Commentary Improving patient safety: moving beyond the "hype" of medical errors. Citation Text: Forster AJ, Shojania KG, van Walraven C. Improving patient safety: moving beyond the "hype" of medical errors. CMAJ. 2005;173(8):893-4. Copy Citation Format: Google ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL September 11, 2009 Forster AJ, Shojania KG, van Walraven C. CMAJ. 2005;173(8):893-4. View more articles from the same authors. The authors advocate for a method of detecting adverse events and evaluating their clinical significance to better inform patient safety interventions. PubMed citation Free full text Save Save to your library Print Share Facebook Twitter Linkedin Copy URL Cite Citation Citation Text: Forster AJ, Shojania KG, van Walraven C. Improving patient safety: moving beyond the "hype" of medical errors. CMAJ. 2005;173(8):893-4. Copy Citation Format: Google ScholarPubMedBibTeXEndNote X3 XMLEndNote 7 XMLEndnote taggedPubMedIdRIS Download Citation Related Resources From the Same Author(s) Using prospective clinical surveillance to identify adverse events in hospital. August 25, 2011 Adverse events detected by clinical surveillance on an obstetric service. December 22, 2010 Combining ratings from multiple physician reviewers helped to overcome the uncertainty associated with adverse event classification. October 4, 2011 Information exchange among physicians caring for the same patient in the community. April 22, 2011 Adverse events following an emergency department visit. March 28, 2011 Influence of house-staff experience on teaching-hospital mortality: the "July Phenomenon" revisited. October 5, 2011 A systematic review to evaluate the accuracy of electronic adverse drug event detection. March 4, 2015 Quality gaps identified through mortality review. February 1, 2017 The effect of hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infection on in-hospital mortality. December 21, 2014 Ottawa Hospital Patient Safety Study: incidence and timing of adverse events in patients admitted to a Canadian teaching hospital. November 11, 2015 View More Related Resources 'Bad apples': time to redefine as a type of systems problem? December 30, 2014 The Canadian interprofessional patient safety competencies: their role in health-care professionals' education. March 7, 2012 Patient safety in women's health care: a framework for progress. August 26, 2011 Patient safety in women's health-care: professional colleges can make a difference. The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada MORE(OB) program. August 26, 2011 Safety in home care: a broadened perspective of patient safety. June 29, 2011 Ambiguity and workarounds as contributors to medical error. February 28, 2011 Path to safety: benefits of the 2005 Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act. September 27, 2010 Expected and unanticipated consequences of the quality and information technology revolutions. April 27, 2010 Patient safety: is it just another bandwagon? December 9, 2008 Patient Safety in Canada: An Update. August 29, 2007 View More See More About The Topic Health Care Providers Health Care Executives and Administrators Error Analysis Culture of Safety
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Influence of house-staff experience on teaching-hospital mortality: the "July Phenomenon" revisited. October 5, 2011
A systematic review to evaluate the accuracy of electronic adverse drug event detection. March 4, 2015
The effect of hospital-acquired Clostridium difficile infection on in-hospital mortality. December 21, 2014
Ottawa Hospital Patient Safety Study: incidence and timing of adverse events in patients admitted to a Canadian teaching hospital. November 11, 2015
The Canadian interprofessional patient safety competencies: their role in health-care professionals' education. March 7, 2012
Patient safety in women's health-care: professional colleges can make a difference. The Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada MORE(OB) program. August 26, 2011
Expected and unanticipated consequences of the quality and information technology revolutions. April 27, 2010