Resources and References
British Healthcare Organisations & Resources
Department of Health
National Patient Safety Agency
Cochrane Centre
General Medical Council
National Institute for Clinical Excellence
NHS Litigation Authority
NHS Information Authority
Royal Society of Medicine
Webdirectories on Health and Patient Safety
OpenClinical Knowledge Management for Medical Care http://www.openclinical.org/home.html
Bandolier
Hardin Meta Directory
of Health Resources
Healthcare
Information Sites
National Patient Safety Foundation (U.S.)
This site has links to a variety of sites with information on medical error,
risk management and patient safety.
Pubmed
Readings and documents online
British Medical Journal.
Special issue. Reducing error, improving safety. March 2000
An Organisation with a
Memory. Learning from adverse events in the NHS (1999)
Building a safer NHS.
To err is human: Building a
safer healthcare system. Institute of Medicine, 1999
Selected publications by the network members
Barber N, Batty
R, Ridout D. Predicting the rate of physician-accepted inventions by hospital
pharmacists in the United Kingdom. Am J
Health- Syst Pharm. 1997;54:397-405.
Barber
ND, Blackett A, Batty R. Does a high workload decrease ward pharmacists'
clinical monitoring? International
Journal of Pharmacy Practice 1993;2:152-5.
Barber N, Rawlins M, Dean Franklin B. Reducing prescribing error: competence, control and culture. Quallity and Safety in Health Care 2003;12,
Suppl1:i29-i32
Barber
N. Should we consider non-compliance a medical error? Quality and Safety in Health Care 2002;11:81-4.
Barber N. Information
technology and medication safety: what is the benefit? Quality and Safety in Health Care 2002;11:265.
Batty R,
Barber N. Ward Pharmacy: foundation for prescribing audit. Quality in Health Care 1992;1:5-9.
Beech EF, Barber ND.
The Development of a Self-reporting Multidimensional Work Sampling Measure to
Study Ward Pharmacy Services in the United Kingdom. Journal of Social and Administrative Pharmacy 1993;10:157-62
Beech
EF, Barber ND. Ward pharmacy services - is a once daily visit less efficient
than a twice daily visit? International
Journal of Pharmacy Practice 1995;3:124-7.
Cotter SM, Barber ND,
McKee M, Chalmers CP. Factors influencing the provision of clinical pharmacy
services in United Kingdom National Health Service Hospitals. International Journal of Technology
Assessment in Health Care 1996;12:475-86.
Cotter SM, Barber ND,
McKee M. Survey of clinical pharmacy services in United Kingdom National Health
Service Hospitals. American Journal of
Hospital Pharmacy 1994;51:2676-84.
Dean B, Schachter M,
Vincent C, Barber N. Prescribing errors in hospital inpatients: their incidence
and clinical significance. Quality and
Safety in Health Care 2002;11:340-4.
Dean
B, Schachter M, Vincent C, Barber N. Causes of prescribing errors in hospital
inpatients: a prospective study. Lancet
2002;359:1373-8.
Dean BS, Barber ND.
The effects of a patients' own drugs scheme on the incidence and severity of
medication administration errors. International
Journal of Pharmacy Practice 2000;8:209-16.
Dean BS, Barber ND. A
validated, reliable method for scoring the severity of medication errors. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 1999;56:57-62.
Dean
BS, Kanabar P, Ashby N, Taxis K, Barber ND. What can the drug chart tell us
about medication administration? The
Hospital Pharmacist 1998;5:167-70.
Dean B, Barber N. Validity and reliability of observational methods
for studying medication administration errors. Am J Health-Syst Pharm. 2001;58:54-9.
Dean B, Barber N,
Schachter M. What is a prescribing error? Quality
in Health Care 2000;9:232-7.
Dean
BS, Allan EL, Barber ND, Barker KN. Comparison of medication errors in an
American and a British hospital. Am J
Health-Syst Pharm. 1995;52:2543-9.
Ditta T. A randomised controlled trial of a
pharmaceutical discharge service.
2001. PhD Thesis, University of
London
Eagleton JM, Walker FS, Barber ND. An investigation into patient
compliance with hospital discharge medication in a local population. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice
1993;107-10.
Ho C, Dean BS, Barber
N. When do medication administration errors happen to hospital inpatients? International Journal of Pharmacy Practice
1997;5:91-6.
Jenkins,
D B. The evaluation of an automated drug distribution system using a health
technology assessment approach. 1997.
PhD Thesis University of London.
Ngo,
S W. Implications of Computerized Prescribing in Hospitals in the UK. 1994. PhD Thesis, University of London.
Ridge
KW, Jenkins DB, Noyce PR, Barber ND. Medication errors during hospital drug
rounds. Quality in Health Care 1995;4:240-3.
Sagripanti
M, Dean BS, Barber N. An evaluation of the process-related medication risks for
elective surgery patients from pre-operative assessment to discharge. International Journal of Pharmacy Practice
2002;10:161-70.
Taxis K, Barber N. An
observation-based study investigating causes of intravenous medication errors
in a German hospital. In press Zeitschrift für Gesundheitswissenschaften.
Taxis
K, Barber N. The incidence of intravenous medication errors in German
hospitals. In press European
Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
Taxis K, Barber N.
Ethnographic study of the incidence and severity of intravenous drug errors. BMJ 2003;326:684.
Taxis
K, Barber N. The causes of intravenous errors - an ethnographic study. Accepted
Quality and Safety in Health Care
2003.
Taxis K. The
incidence, severity and causes of IV medication errors in hospitals. PhD
Thesis University of London. 2001
Taxis K, Dean B,
Barber N. Hospital drug distribution systems in the UK and Germany - a study of
medication errors. Pharmacy World and
Science 1999;21:25-31.
Taxis
K, Dean BS, Barber N. The validation of an existing method of scoring the
severity of medication administration errors for use in Germany. Pharmacy World and Science 2002;24:236-9.
Taxis
K, Barber N. An analytical framework to investigate intravenous medication
errors in hospitals. Pharmacy World and
Science 2000;22:A7.
Wirtz V, Taxis K,
Barber N. An observational study of intravenous medication errors in the United
Kingdom and in Germany. Pharmacy World
and Science 2003;25:104-11
Avery A J, Classifying and identifying
errors. Quality and Safety in Health Care 2003;12;
404 (commentary)
Avery A J, Preventing drug-related hospital
admissions Prescriber 2003;14:10-13 (editorial)
Avery A J, Drug Warning: How to avoid medication
errors. Practice Management Update 2003;3:224 (article)
Avery A J, Can pharmacists prevent deaths and
admissions? Prescriber 2003,14(9):15-16 (editorial)
Avery A J, How much are we prepared to pay for
patient safety? Prescriber
2003;14(19):11-13 (editorial)
Avery A J, Danger! Making warnings count. Prescriber 2003;14(23):13
Avery A J, Medication Errors: Lessons for Education
and Healthcare. BMJ 2003;326:555 (book
review)
Avery A J.
Safer prescribing: the National Patient Safety Agency. Prescriber
2002; 13:13.
Avery A J, Cutting Edge: When medicine is a risky
business. Times Higher Educational Supplement 2002;July 5th
edition:22 (article)
Avery A J, Getting to the root of prescribing
errors. Prescriber 2002;(11):9-11 (editorial)
Avery A J, Building a Safer NHS for Patients. Prescriber 2001;12(12):13. (editorial)
Avery A J, Computerised alerts for potential drug
hazards. Prescriber 2000; 11(7):113-
117. (article)
Avery A J, The Swiss cheese approach to reducing
prescribing error. Prescriber 2000; 11(9):13-14. (editorial)
Avery A J, Making Sense of risk Management. Prescriber 2000; 11(15):33
(book review)
Avery A J, The use of computers to aid GP
prescribing. Prescriber 1998;
9(21):13. (editorial)
Avery A J, Chen Y-F, The incidence of prescribing
potentially dangerous drug-drug combinations in general (family) practice. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety
2000; 9:S140-1 (published conference
abstract)
Avery A J, Savelyich B S P, Teasdale, S,
Improving the safety features of general practice computer systems. Informatics
in Primary Care 2003;11:203-6
Avery A J, Smeaton L,
Royal S, Sheikh A, Hurwitz B, Dewey M, Systematic review of interventions aimed
at reducing drug-related adverse events in primary care (family practice). Pharmacoepidemiology
and Drug Safety 2003;12:S131-132 (published
conference abstract)
Avery A J, Sheikh A, Hurwitz B, Smeaton L, Chen Y-F,
Howard R, Cantrill J, Royal S, Safer medicines management in primary care. British
Journal of General Practice 2002;52(supplement):S17-S22 (discussion paper)
Chen Y-F, Avery A J, Neil K, Johnson C, Assessing
the occurrence and preventability of prescribing potentially
hazardous/contraindicated drug combinations in general (family) practice. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety 2001; 10:S53 (published
conference abstract)
Conroy S, Collier J, Birchley N, Neil K, Rodgers S,
McIntyre J, Choonara I, Avery A, An examination of the risk management issues
in the handling at home of over-the-counter medicines purchased for children. Pharmaceutical
Journal 2003;271:209-213
Coulter A, An unacknowledged workforce: patients as
partners in healthcare. In: Davies C (ed). The future health workforce, Chapter
2,pp. 33-48. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2003
Coulter A, After Bristol: putting patients at the
centre. British Medical Journal 2002; 324: 648-51
Coulter A, The Autonomous Patient. London: Nuffield
Trust, 2002
Dean, B S, Gallivan S, Barber N D, van Ackere A,
Mathematical modelling of pharmacy systems American Journal Health System
Pharmacy 1997; 54:2491-2499, PubMed
Dean
BS, Gallivan S, Barber ND, Van Ackere A.
Franke L, Avery A J, Groom L, Horsfield P, Is there
a role for computerised decision support for drug dosing in general
practice? A questionnaire survey. Journal of Clinical Pharmacy &
Therapeutics 2000; 25:373-377
Gallivan S, Davis K B, Stark J F, Early
identification of divergent performance in congenital cardiac surgery European
Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery 2001; 20, 1214-1219
Howard R L, Avery A J, Howard P D, Partridge M,
Investigation into the reasons for preventable drug related admissions to a
medical admissions unit: observational study. Quality and Safety in Health
Care 2003; 12:280-285
Lovegrove J, Valencia O, Treasure T, Sherlaw-Johnson
C, Gallivan S, Monitoring the result of cardiac surgery by variable life
adjusted display (VLAD) Lancet 1997; 350:1128-1130, PubMed Lovegrove
J, Valencia O, Treasure T, Sherlaw-Johnson C, Gallivan S.
Magnus D, Rodgers S, Avery A J, GPs' views on
computerised drug interaction alerts: questionnaire survey. Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics
2002; 27:377-382
McIntyre J, Conroy S, Avery A, Corns H, Choonara I,
Unlicensed and off label prescribing of drugs in general practice Archive Diseases of Childhood 2000; 83:498-501
Morris C J, Cantrill J A, Avery A J, Howard R L, Preventing drug-related morbidity: determining valid
indicators. The International Journal of Pharmacy Practice 2002:10,R60 (published conference abstract)
Morris C J, Rogers S, Hammersley V,
Avery A J, Cantrill J A, Indicators for preventing drug-related morbidity:
applications in general practice. International
Journal of Pharmacy Practice 2003:11(supplement);R15 (published conference abstract)
Reebye RN, Avery AJ, Bissell P, van Weel C. The
issue of territoriality between pharmacists and physicians in primary care. International
Journal of Pharmacy Practice 2002;10:69-75 (Discussion paper)
Shah SNH, Aslam M, Avery A J, A survey of
prescription errors in general practice. Pharmaceutical Journal 2001;
267:860-862
Sherlaw-Johnson C, Lovegrove J, Treasure T, Gallivan
S, Likely variations in perioperative mortality associated with cardiac
surgery: when does high mortality reflect bad practice? Heart 2000;
84:79-82 PubMed Sherlaw-Johnson
C, Lovegrove J, Treasure T, Gallivan S.
Smeaton L, Sheikh A, Avery A, Royal S, Hurwitz B,
Dewey M, Interventions for reducing preventable drug-related hospital
admissions or preventable drug-related morbidity in primary care (Protocol for
a Cochrane Review). In: The Cochrane Library, Issue 1, 2003. Oxford: Update
Software
Stark J, Gallivan S, Lovegrove J, Hamilton JRL.,
Jmonro J L, Pollock JCS, Watterson JCS, Mortality rates after surgery for
congenital heart defects in children and surgeons' performance Lancet
2000; 355:1004-1007 PubMed Stark
J, Gallivan S, Lovegrove J, Hamilton JR, Monro JL, Pollock JC, Watterson KG.
Vincent C, Coulter A, Patient safety: what about the
patient? Quality and Safety in Health Care 2002;
11: 76-80 PubMed Vincent
CA, Coulter A.
Other resources
Powerpoint Presentation (566Kb) by Steve Gallivan on Monitoring mortality following surgery.
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