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List of works by Alan J Poots

A pilot survey of junior doctors' attitudes and awareness around medication review: time to change our educational approach?

scientific article published on 3 June 2015

A retrospective observational analysis to identify patient and treatment-related predictors of outcomes in a community mental health programme.

scientific article published on 20 May 2015

Acceptability and necessity of HIV and other blood-borne virus testing in a psychiatric setting.

scientific article published in April 2013

Applying quality improvement methods to address gaps in medicines reconciliation at transfers of care from an acute UK hospital.

scientific article published on 09 June 2016

Are the Epworth Sleepiness Scale and Stop-Bang model effective at predicting the severity of obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA); in particular OSA requiring treatment?

scientific article published on 30 August 2017

Considering chance in quality and safety performance measures: an analysis of performance reports by boards in English NHS trusts

scientific article published on 31 March 2016

Deprescribing medicines in the acute setting to reduce the risk of falls

scientific article published on 19 August 2016

Developing and validating a risk prediction model for acute care based on frailty syndromes

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Education around deprescribing: ‘spread and embed’ the story so far

scientific article published on 01 January 2017

Education around medication review and deprescribing: a survey of medical and pharmacy students' perspectives

scientific article published on 18 March 2020

Finding consensus on frailty assessment in acute care through Delphi method.

scientific article published on 14 October 2016

How can patient experience scores be used to predict quality inspection ratings? A retrospective cross-sectional study of national primary care datasets in the UK

scientific article published on 26 November 2020

How to attribute causality in quality improvement: lessons from epidemiology.

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Improving mental health outcomes: achieving equity through quality improvement.

scientific article published on 11 February 2014

Is number sense impaired in chronic pain patients?

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Mapping mental health service access: achieving equity through quality improvement.

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Model-driven approach to data collection and reporting for quality improvement.

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Preschool children who are frequent attenders in emergency departments: an observational study of associated demographics and clinical characteristics.

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Quantifying the prevalence of frailty in English hospitals.

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Statistical process control for data without inherent order

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The impact of changing the 4 h emergency access standard on patient waiting times in emergency departments in England.

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Using geographical information systems and cartograms as a health service quality improvement tool

scientific article published on 19 June 2014