Alan J. Forster

19.8k total citations · 6 hit papers
279 papers, 14.2k citations indexed

About

Alan J. Forster is a scholar working on Emergency Medicine, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Emergency Medical Services. According to data from OpenAlex, Alan J. Forster has authored 279 papers receiving a total of 14.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 66 papers in Emergency Medicine, 61 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 61 papers in Emergency Medical Services. Recurrent topics in Alan J. Forster's work include Emergency and Acute Care Studies (61 papers), Patient Safety and Medication Errors (54 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (35 papers). Alan J. Forster is often cited by papers focused on Emergency and Acute Care Studies (61 papers), Patient Safety and Medication Errors (54 papers) and Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes (35 papers). Alan J. Forster collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and United Kingdom. Alan J. Forster's co-authors include Carl van Walraven, Alison Jennings, Peter C. Austin, Ian G. Stiell, Tejal K. Gandhi, Josh F. Peterson, Harvey J. Murff, Hude Quan, David W. Bates and Natalie Oake and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, Journal of Clinical Oncology and SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología.

In The Last Decade

Alan J. Forster

272 papers receiving 13.6k citations

Hit Papers

A Modification of the Elixhauser Comorbidity Measures Int... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2009 2003 2010 2004 2011 500 1000 1.5k
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. A Modification of the Elixhauser Comorbidity Measures Into a Point System for Hospital Death Using Administrative Data
    2009 1.7k citations Carl van Walraven, Alison Jennings et al. profile →
  2. The Incidence and Severity of Adverse Events Affecting Patients after Discharge from the Hospital
    2003 1.5k citations Alan J. Forster et al. profile →
  3. Derivation and validation of an index to predict early death or unplanned readmission after discharge from hospital to the community
    2010 694 citations Carl van Walraven, Ian G. Stiell et al. profile →
  4. Adverse events among medical patients after discharge from hospital.
    2004 606 citations Alan J. Forster, Carl van Walraven et al. PubMed profile →
  5. Proportion of hospital readmissions deemed avoidable: a systematic review
    2011 534 citations Carl van Walraven, Alison Jennings et al. profile →
  6. The association between continuity of care and outcomes: a systematic and critical review
    2010 453 citations Carl van Walraven, Alison Jennings et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Alan J. Forster Canada 53 3.7k 3.6k 3.1k 2.4k 2.3k 279 14.2k
Carl van Walraven Canada 68 5.5k 1.5× 3.2k 0.9× 2.9k 0.9× 2.1k 0.9× 2.8k 1.2× 265 16.5k
Sunil Kripalani United States 60 3.1k 0.8× 2.6k 0.7× 6.9k 2.2× 3.7k 1.5× 1.9k 0.8× 255 15.7k
David J. Magid United States 66 7.6k 2.1× 3.8k 1.1× 2.8k 0.9× 1.5k 0.6× 1.6k 0.7× 238 17.9k
Jeffrey L. Schnipper United States 49 2.0k 0.5× 2.4k 0.7× 3.1k 1.0× 3.5k 1.5× 1.2k 0.5× 229 10.1k
Anne Elixhauser United States 48 2.7k 0.7× 2.4k 0.7× 3.0k 1.0× 711 0.3× 3.1k 1.4× 218 15.7k
Henry T. Stelfox Canada 56 1.3k 0.3× 2.9k 0.8× 2.4k 0.8× 1.4k 0.6× 1.7k 0.7× 396 13.2k
Jerry H. Gurwitz United States 83 6.4k 1.7× 1.3k 0.4× 3.6k 1.1× 6.1k 2.5× 2.2k 0.9× 426 23.8k
Gary E. Rosenthal United States 52 1.6k 0.4× 1.9k 0.5× 3.1k 1.0× 959 0.4× 1.3k 0.6× 180 9.2k
Bernard Burnand Switzerland 51 3.0k 0.8× 1.7k 0.5× 3.8k 1.2× 1.2k 0.5× 4.7k 2.1× 302 20.2k
Vijaya Sundararajan Australia 40 3.1k 0.8× 2.1k 0.6× 2.3k 0.7× 1.3k 0.5× 4.9k 2.1× 209 20.3k

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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McIsaac, Daniel I., Emily Hladkowicz, Gregory L. Bryson, et al.. (2022). Home-based prehabilitation with exercise to improve postoperative recovery for older adults with frailty having cancer surgery: the PREHAB randomised clinical trial. British Journal of Anaesthesia. 129(1). 41–48. 75 indexed citations
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Forster, Alan J., et al.. (2021). Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the German Branch of the World’s Poultry Science Association, March 10, 2021. Archiv für Geflügelkunde. 85. 1–8. 1 indexed citations
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Talarico, Robert, Faraj W. Abdallah, Paul E. Beaulé, et al.. (2021). Peripheral Nerve Blocks and Potentially Attributable Adverse Events in Older People with Hip Fracture: A Retrospective Population-based Cohort Study. Anesthesiology. 135(3). 454–462. 4 indexed citations
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Boet, Sylvain, Gregory L. Bryson, Monica Taljaard, et al.. (2018). Effect of audit and feedback on physicians’ intraoperative temperature management and patient outcomes: a three-arm cluster randomized-controlled trial comparing benchmarked and ranked feedback. Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d anesthésie. 65(11). 1196–1209. 7 indexed citations
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Petkovic, Jennifer, Vivian Welch, Tamara Rader, et al.. (2018). Potential harms associated with routine collection of patient sociodemographic information: A rapid review. Health Expectations. 22(1). 114–129. 11 indexed citations
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Katwyk, Sasha van, Kednapa Thavorn, Doug Coyle, et al.. (2018). The return of investment of hospital-based surgical quality improvement programs in reducing surgical site infection at a Canadian tertiary-care hospital. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology. 40(2). 125–132. 8 indexed citations
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McAlpine, Kristen, Alan J. Forster, Rodney H. Breau, et al.. (2018). Robotic surgery improves transfusion rate and perioperative outcomes using a broad implementation process and multiple surgeon learning curves. Canadian Urological Association Journal. 13(6). 184–189. 9 indexed citations
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Backman, Chantal, et al.. (2016). Comparing physical assessment with administrative data for detecting pressure ulcers in a large Canadian academic health sciences centre. BMJ Open. 6(10). e012490–e012490. 7 indexed citations
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Mulpuru, Sunita, et al.. (2015). Hospital Resource Utilization and Patient Outcomes Associated with Respiratory Viral Testing in Hospitalized Patients. Emerging infectious diseases. 21(8). 1366–1371. 21 indexed citations
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Backman, Chantal, et al.. (2015). Implementation of an Electronic Data Collection Tool to Monitor Nursing-Sensitive Indicators in a Large Academic Health Sciences Centre.. PubMed. 28(3). 77–91. 7 indexed citations
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Buchner, Denise, Sean M. Bagshaw, Peter Dodek, et al.. (2015). Prospective cohort study protocol to describe the transfer of patients from intensive care units to hospital wards. BMJ Open. 5(7). e007913–e007913. 12 indexed citations
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Chassé, Michaël, Lauralyn McIntyre, Alan Tinmouth, et al.. (2015). Clinical effects of blood donor characteristics in transfusion recipients: protocol of a framework to study the blood donor–recipient continuum. BMJ Open. 5(1). e007412–e007412. 19 indexed citations
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Tamblyn, Robyn, Allen Huang, Ari N. Meguerditchian, et al.. (2012). Using novel Canadian resources to improve medication reconciliation at discharge: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 13(1). 150–150. 26 indexed citations
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Forster, Alan J. & Carl van Walraven. (2012). The use of quality indicators to promote accountability in health care: the good, the bad, and the ugly.. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 6(2). e75–9. 15 indexed citations
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Klei, Wilton A. van, Gregory L. Bryson, Homer Yang, & Alan J. Forster. (2009). Effect of β-blocker Prescription on the Incidence of Postoperative Myocardial Infarction after Hip and Knee Arthroplasty. Anesthesiology. 111(4). 717–724. 38 indexed citations
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Pourshahid, Alireza, Daniel Amyot, Pengfei Chen, Michael Weiß, & Alan J. Forster. (2007). Business process monitoring and alignment: An approach based on the user requirements notation and business intelligence tools. 80–91. 19 indexed citations
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Forster, Alan J., et al.. (2003). The Effect of Hospital Occupancy on Emergency Department Length of Stay and Patient Disposition. Academic Emergency Medicine. 10(2). 127–133. 205 indexed citations
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Forster, Alan J., et al.. (2003). The Effect of Hospital Occupancy on Emergency Department Length of Stay and Patient Disposition. Academic Emergency Medicine. 10(2). 127–133. 299 indexed citations
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Forster, Alan J., et al.. (1991). [Therapy and rehabilitation of patients with myocarditis].. PubMed. 85(12). 571–5. 1 indexed citations

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