D W Bates

Summary

Affiliation: Massachusetts General Hospital
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Patient risk factors for adverse drug events in hospitalized patients. ADE Prevention Study Group
    D W Bates
    Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Mass 02115, USA
    Arch Intern Med 159:2553-60. 1999
  2. ncbi Developing and implementing new safe practices: voluntary adoption through statewide collaboratives
    L L Leape
    Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Qual Saf Health Care 15:289-95. 2006
  3. ncbi Appropriateness of antiviral prescribing for influenza in primary care: a retrospective analysis
    J A Linder
    Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02120, USA
    J Clin Pharm Ther 31:245-52. 2006
  4. ncbi The "To Err is Human" report and the patient safety literature
    H T Stelfox
    Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Qual Saf Health Care 15:174-8. 2006
  5. ncbi Adverse drug events and medication errors: detection and classification methods
    T Morimoto
    Brigham and Women's Hospital, 1620 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02120-1613, USA
    Qual Saf Health Care 13:306-14. 2004
  6. ncbi Using information technology to improve surgical safety
    D W Bates
    Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, Massachusetts 0211J, USA
    Br J Surg 91:939-40. 2004
  7. ncbi Information technology and medication safety: what is the benefit?
    R Kaushal
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Partners HealthCare System, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Qual Saf Health Care 11:261-5. 2002
  8. ncbi Relationship between medication errors and adverse drug events
    D W Bates
    Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 10:199-205. 1995
  9. ncbi The role of primary care non-physician clinic staff in e-mail communication with patients
    A F Kittler
    Partners HealthCare Information Systems, Department of Clinical Analysis, Wellesley, MA, USA
    Int J Med Inform 73:333-40. 2004
  10. ncbi Primary care physician attitudes concerning follow-up of abnormal test results and ambulatory decision support systems
    H J Murff
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Department of Veterans Affairs, TVH, GRECC Unit, 1310 24th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37212, USA
    Int J Med Inform 71:137-49. 2003

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Publications16

  1. ncbi Patient risk factors for adverse drug events in hospitalized patients. ADE Prevention Study Group
    D W Bates
    Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, Mass 02115, USA
    Arch Intern Med 159:2553-60. 1999
    ..Adverse drug events (ADEs) are common in hospitalized patients, but few empirical data are available regarding the strength of patient risk factors for ADEs...
  2. ncbi Developing and implementing new safe practices: voluntary adoption through statewide collaboratives
    L L Leape
    Harvard School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Qual Saf Health Care 15:289-95. 2006
    ..In a statewide initiative we developed a framework for (1) selecting two safe practices, (2) developing operational details of implementation, (3) enlisting hospitals to participate, and (4) facilitating implementation...
  3. ncbi Appropriateness of antiviral prescribing for influenza in primary care: a retrospective analysis
    J A Linder
    Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02120, USA
    J Clin Pharm Ther 31:245-52. 2006
    ..Antiviral medications cost-effectively reduce influenza-related morbidity and potentially mortality. We sought to assess the appropriateness of antiviral prescribing for influenza...
  4. ncbi The "To Err is Human" report and the patient safety literature
    H T Stelfox
    Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Qual Saf Health Care 15:174-8. 2006
    ..We evaluated the effects of the IOM report on patient safety publications and research awards...
  5. ncbi Adverse drug events and medication errors: detection and classification methods
    T Morimoto
    Brigham and Women's Hospital, 1620 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02120-1613, USA
    Qual Saf Health Care 13:306-14. 2004
    ..32-0.98). The method of ADE and medication error detection and classification described is feasible and has good reliability. It can be used in various clinical settings to measure and improve medication safety...
  6. ncbi Using information technology to improve surgical safety
    D W Bates
    Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Brigham and Women's Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, Massachusetts 0211J, USA
    Br J Surg 91:939-40. 2004
  7. ncbi Information technology and medication safety: what is the benefit?
    R Kaushal
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Partners HealthCare System, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    Qual Saf Health Care 11:261-5. 2002
    ..Public and private mandates for information technology interventions are growing, but further development, application, evaluation, and dissemination are required...
  8. ncbi Relationship between medication errors and adverse drug events
    D W Bates
    Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 10:199-205. 1995
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Medication errors are common, although relatively few result in ADEs. However, those that do are preventable, many through physician computer order entry...
  9. ncbi The role of primary care non-physician clinic staff in e-mail communication with patients
    A F Kittler
    Partners HealthCare Information Systems, Department of Clinical Analysis, Wellesley, MA, USA
    Int J Med Inform 73:333-40. 2004
    ..Secure applications designed with these issues in mind are likely to be well received by staff members, and in turn physicians...
  10. ncbi Primary care physician attitudes concerning follow-up of abnormal test results and ambulatory decision support systems
    H J Murff
    Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Department of Veterans Affairs, TVH, GRECC Unit, 1310 24th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37212, USA
    Int J Med Inform 71:137-49. 2003
    ..Information systems could assist providers with abnormal test result tracking, yet little is known about primary care providers attitudes toward outpatient decision support systems...
  11. ncbi Comparison of time spent writing orders on paper with computerized physician order entry
    K Shu
    Information Systems, Partners HealthCare System, Boston, MA, USA
    Stud Health Technol Inform 84:1207-11. 2001
    ..We conclude that while CPOE has many benefits, it represents a major process change, and organizations must factor this in when they implement it...
  12. ncbi Medication errors and adverse drug events in pediatric inpatients
    R Kaushal
    Children's Hospital, Enders 609, Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    JAMA 285:2114-20. 2001
    ..CONCLUSIONS: Medication errors are common in pediatric inpatient settings, and further efforts are needed to reduce them...
  13. ncbi Communication breakdown in the outpatient referral process
    T K Gandhi
    Division of General Internal Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 15:626-31. 2000
    ..Information obtained from the general survey and referral-specific survey was congruent. Efforts to improve the referral system could improve both physician satisfaction and quality of patient care...
  14. ncbi Drug complications in outpatients
    T K Gandhi
    Division of General Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 15:149-54. 2000
    ..Our results indicate a need for better communication about potential side effects of medications, especially for patients with multiple medical problems...
  15. ncbi Incidence and preventability of adverse drug events in hospitalized adults
    D W Bates
    Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
    J Gen Intern Med 8:289-94. 1993
    ..Optimal prevention strategies should cover many types of drugs and target physicians' ordering practices...
  16. ncbi Impact of CPOE on mortality rates--contradictory findings, important messages
    E Ammenwerth
    University for Health Sciences, Medical Informatics and Technology, Institute for Health Information Systems, Eduard Wallnöfer Zentrum I, 6060 Hall, Tyrol, Austria
    Methods Inf Med 45:586-93. 2006
    ..To analyze the seemingly contradictory results of the Han study (Pediatrics 2005) and the Del Beccaro study (Pediatrics 2006), both analyzing the effect of CPOE systems on mortality rates in pediatric intensive care settings...