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Books & Book Chapters

Runciman WB, Merry A, Walton M. Safety and Ethics in Healthcare. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007 (Book – 334 pages).

Runciman WB, Coventry BJ. Systems, Safety, and Quality: Harm, Error, and Litigation In: Coventry BJ, editor. Surgery: Complications, Risks and Consequences, General Surgery Risk Reduction Springer-Verlag 2014. p. 253-72.

Runciman WB, Merry AF. A Brief History of the Patient Safety Movement in Anaesthesia In: Eger II EI, Saidman LJ, Westhorpe RN, editors. The Wondrous Story of Anesthesia Springer; 2013. p. 541-56.

Jones D, Runciman W. Principles of incident reporting. In: Croskerry P, Cosby KS, Schenkel SM and Wears RL, editors. Patient Safety in Emergency Medicine. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2008:70-4.

Williamson JAH, Runciman WB. Thinking in a crisis: use of algorithms. In: Croskerry P, Cosby KS, Schenkel SM and Wears RL, editors. Patient Safety in Emergency Medicine. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2008:228-34.

Kluger MT, Runciman WB. Incident monitoring in anesthesia. Chapter 41. In Healy TEJ and Knight PR (editors). Wylie and Churchill-Davidson’s A Practice of Anesthesia, 7th edition. Arnold, London, 2003: 671-85.

Runciman WB, Gravenstein JS. Critical incident management. In Kirby RR, Gravenstein N, Lobato EB, Gravenstein JS (editors). Clinical Anaesthesia Practice, 2nd edition. WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 2002. Chapter 7, pp 127-132.

Runciman B. Lessons from Australia. In: Emslie S, Knox K, Pickstone M (editors).Improving Patient Safety: Insights From American, Australian and British Healthcare, ECRI, Welwyn, 2002. pp 47-53.

REPORTS

Deakin, A., Schultz, T. & Runciman, B. (2017) Emergency Medicine Events Register (EMER) - Final Report. Adelaide: Australian Patient Safety Foundation

Presentations

Deakin, A. (2017) Consumer Reporting of Diagnostic Errrors in Emergency Medicine. AusDEM 2017 https://az659834.vo.msecnd.net/eventsairaueprod/production-ashm-public/a7be8b9d6e794879842631fe15a96d9a

Journal Articles

Georgiou A, McCaughey EJ, Tariq A, Walter SR, Li J, Callen J, et al. What is the impact of an electronic test result acknowledgement system on Emergency Department physicians’ work processes? A mixed-method pre-post observational study. International Journal of Medical Informatics. 2017;99:29-36. http://www.ijmijournal.com/article/S1386-5056(16)30274-X/abstract

Hibbert PD, Hannaford NA, Hooper TD, Hindmarsh, DM, Braithwaite J, Ramanathan S, Wickham N, Runciman WB; Assessing the appropriateness of prevention and management of venous thromboembolism in Australia: a cross-sectional study.  BMJ Open 2016;6;e008618

Basedow M, Hibbert P, Hooper T, Runciman W, Esterman A. Australians with osteoarthritis: satisfaction with health care providers and the perceived helpfulness of treatments and information sources. Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare. 2016;9:387-394. doi:10.2147/JMDH.S110751.https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27578982

Hibbert PD ; Molloy CJ ; Hooper TD; et al. The application of the Global Trigger Tool: a systematic review.  International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 2016, 28(6), 640–649.doi: 10.1093/intqhc/mzw115

Basedow M, Williams H, Shanahan E M, Runciman WB, Esterman A.:  Australian GP management of osteoarthritis following the rlease of the RACGP guideline for the non-surgical management of hip and knee osteoarthritis BMC Res Notes (2015) 8:536

Basedow M, Runciman W, Lipworth W, Esterman A; Australian GP attitudes to clinical practice guidelines and some implications for translating osteoarthritis care into practice, Australian Journal of Primary Health; doi 10.1071/ PY15079

Callen J, Giardina TD, Singh H, Li L, Paoloni R, Georgiou A, Runciman WB, Westbrook JI; Emergency Physicians’ Views of Direct Notification of Laboratory and Radiology Results to Patients Using the Internet: A Multisite Survey.  J Med Internet Res. 2015;17:3

Goergen S, Schultz TJ, Deakin A, Runciman WB;   Investigating Errors in Medical Imaging: Lesson for practice from medico-legal closed claims  The Journal of the American College of Radiology Sept 2015;12:9 988-997

Hibbert PD, Hallahan AR, Muething SE, Lachman P, Hooper TD, Wiles LK, Jaffe A, White L, Wheaton GR, Runciman WB, Dalton S, Williams HM, Braithwaite J;  CareTrack Kids – part 3  Adverse events in children’s healthcare in Australia: study protocol for a retrospective medical record review.   BMJ Open 2015;5:e007750

Hibbert PD, Healey F, Lamont T., Warner B., Marella W., Runciman WB; Patient safety’s missing link; using clinical expertise to recognise, respond to and reduce risks at a population level. Int.J. for Quality in Health Care, 2015, 1-8

Hooper TD, Hibbert PD, Mealing N, Wiles LK, Jaffe A, White L, Cowell CT, Harris MF, Runciman WB, Goldstein S, Hallahan AR, Wakefield JG, Murphy E, Lau A, Wheaton G, Williams HM, Hughes C, Braithwaite J; CareTrack Kids – part 2  Assessing the appropriateness of the healthcare delivered to Australian children: study protocol for a retrospective medical record review.  BMJ Open, 2015;5:e007749

Hooper TD, Hibbert PD, Hannaford NA, Jackson N, Hindmarsh DM, Gordon DL, Coiera E, Runciman WB;   Surgical Site Infection (SSI) – a population based study in Australian adults measuring the compliance and correct timing of appropriate antibiotic prophylaxis.  Anaesth Intensive Care 2015;43:4 461-467

Jones DN, Benveniste KA, Schultz TJ, Mandel CJ, Runciman WB. Establishing national medical imaging incident reporting systems: Issues and challenges. J Am Coll Radiol 2010;7(8):582-92.

Jones DN, Thomas MJ, Mandel CJ, Grimm J, Hannaford N, Schultz T, Runciman W. Where failures occur in the imaging care cycle: Lessons learnt from the Radiology Events Register. J Am Coll Radiol 2010;7(8):593-602.

Magrabi F, Liaw ST, Arachi D, Runciman W, Coiera E, Kidd MR; Identifying patient safety problems associated with information technology in general practice: an analysis of incident reports.  BMJ Qual Saf 2015;0:1-11

Mandel C, Runciman W. System for Reporting and Analysing Incidents. In: Lau L, Ng K-H, editors. Radiology Safety and Quality   Paradigms in Leadership and Innovation Springer; 2014. p. 203-21.

Wiles LK, Hooper TD,  Hibbert PD, White L, Mealing N, Jaffe A, Cowell CT, Harris MF, Runciman WB, Goldstein S, Hallahan AR, Wakefield JG, Murphy E, Lau A, Wheaton G, Williams HM, Hughes C, Braithwaite J.;   CareTrack Kids – part 1  Assessing the appropriateness of healthcare delivered to Australian children: study protocol for clinical indicator development  BMJ Open 2015;5:e007748

Basedow M, Runciman W, March L, Esterman A. Australians with osteoarthritis; the use of and beliefs about complementary and alternative medicines. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice. 2014;20:237-42.

Runciman, B   Is it time for consultants to join trainees in working night shifts?  Yes.  Emergency Medicine Australasia, 2014, 26: 506-507

Gallego B, Runciman WB, Perez-Concha O, Liaw S-T, Day RO, Dunn GA, et al. The management of severe hypertension in Australian general practice. BMC Health Serv Res. 2013;13:414

Dunn AG, Braithwaite J, Gallego B, Day RO, Runciman W, Coiera E. Nation-scale adoption of new medicines by doctors: an application of the Bass diffusion model. BMC Health Serv Res. 2012 Aug 10;12(1):248

Hunt TD, Ramanathan SA, Hannaford NA, Hibbert PD, Braithwaite J, Coiera E, Day RO, Westbrook JI, Runciman WB: CareTrack Australia: assessing the appropriateness of adult healthcare: protocol for a retrospective medical record review. BMJ Open 2012 Jan 18;2:e000665.

Runciman WB, Coiera EW, Day RO, Hannaford NA, Hibbert PD, Hunt TD, et al.
Towards the delivery of appropriate health care in Australia. Med J Aust. 2012 16.7.2012;197(2):78-81.

Runciman WB, Hunt TD, Hannaford NA, Hibbert PD, Westbrook JI, Coiera EW, et al. CareTrack: assessing the appropriateness of health care delivery in Australia. Med J Aust. 2012;197(2):100-5.

Westbrook JI, Reckmann M, Li L, Runciman WB, Burke R, Lo C, Baysari MT, Braithwaite J, Day RO. (2012) Effects of Two Commercial Electronic Prescribing Systems on Prescribing Error Rates in Hospital In-Patients: A Before and After Study. PLoS Med 9(1): e1001164. doi:10.1371/journal.pmed.1001164   Awarded as one of the best papers published in 2012 in the Decision Support field of medical informatics.

Baker PA, Flanagan BT, Greenland KB, Morris R, Owen H, Riley RH, Runciman WB, Scott DA, Segal R, Smithies WJ, Merry AF. Equipment to manage a difficult airway during anaesthesia. Anaesth Intens Care 2011; 39(1): 16-34.

Magrabi F, Ong MS, Runciman W., Coiera E  Patient Safety Problems Associated with Healthcare Information Technology: an Analysis of Adverse Events Reported to the US Food and Drug Administration. AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings. 2011;2011:853.

Magrabi F, Ong M S, Runciman W, Coiera E.  An analysis of computer-related patient safety incidents to inform the development of a classification. (accepted for publication in 2011 AMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics)

Magrabi F, Ong MS, Runciman W, Coiera E. Using FDA Reports to inform a classification for health information technology safety problems. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2011(September 2011 - Online):1-9.

Martinez JC, Dziekan G, Runciman WB. Innovations, Technical Solutions, and Patient Safety: Pulse Oximetry, Health Care Checklists, and the International Classification for Patient Safety. JCInsight April 2011 (e-publication).

Thomas MJW, Runciman WB, Schultz T, Hannaford N. Mapping the limits of safety reporting systems in health care – what lessons can we actually learn? Med J Aust 2011; 194(12): 635-9

Runciman WB. Is money spent on quality improvement money better spent on clinical care?  NO. (editorial)  Med J Aust 2011;194(12): 641

Braithwaite J, Greenfield D, Westbrook J, Pawsey M, Westbrook M, Gibberd R, Naylor J, Nathan S, Robinson M, Runciman B, Jackson M, Travaglia J, Johnston B, Yen D, McDonald H, Low L, Redman S, Johnson B, Corbett A, Hennessy D, Clark J, Lancaster J. Health service accreditation as a predictor of clinical and organizational performance: a blinded, random, stratified study. Qual Saf Health Care 2010;19:14-21.

Carpenter KB, Duevel MA, Lee PW, Wu AW, Bates DW, Runciman WB, Baker GR, Larizgoitia I, Weeks WB. Measures of patient safety in developing and emerging countries: a review of the literature. Qual Saf Health Care 2010:19:48-54

Magrabi F, Ong MS, Runciman W, Coiera E. An analysis of computer-related patient safety incidents to inform the development of a classification. J Am Med Inform Assoc 2010;17(6):663-70.

Michel P, Amalberti R, Runciman WB, Sherman H, Lewalle P, Larizgoitia I. Concepts et définitions en sécurité des patients: la Classification internationale pour la sécurité des patients de l’Organisation Mondiale de la Santé. Risques et Qualité 2010;7(3):133-43.

Newton RC, Mytton OT, Aggarwal R, Runciman WB, Free M, Fahlgren B, Akiyama M, Farlow B, Yaron S, Locke G, Whittaker S. Making existing technology safer in healthcare. Qual Saf Health Care 2010; 19 Suppl 2: i15-24.

Pham JC, Gianci S, Battles J, Beard P, Clarke JR, Coates H, Donaldson L, Eldridge N, Fletcher M, Goeschel CA, Heitmiller E, Hensen J, Kelley E, Loeb J, Runciman W, Sheridan S, Wu AW, Pronovost PJ. Establishing a global learning community for incident reporting systems. Qual Saf Health Care 2010;19(5):446-51.

Braithwaite J, Runciman WB, Merry AF. Towards safer, better healthcare: harnessing the natural properties of complex sociotechnical systems. Qual Saf Health Care 2009;18:37-41.

Runciman W, Hibbert P, Thomson R, Van Der Schaaf T, Sherman H, Lewalle P. Towards an International Classification for Patient Safety: key concepts and terms. Int J Qual Health Care 2009;21:18-26.

Runciman WB, Baker GR, Michel P, Dovey S, Lilford RJ, Jensen N, Flin R, Weeks WB, Lewalle P, Larizgoitia I. Tracing the foundations of a conceptual framework for a patient safety ontology. Qual Saf Health Care Online First on 10 August 2010. doi: 10.1136/qshc.2009.035147

Sherman H, Castro G, Fletcher M, Hatlie M, Hibbert P, Jakob R, Koss R, Lewalle P, Loeb J, Perneger T, Runciman W, Thomson R, Van Der Schaaf T, Virtanen M. Towards an International Classification for Patient Safety: the conceptual framework. Int J Qual Health Care 2009;21:2-8.

Thomson R, Lewalle P, Sherman H, Hibbert P, Runciman W, Castro G. Towards an International Classification for Patient Safety: a Delphi survey. Int J Qual Health Care 2009;21:9-17.

Runciman WB, Baker GR, Michel P, Larizgoitia I, Lilford RJ, Andermann A, Flin R, Weeks WB. The epistemology of patient safety research. Int J Evid Based Healthc 2008;6:476-486.

Vergios W, Chen T, McLachlan A, Runciman WB, Fois R. QUMwatch: a community pharmacy-based incident reporting system to improve medication safety and quality use. Sydney: Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, 2008.

Evans SM, Smith BJ, Esterman A, Runciman  WB, Maddern G, Stead K, Selim P, O’Shaughnessy J, Muecke S, Jones S. Evaluation of an intervention aimed at improving voluntary incident reporting in hospitals. Qual Saf Health Care 2007; 16(3): 169-175.

Williamson JA, Hibbert P, Benveniste K, Runciman B. The development of a crisis management manual for anesthetists and anesthesiologists. Seminars in Anesthesia, Perioperative Medicine and Pain 2007; 26(3): 173-7.

Braithwaite J, Westbrook J, Pawsey M, Greenfield D, Naylor J, Iedema R, Runciman  B, Redman S, Jorm C, Robinson M, Nathan S, Gibberd R. A prospective, multi-method, multi-disciplinary, multi-level, collaborative, social-organisational design for researching health sector accreditation. BMC Health Serv Res 2006 Sep 12; 6: 113.

Flabouris A, Runciman WB, Levings B. Incidents during out-of-hours patient transportation. Anaesth Intensive Care 2006; 34(2): 228-236.

Runciman WB. Shared meanings: preferred terms and definitions for safety and quality concepts. Med J Aust 2006; 184(10): S41-43.

Runciman WB, Williamson JAH, Deakin A, Benveniste KA, Bannon K, Hibbert PD. An integrated framework for safety, quality and risk management: an information and incident management system based on a universal taxonomy. Qual Saf Health Care2006; 15 Suppl 1: i82-i90.

Abeysekera A, Bergman IJ, Kluger MT, Short TG. Drug error in anaesthetic practice: a review of 896 reports from the Australian Incident Monitoring Study database. Anaesthesia 2005; 60(3):220-7.

Bacon AK, Morris RW, Runciman WB, Currie M. Crisis management during anaesthesia: recovering from a crisis. Qual Saf Health Care 2005;14(3):e25.

Bacon AK, Paix AD, Williamson JA, Webb RK, Chapman MJ. Crisis management during anaesthesia: pneumothorax. Qual Saf Health Care 2005;14(3):e18.

Benveniste KA, Hibbert PD, Runciman WB. Violence in health care: the contribution of the Australian Patient Safety Foundation to incident monitoring and analysis. Med J Aust 2005; 183(7): 348-51.

Chapman MJ, Myburgh JA, Kluger MT, Runciman WB. Crisis management during anaesthesia: pulmonary oedema. Qual Saf Health Care 2005;14(3):e8.

Currie M, Kerridge RK, Bacon AK, Williamson JA. Crisis management during anaesthesia: anaphylaxis and allergy. Qual Saf Health Care 2005;14(3):e19.

Fox MA, Morris RW, Runciman WB, Paix AD. Crisis management during regional anaesthesia. Qual Saf Health Care 2005;14(3):e24.

Griggs WM, Morris RW, Runciman WB, Osborne GA, Paix AD. Trauma: development of a sub-algorithm. Qual Saf Health Care 2005;14(3):e21.

Kluger MT, Szekely SM, Singleton RJ, Helps SC. Crisis management during anaesthesia: water intoxication. Qual Saf Health Care 2005;14(3):e23.

Kluger MT, Visvanathan T, Myburgh JA, Westhorpe RN. Crisis management during anaesthesia: regurgitation, vomiting, and aspiration. Qual Saf Health Care 2005;14(3):e4.

Ludbrook GL, Webb RK, Currie M, Watterson LM. Crisis management during anaesthesia: myocardial ischaemia and infarction. Qual Saf Health Care 2005;14(3):e13.

Morris RW, Watterson LM, Westhorpe RN, Webb RK. Crisis management during anaesthesia: hypotension. Qual Saf Health Care 2005;14(3):e11.

Myburgh JA, Chapman MJ, Szekely SM, Osborne GA. Crisis management during anaesthesia: sepsis. Qual Saf Health Care 2005;14(3):e22.

Osborne GA, Bacon AK, Runciman WB, Helps SC. Crisis management during anaesthesia: awareness and anaesthesia. Qual Saf Health Care 2005;14(3):e16.

Paix AD, Runciman WB, Horan BF, Chapman MJ, Currie M. Crisis management during anaesthesia: hypertension. Qual Saf Health Care 2005;14(3):e12.

Paix AD, Bullock MF, Runciman WB, Williamson JA. Crisis management during anaesthesia: problems associated with drug administration during anaesthesia. Qual Saf Health Care 2005;14(3):e15.

Paix AD, Williamson JA, Runciman WB. Crisis management during anaesthesia: difficult intubation. Qual Saf Health Care 2005;14(3):e5.

Runciman WB. Iatrogenic harm and anaesthesia in Australia. Editorial. Anaesth Intensive Care 2005; 33(3):297-300.

Runciman WB, Merry AF. A tragic death: a time to blame or a time to learn? Qual Saf Health Care 2003; 12:321-2.

Runciman WB, Merry AF, Tito F. Error, blame and the law in healthcare – an antipodean perspective. Ann Int Med 2003; 138(12): 974-9.

Runciman WB, Merry AF. Crises in clinical care: an approach to management. Qual Saf Health Care 2005;14(3):156-63.

Runciman WB, Morris RW, Watterson LM, Williamson JA, Paix AD. Crisis management during anaesthesia: cardiac arrest. Qual Saf Health Care 2005;14(3):e14.

Runciman WB, Kluger MT, Morris RW, Paix AD, Watterson LM, Webb RK. Crisis management during anaesthesia: the development of an anaesthetic crisis management manual. Qual Saf Health Care 2005;14(3):e1.

Singleton RJ, Kinnear SB, Currie M, Helps SC. Crisis management during anaesthesia: vascular access problems. Qual Saf Health Care 2005;14(3):e20.

Szekely SM, Runciman WB, Webb RK, Ludbrook GL. Crisis management during anaesthesia: desaturation. Qual Saf Health Care 2005;14(3):e6.

Visvanathan T, Kluger MT, Webb RK, Westhorpe RN. Crisis management during anaesthesia: obstruction of the natural airway. Qual Saf Health Care 2005;14(3):e2.

Visvanathan T, Kluger MT, Webb RK, Westhorpe RN. Crisis management during anaesthesia: laryngospasm. Qual Saf Health Care 2005;14(3):e3.

Watterson LM, Morris RW, Westhorpe RN, Williamson JA. Crisis management during anaesthesia: bradycardia. Qual Saf Health Care 2005;14(3):e9.

Watterson LM, Morris RW, Williamson JA, Westhorpe RN. Crisis management during anaesthesia: tachycardia. Qual Saf Health Care 2005;14(3):e10.

Westhorpe RN, Ludbrook GL, Helps SC. Crisis management during anaesthesia: bronchospasm. Qual Saf Health Care 2005;14(3):e7.

Williamson JA, Helps SC, Westhorpe RN, Mackay P. Crisis management during anaesthesia: embolism. Qual Saf Health Care 2005;14(3):e17.

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Beckmann U, Bohringer C, Carless R, Gillies DM, Runciman WB, Wu AW, Provonost P. Evaluation of two methods for quality improvement in intensive care: Facilitated incident monitoring and retrospective medical chart review. Crit Care Med 2003; 31(4):1006-11.

Runciman WB, Roughhead EE, Semple SJ, Adams RJ. Adverse drug events and medication errors in Australia. Int J Qual Health Care 2003; 15 Suppl. 1: i49-59.

Bergman IJ, Kluger MT, Short MG. Awareness during general anaesthesia: a review of 81 cases from the Anaesthetic Incident Monitoring Study. Anaesthesia 2002; 57:549-56.

Durie M, Beckmann U, Gillies DM. Incidents relating to arterial cannulation as identified in 7,525 reports submitted to the Australian Incident Monitoring Study (AIMS-ICU). Anaesth Intensive Care 2002; 30(1):60-5.

Kluger MT, Bullock MF. Recovery room incidents: a review of 419 reports from the Anaesthetic Incident Monitoring Study (AIMS). Anaesthesia 2002; 57: 1060-6.

Kluger MT, Tham EJ, Coleman NA, Runciman WB, Bullock MF. Inadequate pre-operative evaluation and preparation: a review of 197 reports from the Australian incident monitoring study. Anaesthesia 2000; 55(12:1173-8

Morris GP, Morris RW. Anaesthesia and fatigue: an analysis of the first 10 years of the Australian Incident Monitoring Study 1987-1997. Anaesth Intensive Care 2000; 28(3):300-4.

Morrison AL, Beckmann U, Durie M, Carless R, Gillies DM. The effects of nursing staff inexperience (NSI) on the occurrence of adverse patient experiences in ICUs. Aust Crit Care 2001; 14(3):116-21.

Runciman WB. Qualitative versus quantitative research - balancing cost, yield and feasibility.  Reprinted from Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21:502-5, as a Classic Paper. In: Quality and Safety in Health Care 2002; 11: 146-7.

Runciman WB. Lessons from the Australian Patient Safety Foundation: setting up a national patient safety surveillance system - is this the right model? Qual Saf Health Care 2002; 11:246-51.

Runciman B, Merry A, Smith AM. Improving patients’ safety by gathering information. Anonymous reporting has an important role. Editorial. BMJ 2001; 323(7308):298.

Runciman WB, Edmonds MJ, Pradhan M. Setting priorities for patient safety. Qual Saf Health Care 2002; 11:224-9.

Vinen J. Incident monitoring in emergency departments: an Australian model. Acad Emerg Med 2000; 7(11):1290-7.

Beckmann U, Gillies DM. Factors associated with reintubation in intensive care: an analysis of causes and outcomes. Chest 2001; 120(2):538-42.

Morrison AL, Beckmann U, Durie M, Carless R, Gillies DM. The effects of nursing staff inexperience (NSI) on the occurrence of adverse patient experiences in ICUs. Aust Crit Care 2001; 14(3):116-21.

Kluger MT, Tham EJ, Coleman NA, Runciman WB, Bullock MF. Inadequate pre-operative evaluation and preparation: a review of 197 reports from the Australian incident monitoring study. Anaesthesia 2000; 55(12:1173-8.
Morris GP, Morris RW. Anaesthesia and fatigue: an analysis of the first 10 years of the Australian Incident Monitoring Study 1987-1997. Anaesth Intensive Care 2000; 28(3):300-4.

Thomas EJ, Studdert DM, Runciman WB, Webb RK, Sexton EJ, Wilson RM, Gibberd RW, Harrison BT, Brennan TA. A comparison of iatrogenic injury studies in Australia and the USA. I: Context, methods, casemix, population, patient and hospital characteristics. Int J Qual Health Care 2000; 12(5):371-8.

Runciman WB, Webb RK, Helps SC, Thomas EJ, Sexton EJ, Studdert DM, Brennan TA. A comparison of iatrogenic injury studies in Australia and the USA. II: Reviewer behaviour and quality of care. Int J Qual Health Care 2000; 12(5):379-88.

Clark RB, Graham JD, Williamson JA. Towards system-wide strategies for reducing adverse drug events. J Qual Clin Practice 1999; 19(1):37-40.

Halstead PJ, Roughead EE, Rigby K, Clark RB, Gallus AS. Towards the safer use of warfarin II: results of a workshop. J Qual Clin Practice 1999; 19(1):61-2.

Hart GK. Error in medicine: adverse events in intensive care. Schweiz Med Wochenschr 1999; 129: 1583-91.
Kluger MT, Bukofzer M, Bullock M. Anaesthetic assistants: their role in the development and resolution of anaesthetic incidents. Anaesth Intensive Care 1999; 27(3):269-74.

Kluger MT, Short TG. Aspiration during anaesthesia: a review of 133 cases from the Australian Anaesthetic Incident Monitoring Study (AIMS). Anaesthesia 1999; 54(1):19-26.

Levings B, Szep S, Helps S. Toward the safer use of dosettes. J Qual Clin Practice 1999; 19(1):69-72.

Malpass A, Helps SC, Runciman WB. An analysis of Australian adverse drug events. J Qual Clin Pract 1999; 19(1):27-30.

Malpass A, Helps SC, Sexton EJ, Maiale D, Runciman WB. A classification for adverse drug events. J Qual Clin Pract 1999; 19(1):23-6.

Rigby K, Clark RB and Runciman WB. Adverse events in health care: setting priorities based on economic evaluation. J Qual Clin Pract 1999; 19(1):7-12.

Runciman WB. Incidents and accidents in health care: it’s time! J Qual Clin Pract 1999; 19(1):1-2. Editorial.
Sinclair M, Simmons S, Cyna A. Incidents in obstetric anaesthesia and analgesia: an analysis of 5000 AIMS reports. Anaesth Intensive Care 1999; 27(3):275-81.

Steven ID, Malpass A, Moller J, Runciman WB, Helps SC. Towards safer drug use in general practice. J Qual Clin Pract 1999; 19(1):47-50.

Wilson RM, Harrison BT, Gibberd RW, Hamilton JD. An analysis of the causes of adverse events from the Quality in Australian Health Care Study. Med J Aust 1999 May 3;170(9):411-5.

Baldwin I, Beckman U, Shaw L. Morrison A. Australian Incident Monitoring Study in intensive care: local unit review meetings and report management. Anaesth Intensive Care 1998; 26(3):294-7.

Beckmann U, Baldwin I, Durie M, Morrison A, Shaw L. Problems associated with nursing staff shortage: an analysis of the first 3600 incident reports submitted to the Australian Incident Monitoring Study (AIMS-ICU). Anaesth Intensive Care 1998; 26(4):396-400.

Bhasale A. The wrong diagnosis: identifying causes of potentially adverse events in general practice using incident monitoring. Fam Pract 1998 Aug; 15(4):308-18.

Bhasale AL, Miller GC, Reid SE, Britt HC. Analysing potential harm in Australian general practice: an incident-monitoring study. Med J Aust 1998 Jul 20;169(2):73-6.

Bhasale A. The wrong diagnosis: identifying causes of potentially adverse events in general practice using incident monitoring. Fam Pract 1998 Aug; 15(4):308-18.

Runciman WB, Helps SC, Sexton EJ, Malpass A. A classification for incidents and accidents in the health-care system. J Qual Clin Pract 1998; 18(3):199-211.

Wright M, Parker G. Incident monitoring in psychiatry. J Qual Clin Pract 1998; 18(4):249-61.

Britt H, Miller GC, Steven ID, Howarth GC, Nicholson PA, Bhasale AL, Norton KJ. Collecting data on potentially harmful events: a method for monitoring incidents in general practice.  Fam Pract 1997 Apr;14(2):101-6.

Buckley TA, Short TG, Rowbottom YM, Oh TE. Critical incident reporting in the intensive care unit. Anaesthesia 1997 May;52(5):403-9.

McCoy EP, Russell WJ, Webb RK. Accidental bronchial intubation. An analysis of AIMS incident reports from 1988 to 1994 inclusive. Anaesthesia 1997; 52(1):24-31.

Beckmann U, West LF, Groombridge GJ, Baldwin I,  Hart GK, Clayton DG, Webb RK, Runciman WB. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study in Intensive Care: AIMS-ICU. The development and evaluation of an incident reporting system in intensive care. Anaesth Intensive Care 1996; 24(3):314-9.

Beckmann U, Baldwin I, Hart GK, Runciman WB. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study in Intensive Care: AIMS-ICU. An analysis of the first year of reporting. Anaesth Intensive Care 1996; 24(3):320-9.

Beckmann U, Runciman WB. The role of incident reporting in continuous quality improvement in the intensive care setting. Editorial. Anaesth Intensive Care 1996; 24(3):311-3.

Britt H, Reid S, Bhasale A, Miller G. Clinical incidents in general practice. Prescription errors. Aust Fam Physician 1996 Oct;25(10):1609-10.

Miller G, Britt H, Steven I, Bhasale A, Reid S. Clinical incident monitoring. Editorial. Aust Fam Physician 1996 Jun;25(6):821.

Reid S, Britt H, Miller G, Bhasale A. Clinical incidents in general practice. A difficult paediatric diagnosis. Aust Fam Physician 1996 Sep;25(9):1454-6.

Runciman WB. Incident monitoring. Clinical Anaesthesiology 1996; 10(2):333-56.

Short TG, O'Regan A, Jayasuriya JP, Rowbottom M, Buckley TA, Oh TE. Improvements in anaesthetic care resulting from a critical incident reporting programme. Anaesthesia 1996 Jul;51(7):615-21.

Wilson RM, Runciman WB, Gibberd RW, Harrison BT, Hamilton JD. Quality in Australian Health Care Study. Letter. Med J Aust 1996; 164(12): 754.

Australian Patient Safety Foundation. Crisis Management Manual. Adelaide: Australian Patient Safety Foundation. 1995.
Runciman WB. Complete retrograde dysmnesia. Editorial. J Clin Monit 1995; 11(1):3-4.

Wilson RM, Runciman WB, Gibberd RW, Harrison BT, Newby L, Hamilton JD. The Quality in Australian Health Care Study. Med J Aust 1995; 163(9):458-71.

Runciman WB, Webb RK. A report from the Australian Incident Monitoring Study: problems with vaporizers. ASA Newsletter 1994; 94(2):16-9.

Aitkenhead AR, Booij LH, Dhainaut JF, Geiger K, Haljamae H, Lumb PD, Runciman WB, Suter PM, Vincent JL. International standards for safety in the intensive care unit. Developed by the International Task Force on Safety in the Intensive Care Unit. Intensive Care Med 1993; 19(3):178-81.

Barker L, Webb RK, Runciman WB, Van der Walt JH. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study. The oxygen analyser: applications and limitations: an analysis of 2000 incident reports. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21(5):570-4.

Clayton, DG, Barker L, Runciman WB. Evaluation of safety procedures in anaesthesia and intensive care. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21(5):670-2.

Cockings JG, Webb RK, Klepper ID, Currie M, Morgan C. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study. Blood pressure monitoring: applications and limitations: an analysis of 2000 incident reports. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21(5):565-9.

Currie M, Mackay P, Morgan C, Runciman WB, Russell WJ, Sellen A, Webb RK, Williamson JA. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study. The "wrong drug" problem in anaesthesia: an analysis of 2000 incident reports. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21(5):596-601.

Currie M, Webb RK, Williamson JA, Russell WJ, Mackay P. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study. Clinical anaphylaxis: an analysis of 2000 incident reports. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21(5):621-5.

Fox MA, Webb RK, Singleton R, Ludbrook G, Runciman WB. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study. Problems with regional anaesthesia: an analysis of 2000 incident reports. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21(5):646-9.

Holland R, Hains J, Roberts JG, Runciman WB. Symposium: The Australian Incident Monitoring Study. Editorial. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21(5):501-5.

Holland R, Webb RK, Runciman WB. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study. Oesophageal intubation: an analysis of 2000 incident reports. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21(5):608-10.

International Task Force on Anaesthesia Safety. Commentary on Equipment Recommendations. Euro J Anaes 1993; 10(7):16-8.

International Task Force on Anaesthesia Safety. Commentary on the International Standards. Euro J Anaes 1993; 10(7):19-23.

International Task Force on Anaesthesia Safety. International standards for a safe practice of anaesthesia. Euro J Anaes 1993; 10(7):12-5.

International Task Force on Anaesthesia Safety. National standards documents. Euro J Anaes 1993; 10(7):2.

Klepper ID, Webb RK, Van der Walt JH, Ludbrook GL, Cockings J. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study. The stethoscope: applications and limitations - an analysis of 2000 incident reports. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21(5):575-8.

Ludbrook GL, Russell WJ, Webb RK, Klepper ID, Currie M. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study. The electrocardiograph: applications and limitations - an analysis of 2000 incident reports. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21(5):558-64.

Ludbrook GL, Webb RK, Fox MA, Singleton RJ. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study. Problems before induction of anaesthesia: an analysis of 2000 incident reports. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21(5):593-5.

Morgan CA, Webb RK, Cockings J, Williamson JA. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study. Cardiac arrest: an analysis of 2000 incident reports. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21(5):626-37.

Osborne GA, Webb RK, Runciman WB. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study. Patient awareness during anaesthesia: an analysis of 2000 incident reports. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21(5):653-4.

Runciman WB. Commentary on equipment recommendations. Eur J Anaesthesiol Suppl 1993; 7:16-8

Runciman WB. Qualitative versus quantitative research - balancing cost, yield and feasibility. Editorial. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21:502-5.

Runciman WB. Quality Assurance. In: Aitkenhead AR, Jones RM (eds). Clinical Anaesthesia. London: Churchill Livingstone. 1993.

Runciman WB. Risk assessment in the formulation of anaesthesia safety standards. Eur J Anaesthesiol Suppl. 1993; 7:26-32.

Runciman WB, Webb RK, Lee R, Holland R. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study. System failure: an analysis of 2000 incident reports. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21(5):684-95.

Runciman WB, Sellen A, Webb RK, Williamson JA, Currie M, Morgan C, Russell WJ. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study. Errors, incidents and accidents in anaesthetic practice. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21(5): 506-19.

Runciman WB, Webb RK, Barker L, Currie M. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study. The pulse oximeter: applications and limitations - an analysis of 2000 incident reports. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21(5):543-50.

Runciman WB, Webb RK, Klepper ID, Lee R, Williamson JA, Barker L. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study. Crisis management: validation of an algorithm by analysis of 2000 incident reports. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993: 21(5):579-92.

Russell WJ, Webb RK, Van der Walt JH, Runciman WB. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study. Problems with ventilation: an analysis of 2000 incident reports. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21(5):617-20.

Singleton RJ, Ludbrook GL, Webb RK, Fox MA. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study. Physical injuries and environmental safety in anaesthesia: an analysis of 2000 incident reports. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21(5):659-63.

Singleton RJ, Webb RK, Ludbrook GL, Fox MA. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study. Problems associated with vascular access: an analysis of 2000 incident reports. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21(5):664-9.

Szekely SM, Webb RK, Williamson JA, Russell WJ. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study. Problems related to the endotracheal tube: an analysis of 2000 incident reports. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21(5):611-6.

Van der Walt JH, Sweeney DB, Runciman WB, Webb RK. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study. Paediatric incidents in anaesthesia: an analysis of 2000 incident reports. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993 Oct;21(5):655-8.

Van der Walt JH, Webb RK, Osborne GA, Morgan C, Mackay P. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study. Recovery room incidents in the first 2000 incident reports. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21(5):650-2.

Webb RK, Currie M, Morgan CA, Williamson JA, Mackay P, Russell WJ, Runciman WB. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study: an analysis of 2000 incident reports. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21(5):520-8.

Webb RK, Russell WJ, Klepper I, Runciman WB. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study. Equipment failure: an analysis of 2000 incident reports. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21(5):673-7.

Webb RK, Van der Walt JH, Runciman WB, Williamson JA, Cockings J, Russell WJ, Helps S. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study. Which monitor? An analysis of 2000 incident reports. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21:529-42.

Williamson JA, Webb RK, Cockings J, Morgan C. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study. The capnograph: applications and limitations: an analysis of 2000 incident reports. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21(5):551-7.

Williamson JA, Webb RK, Russell WJ, Runciman WB. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study. Air embolism: an analysis of 2000 incident reports. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21(5):638-41.

Williamson JA, Webb RK, Sellen A, Runciman WB. Van der Walt JH. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study. Human failure: an analysis of 2000 incident reports. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21(5):678-83.

Williamson JA, Webb RK, Szekely S, Gillies ER, Dreosti AV. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study. Difficult intubation: an analysis of 2000 incident reports. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21(5):602-7.

Williamson JA, Webb RK, Van der Walt JH, Runciman WB. The Australian Incident Monitoring Study. Pneumothorax: an analysis of 2000 incident reports. Anaesth Intensive Care 1993; 21(5):642-5.

Runciman WB. Medicolegal aspects, consent and ethics for the anaesthetist. Current Opinion in Anaesthesiology 1992; 5:767-71.

Clayton DG, Webb RK, Ralston AC, Duthie D, Runciman WB. A comparison of the performance of 20 pulse oximeters under conditions of poor perfusion. Anaesthesia 1991; 46(1):3-10.

Clayton DG, Webb RK, Ralston AC, Duthie D, Runciman WB. Pulse oximeter probes. A comparison between finger, nose, ear and forehead probes under conditions of poor perfusion. Anaesthesia 1991; 46(4):260-5.

Ralston AC, Webb RK, Runciman WB. Potential errors in pulse oximetry. 1. Pulse oximeter evaluation. Anaesthesia 1991; 46(3):202-6.

Ralston AC, Webb RK, Runciman WB; Potential errors in pulse oximetry. III. Effects of interference, dyes, dyshaemoglobins and other pigments. Anaesthesia 1991 Apr;46(4):291-5.

Webb RK, Ralston AC, Runciman WB. Potential errors in pulse oximetry. II. Effects of changes in saturation and signal quality. Anaesthesia 1991; 46(3):207-12.

Williamson JA, Mackay P. Incident monitoring. Med J Aust 1991; 155:340-4.

Clayton DG, Webb RK, Ralston AC, Duthie D, Runciman WB. Pulse oximeter probes. A comparison between finger, nose, ear and forehead probes under conditions of poor perfusion. Anaesthesia 1991; 46(4):260-5.

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Currie M, Pybus DA, Torda TA. A prospective survey of anaesthetic critical events: a report on a pilot study of 88 cases. Anaesth Intensive Care 1989; 16(1):103-7.

Runciman WB. Report from the Australian Patient Safety Foundation: Australasian Incident Monitoring Study. Anaesth Intensive Care 1989; 17(1):107-8.

Webb RK, Ralston A, Clayton D, Runciman WB. Comparison of pulse oximeters: comment. Anaesth Intensive Care 1989; 17(2):238-9.

Griffiths DM, Ilsley AH, Runciman WB. Pulse meters and pulse oximeters. Anaesth Intensive Care 1988; 16(1):49-53.

Ilsley AH, Plummer JL, Runciman WB, Cousins MJ. Anaesthetic gas analysers for vaporiser calibration, patient circuit monitoring and determination of environmental waste anaesthetic gas levels. Anaesth Intensive Care 1988; 16(1):35-7.

Ilsley AH, Runciman WB. Assessment and evaluation of devices: an analysis of organisations providing information on comparative evaluation studies. Anaesth Intensive Care 1988; 16(1):16-8.

Morgan C. Incident reporting in anaesthesia. Anaesth Intensive Care 1988; 16(1):98-100.

Runciman WB. The Australian Patient Safety Foundation. Anaesth Intensive Care 1988; 16(1):114-6.

Runciman WB. Crisis management. Anaesth Intensive Care 1988; 16(1):86-8.

Runciman WB. Monitoring and patient safety: An overview. Anaesth Intensive Care 1988; 16(1):11-3.

Runciman WB. The Australian Patient Safety Foundation. Anaesth Intensive Care 1988; 16(1):114-6.

Runciman WB, Ilsley AH, Rutten AJ. Monitoring other haemodynamic variables and oxygen consumption. Anaesth Intensive Care 1988; 16(1):58-62.

Runciman WB, Ilsley AH, Rutten AJ. Systemic arterial blood pressure. Anaesth Intensive Care 1988; 16(1):54-7.

Thomas DW, Runciman WB. Monitoring depth of anaesthesia. Anaesth Intensive Care 1988; 16(1):69-71.

Griffiths DM, Ilsley AH, Runciman WB. Pulse meters and pulse oximeters. Anaesth Intensive Care 1988; 16(1):49-53.

Ilsley AH, Plummer JL, Runciman WB, Cousins MJ. Anaesthetic gas analysers for vaporiser calibration, patient circuit monitoring and determination of environmental waste anaesthetic gas levels. Anaesth Intensive Care 1988; 16(1):35-7.

Ilsley AH, Runciman WB. Assessment and evaluation of devices: an analysis of organisations providing information on comparative evaluation studies. Anaesth Intensive Care 1988; 16(1):16-8.

Tyers MR, Russell WJ, Runciman WB. Electrocardiographic monitoring in anaesthesia. Anaesth Intensive Care 1988; 16(1):66-9.

Runciman WB, Ilsley AH, Rutten AJ, Baker D, Fronsko RL. An evaluation of intravenous infusion pumps and controllers. Anaesth Intensive Care 1987; 15(2):217-28.

Rutten AJ, Nancarrow C, Ilsley AH, Runciman WB. An assessment of six different pulmonary artery catheters. Crit Care Med 1987; 15(3):250-5.

Selby DG, Ilsley AH, Runciman WB. An evaluation of five carbon dioxide analysers for use in the operating theatre and intensive care unit. Anaesth Intensive Care 1987; 15(2):212-6.

Skowronski GA, Runciman WB, Crawford CW, Sage MR. Acute systemic reactions to intravascular contrast media: a planned approach. Australas Radiol 1987; 31(2):186-91.

Turtle M, Ilsley AH, Rutten AJ, Runciman WB. An evaluation of six disposable heat and moisture exchangers. Anaesth Intensive Care 1987; 15(3):317-22.

Ilsley AH, Plummer JL, Runciman WB, Cousins MJ. An evaluation of three volatile anaesthetic agent monitors. Anaesth Intensive Care 1986; 14(4):437-42.

Ilsley AH, Runciman WB. An evaluation of fourteen oxygen analysers for use in patient breathing circuits. Anaesth Intensive Care 1986; 14(4):431-6.

Myerson KR, Ilsley AH, Runciman WB. An evaluation of ventilator monitoring alarms. Anaesth Intensive Care 1986; 14(2):174-85.

Rutten AJ, Ilsley AH, Skowronski GA, Runciman WB. A comparative study of the measurement of mean arterial blood pressure using automatic oscillometers, arterial cannulation and auscultation. Anaesth Intensive Care 1986; 14(1):58-65.

Williamson JA, Webb RK, Pryor GL. Anaesthesia safety and the "critical incident" technique. Aust J Clin Review 1985; 5:57-61.

Runciman WB. Cardiovascular monitoring. Crit Care Internat 1984; 3(1):2-3.

Runciman WB. Malignant hyperthermia: recognition, prevention, and management. Curr Ther 1984; 25(4):63-71.

Runciman WB. Malignant hyperthermia. recognition, prevention and management. Dent Anaesth Sedat 1984; 13(2): 54-8.

Ilsley AH, Rutten AJ, Runciman WB. An evaluation of body temperature measurement. Anaesth Intensive Care 1983; 11(1):31-9.

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Runciman WB, Rutten AL, Ilsley AH. An evaluation of blood pressure measurement. Anaesth Intensive Care 1981; 9(4):314-25.

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