Research

Publications

CQuIPS is committed to advancing QIPS practice and research. Our team and core members produce papers and obtain grants in greater numbers than any comparable Canadian centre and on par with prominent international centres.

See below for an archive of our leadership team and core members’ QIPS publications:

  1. Yang B, Suresh R, Nam J, Mayo AL, Hitzig SL, Wong A. Outcome measures used in peripheral nerve surgery for symptomatic neuroma in upper extremity amputations: A scoping review. Muscle Nerve. 2024 Nov;70(5):903-915. doi: 10.1002/mus.28231. Epub 2024 Aug 13.
  2. Rotteau L, Vaillancourt S, Magaz M, Lo L, Wong BM, Lalani J, Shemie SD, Zavalkoff S. Characteristics and Practices of High-Performing Centers in Organ Donor Identification and Referral: A Qualitative Study. Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2024 Sep 21;11:20543581241276362. doi: 10.1177/20543581241276362. eCollection 2024.
  3. Mohamud H, Toulany A, et al. Language ability and virtual mental healthcare utilisation among immigrant and refugee youth: a population-based cohort study. Arch Dis Child. 2024 Sep 19:archdischild-2023-326507. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2023-326507. Online ahead of print.
  4. Baker KM, Brahier M, Penne M, Hill MA, Davis S, Gallagher WJ, Miller KE, Smith KM. Using Patient Experience Surveys to Identify Potential Diagnostic Safety Breakdowns: A Mixed Methods Study. J Patient Saf. 2024 Sep 17. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000001283. Online ahead of print.
  5. Hill MA, Coppinger T, Sedig K, Gallagher WJ, Baker KM, Haskell H, Miller KE, Smith KM. “What Else Could It Be?” A Scoping Review of Questions for Patients to Ask Throughout the Diagnostic Process. J Patient Saf. 2024 Sep 11. doi: 10.1097/PTS.0000000000001273. Online ahead of print.
  6. Toulany A, Khodyakov D, Mooney S, Stromquist L, Bailey K, Barber CE, Batthish M, Cleverley K, Dimitropoulos G, Gorter JW, Grahovac D, Grimes R, Guttman B, Hébert ML, John T, Lo L, Luong D, MacGregor L, Mukerji G, Pidduck J, Senthilnathan V, Shulman R, Trbovich P, Munce SE. Quality Indicators for Transition from Pediatric to Adult Care for Youth With Chronic Conditions: Proposal for an Online Modified Delphi Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 Sep 10;13:e60860. doi: 10.2196/60860.
  7. Istanboulian L, Gilding AJ, Hamilton L, Master T, Bingler S, Soldatic K, Smith KM. Reported impact and protective factors of the care partner role during persistent critical illness: a content analysis. BMC Nurs. 2024 Sep 6;23(1):625. doi: 10.1186/s12912-024-02300-5.
  8. Francis T, Davidson M, Senese L, Jeffs L, Yousefi-Nooraie R, Ouimet M, Rac V, Trbovich P. Exploring the use of social network analysis methods in process improvement within healthcare organizations: a scoping review. BMC Health Serv Res. 2024 Sep 5;24(1):1030. doi: 10.1186/s12913-024-11475-1.
  9. Gete M, Huang SH, Ringash J, Irish J, Su J, Ballal Y, Waldron JN, Witterick I, de Almeida J, Hosni A, Hope AJ, Monteiro E, et al.
    Causes and impact of delays during the COVID-19 pandemic on head and neck cancer diagnosis. Head Neck. 2024 Sep;46(9):2197-2205. doi: 10.1002/hed.27784. Epub 2024 Apr 25.
  10. Dy SM, Scerpella DL, Hanna V, Walker KA, Sloan DH, Green CM, Cotter V, Wolff JL, Giovannetti ER, McGuire M, Hussain N, Smith KM, Saylor MA. Qualitative evaluation of the SHARING Choices trial of primary care advance care planning for adults with and without dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Aug 30. doi: 10.1111/jgs.19154. Online ahead of print.
  11. Sue-Chue-Lam C, Yanikomeroglu S, Hamad D, Wong B, Born K. Metrics used in quality improvement publications addressing environmental sustainability in healthcare: A scoping review protocol. PLoS One. 2024 Aug 28;19(8):e0309417. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0309417. eCollection 2024.
  12. Jiang S, Othman D, Langer LK, Bayley M, Fortin C, Mayo A, Pelc J, Robinson LR, Soong C, Guo M. The Incidence and Nature of Adverse Events During Inpatient Rehabilitation: A Retrospective Case Series. Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2024 Aug 26. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000002614. Online ahead of print.
  13. Steele Gray C, Shaw J, Baker GR, Kuluski K, Wodchis WP. The Integrated Care World is a Stage: Applying Goffman’s Theory of Dramaturgy to the Activities of Integrated Care. Int J Integr Care. 2024 Aug 26;24(3):17. doi: 10.5334/ijic.8639. eCollection 2024 Jul-Sep.
  14. Tabaie A, Tran A, Calabria T, Bennett SS, Milicia A, Weintraub W, Gallagher WJ, Yosaitis J, Schubel LC, Hill MA, Smith KM, Miller K. Evaluation of a Natural Language Processing Approach to Identify Diagnostic Errors and Analysis of Safety Learning System Case Review Data: Retrospective Cohort Study. J Med Internet Res. 2024 Aug 26;26:e50935. doi: 10.2196/50935.
  15. Campbell RJ, El-Defrawy SR, Bell CM, et al.Public funding for private for-profit centres and access to cataract surgery by patient socioeconomic status: an Ontario population-based study.CMAJ. 2024 Aug 25;196(28):E965-E972. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.240414.
  16. Paluck F, Kestenbom I, Test G, Carscadden E, Ostrow O. Decreasing Invasive Urinary Tract Infection Screening in a Pediatric Emergency Department to Improve Quality of Care. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2024 Aug 23. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000003228. Online ahead of print.
  17. Mullan PC, Levasseur KA, Bajaj L, Nypaver M, Chamberlain JM, Thull-Freedman J, Ostrow O, Jain S. Recommendations for Choosing Wisely in Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Five Opportunities to Improve Value. Ann Emerg Med. 2024 Aug;84(2):167-175. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.01.007. Epub 2024
  18. de Jager P, Aleman D, Baxter N, Bell C, et al. Surgeon- and hospital-level variation in wait times for scheduled non-urgent surgery in Ontario, Canada: A cross-sectional population-based study. PLoS One. 2024 Aug 8;19(8):e0307845. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0307845. eCollection 2024.
  19. Wasilewski MB, Vijayakumar A, Szigeti Z, Mayo A, et al. Patient and Provider Experiences With Compassionate Care in Virtual Physiatry: Qualitative Study. J Med Internet Res. 2024 Aug 6;26:e51878. doi: 10.2196/51878.
  20. Silverstein WK, Kerssens M, Vaassen S, Valencia V, van Mook WNKA, Noben CYG, Moriates C, Wong BM, Born KB. How Medical Students Benefit from Participating in a Longitudinal Resource Stewardship Medical Education Program (STARS): An International Descriptive Evaluation. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Jul 31. doi: 10.1007/s11606-024-08971-9. Online ahead of print.
  21. Coffey M, Kleinman ME. Handle with care: Preventing harm during critical care unit relocation. J Hosp Med. 2024 Jul;19(7):650-651. doi: 10.1002/jhm.13361. Epub 2024 May 7.
  22. Carstensen K, Goldman J, Kjeldsen AM, Lou S, Nielsen CP. Engaging health care professionals in quality improvement: A qualitative study exploring the synergies between projects of professionalisation and institutionalisation in quality improvement collaborative implementation in Denmark. J Health Serv Res Policy. 2024 Jul;29(3):163-172. doi: 10.1177/13558196241231169. Epub 2024 Feb 2.
  23. Istanboulian L, Smith KM, Soldatić K. Patient Communication: Semantics as a Barrier to Humanism in Critical Care. J Nurs Care Qual. 2024 Jul 8. doi: 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000786. Online ahead of print.
  24. Incze T, Pinkney SJ, Li C, Hameed U, Hallbeck MS, Grantcharov TP, Trbovich PL. Using the Operating Room Black Box to Assess Surgical Team Member Adaptation Under Uncertainty: An Observational Study. Ann Surg. 2024 Jul 1;280(1):75-81. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006191. Epub 2024 Jan 9.
  25. Goh S, Siu JM, Philteos J, James AL, Ostrow O, et al. Pediatric Esophageal Button Battery Protocol Reduces Time From Presentation to Removal. Laryngoscope. 2024 Jun 27. doi: 10.1002/lary.31607. Online ahead of print.
  26. Jia Z, Kurahashi A, Sharma RK, Mahtani R, Zagorski BM, Sanders JJ, Yarnell C, Detsky M, Lindvall C, Teno JM, Bell CM, Quinn KL. A Comparison of Palliative Care Delivery between Ethnically Chinese and Non-Chinese Canadians in the Last Year of Life. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Jun 26. doi: 10.1007/s11606-024-08859-8. Online ahead of print.
  27. Schonfeld D, Gardner K, Willemsen MA, Ostrow O. Reducing unnecessary investigations in paediatric seizures in the emergency department. BMJ. 2024 Jun 25;385:e076814. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2023-076814.
  28. Toulany A, Khodyakov D, Mooney S, Stromquist L, Bailey K, Barber CEH, Batthish M, Cleverley K, Dimitropoulos G, Gorter JW, Grahovac D, Grimes R, Guttman B, Hébert ML, John T, Lo L, Luong D, MacGreogor L, Mukerji G, Pidduck J, Senthilnathan V, Shulman R, Trbovich P, Munce SEP. Quality Indicators for Transition from Paediatric to Adult Care for Youth with Chronic Conditions: Protocol for an Online Modified Delphi Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 Jun 18. doi: 10.2196/60860. Online ahead of print.
  29. Sarwal D, Wang L, Gandhi S, et al. Identification of pancreatic cancer risk factors from clinical notes using natural language processing. Pancreatology. 2024 Jun;24(4):572-578. doi: 10.1016/j.pan.2024.03.016. Epub 2024 Mar 26.
  30. Ghai S, Hitzig SL, Eberlin L, Melo J, Mayo AL, et al. Reporting of Rehabilitation Outcomes in the Traumatic Lower Limb Amputation Literature: A Systematic Review. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2024 Jun;105(6):1158-1170. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2023.08.028. Epub 2023 Sep 12.
  31. Moltaji S, Posa S, Mayo AL, Hitzig SL, Baltzer H. Qualitative needs assessment for the development of a smart thumb prosthesis. Disabil Rehabil. 2024 Jun;46(13):2939-2945. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2023.2234814. Epub 2023 Jul 23.
  32. Gupta J, Zipursky AR, Pirie J, Freire G, Karin A, Bohn MK, Adeli K, Ostrow O. Coming in Hot: A quality improvement approach to improving care of febrile infants. Paediatr Child Health. 2023 Nov 20;29(3):135-143. doi: 10.1093/pch/pxad070. eCollection 2024 Jun.
  33. Mavedatnia D, Wang L, Kiss A, Monteiro E, Lin V. Health literacy of patients eligible for cochlear implants. Cochlear Implants Int. 2024 May 29:1-9. doi: 10.1080/14670100.2024.2341208. Online ahead of print.
  34. Moriates C, Silverstein WK, Bandeira de Mello R, Stammen L, Wong BM. High-value care education can learn from the evidence-based medicine movement: moving beyond competencies and curricula to culture. BMJ Evid Based Med. 2024 May 22;29(3):147-150. doi: 10.1136/bmjebm-2023-112270.
  35. Eid SM, Press VG, Kato H, Vaughn VM, Jenkins AM, Soong C, et al. Enhancing professional development and promoting collaboration in hospital medicine through the visiting professor exchange program. J Hosp Med. 2024 May;19(5):424-428. doi: 10.1002/jhm.13191. Epub 2023 Aug 21.
  36. Burra TA, Soong C, Wong BM. Taking action on inequities: a structural paradigm for quality and safety. BMJ Qual Saf. 2024 May 17;33(6):351-353. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-017027.
  37. Marzolini S, Brunne A, Hébert AA, Mayo AL, MacKay C. Barriers and Facilitators to Cardiovascular Rehabilitation Programmes for People with Lower Limb Amputation: A Survey of Clinical Practice in Canada. Physiother Can. 2024 May 8;76(2):199-208. doi: 10.3138/ptc-2022-0043. eCollection 2024 May.
  38. Munce SEP, Wong E, Luong D, Rao J, Cunningham J, Bailey K, John T, Barber C, Batthish M, Chambers K, Cleverley K, Crabtree M, Diaz S, Dimitropoulos G, Gorter JW, Grahovac D, Grimes R, Guttman B, Hébert ML, Henze M, Higgins A, Khodyakov D, Li E, Lo L, Macgregor L, Mooney S, Severino SM, Mukerji G, Penner M, Pidduck J, Shulman R, Stromquist L, Trbovich P, Wan M, Williams L, Yates D, Toulany A. Patient, caregiver and other knowledge user engagement in consensus-building healthcare initiatives: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open. 2024 May 8;14(5):e080822. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-080822.
  39. Byrd C, Noelck M, Kerns E, Bryan M, Hamline M, Garber M, Ostrow O, et al. Multicenter Quality Collaborative to Reduce Overuse of High-Flow Nasal Cannula in Bronchiolitis. Pediatrics. 2024 May 1;153(5):e2023063509. doi: 10.1542/peds.2023-063509.
  40. Do V, Asim A, Coffey M, Mahant S. Improving health outcomes for patients and families with preferred language other than English or French (PLOEF). Paediatr Child Health. 2023 Apr 29;29(4):211-213. doi: 10.1093/pch/pxad017. eCollection 2024 Jul.
  41. Roberts A, Hallet J, Nguyen L, Coburn N, Wright FC, Gandhi S, et al. Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for triple-negative and Her2 +ve breast cancer: striving for the standard of care. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 2024 Apr 27. doi: 10.1007/s10549-024-07282-1. Online ahead of print.
  42. Gete M, Huang SH, Ringash J, Irish J, Su J, Ballal Y, Waldron JN, Witterick I, de Almeida J, Hosni A, Hope AJ, Monteiro E, et al. Causes and impact of delays during the COVID-19 pandemic on head and neck cancer diagnosis. Head Neck. 2024 Apr 25. doi: 10.1002/hed.27784. Online ahead of print.
  43. Bhate TD, Sukhera J, Litwin S, Chan TM, Wong BM, Smeraglio A. Systems-Based Practice in Graduate Medical Education: Evolving Toward an Ideal Future State. Acad Med. 2024 Apr 1;99(4):357-362. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000005612. 
  44. Sampieri G, Li H, Ataalla P, Merriman K, Noel CW, Hallet J, Coburn N, Karam I, Smoragiewicz M, Wong B, et al. Interventions for Concerning Patient-Reported Outcomes in Routine Cancer Care: A Systematic Review. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Mar;31(3):1495-1496. doi: 10.1245/s10434-023-14673-z.
  45. Soong C, Horstman MJ. Introducing an addition to the family of quality improvement measures: Equity. J Hosp Med. 2024 Mar;19(3):243-244. doi: 10.1002/jhm.13283. 
  46. Frank JR, Karpinski J, Sherbino J, Snell LS, Atkinson A, Oswald A, Hall AK, Cooke L, Dojeiji S, Richardson D, Cheung WJ, Cavalcanti RB, Dalseg TR, Thoma B, Flynn L, Gofton W, Dudek N, Bhanji F, Wong BM, et al. Competence By Design: a transformational national model of time-variable competency-based postgraduate medical education. Perspect Med Educ. 2024 Mar 18;13(1):201-223. doi: 10.5334/pme.1096. eCollection 2024.
  47. Rodin R, Stukel TA, Chung H, Bell CM, et al. Attending physicians’ annual service volume and use of virtual end-of-life care: A population-based cohort study in Ontario, Canada. PLoS One. 2024 Mar 8;19(3):e0299826. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0299826. eCollection 2024
  48. Brown A, La J, Keri MI, Hillis C, Razack S, Korah N, Karpinski J, Frank JR, Wong B, Goldman J. In EPAs we trust, is quality and safety a must? A cross-specialty analysis of entrustable professional activity guides. Med Teach. 2024 Mar 25:1-9. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2024.2323177. Online ahead of print.
  49. Carstensen K, Goldman J, Kjeldsen AM, Lou S, Nielsen CP. Engaging health care professionals in quality improvement: A qualitative study exploring the synergies between projects of professionalisation and institutionalisation in quality improvement collaborative implementation in Denmark. J Health Serv Res Policy. 2024 Feb 2:13558196241231169. doi: 10.1177/13558196241231169. Online ahead of print.
  50. Kokorelias KM, Lee TJ, Bayley M, Seto E, Toulany A, Nelson MLA, Dimitropoulos G, Penner M, Simpson R, Munce SEP. A Web-Based Peer-Patient Navigation Program (Compassionate Online Navigation to Enhance Care Transitions) for Youth Living With Childhood-Acquired Disabilities Transitioning From Pediatric to Adult Care: Qualitative Descriptive Study. JMIR Pediatr Parent. 2024 Feb 7;7:e47545. 
  51. Mullan PC, Levasseur KA, Bajaj L, Nypaver M, Chamberlain JM, Thull-Freedman J, Ostrow O, Jain S. Recommendations for Choosing Wisely in Pediatric Emergency Medicine: Five Opportunities to Improve Value. Ann Emerg Med. 2024 Feb 11:S0196-0644(24)00017-9. doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2024.01.007. Online ahead of print.
  52. Sampieri G, Li H, Ataalla P, Merriman K, Noel CW, Hallet J, Coburn N, Karam I, Smoragiewicz M, Wong B, Fu R, Eskander A. Interventions for Concerning Patient-Reported Outcomes in Routine Cancer Care: A Systematic Review. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Feb;31(2):1148-1170. doi: 10.1245/s10434-023-14576-z. Epub 2023 Nov 23.
  53. Bell CM, Thamboo AV, Monteiro E, Yip J. Prescribing Practices and Barriers of Biologics for Chronic Rhinosinusitis Amongst Otolaryngologists. Laryngoscope. 2024 Feb 27. doi: 10.1002/lary.31370.  Online ahead of print.
  54. Shojania KG. Is targeting healthcare’s carbon footprint really the best we can do to help address the climate crisis? BMJ Qual Saf. 2024 Feb 19;33(3):205-208.
  55. Hali K, Manzo MA, Koucheki R, Wunder JS, Jenkinson RJ, Mayo AL, et al. Use of virtual reality for the management of phantom limb pain: a systematic review. Disabil Rehabil. 2024 Feb;46(4):629-636. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2023.2172222. Epub 2023 Feb 1.
  56. Sampieri G, Li H, Ataalla P, Merriman K, Noel CW, Hallet J, Coburn N, Karam I, Smoragiewicz M, Wong B, et al. Interventions for Concerning Patient-Reported Outcomes in Routine Cancer Care: A Systematic Review. Ann Surg Oncol. 2024 Feb;31(2):1148-1170.
  57. Soong C, Horstman MJ. Introducing an addition to the family of quality improvement measures: Equity. J Hosp Med. 2024 Jan 20. doi: 10.1002/jhm.13283. Online ahead of print.
  58. Verma AA, Trbovich P, Mamdani M, Shojania KG. Grand rounds in methodology: key considerations for implementing machine learning solutions in quality improvement initiatives. BMJ Qual Saf. 2024 Jan 19;33(2):121-131.
  59. Lyren A, Haines E, Fanta M, Gutzeit M, Staubach K, Chundi P, Ward V, Srinivasan L, Mackey M, Vonderhaar M, Sisson P, Sheffield-Bradshaw U, Fryzlewicz B, Coffey M, et al. Racial and ethnic disparities in common inpatient safety outcomes in a children’s hospital cohort. BMJ Qual Saf. 2024 Jan 19;33(2):86-97.
  60. Jeffs L, Kuluski K, Flintoft V, MacLaurin A, Asselbergs M, Zeng RL, Bruno F, Schonewille N, Baker GR. Reconceptualizing Patient Safety Beyond Harm: Insights From a Mixed-Methods Qualitative Inquiry. J Nurs Care Qual. 2024 Jan 10. doi: 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000757. Online ahead of print.
  61. Incze T, Pinkney SJ, Li C, Hameed U, Hallbeck MS, Grantcharov TP, Trbovich PL. Using the Operating Room Black Box to Assess Surgical Team Member Adaptation Under Uncertainty: An Observational Study. Ann Surg. 2024 Jan 9. doi: 10.1097/SLA.0000000000006191. Online ahead of print.
  62. Hamidi S, Kim SJ, Auguste BL. Electronic Alerts in Acute Kidney Injury-More Questions Than Answers. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jan 2;7(1):e2351682.
  63. Campisi ES, Hong CJ, Monteiro E, et al. A visiting otolaryngology team in northern Ontario – demographics, clinical presentation and barriers to access. Rural Remote Health. 2024 Jan;24(1):8574. doi: 10.22605/RRH8574. Epub 2024 Jan 31.
  64. Bailey K, Avolio J, Lo L, Gajaria A, Mooney S, Greer K, Martens H, Tami P, Pidduck J, Cunningham J, Munce S, Toulany A. Social and Structural Drivers of Health and Transition to Adult Care. Pediatrics. 2024 Jan 1;153(1):e2023062275. 
  65. Wasilewski MB, Szigeti Z, Sheppard CL, Minezes J, Hitzig SL, Mayo AL, et al. “You want them to be partners in therapy, but that’s tricky when they’re not there”: A qualitative study exploring caregiver involvement across the continuum of care during the early COVID pandemic. Clin Rehabil. 2024 Jan;38(1):109-118.
  1. de Jager P, Aleman D, Baxter N, Bell C, et al. Social determinants of access to timely elective surgery in Ontario, Canada: a cross-sectional population level study. CMAJ Open. 2023 Dec 19;11(6):E1164-E1180. 
  2. Bhate TD, Sukhera J, Litwin S, Chan TM, Wong BM, Smeraglio A. Systems-Based Practice in Graduate Medical Education: Evolving Toward an Ideal Future State. Acad Med. 2023 Dec 19. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000005612. Online ahead of print.
  3. Kinnear B, Caretta-Weyer H, Lam ACL, Tang B, Ginsburg S, Wong BM, et al. Finding Medicine’s Moneyball: How Lessons from Major League Baseball Can Advance Assessment in Precision Education. Acad Med. 2023 Dec 18. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000005600. Online ahead of print.
  4. Rotteau L, Othman D, Dunbar-Yaffe R, Fortin C, Go K, Mayo A, Pelc J, Wolfstadt J, Guo M, Soong C. Physician engagement in organisational patient safety through the implementation of a Medical Safety Huddle initiative: a qualitative study. BMJ Qual Saf. 2023 Dec 14;33(1):33-42.
  5. Fleshner L, Lagree A, Shiner A, Alera MA, Bielecki M, Grant R, Kiss A, Krzyzanowska MK, Cheng I, Tran WT, Gandhi S. Drivers of Emergency Department Use Among Oncology Patients in the Era of Novel Cancer Therapeutics: A Systematic Review. Oncologist. 2023 Dec 11;28(12):1020-1033.
  6. Wu AG, Madhavan G, Deakins K, Evans D, Hayward A, Pugh C, Stutts AC, Mustin L, Staubach KC, Sisson P, Coffey M et al. Pediatric Ventilator-Associated Events Before and After a Multicenter Quality Improvement Initiative. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Dec 1;6(12):e2346545.
  7. Aggarwal M, Hutchison B, Abdelhalim R, Baker GR. Building High-Performing Primary Care Systems: After a Decade of Policy Change, Is Canada “Walking the Talk?”. Milbank Q. 2023 Dec;101(4):1139-1190.
  8. Gupta J, Zipursky AR, Pirie J, Freire G, Karin A, Bohn MK, Adeli K, Ostrow O. Coming in Hot: A quality improvement approach to improving care of febrile infants. Paediatrics & Child Health, 2023; https://doi.org/10.1093/pch/pxad070, Online ahead of print.
  9. Batthish M, Kuper A, Fine C, Laxer RM, Baker GR. Organizational Learning in the Morbidity and Mortality Conference. Journal for Healthcare Quality. November 21, 2023. | DOI: 10.1097/JHQ.0000000000000416
  10. Toulany A, et al. Sociodemographic Differences in Physician-Based Mental Health and Virtual Care Utilization and Uptake of Virtual Care Among Children and Adolescents During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Ontario, Canada: A Population-Based Study. Can J Psychiatry. 2023 Dec;68(12):904-915.
  11. Auguste BL, Nadeau-Fredette AC, Parekh RS, et al. A Canadian Commentary on the NKF-ASN Task Force Recommendations on Reassessing the Inclusion of Race in Diagnosing Kidney Disease. Kidney Med. 2023 Nov 15;6(1):100746.
  12. Wong JV, Yang GJ, Auguste BL, et al. Automated Digital Counseling Program (ODYSSEE-Kidney Health): A Pilot Study on Health-Related Quality of Life. Kidney360. 2023 Oct 1;4(10):1397-1406. 
  13. Ghai S, Hitzig SL, Eberlin L, Melo J, Mayo AL, et al. Reporting of Rehabilitation Outcomes in the Traumatic Lower Limb Amputation Literature: A Systematic Review. Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2023 Sep 12:S0003-9993(23)00522-1. doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2023.08.028. Online ahead of print.
  14. Shojania KG. Is targeting healthcare’s carbon footprint really the best we can do to help address the climate crisis? BMJ Qual Saf. 2023 Sep 4:bmjqs-2023-016312. doi: 10.1136/bmjqs-2023-016312. Online ahead of print.
  15. Tripathi S, McGarvey J, Lee K, Staubach K, Gehring E, Sisson P, McCaskey M, Mack E, Hord J, Pallotto EK, Lyren A, Coffey M. Compliance With Central Line Maintenance Bundle and Infection Rates. Pediatrics. 2023 Sep 1;152(3):e2022059688.
  16. Bailey K, Lo LA, Chauhan B, Formuli F, Peck JR, Burra TA. Using a Quality Improvement Approach to Implement Measurement-Based Care (MBC) in Outpatient General Psychiatry. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2023 Oct;49(10):563-571.
  17. Doshi S, Shin S, Lapointe-Shaw L, Fowler RA, Fralick M, Kwan JL, Shojania KG, et al. Temporal Clustering of Critical Illness Events on Medical Wards. JAMA Intern Med. 2023 Sep 1;183(9):924-932.
  18. Yorke E, Toulany A, et al. Population-Based Repeated Cross-Sectional Study of Hospitalizations for Comorbid Physical and Psychiatric Disorders in Young Adults in Ontario, Canada. J Adolesc Health. 2023 Oct;73(4):715-723.
  19. Etchells E, Trbovich P. Five golden rules for successful measurement of improvement. BMJ Qual Saf. 2023 Oct;32(10):566-569.
  20. Boet S, Burns JK, Brehaut J, Britton M, Grantcharov T, Grimshaw J, McConnell M, Posner G, Raiche I, Singh S, Trbovich P, et al. Analyzing interprofessional teamwork in the operating room: An exploratory observational study using conventional and alternative approaches. J Interprof Care. 2023 Sep 3;37(5):715-724.
  21. Simpson R, Szigeti Z, Sheppard CL, Minezes J, Hitzig SL, Mayo AL, et al. The experiences of patients, family caregivers, healthcare providers, and health service leaders with compassionate care following hospitalization with COVID-19: a qualitative study. Disabil Rehabil. 2023 Sep;45(18):2896-2905.
  22. Akinkugbe O, Dhanani S, Watad S, Aravind PD, Pereira M, Dryden-Palmer K, Alnaji F, Bell C, et al. The care of critically ill adults with COVID-19 in Ontario pediatric intensive care units. Can J Anaesth. 2023 Aug 3. doi: 10.1007/s12630-023-02535-x. Online ahead of print.
  23. Goldman J, Lo L, Rotteau L, Wong BM, Kuper A, Coffey M, Rawal S, Alfred M, Razack S, Pinard M, Palomo M, Trbovich P. Applying an equity lens to hospital safety monitoring: a critical interpretive synthesis protocol. BMJ Open. 2023 Jul 31;13(7):e072706.
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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. Baker GR, et al. Engaging with patients on research to inform better care. CMAJ. 2018 Nov 7;190(Suppl):S6-S8.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. 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.
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. 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.
  14. 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.
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. 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.
  18. 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.
  19. Dhaliwal G, Shojania KG. The data of diagnostic error: big, large and small. BMJ Qual Saf. 2018 Jul;27(7):499-501.
  20. 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.
  21. 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.
  22. 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.
  23. 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.
  24. 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.
  25. 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.
  26. 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.
  27. 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.
  28. 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.
  29. 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.
  30. 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.
  31. 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.
  32. 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.
  33. 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.
  34. 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.
  35. 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.
  36. 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.
  37. 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.
  38. 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.
  39. 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.
  40. 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.
  41. 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.
  42. 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.
  43. Leis JA. Advancing infection prevention and antimicrobial stewardship through improvement science. BMJ Qual Saf. 2018 Feb;27(2):163-165.
  44. 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.
  45. 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.
  46. Jeffs L, et al. The Varying Roles of Nurses During Interfacility Care Transitions. J Nurs Care Qual. 2018 Jan/Mar;33(1):E1-E6.
  47. 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.
  48. 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.
  49. 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.
  50. 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.
  51. 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.
  52. 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.
  53. 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.
  54. 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.
  55. 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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  1. Hedlund N, Beer I, Hoppe-Tichy T, Trbovich P. Systematic evidence review of rates and burden of harm of intravenous admixture drug preparation errors in healthcare settings. BMJ Open. 2017 Dec 28;7(12):e015912.
  2. Bai AD, Agarwal A, Steinberg M, Showler A, Burry L, Tomlinson GA, Bell CM, Morris AM. Clinical predictors and clinical prediction rules to estimate initial patient risk for infective endocarditis in Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2017 Dec;23(12):900-906.
  3. Gagliardi AR, Ducey A, Lehoux P, Turgeon T, Kolbunik J, Ross S, Trbovich P, Easty A, Bell C, Urbach DR. Multiple constraints compromise decision-making about implantable medical devices for individual patients: qualitative interviews with physicians. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2017 Dec 22;17(1):178.
  4. Cardone F, Cheung D, Han A, Born KB, Alexander L, Levinson W, Wong BM. Choosing Wisely Canada Students and Trainees Advocating for Resource Stewardship (STARS) campaign: a descriptive evaluation. CMAJ Open. 2017 Dec 19;5(4):E864-E871.
  5. Trost JC, Soong C. Cardiac Biomarkers-Are We Testing Wisely? J Hosp Med. 2017 Dec;12(12):1017-1018.
  6. Verma AA, Guo Y, Kwan JL, et al. Patient characteristics, resource use and outcomes associated with general internal medicine hospital care: the General Medicine Inpatient Initiative (GEMINI) retrospective cohort study. CMAJ Open. 2017 Dec 11;5(4):E842-E849.
  7. Mukerji G, Weinerman A, Schwartz S, Atkinson A, Stroud L, Wong BM. Communicating wisely: teaching residents to communicate effectively with patients and caregivers about unnecessary tests. BMC Med Educ. 2017 Dec 11;17(1):248.
  8. Eaton KP, Levy K, Soong C, et al. Evidence-Based Guidelines to Eliminate Repetitive Laboratory Testing. JAMA Intern Med. 2017 Dec 1;177(12):1833-1839.
  9. Brydges R, Stroud L, Wong BM, et al. Core Competencies or a Competent Core? A Scoping Review and Realist Synthesis of Invasive Bedside Procedural Skills Training in Internal Medicine. Acad Med. 2017 Nov;92(11):1632-1643.
  10. Wong BM, Ginsburg S. Speaking up against unsafe unprofessional behaviours: the difficulty in knowing when and how. BMJ Qual Saf.  Nov;26(11):859-862.
  11. McIntyre C, McQuillan R, Bell C, Battistella M. Targeted Deprescribing in an Outpatient Hemodialysis Unit: A Quality Improvement Study to Decrease Polypharmacy. Am J Kidney Dis. Am J Kidney Dis. 2017 Nov;70(5):611-618.
  12. Liu JJ, Bell CM, Matelski JJ, Detsky AS, Cram P. Payments by US pharmaceutical and medical device manufacturers to US medical journal editors: retrospective observational study. BMJ. 2017 Oct 26;359:j4619.
  13. Silver SA, Bell CM, Chertow GM, Shah PS, Shojania K, Wald R, Harel Z. Effectiveness of Quality Improvement Strategies for the Management of CKD: A Meta-Analysis. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. Oct 6;12(10):1601-1614.
  14. 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. 2017 Oct 4:E1-E6.
  15. Lapointe-Shaw L, Mamdani M, Luo J, Austin PC, Ivers NM, Redelmeier DA, Bell CM. Effectiveness of a financial incentive to physicians for timely follow-up after hospital discharge: a population-based time series analysis. CMAJ. 2017 Oct 2;189(39):E1224-E1229.
  16. Kirst M, Im J, Burns T, Baker GR, et al. What works in implementation of integrated care programs for older adults with complex needs? A realist review. Int J Qual Health Care. 2017 Oct 1;29(5):612-624.
  17. Fu TS, Monteiro E, et al. Costs and Perioperative Outcomes Associated with Open versus Endoscopic Resection of Sinonasal Malignancies with Skull Base Involvement. J Neurol Surg B Skull Base. 2017 Oct;78(5):430-440.
  18. Maclagan LC, Maxwell CJ, Gandhi S, Guan J, Bell CM, Hogan DB, Daneman N, Gill SS, Morris AM, Jeffs L, et al. Frailty and Potentially Inappropriate Medication Use at Nursing Home Transition. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Oct;65(10):2205-2212.
  19. O’Kelly F, Nason G.J., Manecksha R.P., Cascio S ,Quinn F.J., Leonard M, Koyle MA, et al. The effect of social media (#SoMe) on journal impact factor and parental awareness in pediatric urology. J Pediatr Urol. 2017 Oct;13(5):513.e1-513.e7.
  20. Leis JA, Palmay L, Ho G, Raybardhan S, Gill S, Kan T, Campbell J, Kiss A, McCready JB, Das P, Minnema B, Powis JE, Walker SAN, Ferguson H, Wong B, Weber E. Point-of-care Beta-lactam Allergy Skin Testing by Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs: A Pragmatic Multicenter Prospective Evaluation. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Oct 1;65(7):1059-1065.
  21. Gagliardi AR, Takata J, Ducey A, Lehoux P, Ross S, Trbovich PL, Easty A, Bell CM, Urbach DR. MEDICAL DEVICE RECALLS IN CANADA FROM 2005 TO 2015.  Int J Technol Assess Health Care. 2017 Sep 18:1-7. [epub ahead of print]
  22. Sharma A, Lo V, Lapointe-Shaw L, Soong C, Wu PE, Wu RC. A time-motion study of residents and medical students performing patient discharges from general internal medicine wards: a disjointed, interrupted process. Intern Emerg Med. Sep;12(6):789-798.
  23. Coffey M, Huang L. A single-centre hospital-wide handoff standardisation report: what is so special about that? BMJ Qual Saf. 2017 Sep;26(9):698-700.
  24. Chow SL, Shojania KG. “Rheum to Improve”: Quality Improvement in Outpatient Rheumatology. J Rheumatol. 2017 Sep;44(9):1304-1310.
  25. Kwan JL, Singh H. Assigning responsibility to close the loop on radiology test results. Diagnosis (Berl). 2017 Sep;4(3):173-177.
  26. Kiran T, Glazier RH, Moineddin R, Gu S, Wilton AS, Paszat L. The impact of a population-based screening program on income and immigration-related disparities in colorectal cancer screening. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2017 Sep;26(9):1401-1410.
  27. Quinn KL, Bell CM. Does the Week-End Justify the Means? J Hosp Med. 2017 Sep;12(9):779-780.
  28. Campitelli MA, Maxwell CJ, Giannakeas V, Bell CM, Daneman N, Jeffs L, et al. The Variation of Statin Use Among Nursing Home Residents and Physicians: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Sep;65(9):2044-2051.
  29. Shojania KG. Identifying vendors in studies of electronic health records: the editor replies. BMJ Qual Saf. 2018 Aug;27(8):e1.
  30. Bhatia RS, Ivers NM, Yin XC, Myers D, Nesbitt GC, Edwards J, Yared K, Wadhera RK, Wu JC, Kithcart AP, Wong BM, et al. Improving the Appropriate Use of Transthoracic Echocardiography: The Echo WISELY Trial. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Aug 29;70(9):1135-1144.
  31. Jeffs L, Saragosa M, Law MP, Kuluski K, Espin S, Merkley J. The role of caregivers in interfacility care transitions: a qualitative study. Patient Prefer Adherence. 2017 Aug 21;11:1443-1450.
  32. Lin YL, Guerguerian AM, Tomasi J, Laussen P, Trbovich P. Usability of data integration and visualization software for multidisciplinary pediatric intensive care: a human factors approach to assessing technology. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2017 Aug 14;17(1):122.
  33. Wong BM, Goldman J, Goguen JM, Base C, Rotteau L, Van Melle E, Kuper A, Shojania KG. Faculty-Resident “Co-learning”: A Longitudinal Exploration of an Innovative Model for Faculty Development in Quality Improvement. Acad Med. 2017 Aug;92(8):1151-1159.
  34. Gill PJ, Richardson SE, Ostrow O, Friedman JN. Testing for Respiratory Viruses in Children: To Swab or Not to Swab. JAMA Pediatr. 2017 Aug 1;171(8):798-804.
  35. Guan Q, Khuu W, Spithoff S, Kiran T, et al. Patterns of physician prescribing for opioid maintenance treatment in Ontario, Canada in 2014. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2017 Aug 1;177:315-321.
  36. Shojania KG, Dixon-Woods M. Estimating preventable hospital deaths: the authors reply. BMJ Qual Saf. 2017 Aug;26(8):694.
  37. Abuzeid W, Abunassar J, Leis JA, Tang V, Wong B, et al. Radiation safety in the cardiac catheterization lab: A time series quality improvement initiative. Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2017 Jul – Aug;18(5S1):S22-S26.
  38. Bai AD, Steinberg M, Showler A, Burry L, Bhatia RS, Tomlinson GA, Bell CM, Morris AM. Diagnostic Accuracy of Transthoracic Echocardiography for Infective Endocarditis Findings Using Transesophageal Echocardiography as the Reference Standard: A Meta-Analysis. J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2017 Jul;30(7):639-646.e8.
  39. Matlow JN, Bronskill SE, Gruneir A, Bell CM, et al. Use of Medications of Questionable Benefit at the End of Life in Nursing Home Residents with Advanced Dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2017 Jul;65(7):1535-1542.
  40. Perl J, McArthur E, Bell C, et al. Dialysis Modality and Readmission Following Hospital Discharge: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Am J Kidney Dis. 2017 Jul;70(1):11-20.
  41. Leis JA, Shojania KG. A primer on PDSA: executing plan-do-study-act cycles in practice, not just in name. BMJ Qual Saf. 2017 Jul;26(7):572-577.
  42. Daneman N, Campitelli MA, Giannakeas V, Morris AM, Bell CM, Maxwell CJ, Jeffs L, Austin PC, Bronskill SE. Influences on the start, selection and duration of treatment with antibiotics in long-term care facilities. CMAJ. 2017 Jun 26;189(25):E851-E860.
  43. Sears NA, Blais R, Spinks M, Paré M, Baker GR. Associations between patient factors and adverse events in the home care setting: a secondary data analysis of two canadian adverse event studies. BMC Health Serv Res. 2017 Jun 12;17(1):400.
  44. Evans JM, Brown A, Baker GR. Organizational knowledge and capabilities in healthcare: Deconstructing and integrating diverse perspectives. SAGE Open Med. 2017 Jun 6;5:2050312117712655.
  45. Sasangohar F, Donmez B, Easty AC, Trbovich PL. Effects of Nested Interruptions on Task Resumption. Hum Factors. 2017 Jun;59(4):628-639.
  46. Moayedi Y, Schofield T, Etchells E, Silver SA, Kobulnik J, McQuillan R, Bell C, et al. Closing the Care Gap: A Primer on Quality Improvement for Heart Failure Clinicians. Circ Heart Fail. 2017 May;10(5).
  47. Kurdyak P, Vigod S, Duchen R, Jacob B, Stukel T, Kiran T. Diabetes quality of care and outcomes: Comparison of individuals with and without schizophrenia. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2017 May;46:7-13.
  48. Firdouse M, Wajchendler A, Koyle MA, Fecteau A. Checklist to improve informed consent process in pediatric surgery: A pilot study. J Pediatr Surg. 2017 May;52(5):859-863.
  49. Jeffs L, et al. Exploring the utility and scalability of a telehomecare intervention for patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing peritoneal dialysis-a study protocol. BMC Nephrol. 2017 May 10;18(1):155.
  50. Pek EA, Remfry A, Pendrith C, Fan-Lun C, Bhatia RS, Soong C. High Prevalence of Inappropriate Benzodiazepine and Sedative Hypnotic Prescriptions among Hospitalized Older Adults. J Hosp Med. 2017 May;12(5):310-316.
  51. Regan S, Wong C, Laschinger HK, Cummings G, Leiter M, MacPhee M, Rhéaume A, Ritchie JA, Wolff AC, Jeffs L, et al. Starting Out: qualitative perspectives of new graduate nurses and nurse leaders on transition to practice. J Nurs Manag. May;25(4):246-255.
  52. Trbovich P, Shojania KG. Root-cause analysis: swatting at mosquitoes versus draining the swamp. BMJ Qual Saf. May;26(5):350-353.
  53. Shojania KG, Dixon-Woods. Estimating deaths due to medical error: the ongoing controversy and why it matters. BMJ Qual Saf. 2017 May;26(5):423-428.
  54. Feldman J, Davie S, Kiran T. Measuring and improving cervical, breast, and colorectal cancer screening rates in a multi-site urban practice in Toronto, Canada. BMJ Qual Improv Rep. 2017 Apr 27;6(1).
  55. Campbell RJ, El-Defrawy SR, Gill SS, Whitehead M, Campbell EL, Hooper PL, Bell CM, Ten Hove M. New Surgeon Outcomes and the Effectiveness of Surgical Training: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Ophthalmology. 2017 Apr;124(4):532-538.
  56. Gagliardi AR, Lehoux P, Ducey A, Easty A, Ross S, Bell CM, Trbovich P, et al. Factors constraining patient engagement in implantable medical device discussions and decisions: interviews with physicians. Int J Qual Health Care. 2017 Apr 1;29(2):276-282.
  57. Jeffs L, Kuluski K, Law M, Saragosa M, Espin S, Ferris E, Merkley J, Dusek B, Kastner M, Bell CM. Identifying Effective Nurse-Led Care Transition Interventions for Older Adults With Complex Needs Using a Structured Expert Panel. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2017  Apr;14(2):136-144.
  58. Khan A, Coffey M, et al. Families as Partners in Hospital Error and Adverse Event Surveillance. JAMA Pediatr. Apr 1;171(4):372-381.
  59. Gagliardi AR, Lehoux P, Ducey A, Easty A, Ross S, Bell C, Trbovich P, Urbach DR. “We can’t get along without each other”: Qualitative interviews with physicians about device industry representatives, conflict of interest and patient safety. PLoS One. 2017 Mar 30;12(3):e0174934.
  60. Lamb MJ, Baillie L, Pajak D, Flynn J, Bansal V, Simor A, Vearncombe M, Walker SA, Clark S, Gollish J, Leis JA. Elimination of screening urine cultures prior to elective joint arthroplasty. Clin Infect Dis. 2017 Mar 15;64(6):806-809.
  61. Liu JJ, Bell CM. Disciplined doctors: learning from the pain of the past. BMJ Qual Saf. 2017 Mar;26(3):174-176.
  62. Tran K, Bell C, et al. The Effect of Hospital Isolation Precautions on Patient Outcomes and Cost of Care: A Multi-Site, Retrospective, Propensity Score-Matched Cohort Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2017 Mar;32(3):262-268.
  63. Chan E, Hemmelgarn B, Klarenbach S, Manns B, Mustafa R, Nesrallah G, McQuillan R. Choosing Wisely: The Canadian Society of Nephrology’s List of 5 Items Physicians and Patients Should Question. Can J Kidney Health Dis. 2017 Feb 28;4:2054358117695570.
  64. Mascarenhas A, Moore JE, Tricco AC, Hamid J, Daly C, Bain J, Jassemi S, Kiran T, et al.  Perceptions and experiences of a gender gap at a Canadian research institute and potential strategies to mitigate this gap: a sequential mixed-methods study. CMAJ Open. 2017 Feb 23;5(1):E144-E151.
  65. Wong BM, Coffey M, et al. Learning Through Experience: Influence of Formal and Informal Training on Medical Error Disclosure Skills in Residents. J Grad Med Educ. 2017 Feb;9(1):66-72.
  66. Mery G, Dobrow MJ, Baker GR, et al. Evaluating investment in quality improvement capacity building: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 2017 Feb 20;7(2):e012431.
  67. Gagliardi AR, Lehoux P, Ducey A, Easty A, Ross S, Bell CM, Trbovich P, et al. Factors constraining patient engagement in implantable medical device discussions and decisions: interviews with physicians. Int J Qual Health Care. 2017 Feb 13:1-7.
  68. Okrainec K, Lau D, Abrams HB, Hahn-Goldberg S, Brahmbhatt R, Huynh T, Lam K, Bell CM. Impact of patient-centered discharge tools: A systematic review. J Hosp Med. 2017 Feb;12(2):110-117.
  69. Slater MB, Gruneir A, Rochon PA, Howard AW, Koren G, Parshuram CS. Identifying High-Risk Medications Associated with Acute Kidney Injury in Critically Ill Patients: A Pharmacoepidemiologic Evaluation. Paediatr Drugs. 2017 Feb;19(1):59-67.
  70. Burns KE, Juando Prats C, Maione M, Lanceta M, Zubrinich C, Jeffs L, et al. A Multicenter Study of Surrogate Decision-Makers Experiences in Being Approached for Consent for Patient Participation in Research. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2017 Feb;14(2):238-245.
  71. Gershon AS, Newman AM, Fischer HD, Austin PC, Daneman N, Bell CM, et al. Inhaled Long-acting Anticholinergics and Urinary Tract Infection in Individuals with COPD. COPD. 2017 Feb;14(1):105-112.
  72. Alam A, Matelski JJ, Goldberg HR, Liu JJ, Klemensberg J, Bell CM. The Characteristics of International Medical Graduates Who Have Been Disciplined by Professional Regulatory Colleges in Canada: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Acad Med. 2017 Feb;92(2):244-249.
  73. Wajchendler A, Anderson P, Koyle MA. The transition process of spina bifida patients to adult-centred care:An assessment of the Canadian urology landscape. Can Urol Assoc J. 2017 Jan-Feb;11(1-2Suppl1):S88-S91.
  74. Silver SA, Harel Z, McArthur E, Nash DM, Acedillo R, Kitchlu A, Garg AX, Chertow GM, Bell CM, Wald R. 30-Day Readmissions After an Acute Kidney Injury Hospitalization. Am J Med. 2017 Feb;130(2):163-172.e4.
  75. Coffey M, Espin S, Hahmann T, Clairman H, Lo L, Friedman JN, Matlow A. Parent Preferences for Medical Error Disclosure: A Qualitative Study. Hosp Pediatr. 2017 Jan;7(1):24-30.
  76. Redelmeier DA, Etchells EE. Unwanted patients and unwanted diagnostic errors. BMJ Qual Saf. 2017 Jan;26(1):1-3.
  77. Parshuram C, Dryden-Palmer K. Early warning tools may assist in the identification of clinical deterioration in the new-born nursery. Evid Based Nurs. 2017 Jan;20(1):16.
  1. Stockwell DC, Bisarya H, Classen DC, Kirkendall ES, Lachman PI, Matlow AG, Tham E, Hyman D, Lehman SM, Searles E, Muething SE, Sharek PJ. Development of an Electronic Pediatric All-Cause Harm Measurement Tool Using a Modified Delphi Method. J Patient Saf. 2016 Dec;12(4):180-189.
  2. McQuillan RF, Wong BM. The SQUIRE Guidelines: A Scholarly Approach to Quality Improvement. J Grad Med Educ. 2016 Dec;8(5):771-772.
  3. Parshuram CS. Intensive Care Unit Physician Discretion in Pediatric Critical Care. Polarized, Evaluated, and Reframed. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016 Dec 15;194(12):1443-1444.
  4. Soong C, Cram P, Chezar K, Tajammal F, Exconde K, Matelski J, Sinha SK, Abrams HB, Fan-Lun C, Fabbruzzo-Cota C, Backstein D, Bell CM. Impact of an Integrated Hip Fracture Inpatient Program on Length of Stay and Costs. J Orthop Trauma. 2016 Dec;30(12):647-652.
  5. Goodman D, Ogrinc G, Davies L, Baker GR, Barnsteiner J, Foster TC, Gali K, Hilden J, Horwitz L, Kaplan HC, Leis J, et al. Explanation and elaboration of the SQUIRE (Standards for Quality Improvement Reporting Excellence) Guidelines, V.2.0: examples of SQUIRE elements in the healthcare improvement literature. BMJ Qual Saf. 2016 Dec;25(12):e7.
  6. Desveaux L, Agarwal P, Shaw J, Hensel JM, Mukerji G, Onabajo N, Marani H, Jamieson T, Bhattacharyya O, Martin D, Mamdani M, Jeffs L, et al. A randomized wait-list control trial to evaluate the impact of a mobile application to improve self-management of individuals with type 2 diabetes: a study protocol. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2016 Nov 15;16(1):144.
  7. Fan M, Petrosoniak A, Pinkney S, Hicks C, White K, Almeida AP, Campbell D, McGowan M, Gray A, Trbovich P. Study protocol for a framework analysis using video review to identify latent safety threats: trauma resuscitation using in situ simulation team training (TRUST). BMJ Open. 2016 Nov 7;6(11):e013683.
  8. Liu JJ, Matelski J, Cram P, Urbach DR, Bell CM. Association Between Online Physician Ratings and Cardiac Surgery Mortality. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. 2016 Nov;9(6):788-791.
  9. Vozoris NT, O’Donnell DE, Bell CM, et al. Opioids in COPD: a cause of death or a marker of illness severity? Eur Respir J. 2016 Nov;48(5):1521-1522.
  10. Soong C, Leis JA, et al. A point prevalence study of urinary catheter use among teaching hospitals with and without reduction programs. J Hosp Med. 2016 Nov;11(11):799-800.
  11. Moriates C, Wong BM. High-value care programmes from the bottom-up… and the top-down. BMJ Qual Saf. 2016 Nov;25(11):821-823.
  12. Jeffs L, et al. Enabling Role of Manager in Engaging Clinicians and Staff in Quality Improvement: Being Present and Flexible. J Nurs Care Qual. 2016 Oct-Dec;31(4):367-72.
  13. Shekelle PG, Sarkar U, Shojania K, et al.. Patient Safety in Ambulatory Settings [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2016 Oct. Report No.: 16(17)-EHC033-EF.
  14. Hensel JM, Shaw J, Jeffs L, et al. A pragmatic randomized control trial and realist evaluation on the implementation and effectiveness of an internet application to support self-management among individuals seeking specialized mental health care: a study protocol. BMC Psychiatry. 2016 Oct 18;16(1):350.
  15. Soong C, Kurabi B, Exconde K, Tajammal F, Bell CM. Design of an orthopaedic-specific discharge summary. BMC Health Serv Res. 2016 Oct 4;16(1):545.
  16. MacFadden DR, LaDelfa A, Leen J, Gold WL, Daneman N, Weber E, Al-Busaidi I, Petrescu D, Saltzman I, Devlin M, Andany N, Leis JA. Impact of Reported Beta-Lactam Allergy on Inpatient Outcomes: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study. Clin Infect Dis. 2016 Oct 1;63(7):904-910.
  17. Elnahas A, Jackson TD, Okrainec A, Austin PC, Bell CM, Urbach DR. The effect of the Ontario Bariatric Network on health services utilization after bariatric surgery: a retrospective cohort study. CMAJ Open. 2016 Sep 14;4(3):E489-E495.
  18. Gagliardi AR, Ducey A, Lehoux P, Ross S, Trbovich P, Easty A, Bell C, et al. Meta-Review of the Quantity and Quality of Evidence for Knee Arthroplasty Devices. PLoS One. 2016 Oct 3;11(10):e0163032.
  19. Bhattacharyya O, Schull M, Shojania K, et al. Building Bridges to Integrate Care (BRIDGES): Incubating Health Service Innovation across the Continuum of Care for Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions. Healthc Q. 2016;19(2):60-66.
  20. Evans JM, Grudniewicz A, Baker GR, Wodchis WP. Organizational Capabilities for Integrating Care: A Review of Measurement Tools. Eval Health Prof. 2016 Sep 22.
  21. Yadav G, Goldberg HR, Barense MD, Bell CM. A Cross-Sectional Survey of Population-Wide Wait Times for Patients Seeking Medical vs. Cosmetic Dermatologic Care. PLoS One. 2016 Sep 15;11(9):e0162767.
  22. Jeffs L, et al. Contextualizing learning to improve care using collaborative communities of practices. BMC Health Serv Res. 2016 Sep 2;16:464.
  23. Baker GR, et al. Expanding patient engagement in quality improvement and health system redesign: Three Canadian case studies. Healthc Manage Forum. 2016 Sep;29(5):176-82.
  24. Lakhani A, Lass E, Silverstein WK, Born KB, Levinson W, Wong BM. Choosing Wisely for Medical Education: Six Things Medical Students and Trainees Should Question. Acad Med. 2016 Aug 2
  25. Vozoris NT, Wang X, Fischer HD, Bell CM, et al. Incident opioid drug use and adverse respiratory outcomes among older adults with COPD. Eur Respir J. 2016 Sep;48(3):683-93.
  26. Lapointe-Shaw L, Abushomar H, Chen XK, Gapanenko K, Taylor C, Krzyzanowska MK, Bell CM. Care and Outcomes of Patients With Cancer Admitted to the Hospital on Weekends and Holidays: A Retrospective Cohort Study. J Natl Compr Canc Netw. 2016 Jul;14(7):867-74.
  27. Chan MK, de Camps Meschino D, Dath D, Busari J, Bohnen JD, Samson LM, Matlow A, Sánchez-Mendiola M. Collaborating internationally on physician leadership development: why now? Leadersh Health Serv (Bradf Engl). 2016 Jul 4;29(3):231-9.
  28. Matlow A, et al. Collaborating internationally on physician leadership education: first steps. Leadersh Health Serv (Bradf Engl). 2016 Jul 4;29(3):220-30.
  29. Cleverley K, Bennett K, Jeffs L. Identifying process and outcome indicators of successful transitions from child to adult mental health services: protocol for a scoping review. BMJ Open. 2016 Jul 5;6(7):e012376.
  30. Kovacs-Litman A, Wong K, Shojania KG, Callery S, Vearncombe M, Leis JA. Do physicians clean their hands? Insights from a covert observational study. J Hosp Med. 2016 Jul 5.
  31. Jeffs L, Scavuzzo L, Lopez AJ. Making the case for graduate students and quality improvement. Nurs Manage. 2016 Jul;47(7):18-9.
  32. Dixon-Woods M, Shojania KG. Ethnography as a methodological descriptor: the editors’ reply. BMJ Qual Saf. 2016 Jul;25(7):555-6.
  33. Strudwick G, McGillis Hall L, Nagle L, Trbovich P. Understanding Nurses’ Perceptions of Electronic Health Record Use in an Acute Care Hospital Setting. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2016;225:795.
  34. Soong C, Leis JA, et al. A point prevalence study of urinary catheter use among teaching hospitals with and without reduction programs. J Hosp Med. 2016 Jun 17.
  35. Jeffs L, Saragosa M, Merkley J, Maione M. Engaging Patients to Meet Their Fundamental Needs: Key to Safe and Quality Care. Nurs Leadersh (Tor Ont). 2016;29(1):59-66.
  36. Thomas A, Silver SA, Rathe A, Robinson P, Wald R, Bell CM, Harel Z. Feasibility of a hemodialysis safety checklist for nurses and patients: a quality improvement study. Clin Kidney J. 2016 Jun;9(3):335-42.
  37. Kotsakis A, Stevens D, Frndova H, Neal R, Williamson G, Mohseni-Bod H, Parshuram CS. Description of PICU Unplanned Readmission. Pediatr Crit Care Med. 2016 Jun;17(6):558-62.
  38. So M, Yang DY, Bell C, et al. Solid Organ Transplant Patients: Are There Opportunities for Antimicrobial Stewardship? Clin Transplant. 2016 Jun;30(6):659-68.
  39. Brener SS, Bronksill SE, Comrie R, Huang A, Bell CM. Association between in-hospital supportive visits by primary care physicians and patient outcomes: A population-based cohort study. J Hosp Med. 2016  Jun;11(6):418-24.
  40. Koller D, Rummens A, Le Pouesard M, Espin S, Friedman J, Coffey M, Kenneally N. Patient disclosure of medical errors in paediatrics: A systematic literature review. Paediatr Child Health. 2016 May;21(4):e32-8.
  41. Wong BM, Sullivan GM. How to Write Up Your Quality Improvement Initiatives for Publication. J Grad Med Educ. 2016 May;8(2):128-33.
  42. Silver SA, McQuillan R, Harel Z, Weizman AV, Thomas A, Nesrallah G, Bell CM, et al. How to Sustain Change and Support Continuous Quality Improvement. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016 May 6;11(5):916-24.
  43. McQuillan RF, Silver SA, Harel Z, Weizman A, Thomas A, Bell C, et al. How to Measure and Interpret Quality Improvement Data. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016 May 6;11(5):908-14.
  44. Harel Z, Silver SA, McQuillan RF, Weizman AV, Thomas A, Chertow GM, Nesrallah G, Chan CT, Bell CM. How to Diagnose Solutions to a Quality of Care Problem. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016 May 6;11(5):901-7.
  45. Silver SA, Harel Z, McQuillan R, Weizman AV, Thomas A, Chertow GM, Nesrallah G, Bell CM, Chan CT. How to Begin a Quality Improvement Project. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016 May 6;11(5):893-900.
  46. Chan CT, Chertow GM, Nesrallah G, Bell CM. How to Use Quality Improvement Tools in Clinical Practice: A Primer for Nephrologists. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2016 May 6;11(5):891-2.
  47. Bhawra J, Toulany A, et al. Primary care interventions to improve transition of youth with chronic health conditions from paediatric to adult healthcare: a systematic review. BMJ Open. 2016 May 5;6(5):e011871.
  48. Gandhi TK, Berwick DM, Shojania KG. Patient Safety at the Crossroads. JAMA. 2016 May 3;315(17):1829-30.
  49. Laschinger HK, Cummings G, Leiter M, Wong C, MacPhee M, Ritchie J, Wolff A, Regan S, Rhéaume-Brüning A, Jeffs L, et al. Starting Out: A time-lagged study of new graduate nurses’ transition to practice. Int J Nurs Stud. 2016 May;57:82-95.
  50. Soong C, Bell C. Response to: ‘Recast the debate about preventable readmissions’ by Sutherland et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2016 May;129(5):540-6.
  51. Staiger TO, Mills LM, Wong BM, et al. Recognizing Quality Improvement and Patient Safety Activities in Academic Promotion in Departments of Medicine: Innovative Language in Promotion Criteria. Am J Med. 2016 May;129(5):540-6.
  52. Desveaux L, Gomes T, Tadrous M, Jeffs L, Taljaard M, Rogers J, Bell CM, Ivers NM. Appropriate prescribing in nursing homes demonstration project (APDP) study protocol: pragmatic, cluster-randomized trial and mixed methods process evaluation of an Ontario policy-maker initiative to improve appropriate prescribing of antipsychotics. Implement Sci. 2016 Mar 29;11(1):45.
  53. Cohen E, Gandhi S, Toulany A, et al. Health Care Use During Transfer to Adult Care Among Youth With Chronic Conditions. Pediatrics. 2016 Mar;137(3):1-9.
  54. Pariser P, Pus L, Stanaitis I, Abrams H, Ivers N, Baker GR, et al. Improving System Integration: The Art and Science of Engaging Small Community Practices in Health System Innovation. Int J Family Med. 2016;2016:5926303.
  55. MacMillan TE, Slessarev M, Etchells E. eWasted time: Redundant work during hospital admission and discharge. Health Informatics J. 2016 Mar;22(1):60-6.
  56. Raymond TT, Bonafide CP, Praestgaard A, Nadkarni VM, Berg RA, Parshuram CS, et al. Pediatric Medical Emergency Team Events and Outcomes: A Report of 3647 Events From the American Heart Association’s Get With the Guidelines-Resuscitation Registry. Hosp Pediatr. 2016 Feb;6(2):57-64.
  57. Sidani S, Manojlovich M, Doran D, Fox M, Covell CL, Kelly H, Jeffs L, McAllister M. Nurses’ Perceptions of Interventions for the Management of Patient-Oriented Outcomes: A Key Factor for Evidence-Based Practice. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2016 Feb;13(1):66-74.
  58. Malik A, Bell CM, et al. Recurrence of inguinal hernias repaired in a large hernia surgical specialty hospital and general hospitals in Ontario, Canada. Can J Surg. 2016 Feb;59(1):19-25.
  59. Griffin MC, Gilbert RE, Broadfield LH, Easty AE, Trbovich PL. ReCAP: Comparison of Independent Error Checks for Oral Versus Intravenous Chemotherapy. J Oncol Pract. 2016 Feb;12(2):168-9.
  60. Scales DC, Fischer HD, Li P, Bierman AS, Fernandes O, Mamdani M, Rochon P, Urbach DR, Bell CM. Unintentional Continuation of Medications Intended for Acute Illness After Hospital Discharge: A Population-Based Cohort Study. J Gen Intern Med. 2016 Feb;31(2):196-202.
  61. Seitz DP, Gill SS, Austin PC, Bell CM, et al. Rehabilitation of Older Adults with Dementia After Hip Fracture. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2016 Jan;64(1):47-54.
  62. Stang AS, Wong BM. Republished: Patients teaching patient safety: the challenge of turning negative patient experiences into positive learning opportunities. Postgrad Med J. 2016 Jan;92(1083):1-3.
  63. Leis JA, Corpus C, Rahmani A, Catt B, Wong BM, et al. Medical Directive for Urinary Catheter Removal by Nurses on General Medical Wards. JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Jan 1;176(1):113-5.
  64. Levitt K, Shojania KG, Bhatia RS. Point-of-care decision support for reducing inappropriate test use: easier said than done. BMJ Qual Saf. 2016 Jan;25(1):6-8.
  65. Steinberg M, Dresser LD, Daneman N, Smith OM, Matte A, Marinoff N, Bell CM, Morris AM. A National Survey of Critical Care Physicians’ Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs. J Intensive Care Med. 2016 Jan;31(1):61-5.
  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.
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  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.
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