Professor William Runciman

Professor in Patient Safety School of Health Sciences

City West Campus (08.301)
tel +61 8 830 22447

mob 0412 183 889
email William.Runciman@unisa.edu.au

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Research Degree Supervisor

About me

Appointed as Professor of Patient Safety in 2007.

Published over 260 articles, chapters and a book on Safety and Ethics in Healthcare. Was an author of the landmark Quality in Australian Health Care Study which was declared the most cited paper in the 100 year history of the Medical Journal of Australia.

- have given over 600 lectures by invitation.

- have been awarded over $22 million in research grants over the last 35 years. - have supervised or co-supervised 29 research students since 1977.

- was honoured with the William Russ Pugh Award of the Australian Society of Anaesthetists, for outstanding contribution to advancement of the science of anaesthesia and related disciplines, awarded Sydney, Australia, 2008.

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School of Health Sciences

Offering a broad range of programs in physiotherapy, occupational therapy,human movement, and other health sciences.

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Research

Research themes

Cancer

Research focus

Clinical Sciences
Public Health and Health Services
Medical and Health Sciences
Information and Computing Sciences
Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Highlights

National Health and Medical Research Council Program Grant for 2009-2013 - Patient Safety: enabling and supporting change for a safer and more effective health system - Jeffrey Braithwaite, Johanna I Westbrook, Enrico W Coiera, William B Runciman, Richard O Day - see CareTrack Australia

Co-Chair, Research Methods group, World Health Organization World Alliance for Patient Safety (2006-current)

Coordinator, Working Group of the World Health Organization World Alliance for Patient Safety developing an International Classification for Patient Safety (2005-current) with participation in such work since 1996

Collaborations for Translating Evidence into Practice

Error in Medical Imaging

Consultant on Patient Safety to iSoft (see a... Read more

Research

Projects

Excludes commercial-in-confidence projects.

CRE in Digital Health (CREDiH), NHMRC - Centre of Research Excellence, 01/07/2017 - 30/06/2022
Patient-centred eHealth approach to improving outcomes for gout sufferers, NHMRC - Partnership Project, 01/04/2015 - 31/03/2020
Creating Safe, Effective Systems of Care: The Translational Challenge, NHMRC - Program Grant, 01/01/2014 - 31/12/2018
Can technology make communication in complex systems safer and more efficient? Evaluation of an electronic test management system in health care, ARC - Discovery Projects, 01/01/2012 - 31/12/2017
The dynamic interplay of physical and psychosocial safety in frontline healthcare workplaces in Australia and Malaysia, ARC - Linkage Project, 07/01/2014 - 31/12/2017
The Appropriateness of Healthcare Delivered to Australian children: Care Track Kids, NHMRC - Partnership Project, 03/03/2014 - 30/11/2017
Near real-time identification of patient safety incidents reported by health professionals, NHMRC - Project Grant, 01/01/2012 - 31/12/2016
Centre for Research Excellence in E-health, NHMRC - Centre of Research Excellence, 01/01/2012 - 31/12/2016
Patient Safety: enabling and supporting change, NHMRC - Program Grant, 01/01/2009 - 31/12/2013
Patient Safety and Healthcare Human Factors, Royal Adelaide Hospital, 12/03/2008 - 11/09/2013

Research

Outputs

Research since 2008 is shown below. To see earlier years visit ORCID, ResearcherID or Scopus

Open access indicates that an output is open access.

Chapters

Year	Output
2014	Runciman, WB & Coventry, BJ 2014, 'Systems, safety, and quality: harm, error, and litigation', in BJ Coventry (ed.), General surgery risk reduction, Springer, UK, ch. 8, pp. 253-272.
2014	Runciman, WB & Merry, AF 2014, 'A brief history of the patient safety movement in anaesthesia', in I Eger II, LJ Saidman & RN Westhorpe (eds), The wondrous story of anesthesia, Springer, US, ch. 41, pp. 541-556. 1
2009	Runciman, WB & Lumby, J 2009, 'Regulating clinical practice', in Judy Healy & Paul Dugdale, Patient Safety First: Responsive Regulation in Health care, Allen and Unwin, Crows Nest, N.S.W., pp. 192-220.
2008	Jones, D & Runciman, WB 2008, 'Principles of incident reporting', in P Croskerry, KS Cosby, SM Schenkel and RL Wears, Patient Safety in Emergency Medicine, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, pp. 70-74.
2008	Williamson, J & Runciman, WB 2008, 'Thinking in a crisis: use of algorithms', in P Croskerry, KS Cosby, SM Schenkel, RL Wears, Patient Safety in Emergency Medicine, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, pp. 228-234.

Journal Articles

Year	Output
2019	Hibbert, PD, Wiles, LK, Cameron, ID, Kitson, A, Reed, RL, Georgiou, A, Gray, L, Westbrook, J, Augustsson, H, Molloy, CJ, Arnolda, G, Ting, HP, Mitchell, R, Rapport, F, Gordon, SJ, Runciman, WB & Braithwaite, J 2019, 'CareTrack Aged: the appropriateness of care delivered to Australians living in residential aged care facilities: a study protocol', BMJ Open, vol. 9, no. 6, article no. e030988, pp. 1-7. Open access 6
2019	Wiles, LK, Hooper, TD, Hibbert, PD, Molloy, C, White, L, Jaffe, A, Cowell, CT, Harris, MF, Runciman, WB, Schmiede, A, Dalton, C, Hallahan, AR, Dalton, S, Williams, H, Wheaton, G, Murphy, E & Braithwaite, J 2019, 'Clinical indicators for common paediatric conditions: Processes, provenance and products of the CareTrack Kids study', PLoS One, vol. 14, no. 1, article no. e0209637, pp. 1-23. Open access 3 2 2
2018	Braithwaite, J, Hibbert, PD, Jaffe, A, White, L, Runciman, WB, Molloy, CJ, Wiles, LK, Ramanathan, S, Hooper, TD, Szabo, N & Muething, S and 18 other authors 2018, 'Quality of health care for children in Australia, 2012-2013', JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association, vol. 319, no. 11, pp. 1113-1124. Open access 16 14 88
2018	Crock, C, Hansen, K, Fogg, T, Cahill, A, Deakin, A & Runciman, WB 2018, 'Lessons learnt from incidents involving the airway and breathing reported from Australasian emergency departments', EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, vol. 30, no. 1, pp. 55-60. 2 3 4
2018	Hibbert, PD, Thomas, MJ, Deakin, A, Runciman, WB, Braithwaite, J, Lomax, S, Prescott, J, Gorrie, G, Szczygielski, A, Surwald, T & Fraser, C 2018, 'Are root cause analyses recommendations effective and sustainable? An observational study', International Journal for Quality in Health Care, vol. 30, no. 2, pp. 124-131. 6 3 46
2018	Munn, Z, Giles, K, Aromataris, E, Deakin, A, Schultz, T, Mandel, C, Peters, MD, Maddern, G, Pearson, A & Runciman, W 2018, 'Mixed methods study on the use of and attitudes towards safety checklists in interventional radiology', Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology, vol. 62, no. 1, pp. 32-38. 1 1
2018	Ramanathan, S, Hibbert, P, Wiles, L, Maher, CG & Runciman, W 2018, 'What is the association between the presence of comorbidities and the appropriateness of care for low back pain? A population-based medical record review study 11 Medical and Health Sciences 1117 Public Health and Health Services', BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders, vol. 19, no. 1, article no. 391, pp. 1-9. Open access 6
2017	Braithwaite, J, Westbrook, J, Coiera, E, Runciman, W, Day, R, Hillman, K & Herkes, J 2017, 'A systems science perspective on the capacity for change in public hospitals', Israel Journal Of Health Policy Research, vol. 6, article no. 16, pp. 1-4. Open access 5 4 1
2017	Choong, MK, Tsafnat, G, Hibbert, P, Runciman, WB & Coiera, E 2017, 'Linking clinical quality indicators to research evidence: a case study in asthma management for children', BMC Health Services Research, vol. 17, article no. 502, pp. 1-7. Open access 2 1 4
2017	Coiera, E, Choong, MK, Tsafnat, G, Hibbert, P & Runciman, WB 2017, 'Linking quality indicators to clinical trials: an automated approach', International Journal for Quality in Health Care, vol. 29, no. 4, pp. 571-578. Open access 6 6 20
2017	Day, RO, Frensham, LJ, Nguyen, AD, Baysari, MT, Runciman, WB & Westbrook, J I and 16 other authors 2017, 'Effectiveness of an electronic patient-centred self-management tool for gout sufferers: a cluster randomised controlled trail protocol', BMJ Open, vol. 7, no. 10, article no. e017281, pp. 1013. Open access 5 3 1
2017	Georgiou, A, McCaughey, EJ, Tariq, A, Walter, SR, Li, J, Callen, J, Paoloni, R, Runciman, WB & Westbrook, J I 2017, '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, vol. 99, pp. 29-36. 4 4 2
2017	Ramanathan, SA, Hibbert, PD, Maher, CG, Day, RO, Hindmarsh, DM, Hooper, TD, Hannaford, NA & Runciman, WB 2017, 'CareTrack: toward appropriate care for low back pain', Spine, vol. 42, no. 13, pp. E802-E809. Open access 6 5 15
2017	Wang, Y, Coiera, E, Runciman, W & Magrabi, F 2017, 'Using multiclass classification to automate the identification of patient safety incident reports by type and severity', BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, vol. 17, article no. 84, pp. 1-12. Open access 10 4 3
2017	Wiles, LK, Hibbert, PD, Stephens, JH, Coiera, E, Westbrook, J, Braithwaite, J, Day, RO, Hillman, KM & Runciman, WB 2017, 'STANDING Collaboration: A study protocol for developing clinical standards', BMJ Open, vol. 7, no. 10, article no. e014048, pp. 1-10. Open access 1 1 3
2016	Basedow, M, Hibbert, P, Hooper, T, Runciman, W & Esterman, A 2016, 'Australians with osteoarthritis: satisfaction with health care providers and the perceived helpfulness of treatments and information sources', Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, vol. 9, pp. 387-394. Open access 1 1 6
2016	Basedow, M, Runciman, WB, Lipworth, W & Esterman, A 2016, 'Australian general practitioner attitudes to clinical practice guidelines and some implications for translating osteoarthritis care into practice', Australian Journal of Primary Health, vol. 22, no. 5, pp. 403-408. 6 5 2
2016	Giles, K, Munn, Z, Aromataris, E, Deakin, A, Schultz, TJ, Mandel, C, Maddern, G, Pearson, A & Runciman, WB 2016, 'Use of surgical safety checklists in Australian operating theatres: an observational study', ANZ Journal of Surgery, online, pp. 1-5. 5 4 8
2016	Hansen, K, Schultz, T, Crock, C, Deakin, A, Gosbell, A & Runciman, W 2016, 'The emergency medicine events register: an analysis of the first 150 incidents entered into a novel, online incident reporting registry', EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, vol.28, no. 5, pp. 544-550. 6 6 3
2016	Hibbert, PD, Hannaford, NA, Hooper, TD, Hindmarsh, DM, Braithwaite, J, Ramanathan, S, Wickham, N & Runciman, WB 2016, 'Assessing the appropriateness of prevention and management of venous thromboembolism in Australia: a cross-sectional study', BMJ Open, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. e008618. Open access 9 9 15
2016	Hibbert, PD, Molloy, C, Hooper, TD, Wiles, LK, Runciman, WB, Lachman, P, Muething, SE & Braithwaite, J 2016, 'The application of the global trigger tool: a systematic review', International Journal for Quality in Health Care, vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 640-649. 17 15 8
2016	Magrabi, F, Liaw, ST, Arachi, D, Runciman, W, Coiera, E & Kidd, MR 2016, 'Identifying patient safety problems associated with information technology in general practice: an analysis of incident reports: Table 1', BMJ Quality and Safety, vol. 25, no. 11, pp. 870-880. 12 15 36
2015	Basedow, M, Williams, H, Shanahan, EM, Runciman, WB & Esterman, A 2015, 'Australian GP management of osteoarthritis following the release of the RACGP guideline for the non-surgical management of hip and knee osteoarthritis', BMC Research Notes, vol. 8, no. 536, pp. 1-8. Open access 15 17
2015	Callen, J, Giardina, TD, Singh, H, Li, L, Paoloni, R, Georgiou, A, Runciman, WB & Westbrook, JIM 2015, 'Emergency physicians' views of direct notification of laboratory and radiology results to patients using the Internet: a multisite survey', Journal of Medical Internet Research, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 1-17. Open access 11 12 8
2015	Choong, MK, Tsafnat, G, Hibbert, P, Runciman, WB & Coiera, E 2015, 'Comparing clinical quality indicators for asthma management in children with outcome measures used in randomised controlled trials: a protocol', BMJ Open, vol. 5, no. 9, article no. e008819, pp. 1-5. Open access 2 1 1
2015	Goergen, SK, Schultz, T, Deakin, A & Runciman, W 2015, 'Investigating errors in medical imaging: lessons for practice from medicolegal closed claims', Journal of the American College of Radiology, vol. 12, no. 9, pp. 988-997. 1 1 13
2015	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 2015, 'CareTrack Kids - part 3. Adverse events in children's healthcare in Australia: study protocol for a retrospective medical record review', BMJ Open, vol. 5, no. 4, article no. e007750, pp. 1-7. Open access 5 3 2
2015	Hibbert, PD, Healey, F, Lamont, T, Marela, WM, Warner, B & Runciman, WB 2015, 'Patient safety's missing link: using clinical expertise to recognize, respond to and reduce risks at a population level', International Journal for Quality in Health Care, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 114-121. Open access 4 4 60
2015	Hooper, TD, Hibbert, PD, Hannaford, NA, Jackson, N, Hindmarsh, DM, Gordon, DL, Coiera, EC & Runciman, WB 2015, 'Surgical site infection-a population-based study in Australian adults measuring the compliance with and correct timing of appropriate antibiotic prophylaxis', Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, vol. 43, no. 4, pp. 461-467. 6 6
2015	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 2015, 'CareTrack Kids - part 2. Assessing the appropriateness of the health care delivered to Australian children: study protocol for a retrospective medical record review', BMJ Open, vol. 5, no. 4, article no. e007749. Open access 12 10 2
2015	Magrabi, F, Baker, M, Sinha, I, Ong, M-S, Harrison, S, Kidd, MR, Runciman, WB & Coiera, E 2015, 'Clinical safety of England's national program for IT: a retrospective analysis of all reported safety events 2005 to 2011', International Journal of Medical Informatics, vol. 84, no. 3, pp. 198-206. Open access 36 30 18
2015	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 2015, 'CareTrack Kids - part 1. Assessing the appropriateness of healthcare delivered to Australian children: study protocol for clinical indicator development', BMJ Open, vol. 5, no. 4, article no. e007748, pp. 1-8. Open access 14 13 3
2015	Yong, J, Hibbert, P, Runciman, WB & Coventry, BJ 2015, 'Bradycardia as an early warning sign for cardiac arrest during routine laparoscopic surgery', International Journal for Quality in Health Care, vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 473-478. Open access 9 7
2014	Basedow, M, Runciman, WB, March, L & Esterman, A 2014, 'Australians with osteoarthritis: the use of and belief about complementary and alternative medicines', Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 237-242. 8 12
2014	Coiera, E, Wang, Y, Magrabi, F, Perez, CO, Gallego, B & Runciman, W 2014, 'Predicting the cumulative risk of death during hospitalization by modeling weekend, weekday and diurnal mortality risks', BMC Health Services Research, vol. 14, article no. 226, pp. 1-9. Open access 20 18 25
2014	Runciman, B 2014, 'Is it time for consultants to join trainees in working night shifts? Yes', EMA - Emergency Medicine Australasia, vol. 26, no. 5, pp. 506-507. Open access 4 4 9
2013	Gallego, B, Runciman, WB, Perez-Concha, O, Liaw, S-T, Day, R, Dunn, A & Coiera, E 2013, 'The management of severe hypertension in Australian general practice', BMC Health Services Research, vol. 13, article no. 414. Open access 2 2 10
2013	Thomas, MJ, Schultz, TJ, Hannaford, N & Runciman, WB 2013, 'Failures in transition: learning from incidents relating to clinical handover in acute care', Journal for Healthcare Quality : Official Publication of the National Association for Healthcare Quality, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 49-56. 41 34 4
2012	Braithwaite, J, Westbrook, M, Nugus, P, Greenfield, D, Travaglia, J, Runciman, W, Foxwell, AR, Boyce, RA, Devinney, T & Westbrook, J 2012, 'Continuing differences between health professions' attitudes: the saga of accomplishing systems-wide interprofessionalism', International Journal for Quality in Health Care, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 8-15. Open access 25 25 4
2012	Braithwaite, J, Westbrook, M, Nugus, P, Greenfield, D, Travaglia, J, Runciman, WB, Foxwell, AR, Boyce, R, Devinney, T & Westbrook, J 2012, 'A four-year, systems-wide intervention promoting interprofessional collaboration', BMC Health Services Research, vol. 12, article no. 99, pp. 1-8. Open access 27 26 6
2012	Dunn, AG, Braithwaite, J, Gallego, B, Day, RO, Runciman, W & Coiera, E 2012, 'Nation-scale adoption of new medicines by doctors : an application of the Bass diffusion model', BMC Health Services Research, vol. 12, article no. 248. Open access 10 11 1
2012	Hooper, TD, Ramanathan, S, Hannaford, NA, Hibbert, P, Braithwaite, J, Coiera, E, Day, RO, Westbrook, J I & Runciman, WB 2012, 'CareTrack Australia: assessing the appropriateness of adult healthcare: protocol for a retrospective medical record review', BMJ Open, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 1-8. Open access 17 16 4
2012	Runciman, WB, Hooper, TD, Hannaford, NA, Hibbert, P, Westbrook, J I, Coiera, EW, Day, RO, Hindmarsh, D, McGlynn, EA & Braithwaite, J 2012, 'CareTrack: assessing the appropriateness of health care delivery in Australia', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 197, no. 2, pp. 100-105. 180 162 22
2012	Runciman, WB, Hunt, TD, Hannaford, NA, Hibbert, PD, Westbrook, J I, Coiera, EW, Day, RO, Hindmarsh, DM, McGlynn, EA & Braithwaite, J 2012, 'CareTrack: assessing the appropriateness of health care delivery in Australia REPLY', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 197, no. 10, pp. 549-550. 13 3
2012	Westbrook, J I, Reckmann, M, Runciman, WB, Burke, R, Lo, C, Baysari, M, Braithwaite, J & Day, R 2012, 'Effects of two commercial electronic prescribing systems on prescribing error rates in hospital in-patients: a before and after study', PLoS Medicine, vol. 9, no. 1, article no. e1001164, pp. 1-11. Open access 111 82 51
2011	Baker, P, Flanagan, B, Greenland, K, Morris, R, Owen, H, Riley, R, Runciman, W, Scott, D, Segal, R, Smithies, W & Merry, A 2011, 'Equipment to manage a difficult airway during anaesthesia', Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 16-34. 19 15
2011	Magrabi, F, Ong, M-S, Runciman, W & Coiera, E 2011, 'Using FDA reports to inform a classification for health information technology safety problems', Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 45-53. Open access 105 82 15
2011	Thomas, MJW, Schultz, TJ, Hannaford, N & Runciman, WB 2011, 'Mapping the limits of safety reporting systems in health care - what lessons can we actually learn?', Medical Journal of Australia, vol. 194, no. 12, pp. 635-639. 18 20
2010	Braithwaite, J, Greenfield, D, Westbrook, J, Pawsey, M, Runciman, B & Lancaster, J and 16 other authors 2010, 'Health service accreditation as a predictor of clinical and organisational performance: a blinded, random, stratified study', BMJ Quality and Safety, vol. 19, no. 1, pp. 14-21. 91 82 9
2010	Carpenter, K, Duevel, M, Lee, P, Wu, A, Bates, D, Runciman, WB, Baker, G, Larizgoitia, I & Weeks, W 2010, 'Measures of patient safety in developing and emerging countries: a review of the literature', BMJ Quality and Safety, vol. 19, pp. 48-54. 19 17 3
2010	Jones, DN, Benveniste, K, Schultz, T, Mandel, CJ & Runciman, WB 2010, 'Establishing national medical imaging incident reporting systems : issues and challenges', Journal of the American College of Radiology, vol. 7, no. 8, pp. 582-592. 15 17
2010	Jones, DN, Thomas, MJW, Mandel, CJ, Grimm, J, Hannaford, N, Schultz, T & Runciman, WB 2010, 'Where Failures Occur in the Imaging Care Cycle: Lessons from the Radiology Events Register', Journal of the American College of Radiology, vol. 7, no. 8, pp. 593-602. 15 16
2010	Magrabi, F, Ong, M-S, Runciman, WB & Coiera, E 2010, 'An analysis of computer-related patient safety incidents to inform the development of a classification', Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, vol. 17, no. 6, pp. 663-670. 81 68 4
2010	Michel, P, Amalberti, R, Runciman, WB, Sherman, H, Lewalle, P & Larizgoitia, I 2010, 'Concepts et definitions en securite des patients: la Classification internationale pour la securite des patients de l'Organisation mondiale de la sante', Riques et Qualite, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 133-144.
2010	Newton, RC, Mytton, OT, Aggarwal, R, Runciman, WB, Free, M, Fahlgren, B, Akiyama, M, Farlow, B, Yaron, S, Locke, G & Whittaker, S 2010, 'Making existing technology safer in healthcare', BMJ Quality and Safety, vol. 19, no. s2, pp. i15-24. Open access 10 5
2010	Pham, J, Gianci, S, Battles, J, Beard, P, Clarke, JR, Coates, H, Donaldson, L, Elderidge, N, Fletcher, M, Goeschel, CA, Heitmiller, E, Hensen, J, Kelley, E, Loeb, J, Runciman, WB, Sheridan, S, Wu, A & Pronovost, P 2010, 'Establishing a global learning community for incident-reporting systems', BMJ Quality and Safety, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 446-451. 31 32
2010	Runciman, WB, Baker, G, Michel, P, Dovey, S, Lilford, R, Jensen, N, Flin, R, Weeks, W, Lewalle, P, Larizgoitia, I & Bates, D 2010, 'Tracing the foundations of a conceptual framework for patient safety ontology', BMJ Quality and Safety, vol. 19, no. 6, article no. e56, pp. 1-5. 15 10
2009	Braithwaite, J, Runciman, WB & Merry, A 2009, 'Towards safer, better healthcare: Harnessing the natural properties of complex sociotechnical systems', BMJ Quality and Safety, vol. 18, pp. 37-41. 96 71
2009	Runciman, WB, Hibbert, PD, Thomson, R, van der Schaaf, T, Sherman, H & Lewalle, P 2009, 'Towards an International Classification for Patient Safety: key concepts and terms', International Journal for Quality in Health Care, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 18-26. Open access 212 182
2009	Sherman, H, Castro, G, Fletcher, M, Hatlie, M, Hibbert, PD, Jakob, R, Koss, R, Lewalle, P, Loeb, J, Perneger, T, Runciman, WB, Thomson, R, van der Schaaf, T & Virtanen, M 2009, 'Towards an International Classification for Patient Safety: the conceptual framework', International Journal for Quality in Health Care, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 2-8. Open access 107 91
2009	Thomson, R, Lewalle, P, Sherman, H, Hibbert, PD, Runciman, WB & Castro, G 2009, 'Towards an International Classification for Patient Safety: a Delph Survey', International Journal for Quality in Health Care, vol. 21, no. 1, pp. 9-17. Open access 39 29
2008	Runciman, WB, Baker, G, Michele, P, Jauregui, I, Lilford, R, Andermann, A, Flin, R & Weeks, W 2008, 'The epistemology of patient safety research', International Journal of Evidence-Based Healthcare, vol. 6, no. 4, pp. 476-486. 19 12

Conferences

Year	Output
2017	Wang, Y, Coiera, E, Runciman, W & Magrabi, F 2017, 'Automating the identification of patient safety incident reports using multi-label classification', 16th World Congress of Medical and Health Informatics, IOS Press, pp. 609-613.

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

External engagement & recognition

Collaborations

Organisation	Country
Adelaide Cancer Centre	AUSTRALIA
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality	UNITED STATES
Australasian College for Emergency Medicine	AUSTRALIA
Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Patient Healthcare	AUSTRALIA
Australian Patient Safety Foundation Inc	AUSTRALIA
Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute	AUSTRALIA
Baylor College of Medicine	UNITED STATES
Bond University	AUSTRALIA
BUPA Australia	AUSTRALIA
Bupa Health Foundation	UNITED KINGDOM
Bupa Health Foundation (formerly MBF Foundation)	AUSTRALIA
Canadian Patient Safety Institute	CANADA
Central Queensland University	AUSTRALIA
Children's Health Queensland Hospital and Health Service	AUSTRALIA
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Centre	UNITED STATES
Clinical Excellence Commission	AUSTRALIA
Concord Repatriation and General Hospital	AUSTRALIA
Concord Repatriation General Hospital	AUSTRALIA
Consumers Advancing Patient Safety	UNITED STATES
Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa	SOUTH AFRICA
Deakin University	AUSTRALIA
Department of Essential Health Technologies, WHO	SWITZERLAND
Department of Health, WHO Patient Safety	UNITED KINGDOM
Drexel University	UNITED STATES
Flinders Medical Centre	AUSTRALIA
Flinders University	AUSTRALIA
George Institute for Global Health	AUSTRALIA
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust	UNITED KINGDOM
Hunter Valley Research Foundation	AUSTRALIA
Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine	UNITED KINGDOM
Johns Hopkins University	UNITED STATES
Kaiser Permanente	UNITED STATES
Liverpool Hospital Elizabeth	AUSTRALIA
Macquarie University	AUSTRALIA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology	UNITED STATES
Monash University	AUSTRALIA
National Board of Health	DENMARK
National Institute of Health Research	UNITED KINGDOM
National Patient safety Agency	UNITED KINGDOM
New South Wales Health	AUSTRALIA
New South Wales Ministry of Health	AUSTRALIA
Newcastle University, United Kingdom	UNITED KINGDOM
NHS Digital	UNITED KINGDOM
NHS England	UNITED KINGDOM
Northern Adelaide Local Health Network	AUSTRALIA
NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation (ACI)	AUSTRALIA
NSW Kids and Families	AUSTRALIA
Partnerships for Patient Safety	UNITED STATES
Pennsylvania Patient Safety Authority	UNITED STATES
Peter McCallum Cancer Institute	AUSTRALIA
Private Individual	AUSTRALIA
Queen Elizabeth Hospital	AUSTRALIA
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital	AUSTRALIA
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland	IRELAND
Royal Melbourne Hospital	AUSTRALIA
Royal North Shore Hospital	AUSTRALIA
Royal Perth Hospital	AUSTRALIA
Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital	AUSTRALIA
Russell Clinic, South Australia	AUSTRALIA
SA Health	AUSTRALIA
Safer Care Victoria	AUSTRALIA
Safework SA	AUSTRALIA
Southern Adelaide local health network	AUSTRALIA
St George Hospital	AUSTRALIA
St Vincent's Hospital	AUSTRALIA
Starship Children's Health	NEW ZEALAND
Technology Solutions Global Program - PATH	UNITED STATES
The Australian Patient Safety Foundation	AUSTRALIA
The Joint Commission	UNITED STATES
University Hospital Geneva	SWITZERLAND
University of Aberdeen	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Adelaide	AUSTRALIA
University of Auckland	NEW ZEALAND
University of Birmingham	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Bordeaux	FRANCE
University of Canberra	AUSTRALIA
University of Malaya	MALAYSIA
University of Melbourne	AUSTRALIA
University of New South Wales	AUSTRALIA
University of Otago Dunedin School of Medicine	NEW ZEALAND
University of Oxford	UNITED KINGDOM
University of Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of Rouen	FRANCE
University of South Australia	AUSTRALIA
University of Southern Queensland	AUSTRALIA
University of Sydney	AUSTRALIA
University of Technology Sydney	AUSTRALIA
University of Toronto	CANADA
University of Western Australia	AUSTRALIA
Veterans Health Administration	UNITED STATES
Victorian Government	AUSTRALIA
Western Sydney University	AUSTRALIA
Westmead Hospital	AUSTRALIA
White River Junction, Vermont	UNITED STATES
Women's and Children's Health Network	AUSTRALIA
Women's and Children's Hospital	AUSTRALIA
World Alliance for Patient Safety	SWITZERLAND
World Health Organisation	SWITZERLAND

External engagement & recognition

Engagement/recognition	Year
Highly Commended in the Health Services Research Award Research Australia	2018
President Australian Patient Safety Foundation Inc	2018
President Australian Patient Safety Foundation Inc	2017
President Australian Patient Safety Foundation Inc	2016
President Australian Patient Safety Foundation Inc	2015
President Australian Patient Safety Foundation Inc	2014
Robert Orton Medal The Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists	2014
President Australian Patient Safety Foundation Inc	2013
President Australian Patient Safety Foundation Inc	2012
President Australian Patient Safety Foundation Inc	2011
President Australian Patient Safety Foundation Inc	2010

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President, Australian Patient Safety Foundation Inc (since 1988)

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Supervisions from 2010 shown

Thesis title	Student status
Identifying and characterising problems arising from interactions between medical imaging and health information technology as a basis for improvements in practice	Current
Methods for capturing, classifying, and analysing information about patient safety and for developing and disseminating solutions	Current
Appropriate care for low back pain in Australia: evidence, expert opinion, current practice and patient perspectives	Completed
Understanding how patient and general practitioner beliefs and attitudes influence the provision of appropriate care for Australians with osteoarthritis	Completed

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Professor William Runciman

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