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William B. Runciman
Researcher at University of South Australia
Publications - 250
Citations - 13579
William B. Runciman is an academic researcher from University of South Australia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Patient safety & Health care. The author has an hindex of 55, co-authored 249 publications receiving 12919 citations. Previous affiliations of William B. Runciman include University of New South Wales & The Joanna Briggs Institute.
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The Quality in Australian Health Care Study
Ross McL Wilson,William B. Runciman,Robert W. Gibberd,Bernadette T Harrison,Liza Newby,John D. Hamilton +5 more
TL;DR: A review of the medical records of over 14 000 admissions to 28 hospitals in New South Wales and South Australia revealed that 16.6% of these admissions were associated with an “adverse event”, which resulted in disability or a longer hospital stay for the patient and was caused by health care management.
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Towards an International Classification for Patient Safety: key concepts and terms
William B. Runciman,Peter Hibbert,Richard Thomson,TW Tjerk van der Schaaf,Heather Sherman,Pierre Lewalle +5 more
TL;DR: This work represents the start of an ongoing process of progressively improving a common international understanding of terms and concepts relevant to patient safety, and agrees on definitions and preferred terms.
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The Australian Incident Monitoring Study: an analysis of 2000 incident reports.
R. K. Webb,Marian J. Currie,C. Morgan,J A Williamson,Patricia Mackay,Patricia Mackay,W. J. Russell,William B. Runciman +7 more
TL;DR: The pattern and relative frequencies of the various categories of incidents are similar to those in “closed-claims” studies, suggesting that AIMS should provide information of relevance to those wishing to develop strategies to reduce the incidence and/or impact of incidents and accidents.
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Adverse drug events and medication errors in Australia
TL;DR: Anticoagulant, anti-inflammatory, and cardiovascular drugs feature prominently as preventable, high impact problems, and collectively make up over one-half of all ADEs.
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CareTrack: assessing the appropriateness of health care delivery in Australia.
William B. Runciman,Tamara D Hunt,Natalie Hannaford,Natalie Hannaford,Peter Hibbert,Johanna I. Westbrook,Enrico Coiera,Richard O. Day,Diane M Hindmarsh,Elizabeth A. McGlynn,Jeffrey Braithwaite,Jeffrey Braithwaite +11 more
TL;DR: The percentage of health care encounters at which a sample of adult Australians received appropriate care was determined (ie, care in line with evidence‐based or consensus‐based guidelines).