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    • Adverse events among Ontario home care clients associated with emergency room visit or hospitalization: a retrospective cohort study 

      Doran, Diane M.; Hirdes, John P.; Blais, Régis; Baker, G. Ross; Poss, Jeffrey W.; Li, Xiaoqiang; Dill, Donna; Gruneir, Andrea; Heckman, George A.; Lacroix, Hélène; Mitchell, Lori; O'Beirne, Maeve; White, Nancy; Droppo, Lisa; Foebel, Andrea Dawn; Qian, Gan; Nahm, Sang-Myong; Yim, Odilia; McIsaac, Corrine; Jantzi, Micaela (BioMed Central, 2013-06-22)
      Background: Home care (HC) is a critical component of the ongoing restructuring of healthcare in Canada. It impacts three dimensions of healthcare delivery: primary healthcare, chronic disease management, and aging at home ...
    • Adverse Events Associated with Hospitalization or Detected through the RAI-HC Assessment among Canadian Home Care Clients 

      Doran, Diane M.; Hirdes, John P.; Blais, Régis; Baker, G. Ross; Poss, Jeffrey W.; Li, Xiaoqiang; Dill, Donna; Gruneir, Andrea; Heckman, George A.; Lacroix, Hélène; Mitchell, Lori; O’Beirne, Maeve; Foebel, Andrea Dawn; White, Nancy; Qian, Gan; Nahm, Sang-Myong; Yim, Odilia; Droppo, Lisa; McIsaac, Corrine (Longwoods Publishing, 2013-08-19)
      Background: The occurrence of adverse events (AEs) in care settings is a patient safety concern that has significant consequences across healthcare systems. Patient safety problems have been well documented in acute care ...
    • Diagnostic data for neurological conditions in interRAI assessments in home care, nursing home and mental health care settings: a validity study 

      Foebel, Andrea Dawn; Hirdes, John P.; Heckman, George A.; Kergoat, Marie-Jeanne; Patten, Scott; Marrie, Ruth Ann (BioMed Central, 2013-11-01)
      Background: The interRAI suite of assessment instruments can provide valuable information to support person-specific care planning across the continuum of care. Comprehensive clinical information is collected with these ...
    • The Value of Admission Clinical Data for Diagnosing Heart Failure in Long-term Care 

      Heckman, George A.; Foebel, Andrea Dawn; Dubin, Joel A.; Ng, Jennifer; Turpie, Irene D.; Hussack, Patricia; McKelvie, Robert S. (Canadian Geriatrics Society, 2013-12-03)
      Background Heart failure (HF) is common in long-term care (LTC). Diagnostic uncertainty is important barrier to optimal HF management, stemming from inadequate health information transfer upon LTC admission. We determine ...

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