O Kostopoulou

Summary

Affiliation: University of Birmingham
Country: UK

Publications

  1. ncbi Predictors of diagnostic accuracy and safe management in difficult diagnostic problems in family medicine
    Olga Kostopoulou
    Primary Care Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
    Med Decis Making 28:668-80. 2008
  2. ncbi Abstract and reduced-context representations in fault-finding training
    O Kostopoulou
    School of Psychology, University of Wales Cardiff, UK
    Ergonomics 44:175-201. 2001
  3. ncbi Sources of variability in uncertain medical decisions in the ICU: a process tracing study
    O Kostopoulou
    Department of Primary Care and General Practice, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
    Qual Saf Health Care 13:272-80. 2004
  4. ncbi From cognition to the system: developing a multilevel taxonomy of patient safety in general practice
    O Kostopoulou
    Department of Primary Care and General Practice, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
    Ergonomics 49:486-502. 2006
  5. ncbi Confidential reporting of patient safety events in primary care: results from a multilevel classification of cognitive and system factors
    Olga Kostopoulou
    University of Birmingham, Primary Care Clinical Sciences Building, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
    Qual Saf Health Care 16:95-100. 2007
  6. ncbi Diagnostic difficulty and error in primary care--a systematic review
    Olga Kostopoulou
    School of Health and Population Sciences, College of Medicine and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
    Fam Pract 25:400-13. 2008
  7. ncbi Missing celiac disease in family medicine: the importance of hypothesis generation
    Olga Kostopoulou
    Primary Care Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
    Med Decis Making 29:282-90. 2009
  8. ncbi Making decisions about benefits and harms of medicines
    Trisha Greenhalgh
    Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University College London, London N19 5LW
    BMJ 329:47-50. 2004
  9. ncbi Do GPs report diagnostic errors?
    Olga Kostopoulou
    Fam Pract 25:1-2. 2008

Detail Information

Publications9

  1. ncbi Predictors of diagnostic accuracy and safe management in difficult diagnostic problems in family medicine
    Olga Kostopoulou
    Primary Care Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
    Med Decis Making 28:668-80. 2008
    ..To investigate the role of information gathering and clinical experience on the diagnosis and management of difficult diagnostic problems in family medicine...
  2. ncbi Abstract and reduced-context representations in fault-finding training
    O Kostopoulou
    School of Psychology, University of Wales Cardiff, UK
    Ergonomics 44:175-201. 2001
    ..This raises the question as to whether diagnostic strategies are necessarily best conveyed solely in verbal form, if the intention is to train transferable skill...
  3. ncbi Sources of variability in uncertain medical decisions in the ICU: a process tracing study
    O Kostopoulou
    Department of Primary Care and General Practice, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
    Qual Saf Health Care 13:272-80. 2004
    ..The ventilation outcome is uncertain and there is evidence of variability when this decision is made, the sources of which are not well understood...
  4. ncbi From cognition to the system: developing a multilevel taxonomy of patient safety in general practice
    O Kostopoulou
    Department of Primary Care and General Practice, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
    Ergonomics 49:486-502. 2006
    ..The properties of the taxonomy (validity, reliability, comprehensiveness) as well as its usability and acceptability remain to be tested with potential users...
  5. ncbi Confidential reporting of patient safety events in primary care: results from a multilevel classification of cognitive and system factors
    Olga Kostopoulou
    University of Birmingham, Primary Care Clinical Sciences Building, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
    Qual Saf Health Care 16:95-100. 2007
    ..To classify events of actual or potential harm to primary care patients using a multilevel taxonomy of cognitive and system factors...
  6. ncbi Diagnostic difficulty and error in primary care--a systematic review
    Olga Kostopoulou
    School of Health and Population Sciences, College of Medicine and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
    Fam Pract 25:400-13. 2008
    ..Diagnostic error in primary care can have serious implications for the patient, the clinician and the health-care system, possibly more so than other types of error...
  7. ncbi Missing celiac disease in family medicine: the importance of hypothesis generation
    Olga Kostopoulou
    Primary Care Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
    Med Decis Making 29:282-90. 2009
    ..Delays in diagnosing celiac disease average 13 years. We aimed to identify reasons for misdiagnosis in family medicine...
  8. ncbi Making decisions about benefits and harms of medicines
    Trisha Greenhalgh
    Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University College London, London N19 5LW
    BMJ 329:47-50. 2004
  9. ncbi Do GPs report diagnostic errors?
    Olga Kostopoulou
    Fam Pract 25:1-2. 2008