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REFINE (REducing Falls in In-patieNt Elderly) using bed and bedside chair pressure sensors linked to radio-pagers in acute hospital care: a randomised controlled trial (2013)
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Background: falls in hospitals are a major problem and contribute to substantial healthcare burden. Advances in sensor technology afford innovative approaches to reducing falls in acute hospital care. However, whether these are clinically effective a... Read More about REFINE (REducing Falls in In-patieNt Elderly) using bed and bedside chair pressure sensors linked to radio-pagers in acute hospital care: a randomised controlled trial.

Factors Associated With Smoking Cessation in Early and Late Pregnancy in the Smoking, Nicotine, and Pregnancy Trial: A Trial of Nicotine Replacement Therapy (2013)
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Introduction: Previous studies have found partners’ smoking status, multiparity, and nicotine dependence to be associated with smoking cessation in pregnancy. However, no studies have investigated influences on cessation among women using nicotine re... Read More about Factors Associated With Smoking Cessation in Early and Late Pregnancy in the Smoking, Nicotine, and Pregnancy Trial: A Trial of Nicotine Replacement Therapy.

Completeness of maternal smoking status recording during pregnancy in United Kingdom primary care data (2013)
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Background: Given the health impacts of smoking during pregnancy and the opportunity for primary healthcare teams to encourage pregnant smokers to quit, we assessed the completeness of gestational smoking status recording in primary care data and inv... Read More about Completeness of maternal smoking status recording during pregnancy in United Kingdom primary care data.

Does use of ‘non-trial’ cessation support help explain the lack of effect from offering NRT to quitline callers in a RCT? (2013)
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The evidence for the effectiveness of safety alerts in electronic patient medication record systems at the point of pharmacy order entry: a systematic review (2013)
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Background: Electronic Patient Medication Record (ePMR) systems have important safety features embedded to alert users about potential clinical hazards and errors. To date, there is no synthesis of evidence about the effectiveness of these safety fea... Read More about The evidence for the effectiveness of safety alerts in electronic patient medication record systems at the point of pharmacy order entry: a systematic review.

Prevalence of herbal and dietary supplement usage in Thai outpatients with chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional survey (2013)
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Background: There are few studies of the prevalence and patterns of herbal and dietary supplement (HDS) use in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), although many researchers and health professionals worldwide have raised concern about the pote... Read More about Prevalence of herbal and dietary supplement usage in Thai outpatients with chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional survey.

Hospital volume, proportion resected and mortality from oesophageal and gastric cancer: A population-based study in England, 2004-2008 (2013)
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Objective: This study assessed the associations between hospital volume, resection rate and survival of oesophageal and gastric cancer patients in England. Design: 62 811 patients diagnosed with oesophageal or gastric cancer between 2004 and 2008... Read More about Hospital volume, proportion resected and mortality from oesophageal and gastric cancer: A population-based study in England, 2004-2008.

Training pharmacists to deliver a complex information technology intervention (PINCER) using the principles of educational outreach and root cause analysis (2013)
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Objective To describe the training undertaken by pharmacists employed in a pharmacist-led information technology-based intervention study to reduce medication errors in primary care (PINCER Trial), evaluate pharmacists’ assessment of the training,... Read More about Training pharmacists to deliver a complex information technology intervention (PINCER) using the principles of educational outreach and root cause analysis.