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The evolving story of medical emergency teams in quality improvement.

Amaral AC, Shojania KG.

Crit Care. 2009 Oct 12;13(5):194. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19833000 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

The effects of on-screen, point of care computer reminders on processes and outcomes of care.

Shojania KG, Jennings A, Mayhew A, Ramsay CR, Eccles MP, Grimshaw J.

Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2009 Jul 8;(3):CD001096. Review.PMID: 19588323 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

How complete is the evidence for thromboembolism prophylaxis in general medicine patients? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.

Bump GM, Dandu M, Kaufman SR, Shojania KG, Flanders SA.

J Hosp Med. 2009 May;4(5):289-97.PMID: 19504490 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Do unexpected deaths indicate a patient safety problem?

Shojania KG, Girard NJ.

AORN J. 2009 May;89(5):956, 838. No abstract available. PMID: 19499633 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

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

Quality improvement: science and action.

Ting HH, Shojania KG, Montori VM, Bradley EH.

Circulation. 2009 Apr 14;119(14):1962-74. No abstract available. PMID: 19364989 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Measuring the quality of hospital care.

Wright J, Shojania KG.

BMJ. 2009 Mar 18;338:b569. doi: 10.1136/bmj.b569. No abstract available. PMID: 19297446 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Clinicians in quality improvement: a new career pathway in academic medicine.

Shojania KG, Levinson W.

JAMA. 2009 Feb 18;301(7):766-8. No abstract available. PMID: 19224754 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]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

The frustrating case of incident-reporting systems.

Shojania KG.

Qual Saf Health Care. 2008 Dec;17(6):400-2. No abstract available. PMID: 19064653 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Interventions to reduce unnecessary antibiotic prescribing: a systematic review and quantitative analysis.

Ranji SR, Steinman MA, Shojania KG, Gonzales R.

Med Care. 2008 Aug;46(8):847-62. Review.PMID: 18665065 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Can patient decision aids help people make good decisions about participating in clinical trials? A study protocol.

Brehaut JC, Lott A, Fergusson DA, Shojania KG, Kimmelman J, Saginur R.

Implement Sci. 2008 Jul 23;3:38.PMID: 18651981 [PubMed - in process]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 era of big performance measurement: here at last?

Lindenauer PK, Shojania KG.

Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008 Jun;34(6):307-8.PMID: 18595375 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Surveillance search techniques identified the need to update systematic reviews.

Sampson M, Shojania KG, McGowan J, Daniel R, Rader T, Iansavichene AE, Ji J, Ansari MT, Moher D.

J Clin Epidemiol. 2008 Aug;61(8):755-62. Epub 2008 Feb 14.PMID: 18586179 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Should we use large scale healthcare interventions without clear evidence that benefits outweigh costs and harms? No.

Landefeld CS, Shojania KG, Auerbach AD.

BMJ. 2008 Jun 7;336(7656):1277. No abstract available. PMID: 18535069 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Systematic reviews can be produced and published faster.

Sampson M, Shojania KG, Garritty C, Horsley T, Ocampo M, Moher D.

J Clin Epidemiol. 2008 Jun;61(6):531-6.PMID: 18471656 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Use of an interactive, telephone-based self-management support program to identify adverse events among ambulatory diabetes patients.

Sarkar U, Handley MA, Gupta R, Tang A, Murphy E, Seligman HK, Shojania KG, Schillinger D.

J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Apr;23(4):459-65.PMID: 18373145 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The vanishing nonforensic autopsy.

Shojania KG, Burton EC.

N Engl J Med. 2008 Feb 28;358(9):873-5. No abstract available. PMID: 18305264 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Implementing patient safety interventions in your hospital: what to try and what to avoid.

Ranji SR, Shojania KG.

Med Clin North Am. 2008 Mar;92(2):275-93, vii-viii. Review.PMID: 18298979 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effects of rapid response systems on clinical outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Ranji SR, Auerbach AD, Hurd CJ, O'Rourke K, Shojania KG.

J Hosp Med. 2007 Nov;2(6):422-32. Review.PMID: 18081187 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

CoPlot: a tool for visualizing multivariate data in medicine.

Bravata DM, Shojania KG, Olkin I, Raveh A.

Stat Med. 2008 May 30;27(12):2234-47.PMID: 17972340 [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

The tension between needing to improve care and knowing how to do it.

Auerbach AD, Landefeld CS, Shojania KG.

N Engl J Med. 2007 Aug 9;357(6):608-13. No abstract available. PMID: 17687138 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

How quickly do systematic reviews go out of date? A survival analysis.

Shojania KG, Sampson M, Ansari MT, Ji J, Doucette S, Moher D.

Ann Intern Med. 2007 Aug 21;147(4):224-33. Epub 2007 Jul 16.PMID: 17638714 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Do physician outcome judgments and judgment biases contribute to inappropriate use of treatments? Study protocol.

Brehaut JC, Poses R, Shojania KG, Lott A, Man-Son-Hing M, Bassin E, Grimshaw J.

Implement Sci. 2007 Jun 7;2:18.PMID: 17555586 [PubMed]Related articlesFree article

The many faces of error disclosure: a common set of elements and a definition.

Fein SP, Hilborne LH, Spiritus EM, Seymann GB, Keenan CR, Shojania KG, Kagawa-Singer M, Wenger NS.

J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Jun;22(6):755-61. Epub 2007 Mar 20.PMID: 17372787 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Impact of reliance on CT pulmonary angiography on diagnosis of pulmonary embolism: a Bayesian analysis.

Ranji SR, Shojania KG, Trowbridge RL, Auerbach AD.

J Hosp Med. 2006 Mar;1(2):81-7.PMID: 17219477 [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

Quality grand rounds: the case for patient safety.

Wachter RM, Shojania KG, Markowitz AJ, Smith M, Saint S.

Ann Intern Med. 2006 Oct 17;145(8):629-30. No abstract available. PMID: 17043345 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Graduate medical education and patient safety: a busy--and occasionally hazardous--intersection.

Shojania KG, Fletcher KE, Saint S.

Ann Intern Med. 2006 Oct 17;145(8):592-8.PMID: 17043341 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Do opiates affect the clinical evaluation of patients with acute abdominal pain?

Ranji SR, Goldman LE, Simel DL, Shojania KG.

JAMA. 2006 Oct 11;296(14):1764-74. Review.PMID: 17032990 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Clinical problem-solving. Lost in transcription.

Kalus RM, Shojania KG, Amory JK, Saint S.

N Engl J Med. 2006 Oct 5;355(14):1487-91. No abstract available. PMID: 17021325 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effects of quality improvement strategies for type 2 diabetes on glycemic control: a meta-regression analysis.

Shojania KG, Ranji SR, McDonald KM, Grimshaw JM, Sundaram V, Rushakoff RJ, Owens DK.

JAMA. 2006 Jul 26;296(4):427-40. Review.PMID: 16868301 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Quality improvement strategies for hypertension management: a systematic review.

Walsh JM, McDonald KM, Shojania KG, Sundaram V, Nayak S, Lewis R, Owens DK, Goldstein MK.

Med Care. 2006 Jul;44(7):646-57. Review.PMID: 16799359 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Improving antibiotic selection: a systematic review and quantitative analysis of quality improvement strategies.

Steinman MA, Ranji SR, Shojania KG, Gonzales R.

Med Care. 2006 Jul;44(7):617-28. Review.PMID: 16799356 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Safe medication prescribing and monitoring in the outpatient setting.

Shojania KG.

CMAJ. 2006 Apr 25;174(9):1257-8. No abstract available. PMID: 16636322 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Overestimation of clinical diagnostic performance caused by low necropsy rates.

Shojania KG, Burton EC, McDonald KM, Goldman L.

Qual Saf Health Care. 2005 Dec;14(6):408-13.PMID: 16326784 [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

Challenges in systematic reviews: synthesis of topics related to the delivery, organization, and financing of health care.

Bravata DM, McDonald KM, Shojania KG, Sundaram V, Owens DK.

Ann Intern Med. 2005 Jun 21;142(12 Pt 2):1056-65. Review.PMID: 15968030 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Evidence-based quality improvement: the state of the science.

Shojania KG, Grimshaw JM.

Health Aff (Millwood). 2005 Jan-Feb;24(1):138-50.PMID: 15647225 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The faces of errors: a case-based approach to educating providers, policymakers, and the public about patient safety.

Wachter RM, Shojania KG.

Jt Comm J Qual Saf. 2004 Dec;30(12):665-70.PMID: 15646098 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Is acetylcysteine effective in preventing contrast-related nephropathy? A meta-analysis.

Nallamothu BK, Shojania KG, Saint S, Hofer TP, Humes HD, Moscucci M, Bates ER.

Am J Med. 2004 Dec 15;117(12):938-47.PMID: 15629733 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Limitations of gold standards for diagnosing gastroesophageal reflux disease.

Shojania KG.

Ann Intern Med. 2004 Oct 19;141(8):648; author reply 648-9. No abstract available. PMID: 15492348 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The patient safety movement will help, not harm, quality.

Wachter RM, Shojania KG.

Ann Intern Med. 2004 Aug 17;141(4):326-7. No abstract available. PMID: 15313760 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The persistent value of the autopsy.

Shojania KG, Burton EC.

Am Fam Physician. 2004 Jun 1;69(11):2540-2. No abstract available. PMID: 15202690 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The use of systematic reviews and meta-analyses in infection control and hospital epidemiology.

Bent S, Shojania KG, Saint S.

Am J Infect Control. 2004 Jun;32(4):246-54. Review.PMID: 15175624 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Clinical problem-solving. Forgotten but not gone.

Jha AK, Shojania KG, Saint S.

N Engl J Med. 2004 Jun 3;350(23):2399-404. No abstract available. PMID: 15175442 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles