Background: Over a quarter of hospital prescribing errors are attributable to incomplete
medication histories being obtained at the time of admission. We undertook a systematic review …

Purpose To systematically review published quality improvement (QI) and patient safety (PS)
curricula for medical students and/or residents to (1) determine educational content and …

Our objective was to review the available evidence of the precision and accuracy of the clinical
examination for abnormal systolic murmurs. We conducted a MEDLINE search, manually …

… of hospital charts according to previously described methods.2 , 6 To improve efficiency
and data quality, the review forms were converted from paper-based instruments to electronic …

Background Prior studies suggest that unintended medication discrepancies that represent
errors are common at the time of hospital admission. These errors are particularly worthy of …

Background: Readmissions to hospital are common, costly and often preventable. An easy-to-use
index to quantify the risk of readmission or death after discharge from hospital would …

Background: Medication errors at the time of hospital admission and discharge are common
and can lead to preventable adverse drug events. The objective of this study was to …

… Upon admission to any of the 3 hospitals, a clerk assesses whether a patient is able to
communicate in English and enters this into the electronic patient information system. These data …

OBJECTIVE: To compare results of a specific capacity assessment administered by the treating
clinician, and a Standardized Mini‐Mental Status Examination (SMMSE), with the results …

Survivors of severe acute kidney injury remain at high risk of death well after apparent
recovery from the initial insult. Here we determine whether early nephrology follow-up after a …