List of works - Alan J Forster

A modification of the Elixhauser comorbidity measures into a point system for hospital death using administrative data

scientific article

A qualitative study of Canada's experience with the implementation of electronic health information technology

scientific article

A risk scoring system to identify emergency department patients with heart failure at high risk for serious adverse events

scientific article published in January 2013

Acceptability of a Mobile Clinical Decision Tool Among Emergency Department Clinicians: Development and Evaluation of The Ottawa Rules App (Preprint)

article

Acceptability of a Mobile Clinical Decision Tool Among Emergency Department Clinicians: Development and Evaluation of The Ottawa Rules App.

scientific article

Advance care planning after hospital discharge: qualitative analysis of facilitators and barriers from patient interviews

scientific article published on 05 December 2018

Barriers and facilitators to improving patient safety learning systems: a systematic review of qualitative studies and meta-synthesis

scientific article published in 2023

Clinical characteristics associated with adverse events in patients with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a prospective cohort study.

scientific article published on 18 February 2014

Comparison of outcomes and costs between adult diabetic ketoacidosis patients admitted to the ICU and step-down unit

scientific article published on 25 December 2018

Correlation between serial tests made disease probability estimates erroneous

scientific article published on 28 August 2009

Creating a Just Culture: The Ottawa Hospital's experience

scientific article published on 25 June 2019

Derivation and validation of an index to predict early death or unplanned readmission after discharge from hospital to the community

scientific article

Effectiveness of a computerized drug-monitoring program to detect and prevent adverse drug events and medication non-adherence in outpatient ambulatory care: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial

scientific article

Experiential and rational decision making: a survey to determine how emergency physicians make clinical decisions

scientific article published on 7 November 2011

How do emergency physicians make discharge decisions?

scientific article

Mapping out the emergency department disposition decision for high-acuity patients.

scientific article published on 13 June 2012

Patient safety analysis of the ED care of patients with heart failure and COPD exacerbations: a multicenter prospective cohort study.

scientific article published on 17 October 2013

Pharmacosurveillance without borders: electronic health records in different countries can be used to address important methodological issues in estimating the risk of adverse events

scientific article

Potential harms associated with routine collection of patient sociodemographic information: A rapid review

Proportion of hospital readmissions deemed avoidable: a systematic review

scientific article published on 28 March 2011

Risk assessment tools to predict location of discharge and need for supportive services for medical patients after discharge from hospital: a systematic review protocol.

scientific article published on 17 January 2017

Study of a multisite prospective adverse event surveillance system

scientific article published on 03 July 2019

The effect of hospitalization on oral anticoagulation control: A population-based study

scientific article published on 17 July 2006

The influence of incidental abdominal aortic aneurysm monitoring on patient outcomes.

scientific article published on 31 July 2011

The usefulness of administrative databases for identifying disease cohorts is increased with a multivariate model

scientific article published on 8 May 2010

Urgent readmission rates can be used to infer differences in avoidable readmission rates between hospitals

scientific article published on 17 July 2012

Using novel Canadian resources to improve medication reconciliation at discharge: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial ⬇️

scientific article published on August 27, 2012

List of works by Alan J Forster

A modification of the Elixhauser comorbidity measures into a point system for hospital death using administrative data

A qualitative study of Canada's experience with the implementation of electronic health information technology

A risk scoring system to identify emergency department patients with heart failure at high risk for serious adverse events

Acceptability of a Mobile Clinical Decision Tool Among Emergency Department Clinicians: Development and Evaluation of The Ottawa Rules App (Preprint)

Acceptability of a Mobile Clinical Decision Tool Among Emergency Department Clinicians: Development and Evaluation of The Ottawa Rules App.

Advance care planning after hospital discharge: qualitative analysis of facilitators and barriers from patient interviews

Barriers and facilitators to improving patient safety learning systems: a systematic review of qualitative studies and meta-synthesis

Clinical characteristics associated with adverse events in patients with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a prospective cohort study.

Comparison of outcomes and costs between adult diabetic ketoacidosis patients admitted to the ICU and step-down unit

Correlation between serial tests made disease probability estimates erroneous

Creating a Just Culture: The Ottawa Hospital's experience

Derivation and validation of an index to predict early death or unplanned readmission after discharge from hospital to the community

Effectiveness of a computerized drug-monitoring program to detect and prevent adverse drug events and medication non-adherence in outpatient ambulatory care: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial

Experiential and rational decision making: a survey to determine how emergency physicians make clinical decisions

How do emergency physicians make discharge decisions?

Mapping out the emergency department disposition decision for high-acuity patients.

Patient safety analysis of the ED care of patients with heart failure and COPD exacerbations: a multicenter prospective cohort study.

Pharmacosurveillance without borders: electronic health records in different countries can be used to address important methodological issues in estimating the risk of adverse events

Potential harms associated with routine collection of patient sociodemographic information: A rapid review

Proportion of hospital readmissions deemed avoidable: a systematic review

Risk assessment tools to predict location of discharge and need for supportive services for medical patients after discharge from hospital: a systematic review protocol.

Study of a multisite prospective adverse event surveillance system

The effect of hospitalization on oral anticoagulation control: A population-based study

The influence of incidental abdominal aortic aneurysm monitoring on patient outcomes.

The usefulness of administrative databases for identifying disease cohorts is increased with a multivariate model

Urgent readmission rates can be used to infer differences in avoidable readmission rates between hospitals

Using novel Canadian resources to improve medication reconciliation at discharge: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial ⬇️