User profiles for A. L. Barker

Anna Barker

Centre of Research Excellence in Patient Safety
Verified email at monash.edu
Cited by 3829

Strategies for improving patient safety culture in hospitals: a systematic review

RT Morello, JA Lowthian, AL Barker… - BMJ quality & …, 2013 - qualitysafety.bmj.com
… Thomas et al's cluster RCT examined the effectiveness of leadership walk rounds,42
finding no effect on patient safety climate scores reported by doctors, nurses and clinicians. …

Effectiveness of aquatic exercise for musculoskeletal conditions: a meta-analysis

AL Barker, J Talevski, RT Morello, CA Brand… - Archives of physical …, 2014 - Elsevier
… Author links open overlay panel Anna Lucia Barker PhD a , Jason Talevski BHealth Sci (Public
Health) a , Renata Teresa Morello MPH a , Caroline Anne Brand MPH a b , Ann Elizabeth …

The extra resource burden of in‐hospital falls: a cost of falls study

RT Morello, AL Barker, JJ Watts… - Medical journal of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective: To quantify the additional hospital length of stay (LOS) and costs associated with
in‐hospital falls and fall injuries in acute hospitals in Australia. Design, setting and …

6-PACK programme to decrease fall injuries in acute hospitals: cluster randomised controlled trial

AL Barker, RT Morello, R Wolfe, CA Brand, TP Haines… - bmj, 2016 - bmj.com
Objective To evaluate the effect of the 6-PACK programme on falls and fall injuries in acute
wards. Design Cluster randomised controlled trial. Setting Six Australian hospitals. …

Effect of pilates exercise for improving balance in older adults: a systematic review with meta-analysis

AL Barker, ML Bird, J Talevski - Archives of physical medicine and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objectives To investigate the effect of Pilates on balance and falls in older adults, and
whether programs tested in prior studies met best-practice recommendations for exercise to …

Optimal sampling strategies for the measurement of spin–spin relaxation times

JA Jones, P Hodgkinson, AL Barker, PJ Hore - Journal of Magnetic …, 1996 - Elsevier
It is shown how Cramér–Rao theory may be used to determine the optimal sampling pattern
for measuring the NMR spin–spin relaxation time,T 2 . The results may also be applied to …

Bayesian estimation and the Kalman filter

AL Barker, DE Brown, WN Martin - Computers & Mathematics with …, 1995 - Elsevier
In this tutorial article, we give a Bayesian derivation of a basic state estimation result for
discrete-time Markov process models with independent process and measurement noise and …

Discharging older patients from the emergency department effectively: a systematic review and meta-analysis

…, RA McGinnes, CA Brand, AL Barker… - Age and …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Background: a decline in health state and re-attendance are common in people aged ≥65
years following emergency department (ED) discharge. Diverse care models have been …

Unplanned early return to the emergency department by older patients: the Safe Elderly Emergency Department Discharge (SEED) project

J Lowthian, LD Straney, CA Brand, AL Barker… - Age and …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Background:an emergency department (ED) visit is a sentinel event for an older person, with
increased likelihood of adverse outcomes post-discharge including early re-presentation. …

Scanning electrochemical microscopy: beyond the solid/liquid interface

AL Barker, M Gonsalves, JV Macpherson, CJ Slevin… - Analytica Chimica …, 1999 - Elsevier
Recent progress has seen scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) emerge as a
powerful technique for probing physicochemical interfacial processes, beyond the solid/liquid …