Healthcare Quarterly

Vol. 8 Special Issue | Patient Safety Papers

Editorial: Lessons learned and challenges ahead: Canadian experiences in improving patient safety

G. Ross Baker

Perspective: Canadian Patient Safety Institute

Phil Hassan

Perspective: Ontario Hospital Association

Hilary Short

World View

Nurturing a Patient Safety Culture

Patient Safety Culture Measurement and Improvement: A "How To" Guide

Mark Fleming

Changing a Culture with Patient Safety Walkarounds

Guna Budrevics and Catherine O'Neil

How Quality Improvement Projects Influence Organizational Culture

Leona R. Zboril-Benson and Bernice Magee

Patient Safety - Worker Safety: Building a Culture of Safety to Improve Healthcare Worker and Patient Well-Being

Annalee Yassi and Tina Hancock

Identifying and Reducing Risk

Preventing and Managing Conflict: Vital Pieces in the Patient Safety Puzzle

Pam Marshall and Rob Robson

Implementing a Policy for Practitioners Infected with Blood-Borne Pathogens

Virginia Roth and Jim Worthington

Enhancing Patient Safety Through a Standardized Model of Physiologic Monitoring

Mary-Anne Davies and Heather Tales

Medication Safety

An Effective Tool to Enhance a Culture of Patient Safety and Assess the Risks of Medication Use Systems

Julie Greenall, David U and Robert Lam

Approaches to Improving the Safety of the Medication Use System

Stacy Ackroyd-Stolarz, Nicole Hartnell and Neil J. MacKinnon

Drug-Therapy Problems, Inconsistencies and Omissions Identified During a Medication Reconciliation and Seamless Care Service

Ann Nickerson, Neil J. MacKinnon, Nancy Roberts and Lauza Saulnier

Using Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis Tool to Review the Process of Ordering and Administrating Potassium Chloride and Potassium Phosphate

Rosmin Esmail, Cheryl Cummings, Deonne Dersch, Greg Duchscherer, Judy Glowa, Gail Liggett, Terrance Hulme and The Patient Safety, Adverse Events Team* Calgary Health Region, Calgary, Alberta and Canada

Inappropriate Prescribing Practices: The Challenge and Opportunity for Patient Safety

Laurel K. Taylor, Yuko Kawasumi, Gillian Bartlett and Robyn Tamblyn

Developing Information for Improving Safety

Safer Care - Measuring to Manage and Improve

Kira Leeb, Jennifer Zelmer, Greg Webster and Indra Pulcins

The Development of the Canadian Paediatric Trigger Tool for Identifying Potential Adverse Events

Anne Matlow, Virginia Flintoft, Elaine Orrbine, Barbara Brady-Fryer, Catherine M. G. Cronin, Cheri Nijssen-Jordan, Mark Fleming, Mary-Ann Hiltz, Michele Lahey, Margaret Zimmerman and G. Ross Baker

The Human Factor: Unexpected Benefits of a CPOE and Electronic Medication Management Implementation at the University Health Network

Howard Abrams and Dafna Carr

Identifying and Preventing Technology-Induced Error Using Simulations: Application of Usability Engineering Techniques

Elizabeth Borycki and Andre Kushniruk

Reports of Preventable Medical Errors from the Alberta Patient Safety Survey 2004

Laura C. Vanderheyden, Herbert C. Northcott, Carol E. Adair, Charlene McBrien-Morrison, Lynn M. Meadows, Peter Norton and John Cowell

Designing an Agenda for Change

From Inquest to Insight

Valdine Berry, Linda Smyrski and Laurie A. Thompson

Patient Safety: Le Groupe Vigilance pour la Sécurité des Soins: A Québec Perspective

Micheline Ste-Marie

Developing a Comprehensive Patient Safety Strategy for an Integrated Canadian Healthcare Region

W. Ward Flemons, Chris J. Eagle and Jack C. Davis

Quality, Patient Safety and the Implementation of Best Evidence: Provinces in the Country of Knowledge Translation

Dave Davis

Building from the Blueprint for Patient Safety at the Hospital for Sick Children

Polly Stevens, Anne Matlow and Ronald Laxer

Disclosure and Accountability

Legal Issues in Patient Safety: The Example of Nosocomial Infection

Tracey M. Bailey and Nola M. Ries

Striking A Balance: Who Is Accountable for Patient Safety?

Edward Etchells, Robert Lester, Bronwen Morgan and Beth Johnson

Trillium Health Centre's Journey to Disclosure

Lisa Droppo