach DR, Bell CM. A Revised Quality Measure for Surgical Care: More Alpha Testing for Perioperative β-Blockers? JAMA. 2015 Jun 16;313(23):2369-70.
  27. Rotteau L, Webster F, Salkeld E, Hellings C, Guttmann A, Vermeulen MJ, et al. Ontario’s Emergency Department Process Improvement Program: The Experience of Implementation. Acad Emerg Med. 2015 Jun;22(6):720-9.
  28. Parshuram CS, et al. Evaluating processes of care and outcomes of children in hospital (EPOCH): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2015 Jun 2;16:245.
  29. Goldberg AE, Vijenthira A, Wong BM. Failure to cancel tests: a case of an unnecessary joint arthrocentesis: a teachable moment. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Jun;175(6):891-2.
  30. Fernandes O, Gorman SK, Slavik RS, Semchuk WM, Shalansky S, Bussières JF, Doucette D, Bannerman H, Lo J, Shukla S, Chan WW, Benninger N, MacKinnon NJ, Bell CM, et al. Development of Clinical Pharmacy Key Performance Indicators for Hospital Pharmacists Using a Modified Delphi Approach. Ann Pharmacother. 2015 Jun;49(6):656-69.
  31. Al-Busaidi I, Leis JA, et al. Infectious Complications Following Transrectal Ultrasound-guided Prostate Biopsy: A Canadian Tertiary Cancer Center Experience. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2015 May;36(5):614-6.
  32. Bai AD, Showler A, Burry L, Steinberg M, Ricciuto DR, Fernandes T, Chiu A, Raybardhan S, Science M, Fernando E, Tomlinson G, Bell CM, Morris AM. Impact of Infectious Disease Consultation on Quality of Care, Mortality, and Length of Stay in Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia: Results From a Large Multicenter Cohort Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 May 15;60(10):1451-61.
  33. Kozij NK, Devlin MK, Wong BM. Metrics for evaluating the quality of handovers–reply. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Apr;175(4):655.
  34. Shojania KG, Catchpole K. ‘The problem with…’: a new series on problematic improvements and problematic problems in healthcare quality and patient safety. BMJ Qual Saf. 2015 Apr;24(4):246-9.
  35. Wong BM, Dyal S, Etchells EE, Knowles S, Gerard L, Diamantouros A, Mehta R, Liu B, Baker GR, Shojania KG. Application of a trigger tool in near real time to inform quality improvement activities: a prospective study in a general medicine ward. BMJ Qual Saf. 2015 Apr;24(4):272-81.
  36. Joundi RA, Wong BM, Leis JA. Antibiotics “Just-In-Case” in a Patient With Aspiration Pneumonitis. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Apr;175(4):489-90.
  37. Detsky ME, Ailon J, Weinerman AS, Amaral AC, Bell CM. A two-site survey of clinicians to identify practices and preferences of intensive care unit transfers to general medical wards. J Crit Care. 2015 Apr;30(2):358-62.
  38. Taylor G, Gravel D, Saxinger L, Bush K, Simmonds K, Matlow A, et al. Prevalence of antimicrobial use in a network of Canadian hospitals in 2002 and 2009. Can J Infect Dis Med Microbiol. 2015 Mar-Apr;26(2):85-9.
  39. Ebrahim S, Parshuram C. Comparison of utility scores from the Visual Analog Scale and Health Utilities Index 3 in children following pediatric intensive care unit admission. J Child Health Care. 2015 Mar;19(1):53-62.
  40. Parshuram CS, Amaral AC, Ferguson ND, Baker GR, Etchells EE, et al. Patient safety, resident well-being and continuity of care with different resident duty schedules in the intensive care unit: a randomized trial. CMAJ. 2015 Mar 17;187(5):321-9.
  41. Silver SA, Thomas A, Rathe A, Robinson P, Wald R, Harel Z, Bell CM. Development of a hemodialysis safety checklist using a structured panel process. Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2015 Feb 12;2:5. eCollection 2015.
  42. Kitto S, Goldman J, Etchells E, Silver I, Peller J, Sargeant J, Reeves S, Bell M. Quality improvement, patient safety, and continuing education: a qualitative study of the current boundaries and opportunities for collaboration between these domains. Acad Med. 2015 Feb;90(2):240-5.
  43. Al-Abri M, Wong BM, Leis JA. A urinary catheter left in place for slightly too long: a teachable moment. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Feb 1;175(2):163.
  44. Luca SR, Kayedi M, Wong BM. False-positive test results in a patient with severe hepatitis: a teachable moment—the risk of treating the numbers. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Feb;175(2):161-2.
  45. Okrainec K, Booth GL, Hollands S, Bell CM. Impact of language barriers on complications and mortality among immigrants with diabetes: a population-based cohort study. Diabetes Care. 2015 Feb;38(2):189-96.
  46. Stang AS, Wong BM. Patients teaching patient safety: the challenge of turning negative patient experiences into positive learning opportunities. BMJ Qual Saf. 2015 Jan;24(1):4-6.
  47. Hoffman AS, Matlow A, Shroff M, Cohen E. Factors impacting same-day cancellation of outpatient pediatric magnetic resonance imaging under anesthesia. Pediatr Radiol. 2015 Jan;45(1):99-107.
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