Centre Publications 2018

  1. Etchells E, Fernandes O. Medication reconciliation: ineffective or hard to implement? BMJ Qual Saf. 2018 Dec;27(12):947-949.
  2. Zipursky JS, Dhhar G, Weinerman A, Stroud L, Wong BM. I-CATCH: A Novel Bundle to Improve Postcall Morning Handoffs. J Grad Med Educ. 2018 Dec;10(6):702-706.
  3. Merkley J, Amaral N, Sinno M, Jivraj T, Mundle W, Jeffs L. Developing a Nursing Scorecard Using the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators®: A Canadian Hospital’s Experience. Nurs Leadersh (Tor Ont). 2018 Dec;31(4):82-91.
  4. Goldman J, Kuper A, Wong BM. How Theory Can Inform Our Understanding of Experiential Learning in Quality Improvement Education. Acad Med. 2018 Dec;93(12):1784-1790.
  5. Fu T, Chin CJ, Xu W, Che J, Huang SH, Monteiro E, et al. Impact of neoadjuvant radiation on margins for non-squamous cell carcinoma sinonasal malignancies. Laryngoscope. 2018 Dec;128(12):2796-2803.
  6. McDonald CM, West S, Dushenski D, Lapinsky SE, Soong C, et al. Sepsis now a priority: a quality improvement initiative for early sepsis recognition and care. Int J Qual Health Care. 2018 Dec 1;30(10):802-809.
  7. Marang-van de Mheen PJ, Abel GA, Shojania KG. Mortality alerts, actions taken and declining mortality: true effect or regression to the mean?. BMJ Qual Saf. 2018 Dec;27(12):950-953.
  8. Moayedi Y, Etchells E, Kobulnik J, Ross H. Brain natriuretic peptide and shortness of breath in the emergency department. CMAJ. 2018 Nov 19;190(46):E1361-E1363.
  9. Baker GR, et al. Engaging with patients on research to inform better care. CMAJ. 2018 Nov 7;190(Suppl):S6-S8.
  10. Feather J, McGillis Hall L, Trbovich P, Baker GR. An integrative review of nurses’ prosocial behaviours contributing to work environment optimization, organizational performance and quality of care. J Nurs Manag. 2018 Oct;26(7):769-781.
  11. Wolfstadt JI, Ward SE, Kim S, Bell CM. Improving Care in Orthopaedics: How to Incorporate Quality Improvement Techniques into Surgical Practice. J Bone Joint Surg Am. 2018 Oct 17;100(20):1791-1799.
  12. Bouck Z, Ferguson J, Ivers NM, Kerr EA, Shojania KG, et al. Physician Characteristics Associated With Ordering 4 Low-Value Screening Tests in Primary Care. JAMA Netw Open. 2018 Oct 5;1(6):e183506.
  13. Saun TJ, Rogers AD, Leis JA, et al. The Use of Intravenous and Inhaled Colistin Therapy During a Burn Center Outbreak of Multidrug-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii. J Burn Care Res. 2018 Oct 23;39(6):1029-1036.
  14. Kim JK, Chua ME, Ming JM, Santos JD, Zani-Ruttenstock E, Marson A, Bayley M, Koyle MA. A critical review of recent clinical practice guidelines on management of cryptorchidism. J Pediatr Surg. 2018 Oct;53(10):2041-2047.
  15. Baker GR, Flintoft V, Wojtak A, Blais R. Contributing causes to adverse events in home care and potential interventions to reduce their incidence. Healthc Manage Forum. 2018 Sep;31(5):178-185.
  16. Mendel A, Lott A, Lo L, Wu R. A Matter of Urgency: Reducing Clinical Text Message Interruptions During Educational Sessions. J Hosp Med. 2018 Sep 1;13(9):616-622.
  17. Lo A. Morbidity and Mortality Rounds in Rehabilitation-Benefits for Enhancing Quality Beyond Just the “M&M”. PM R. 2018 Aug;10(8):865-869.
  18. Singh N, Wong BM, Stroud L. Characterizing Resident Preferences for Faculty Involvement and Support in Disclosing Medical Errors to Patients. J Grad Med Educ. 2018 Aug;10(4):394-399.
  19. Lam PW, Volling C, Chan T, Wiggers JB, Castellani L, Wright J, Peckham K, Shadowitz S, Tasker S, MacFadden DR, Daneman N, Gold WL, Pugash R, Leis JA. Impact of Defaulting to Single Lumen Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters on Patient Outcomes: An Interrupted Time Series Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Aug 31;67(6):954-957.
  20. Dragan V, Wei L, Elligsen M, Kiss A, Walker SAN, Leis JA. Prophylactic Antimicrobial Therapy for Acute Aspiration Pneumonitis. Clin Infect Dis. 2018 Aug 1;67(4):513-518.
  21. So M, Mamdani M, Morris A, Lau T, Broady R, Deotare U, Grant J, Kim DDH, Schimmer AD, Schuh A, Shajari S, Steinberg M, Bell CM, Husain S. Effect of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Programme on Antimicrobial Utilisation and Costs in Patients with Leukaemia: A Retrospective Interventional Controlled Study. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2018 Aug;24(8):882-888.
  22. Djelic L, Andany N, Craig J, Daneman N, Simor A, Leis JA. Automatic notification and infectious diseases consultation for patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 2018 Jul;91(3):282-283.
  23. Lyren A, Coffey M, et al. We Will Not Compete on Safety: How Children’s Hospitals Have Come Together to Hasten Harm Reduction. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2018 Jul;44(7):377-388.
  24. Jeffs L, McShane J, Indar A, Maione M. Using Local Data to Improve Care and Collaborative Practice: Insights From a Qualitative Study. J Nurs Care Qual. 2018 Jul/Sep;33(3):E1-E7.
  25. Dhaliwal G, Shojania KG. The data of diagnostic error: big, large and small. BMJ Qual Saf. 2018 Jul;27(7):499-501.
  26. Goldman J, et al. Bedside nurses’ roles in discharge collaboration in general internal medicine: Disconnected, disempowered and devalued? Nurs Inq. 2018 Jul;25(3):e12236.
  27. Rowland P, Lising D, Sinclair L, Baker GR. Team dynamics within quality improvement teams: a scoping review. Int J Qual Health Care. 2018 Jul 1;30(6):416-422.
  28. Goldman J, Kitto S, Reeves S. Examining the implementation of collaborative competencies in a critical care setting: Key challenges for enacting competency-based education. J Interprof Care. 2018 Jul;32(4):407-415.
  29. Jeyalingam T, Matelski JJ, Alam AQ, Liu JJ, Goldberg H, Klemensberg J, Bell CM. The Characteristics of Physicians Who are Re-Disciplined by Medical Boards: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2018 Jun;44(6):361-365.
  30. Jeffs L, Law MP, Zahradnik M, Steinberg M, Maione M, Jorgoni L, Bell CM, et al. Engaging Nurses in Optimizing Antimicrobial Use in ICUs: A Qualitative Study. J Nurs Care Qual. 2018 Apr/Jun;33(2):173-179.
  31. Burry L, Mehta S, Perreault MM, Luxenberg JS, Siddiqi N, Hutton B, Fergusson DA, Bell C, Rose L. Antipsychotics for treatment of delirium in hospitalised non-ICU patients. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2018 Jun 18;6:CD005594.
  32. Silver SA, Saragosa M, Adhikari NK, Bell CM, Harel Z, Harvey A, Kitchlu A, Neyra JA, Wald R, Jeffs L. What insights do patients and caregivers have on acute kidney injury and posthospitalisation care? A single-centre qualitative study from Toronto, Canada. BMJ Open. 2018 Jun 15;8(6):e021418.
  33. Jeffs L, et al. Building the Foundation to Generate a Fundamental Care Standardized Data Set. J Clin Nurs. 2018 Jun;27(11-12):2481-2488.
  34. Boozary AS, Shojania KG. Pathology of poverty: the need for quality improvement efforts to address social determinants of health. BMJ Qual Saf. 2018 Jun;27(6):421-424.
  35. Wong BM, Shojania KG. Rigor in Quality Improvement Studies and the Role of Time-Series Methodologies. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 May 1;178(5):724-725.
  36. Rolnitsky A, Kirtsman M, Goldberg HR, Dunn M, Bell CM. The representation of vulnerable populations in quality improvement studies. J Qual Health Care. 2018 May 1;30(4):244-249.
  37. Darragh PJ, Bodley T, Orchanian-Cheff A, Shojania KG, Kwan JL, Cram P. A Systematic Review of Interventions to Follow-Up Test Results Pending at Discharge. J Gen Intern Med. 2018 May;33(5):750-758.
  38. Li SA, Jeffs L, Barwick M, Stevens B. Organizational contextual features that influence the implementation of evidence-based practices across healthcare settings: a systematic integrative review. Syst Rev. 2018 May 5;7(1):72.
  39. Gilbert RE, Kozak MC, Dobish RB, Bourrier VC, Koke PM, Kukreti V, Logan HA, Easty AC, Trbovich PL. Intravenous Chemotherapy Compounding Errors in a Follow-Up Pan-Canadian Observational Study. J Oncol Pract. 2018 May;14(5):e295-e303.
  40. Chua M, Ming J, Chang SJ, Santos JD, Mistry N, Silangcruz JM, Bayley M, Koyle MA. A critical review of recent clinical practice guidelines for pediatric urinary tract infection. Can Urol Assoc J. 2018 Apr;12(4):112-118.
  41. Thomson H, Tourangeau A, Jeffs L, Puts M. Factors affecting quality of nurse shift handover in the emergency department. J Adv Nurs. 2018 Apr;74(4):876-886.
  42. Rojas D, Grierson L, Mylopoulos M, Trbovich P, et al. How can systems engineering inform the methods of programme evaluation in health professions education? Med Educ. 2018 Apr;52(4):364-375.
  43. Burke RE, Shojania KG. Rigorous evaluations of evolving interventions: can we have our cake and eat it too? BMJ Qual Saf. 2018 Apr;27(4):254-257.
  44. Baker M, Bell CM, Xiong W, Etchells E, Rossos PG, Shojania KG, et al.  Do Combined Pharmacist and Prescriber Efforts on Medication Reconciliation Reduce Postdischarge Patient Emergency Department Visits and Hospital Readmissions? J Hosp Med. 2018 Mar 1;13(3):152-157.
  45. Desveaux L, Shaw J, Saragosa M, Soobiah C, Marani H, Hensel J, Agarwal P, Onabajo N, Bhatia RS, Jeffs L. A Mobile App to Improve Self-Management of Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes: Qualitative Realist Evaluation. J Med Internet Res. 2018 Mar 16;20(3):e81.
  46. Koyle MA, Koyle LCC, Baker GR. Quality improvement and patient safety: Reality and responsibility from Codman to today. J Pediatr Urol. 2018 Feb;14(1):16-19.
  47. Grudniewicz A, Tenbensel T, Evans JM, Steele Gray C, Baker GR, Wodchis WP. ‘Complexity-compatible’ policy for integrated care? Lessons from the implementation of Ontario’s Health Links. Soc Sci Med. 2018 Feb;198:95-102.
  48. Gagliardi AR, Ducey A, Lehoux P, Turgeon T, Ross S, Trbovich P, Easty A, Bell C, Urbach D. Factors influencing the reporting of adverse medical device events: qualitative interviews with physicians about higher risk implantable devices. BMJ Qual Saf. 2018 Mar;27(3):190-198.
  49. Liu JJ, Matelski JJ, Bell CM. Scope, Breadth, and Differences in Online Physician Ratings Related to Geography, Specialty, and Year: Observational Retrospective Study. J Med Internet Res. 2018 Mar 7;20(3):e76.
  50. Silver SA, Harel Z, McArthur E, Nash DM, Acedillo R, Kitchlu A, Garg AX, Chertow GM, Bell CM, Wald R. Causes of Death after a Hospitalization with AKI. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2018 Mar;29(3):1001-1010.
  51. Daniel M, Keller S, Mozafarihashjin M, Pahwa A, Soong C. An Implementation Guide to Reducing Overtreatment of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria. JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Feb 1;178(2):271-276.
  52. Koyle MA, AlQarni N, Odeh R, Butt H, Alkahtani MM, Konstant L, Pendergast L, Koyle L CC, Baker GR. Reduction and standardization of surgical instruments in pediatric inguinal hernia repair. J Pediatr Urol. 2018 Feb;14(1):20-24.
  53. Leis JA. Advancing infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship through improvement science. BMJ Qual Saf. 2018 Feb;27(2):163-165.
  54. Mukerji G, Halperin I, Hunter K, Segal P, Wolfs M, Bevan L, Jeffs L, Goguen J. Developing a set of indicators to monitor quality in ambulatory diabetes care using a modified Delphi panel process. Int J Qual Health Care. 2018 Feb 1;30(1):65-74.
  55. Stagg A, Lutz H, Kirpalaney S, Matelski JJ, Kaufman A, Leis J, et al. Impact of two-step urine culture ordering in the emergency department: a time series analysis. BMJ Qual Saf. 2018 Feb;27(2):140-147.
  56. Jeffs L, et al. The Varying Roles of Nurses During Interfacility Care Transitions. J Nurs Care Qual. 2018 Jan/Mar;33(1):E1-E6.
  57. Eskander A, Monteiro E, et al. Head and Neck Surgical Oncology Choosing Wisely Campaign: imaging for patients with hoarseness, fine needle aspiration for neck mass, and ultrasound for odynophagia. J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. 2018 Jan 8;47(1):2.
  58. Moayedi Y, Duero Posada JG, Nesbitt GC, Ross HJ, Bell C, et al. Avoiding Clinical Errors With Bedside Echocardiography: A Randomized Clinical Study. Can J Cardiol. 2018 Jan;34(1):88-91.
  59. McAlister FA, Shojania KG. Inpatient bedspacing: could a common response to hospital crowding cause increased patient mortality? BMJ Qual Saf. 2018 Jan;27(1):1-3.
  60. Liang L, Cako A, Urquhart R, Straus SE, Wodchis WP, Baker GR, Gagliardi AR. Patient engagement in hospital health service planning and improvement: a scoping review. BMJ Open. 2018 Jan 30;8(1):e018263.
  61. Bai AD, Srivastava S, Tomlinson GA, Smith CA, Bell CM, Gill SS. Mortality of hospitalised internal medicine patients bedspaced to non-internal medicine inpatient units: retrospective cohort study. BMJ Qual Saf. 2018 Jan;27(1):11-20.
  62. Etchells E, Woodcock T. Value of small sample sizes in rapid-cycle quality improvement projects 2: assessing fidelity of implementation for improvement interventions. BMJ Qual Saf. 2018 Jan;27(1):61-65.
  63. Dresser LD, Bell CM, et al. Use of a structured panel process to define antimicrobial prescribing appropriateness in critical care. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2018 Jan 1;73(1):246-249.
  64. Alebraheem Z, Toulany A, et al. Facilitators and Barriers to Positive Airway Pressure Adherence for Adolescents. A Qualitative Study. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2018 Jan;15(1):83-88.
  65. Sargeant J, Wong BM, Campbell CM. CPD of the future: a partnership between quality improvement and competency-based education. Med Educ. 2018 Jan;52(1):125-135.
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