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Prevalence of information gaps for seniors transferred from nursing homes to the emergency department.

Cwinn MA, Forster AJ, Cwinn AA, Hebert G, Calder L, Stiell IG.

CJEM. 2009 Sep;11(5):462-71.PMID: 19788791 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Correlation between serial tests made disease probability estimates erroneous.

van Walraven C, Austin PC, Jennings A, Forster AJ.

J Clin Epidemiol. 2009 Dec;62(12):1301-5. Epub 2009 Aug 28.PMID: 19716680 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Effect of beta-blocker Prescription on the Incidence of Postoperative Myocardial Infarction after Hip and Knee Arthroplasty.

van Klei WA, Bryson GL, Yang H, Forster AJ.

Anesthesiology. 2009 Aug 22. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19707119 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Using Medical Emergency Teams to detect preventable adverse events.

Iyengar A, Baxter A, Forster AJ.

Crit Care. 2009;13(4):R126. Epub 2009 Jul 30.PMID: 19643017 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Changes in surrogate outcomes can be translated into clinical outcomes using a Monte Carlo model.

van Walraven C, Oake N, Coyle D, Taljaard M, Forster AJ.

J Clin Epidemiol. 2009 Dec;62(12):1306-15. Epub 2009 Jul 9.PMID: 19545974 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Interactive voice response systems for improving delivery of ambulatory care.

Oake N, Jennings A, van Walraven C, Forster AJ.

Am J Manag Care. 2009 Jun;15(6):383-91. Review.PMID: 19514804 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A modification of the Elixhauser comorbidity measures into a point system for hospital death using administrative data.

van Walraven C, Austin PC, Jennings A, Quan H, Forster AJ.

Med Care. 2009 Jun;47(6):626-33.PMID: 19433995 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effect of an interactive voice response system on oral anticoagulant management.

Oake N, van Walraven C, Rodger MA, Forster AJ.

CMAJ. 2009 Apr 28;180(9):927-33.PMID: 19398739 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Management of MRI Wait Lists in Canada.

Emery DJ, Forster AJ, Shojania KG, Magnan S, Tubman M, Feasby TE.

Healthc Policy. 2009 Feb;4(3):76-86.PMID: 19377359 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Identifying patients with post-discharge care problems using an interactive voice response system.

Forster AJ, Boyle L, Shojania KG, Feasby TE, van Walraven C.

J Gen Intern Med. 2009 Apr;24(4):520-5. Epub 2009 Jan 21.PMID: 19156467 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The impact of adverse events in the intensive care unit on hospital mortality and length of stay.

Forster AJ, Kyeremanteng K, Hooper J, Shojania KG, van Walraven C.

BMC Health Serv Res. 2008 Dec 17;8:259.PMID: 19091089 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Information exchange among physicians caring for the same patient in the community.

van Walraven C, Taljaard M, Bell CM, Etchells E, Zarnke KB, Stiell IG, Forster AJ.

CMAJ. 2008 Nov 4;179(10):1013-8.PMID: 18981442 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Anticoagulation intensity and outcomes among patients prescribed oral anticoagulant therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Oake N, Jennings A, Forster AJ, Fergusson D, Doucette S, van Walraven C.

CMAJ. 2008 Jul 29;179(3):235-44. Review.PMID: 18663203 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Hospital mortality: when failure is not a good measure of success.

Shojania KG, Forster AJ.

CMAJ. 2008 Jul 15;179(2):153-7. Review. No abstract available. PMID: 18625987 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Automated patient assessments after outpatient surgery using an interactive voice response system.

Forster AJ, LaBranche R, McKim R, Faught JW, Feasby TE, Janes-Kelley S, Shojania KG, van Walraven C.

Am J Manag Care. 2008 Jul;14(7):429-36.PMID: 18611094 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The uptake of technologies designed to influence medication safety in Canadian hospitals.

Saginur M, Graham ID, Forster AJ, Boucher M, Wells GA.

J Eval Clin Pract. 2008 Feb;14(1):27-35.PMID: 18211640 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Combining ratings from multiple physician reviewers helped to overcome the uncertainty associated with adverse event classification.

Forster AJ, O'Rourke K, Shojania KG, van Walraven C.

J Clin Epidemiol. 2007 Sep;60(9):892-901. Epub 2007 Apr 8.PMID: 17689805 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Using an interactive voice response system to improve patient safety following hospital discharge.

Forster AJ, van Walraven C.

J Eval Clin Pract. 2007 Jun;13(3):346-51.PMID: 17518797 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Frequency of adverse events in patients with poor anticoagulation: a meta-analysis.

Oake N, Fergusson DA, Forster AJ, van Walraven C.

CMAJ. 2007 May 22;176(11):1589-94. Review. Erratum in: CMAJ. 2007 Jul 31;177(3):271. PMID: 17515585 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Bias in revascularization study.

van Walraven C, Forster AJ.

CMAJ. 2007 Apr 10;176(8):1125; author reply 1125. No abstract available. PMID: 17420498 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Anticoagulation control in the peri-hospitalization period.

van Walraven C, Forster AJ.

J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Jun;22(6):727-35. Epub 2007 Mar 31.PMID: 17401605 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Maintaining continuity of care: a look at the quality of communication between Ontario emergency departments and community physicians.

Stiell AP, Forster AJ, Stiell IG, van Walraven C.

CJEM. 2005 May;7(3):155-61.PMID: 17355671 [PubMed - in process]Related articlesFree article

Burden of potentially avoidable anticoagulant-associated hemorrhagic and thromboembolic events in the elderly.

van Walraven C, Oake N, Wells PS, Forster AJ.

Chest. 2007 May;131(5):1508-15. Epub 2007 Feb 22.PMID: 17317732 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Adverse events following an emergency department visit.

Forster AJ, Rose NG, van Walraven C, Stiell I.

Qual Saf Health Care. 2007 Feb;16(1):17-22.PMID: 17301197 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Appropriateness of diagnostic strategies for evaluating suspected venous thromboembolism.

Arnason T, Wells PS, Forster AJ.

Thromb Haemost. 2007 Feb;97(2):195-201.PMID: 17264947 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Adverse events detected by clinical surveillance on an obstetric service.

Forster AJ, Fung I, Caughey S, Oppenheimer L, Beach C, Shojania KG, van Walraven C.

Obstet Gynecol. 2006 Nov;108(5):1073-83.PMID: 17077227 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Identifying wrist fracture patients with high accuracy by automatic categorization of X-ray reports.

de Bruijn B, Cranney A, O'Donnell S, Martin JD, Forster AJ.

J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2006 Nov-Dec;13(6):696-8. Epub 2006 Aug 23.PMID: 16929046 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The effect of hospitalization on oral anticoagulation control: a population-based study.

van Walraven C, Austin PC, Oake N, Wells P, Mamdani M, Forster AJ.

Thromb Res. 2007;119(6):705-14. Epub 2006 Jul 17.PMID: 16844204 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effect of study setting on anticoagulation control: a systematic review and metaregression.

van Walraven C, Jennings A, Oake N, Fergusson D, Forster AJ.

Chest. 2006 May;129(5):1155-66. Review.PMID: 16685005 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Can you prevent adverse drug events after hospital discharge?

Forster AJ.

CMAJ. 2006 Mar 28;174(7):921-2. No abstract available. PMID: 16567752 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Improving patient safety: moving beyond the "hype" of medical errors.

Forster AJ, Shojania KG, van Walraven C.

CMAJ. 2005 Oct 11;173(8):893-4. No abstract available. PMID: 16217112 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Effect of a nurse team coordinator on outcomes for hospitalized medicine patients.

Forster AJ, Clark HD, Menard A, Dupuis N, Chernish R, Chandok N, Khan A, Letourneau M, van Walraven C.

Am J Med. 2005 Oct;118(10):1148-53.PMID: 16194647 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Accuracy of coding for possible warfarin complications in hospital discharge abstracts.

Arnason T, Wells PS, van Walraven C, Forster AJ.

Thromb Res. 2006;118(2):253-62. Epub 2005 Aug 2.PMID: 16081144 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Adverse drug events occurring following hospital discharge.

Forster AJ, Murff HJ, Peterson JF, Gandhi TK, Bates DW.

J Gen Intern Med. 2005 Apr;20(4):317-23.PMID: 15857487 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

An agenda for reducing emergency department crowding.

Forster AJ.

Ann Emerg Med. 2005 May;45(5):479-81. No abstract available. PMID: 15855940 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Validation of a discharge summary term search method to detect adverse events.

Forster AJ, Andrade J, van Walraven C.

J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2005 Mar-Apr;12(2):200-6. Epub 2004 Nov 23.PMID: 15561788 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Time-dependent bias was common in survival analyses published in leading clinical journals.

van Walraven C, Davis D, Forster AJ, Wells GA.

J Clin Epidemiol. 2004 Jul;57(7):672-82. Review.PMID: 15358395 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Pharmacist surveillance of adverse drug events.

Forster AJ, Halil RB, Tierney MG.

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2004 Jul 15;61(14):1466-72.PMID: 15332694 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Ottawa Hospital Patient Safety Study: incidence and timing of adverse events in patients admitted to a Canadian teaching hospital.

Forster AJ, Asmis TR, Clark HD, Al Saied G, Code CC, Caughey SC, Baker K, Watters J, Worthington J, van Walraven C; Ottawa Hospital Patient Safety Study.

CMAJ. 2004 Apr 13;170(8):1235-40.PMID: 15078845 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Adverse events among medical patients after discharge from hospital.

Forster AJ, Clark HD, Menard A, Dupuis N, Chernish R, Chandok N, Khan A, van Walraven C.

CMAJ. 2004 Feb 3;170(3):345-9. Erratum in: CMAJ. 2004 Mar 2;170(5):771. PMID: 14757670 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prevalence of information gaps in the emergency department and the effect on patient outcomes.

Stiell A, Forster AJ, Stiell IG, van Walraven C.

CMAJ. 2003 Nov 11;169(10):1023-8.PMID: 14609971 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Electronically screening discharge summaries for adverse medical events.

Murff HJ, Forster AJ, Peterson JF, Fiskio JM, Heiman HL, Bates DW.

J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2003 Jul-Aug;10(4):339-50. Epub 2003 Mar 28.PMID: 12668691 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The effect of hospital occupancy on emergency department length of stay and patient disposition.

Forster AJ, Stiell I, Wells G, Lee AJ, van Walraven C.

Acad Emerg Med. 2003 Feb;10(2):127-33.PMID: 12574009 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The incidence and severity of adverse events affecting patients after discharge from the hospital.

Forster AJ, Murff HJ, Peterson JF, Gandhi TK, Bates DW.

Ann Intern Med. 2003 Feb 4;138(3):161-7.PMID: 12558354 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The rationale and evidence for the treatment of lower-extremity deep venous thrombosis with thrombolytic agents.

Forster AJ, Wells PS.

Curr Opin Hematol. 2002 Sep;9(5):437-42. Review.PMID: 12172463 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Thrombolysis in deep vein thrombosis: is there still an indication?

Wells PS, Forster AJ.

Thromb Haemost. 2001 Jul;86(1):499-508.PMID: 11487040 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A time series would have been better.

van Walraven C, Forster AJ.

CMAJ. 2001 Jun 26;164(13):1835. No abstract available. PMID: 11450278 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Validation of a clinical decision aid to discontinue in-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitations.

van Walraven C, Forster AJ, Parish DC, Dane FC, Chandra KM, Durham MD, Whaley C, Stiell I.

JAMA. 2001 Mar 28;285(12):1602-6.PMID: 11268268 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Derivation of a clinical decision rule for the discontinuation of in-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitations.

van Walraven C, Forster AJ, Stiell IG.

Arch Intern Med. 1999 Jan 25;159(2):129-34.PMID: 9927094 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article