OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Journal of Patient Safety is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)

Article	Citations
Patient Safety and Legal Regulations: A Total-Scale Analysis of the Scientific Literature	94
Preventing Potential Patient Harm Through Clinical Content Interventions During Oncology Clinical Trial Implementation	51
Supporting Error Management and Safety Climate in Ambulatory Care Practices: The CIRSforte Study	38
Patient Safety Culture Analysis in Dental Hospital Using Dental Office Survey on Patient Safety Culture Questionnaire: A Cross-cultural Adaptation and Validation Study	29
COVID-19 Therapeutics Can Be Safely Administered at Home	28
Allergic Adverse Drug Events After Alert Overrides in Hospitalized Patients	25
Improving Capnography Use for Critically Ill Emergency Patients: An Implementation Study	24
From Experiment to Excellence: The Impact of Patient Safety Learning Laboratories	23
Harms and Contributors of Leaving Against Medical Advice in Patients With Infective Endocarditis	20
A Clinical Data Warehouse Analysis of Risk Factors for Inpatient Falls in a Tertiary Hospital: A Case-Control Study	19
Enhancing Patient Safety Event Analysis Using Artificial Intelligence: A Pilot Study of an Artificial Intelligence–Powered Report Analysis Tool	19
Hospitals That Report Severe Sepsis and Septic Shock Bundle Compliance Have More Structured Sepsis Performance Improvement	18
Patient Falls in the Operating Room: Why Is This Still a Problem in 2024?	16
Incidence of Hospital-Acquired Conditions During Pediatric Clinical Research Inpatient Hospitalizations: A Matched Cohort Study	15
Consequences of Inpatient Falls in Acute Care: A Retrospective Register Study	15
Using the Generic Analysis Method to Analyze Sentinel Event Reports Across Hospitals: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study	14
Cost-effectiveness Analysis of Peripherally Inserted Central Catheters Versus Central Venous Catheters for in-Hospital Parenteral Nutrition	14
Comparisons of Fall Prevention Activities Using Electronic Nursing Records: A Case-Control Study	14
How Were Patient Safety Incidents Responded to, Investigated, and Learned From Within the English National Health Service Before the Implementation of the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework? A	14
Understanding Patient and Clinician Reported Nonroutine Events in Ambulatory Surgery	12
Applying Healthcare Failure Mode and Effect Analysis and the Development of a Real-Time Mobile Application for Modified Early Warning Score Notification to Improve Patient Safety During Hemodialysis	12
Development of a Psychological Scale for Measuring Disruptive Clinician Behavior: Erratum	11
Independent Double Checks in the ICU: A Word of Caution	11
Enhancing Compliance With Work-Hour Restrictions Through Safety Culture and Leadership in Medical Residencies	11
In Situ Simulation for Adoption of New Technology to Improve Sepsis Care in Rural Emergency Departments	11

Development of an Evidence-Based Instrument to Justify the Use of Physical Restraint in General Adult Ward Settings: A Systematic Review	11
Aspects of Patient Safety Culture Most Associated With Employees’ Overall Rating of Patient Safety and Whether Employees Reported Safety Events: Overall and for Hospitals Predominantly Serving Black P	11
Screening for Latent Infections Among Users of High-Risk Immunosuppressants: A Cross-Sectional Analysis From the Veterans Health Administration Healthcare System	10
Patient and Family Involvement in Serious Incident Investigations From the Perspectives of Key Stakeholders: A Review of the Qualitative Evidence	10
Proactive Patient Safety: Focusing on What Goes Right in the Perioperative Environment	10
The Prevention and Treatment of Postoperative Delirium in the Elderly: A Narrative Systematic Review of Reviews	10
Development of the Leapfrog Group’s Bar Code Medication Administration Standard to Address Hospital Inpatient Medication Safety	10
Pressure Injury Prediction Model Using Advanced Analytics for At-Risk Hospitalized Patients	10
Examining Patient Safety and Barriers for Older Adults and People With Disabilities in Health Care: A Scoping Review	10
Cross-disciplinary Insights for Overcoming Speak-up Barriers in Medical Education	10
Room of Hazards: A Comparison of Differences in Safety Hazard Recognition Among Various Hospital-Based Healthcare Professionals and Trainees in a Simulated Patient Room	9
Response to “Taking Up the Challenge to Improve Name and Role Recognition in the Operating Room”	9
Exploring the “Black Box” of Recommendation Generation in Local Health Care Incident Investigations: A Scoping Review	9
Analysis of Patient Safety Event Report to Understand the Contribution of Health IT to Diagnostic Error	9
Communication During Interhospital Transfers of Emergency General Surgery Patients: A Qualitative Study of Challenges and Opportunities	9
Evaluating Patient Identification Practices During Intrahospital Transfers: A Human Factors Approach	9
The Association Between Time to First Dose of Venous Thromboembolism Prophylaxis and the Incidence of Hospital-Acquired Venous Thromboembolism	9
It’s Called “Informed Consent,” But How “Informed” Are Patients? A Patient Perspective on Informed Consent in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Saudi Arabia	9
Spinal Cord Stimulators: An Analysis of the Adverse Events Reported to the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration	9
Perceptions of U.S. and U.K. Incident Reporting Systems: A Scoping Review	9
Using a Patient Portal to Screen Patients for Symptoms After Starting New Medications	9
Patient Safety, One Health Approach, and Linking With Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): An Indian Perspective	9
High-Risk Medication in Home Care Nursing: A Delphi Study	9
Comparison of a Voluntary Safety Reporting System to a Global Trigger Tool for Identifying Adverse Events in an Oncology Population	9
Evaluation of Policies Limiting Opioid Exposure on Opioid Prescribing and Patient Pain in Opioid-Naive Patients Undergoing Elective Surgery in a Large American Health System	9
Impact of Repeated Reimbursement Penalties on Hospital Total Quality Scores	8
Enhancing Patient Safety in Prehospital Environment: Analyzing Patient Perspectives on Non-Transport Decisions With Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning	8
Comparing Guidelines to Daily Practice When Screening Older Patients for the Risk of Functional Decline in Hospitals: Outcomes of a Functional Resonance Analysis Method (FRAM) Study	8
Exploring Changes in Patient Safety Incidents During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Canadian Regional Hospital System: A Retrospective Time Series Analysis	8
Identifying Contributing Factors Associated With Dental Adverse Events Through a Pragmatic Electronic Health Record–Based Root Cause Analysis	8
Characteristics of Cumulative Annual Radiation Exposure in Young Intensive Care Unit Survivors	8
Saturday Elective Operations: Untapped Opportunity or Dangerous Fool’s Errand	8
Evaluation of Interruptions During IV Smart Pump Medication Administration in Intensive Care Units	8
Incorporating Patient Safety and Quality Into the Medical School Curriculum: An Assessment of Student Gains	8
The Impact of a 22-Month Multistep Implementation Program on Speaking-Up Behavior in an Academic Anesthesia Department	8
Unexpected Mechanical Ventilation Dysfunction in a Coronavirus Disease Patient With Severe Pneumonia Due to the Oxygen Flowsensor Failure	8
Adverse Events in Patients Transitioning From the Emergency Department to the Inpatient Setting	8
Patient Outcomes Compared Between Admissions Coordinated by the Transfer Center and Emergency Department at a U.S. Tertiary Care Hospital	8
Why Is Patient Safety a Challenge? Insights From the Professionalism Opinions of Medical Students’ Research	8
Second Victims in Mental Health Care	8
Patient Safety Climate, Quality of Care, and Intention of Nursing Professionals to Remain in Their Job During the COVID-19 Pandemic	7
Evaluation of National Patient Safety Implementation Framework in Selected Public Healthcare Facilities of Tamil Nadu: An Operational Research	7
Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Wright Normalization of Deviance (NOD) Scale	7
Development of a Quality Improvement Dental Chart Review Training Program	7
SCALPEL: A Structured Handoff Protocol for Scrub Nurses in the Operating Room for Patient Safety	7
Application of the IMB Model in the Vision of Zero Harm Caused by Magnetic Resonance Ferromagnetic Projection Accidents	7
Dental Anesthesia Guidelines and Regulations of US States and Major Professional Organizations: A Review	7
Effect of a Financial Incentive Scheme for Medication Review on Polypharmacy in Elderly Inpatients With Dementia: A Retrospective Before-and-After Study	7
Implementation of a Checklist for Surgical Inpatient Rounds: An Observational Cohort Study	7
Preventing Surgical Site Infections: Are Safety Climate Level and Its Strength Associated With Self-reported Commitment To, Subjective Norms Toward, and Knowledge About Preventive Measures?	7

Temporal Trends in Adverse Effects of Medical Treatment Among Chinese Children and Adolescents, 1990-2021: Evidence From the Global Burden of Disease 2021 Study	7
From Missed Appointments to Missed Opportunities: The Patient Safety Challenge	7
Effects of Generic Exchange of Levodopa Medication in Patients With Parkinson Disease	7
A Cohort Study of Nonfood Choking Incidents in the Hospital	7
Cross-cultural Adaptation of the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire Short Form in Spanish and Italian Operating Rooms: Psychometric Properties	7
Value of Incident Reporting to Address Real-time Safety Opportunities During the COVID-19 Pandemic	7
The Impact of Electronic Communication of Medication Discontinuation (CancelRx) on Medication Safety: A Pilot Study	6
The Patient Safety Adoption Framework: A Practical Framework to Bridge the Know-Do Gap	6
Evaluating the Effects of a General Anesthesia and Prone Position Nursing Checklist and Training Course on Posterior Lumbar Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial	6
The Implementation of Perioperative Geriatric Management Could Decrease the Incidence of Postoperative Delirium in the Elderly Undergoing Major Orthopedic Surgeries	6
Defects in Value Associated With Hospital-Acquired Conditions: How Improving Quality Could Save U.S. Healthcare $50 Billion	6
Care Home Safety Incidents and Safeguarding Reports Relating to Hospital to Care Home Transitions: A Retrospective Content Analysis	6
Starting a High-Fidelity Simulation-Based Hospital Quality and Safety Program: Ten Tips for Success	6
Preanalytical Errors in Clinical Biochemistry Laboratory and Relationship With Hospital Departments and Staff: A Record-Based Study	6
Optimizing Event Reporting to Drive a Culture of Learning and Safety: A System-based Approach to Mitigating Harm Through Near-miss and No-harm Reporting	6
Incorporating a Patient Safety and Quality Course Into the Nursing Curriculum: An Assessment of Student Gains	6
Knowledge and Practices Regarding Prevention of Central Venous Catheter Removal-Associated Air Embolism: A Survey of Nonintensive Care Unit Medical and Nursing Staff	6
Neonatal Adverse Events’ Trigger Tool Setup With Random Forest	6
Ambulatory Medication Errors and Adverse Events Involved in Medicine-Related Malpractice Cases From 2011 to 2021	6
The Relationship Between Duration of General Anesthesia and Postoperative Fall Risk During Hospital Stay in Orthopedic Patients	6
Outcomes for Hospitalized Aggressive and Violent Patients When Physical Restraints Are Introduced	5
Response to the Letter to the Editor by Cioccari et al	5
Letter to the Editor—Response to “A Qualitative Analysis of Outpatient Medication Use in Community Settings: Observed Safety Vulnerabilities and Recommendations for Improved Patient Safety”	5
A Novel Color-Coding Method to Prevent Wrong-Site Surgery in Ophthalmology	5
Teamwork Before and During COVID-19: The Good, the Same, and the Ugly…	5
A 6-Year Thematic Review of Reported Incidents Associated With Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Calls in a United Kingdom Hospital	5
The Value of a Cross-Disciplinary Approach to Human and System Performance Research in Obstetrics and Neonatology: AHRQ’s Patient Safety Learning Laboratory	5
Evaluation of the Culture of Safety and Quality in Pediatric Primary Care Practices	5
Why Is Patient Safety a Challenge? Insights From the Professionalism Opinions of Medical Students’ Research	5
Developing and Aligning a Safety Event Taxonomy for Inpatient Psychiatry: Erratum	5
Characteristics of Fall Occurrence in Hospitals and the Factors Influencing Falls That Require Additional Medical Care: Based on an Accident Database	5
The Government as Plaintiff: An Analysis of Medical Litigation Against Healthcare Providers in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia	5
Critical Care Clinicians’ Experiences of Patient Safety During the COVID-19 Pandemic	5
Safety Investigation Incident Reports in Social and Health Care: Analysis of Contributing Factors in Finland	5
Mobile Phones in the Operating Room: A Call for Strict Regulation to Ensure Patient Safety	5
Decreasing Hospital-acquired Pressure Injuries During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A 5-step Quality Improvement Approach	5
Pakistan’s Silent Killer: How Fake and Substandard Medicines Are Destroying Patient Safety	5
Translating the Leapfrog Safety Letter Grade to a Percentile: Unlock Your Hospital’s Door to Quality Improvement With This Easy “Quality Hack”	5
Uncovering the Risks of Anticancer Therapy Through Incident Report Analysis Using a Newly Developed Medical Oncology Incident Taxonomy	5
Self-assessment and Modulation of Traction During Shoulder Dystocia Simulation Training	5
Validation of a Reduced Set of High-Performance Triggers for Identifying Patient Safety Incidents with Harm in Primary Care: TriggerPrim Project	5
The Barriers and Enhancers to Trust in a Just Culture in Hospital Settings: A Systematic Review	5
Discrepancies Between Clinical and Autopsy Diagnoses in Rapid Response Team–Assisted Patients: What Are We Missing?	5
Translation and Comprehensive Validation of the Hebrew Survey on Patient Safety Culture (HSOPS 2.0)	5
Assessing the Reproducibility of Research Based on the Food and Drug Administration Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience Data	4
Major Clinical Adverse Events of Breast Implant in the Manufacturer and User Facility Device Experience Database	4
Wrong-Site Surgery in Spain and Professional Liability Claims	4
Incorporating Machine Learning Driven Factors in the Design of Electronic-triggers to Detect Diagnostic Errors in the Emergency Department	4
Veterans Health Administration Response to the COVID-19 Crisis: Surveillance to Action	4
Implementation of a Standardized Tool for Root Cause Analysis Selection	4
Application of System-Theoretic Process Analysis for Enhancing Safety in a Ventilator System	4
Clinician Communication and Patient Safety in Pediatrics: A Practical Application of Human-Centered Design for Problem Identification and Analysis	4
Convergent Validity of 2 Widely Used Methodologies for Calculating the Hospital Standardized Mortality Ratio in Flanders, Belgium	4
The Value of Sentinel Indicators for Detecting Serious Adverse Events in Hospital Care	4
Continuous Monitoring Detected Respiratory Depressive Episodes in Proximity to Adverse Respiratory Events During the PRODIGY Trial	4
A Pragmatic Method for Measuring Inpatient Complications and Complication-Specific Mortality	4
A Prospective Quasi-Experimental Study of Multifaceted Interventions Including Computerized Drug Utilization Evaluation to Improve an Antibiotic Stewardship Program	4
Integrating Multifaceted Strategies to Prevent Patient Falls: Insights and Implementations at Taoyuan Psychiatric Center	4
Development and Usability Testing of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Common Formats to Capture Diagnostic Safety Events	4
Patient Safety Education in the Undergraduate Dental Curriculum: Evidence Base and Current Practice in UK Dental Schools	4
Understanding Hazards for Adverse Drug Events Among Older Adults After Hospital Discharge: Insights From Frontline Care Professionals	4
Redefining Interruptions: Events, Causes, and Impacts in Trauma Rooms	4
Involving Patients and/or Their Next of Kin in Serious Adverse Event Investigations: A Qualitative Study on Hospital Perspectives	4
Postdischarge Adverse Events Among Neonates Admitted to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit	4
Communication of Incidental Imaging Findings on Inpatient Discharge Summaries After Implementation of Electronic Health Record Notification System	4
Medication Safety Gaps in English Pediatric Inpatient Units: An Exploration Using Work Domain Analysis	4
Skin Pigmentation Effects on Pulse Oximetry Accuracy Need a Prospective Study	4
Overview of Patient Safety Culture in Bosnia and Herzegovina With Improvement Recommendations for Hospitals	4
Implementation and Evaluation of Clinical Decision Support for Apixaban Dosing in a Community Teaching Hospital	4
Factors Causing Variation in World Health Organization Surgical Safety Checklist Effectiveness—A Rapid Scoping Review	4
Introduction of a Novel Patient Safety Advisory: Evaluation of Perceived Information With a Modified QPP Questionnaire—A Case-Control Study	4
Applying High-reliability Principles to Infusion Pump Safety: A Case Study at a Multisite Health System	4
Making Sense of Patient Safety Through Cultural-Historical Activity Theory and Complexity Modeling	4
The Influence of Preoperative Waiting Time on Anxiety and Pain Levels in Outpatient Surgery for Breast Diseases	4
Delays in Diagnosis, Treatment, and Surgery: Root Causes, Actions Taken, and Recommendations for Healthcare Improvement	4
Mobile Applications for Educating Patients, Caregivers, and Health Personnel on Patient Safety: A Scoping Review	4
Healthcare Violence and the Potential Promises and Harms of Artificial Intelligence	4