| | Editorials Medical applications of industrial safety science T W van der Schaaf PMCID: PMC1743634 Breaking bad news M Millenson PMCID: PMC1743637 Commentaries Guideline adherence rates and interprofessional variation R Peveler PMCID: PMC1743645 Length of in-hospital stay and its relationship to quality of care A Clarke PMCID: PMC1743651 Pediatric Peri-Operative Cardiac Arrest (POCA) Registry S Jones and A Raffles PMCID: PMC1743642 National Service Frameworks as tools for quality improvement K Checkland and M Marshall PMCID: PMC1743649 Can the sum of projects end up in a program? The strategies that shape quality of care research V. Kazandjian PMCID: PMC1743652 Original Articles Guideline adherence rates and interprofessional variation in a vignette study of depression H Tiemeier, W J de Vries, Loo M van het, J Kahan, N Klazinga, R Grol, and H Rigter PMCID: PMC1743623 Relationship between hospital length of stay and quality of care in patients with congestive heart failure M Kossovsky, F Sarasin, P Chopard, M Louis-Simonet, P Sigaud, T Perneger, and J Gaspoz PMCID: PMC1743633 Setting priorities for patient safety W Runciman, M Edmonds, and M Pradhan PMCID: PMC1743639 Secondary prevention following myocardial infarction: evidence from an audit in South Wales that the National Service Framework for coronary heart disease does not address all the issues P Underwood and P Beck PMCID: PMC1743619 A preliminary taxonomy of medical errors in family practice S Dovey, D Meyers, R Phillips, L Green, G Fryer, J Galliher, J Kappus, and P Grob PMCID: PMC1743626 Quality Improvement Report Quality improvement for patients with hip fracture: experience from a multi-site audit C Freeman, C Todd, C Camilleri-Ferrant..., C Laxton, P Murrell, C Palmer, M Parker, B Payne, and N Rushton PMCID: PMC1743638 Organisational Matters: National Initiatives Lessons from the Australian Patient Safety Foundation: setting up a national patient safety surveillance system—is this the right model? W Runciman PMCID: PMC1743620 Unexpected cardiac arrest among children during surgery: a North American registry to elucidate the incidence and causes of anesthesia related cardiac arrest K Posner, J Geiduschek, C Haberkern, C Ramamoorthy, A Hackel, and J Morray PMCID: PMC1743630 Safer Prescribing Learning from prescribing errors B Dean PMCID: PMC1743641 Information technology and medication safety: what is the benefit? R Kaushal and D Bates PMCID: PMC1743646 Qual Saf Health Care. 2002 September; 11(3): 265. doi: 10.1136/qhc.11.3.265.PMCID: PMC1743624 Learning from Other Industries Lessons learned from non-medical industries: root cause analysis as culture change at a chemical plant J Carroll, J Rudolph, and S Hatakenaka PMCID: PMC1743627 Quality Improvement Research Evaluation of quality improvement programmes J Ovretveit and D Gustafson PMCID: PMC1743631 Consumers' View Qual Saf Health Care. 2002 September; 11(3): 276. doi: 10.1136/qhc.11.3.276.PMCID: PMC1743644 Classic Papers Preventable anesthesia mishaps: a study of human factors* J. Cooper, R. Newbower, C. Long, and B. McPeek PMCID: PMC1743650 Qual Saf Health Care. 2002 September; 11(3): 282–283. doi: 10.1136/qhc.11.3.282.PMCID: PMC1743622 Effectiveness Bulletin Interventions for the treatment and management of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis A Bagnall, P Whiting, R Richardson, and A Sowden PMCID: PMC1743629 JournalScan The Wanless report: engaging the NHS with patient needs? T. Smith PMCID: PMC1743636 CyberSpace Safe and effective use of medications: a global concern A Scheffler PMCID: PMC1743640 Heroes and Martyrs of Quality and Safety Bruce Psaty and the risks of calcium channel blockers R Deyo PMCID: PMC1743648 Letter to the Editor External research service with critical appraisal of the medical literature at a university medical centre A Juche, U Euler, B Bruggenjurgen, S Willich, and R Kunz PMCID: PMC1743621 Book Reviews Shared Decision Making. Patient Involvement in Clinical Practice R Say PMCID: PMC1743635 Alzheimer's Disease: Policy and Practice across Europe J Herzberg PMCID: PMC1743625 Cover Story A lesson for our times J Sender and A Crichton-Harris PMCID: PMC1743628 Action Points Qual Saf Health Care. 2002 September; 11(3): 300. doi: 10.1136/qhc.11.3.300.PMCID: PMC1743643 Journal Matter Original table of contents page |
