OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMJ Quality & Safety is 24. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Can virtual reality simulations improve macrocognition?	194
Effectiveness of computerised alerts to reduce drug–drug interactions (DDIs) and DDI-related harm in hospitalised patients: a quasi-experimental controlled pre–post study	79
We will take some team resilience, please: Evidence-based recommendations for supporting diagnostic teamwork	75
From parallel tracks to integrated practice: advancing the integration of quality improvement and implementation science	72
Hip fracture in the COVID-19 era: what can we say about care and patient outcomes?	65
Standard Elements in Studies of Adverse Events and Medical Error: the SESAME statement	63
Evidence of availability bias in diagnostic reasoning following real clinical encounters: a cross-sectional survey of physicians	58
It’s time for the field of geriatrics to invest in implementation science	53
Towards comprehensive fidelity evaluations: consideration of enactment measures in quality improvement interventions	49
Thinking and organising in systems: reframing the long problem of learning from incidents	39
Prevention in adults of transmission of infection with multidrug-resistant organisms: an updated systematic review from Making Healthcare Safer IV	38
Quality and Safety in the Literature: November 2022	37
Learning from complaints about surgical care: a large language model-assisted sequential methods analysis	34
Quality and safety in the literature: January 2023	34
How can we finally reduce repetitive routine laboratory tests for hospitalised patients?	33
Progressing patient safety in the Emergency Medical Services	31
Quality of care for secondary cardiovascular disease prevention in 2009–2017: population-wide cohort study of antiplatelet therapy use in Scotland	31
Practice or perfect? Coaching for a growth mindset to improve the quality of healthcare	29
Pragmatic randomised trial assessing the impact of peer comparison and therapeutic recommendations, including repetition, on antibiotic prescribing patterns of family physicians across British Columbi	29
Assessing patient work system factors for medication management during transition of care among older adults: an observational study	28
An anthropologist’s insight into healthcare data – multiple and rich of contradictions	28
Service users’ experiences of maternity care in England informed by the Saving Babies’ Lives Care Bundle Version 2: A reflexive thematic analysis	27
How to scale and spread catheter avoidance nationwide	26
Understanding the challenges and successes of implementing ‘hybrid’ interventions in healthcare settings: findings from a process evaluation of a patient involvement trial	25
Assessing quality of direct-to-consumer telemedicine in China: a cross-sectional study using unannounced standardised patients	24

Why hospital falls prevention remains a global healthcare priority	24
Role of communicating diagnostic uncertainty in the safety-netting process: insights from a vignette study	24
Approach to systematically examine the usefulness of quality measures in practice: Minnesota’s nursing home quality indicators and scoring approach	24