Computer technology may reduce medication errors

"Current policies to increase CPOE adoption and use will likely prevent millions of additional medication errors each year."

Reduction in medication errors in hospitals due to adoption of computerized provider order entry systems
DC Radley, MR Wasserman, LEW Olsho, SJ Shoemaker, MD Spranca, B Bradshaw
Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 2013, online first

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Securing excellence in commissioning for offender health

"To improve integrated care for offenders, there needs to be seamless service delivery and planning across pathways and across commissioners."

Securing excellence in commissioning for offender health
The NHS Constitution
February 2013

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Characteristics associated with the quality of cardiovascular disease prevention

"There was a positive association between the quality of CVRM in individuals at high risk for developing CVD and the availability of preventive services related to risk assessment and lifestyle management supported by information technology."

Which practice characteristics are associated with the quality of cardiovascular disease prevention in European primary care?
S Ludt, SM Campbell, D Petek, J Rochon, J Szecsenyi, J van Lieshout, M Wensing, D Ose
Implementation Science, 2013, 8:27

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Emergency preparedness, resilience and response

"This Briefing supports commissioners by outlining the scope and importance of EPPR and their own role in it, key questions and answers regarding EPRR, and sources of further information and guidance."

Emergency preparedness, resilience and response: a guide for ambulance commissioners
National Ambulance Commissioners Group
NHS Confederation
March 2013

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Patient online: the road map

"Patient Online describes access by patients to online services (booking and cancelling of appointments, ordering of repeat prescriptions), online communication with the practice and online records."

Patient online: the road map
The Royal College of General Practitioners
March 2013

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Waiting management at the emergency department

"To manage non-acceptable waiting is a driving force behind much of the staff behavior at an Emergency Department."

Waiting management at the emergency department - a grounded theory study
L Burstrom, B Starrin, ML Engstrom, H Thulesius
BMC Health Services Research, 2013, 13:95

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Lining up: how is harm measured?

"Lessons from an ethnographic research study of interventions to reduce central line infections."

Learning report: Lining up: how is harm measured?
The Health Foundation
February 2013

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