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	Search Advanced Search 02/03/10   View more of What's New  RSS Feed Newspapers/Magazine Articles Radiation offers new cures, and ways to do harm. Bogdanich W. New York Times. January 24, 2010:A1. The antidote to medical errors. Price M. Monitor. January 2010;41:50. Trial and error. Huff C. Trustee. January 2010. Legislation/Regulations Preventing maternal death. Sentinel Event Alert. January 26, 2010:44. Journal Articles The impact of stress on surgical performance: a systematic review of the literature. Arora S, Sevdalis N, Nestel D, Woloshynowych M, Darzi A, Kneebone R. Surgery. 2009 Dec 9; [Epub ahead of print]. The impact of computerized provider order entry on medication errors in a multispecialty group practice. Devine EB, Hansen RN, Wilson-Norton JL, et al. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2010;17:78-84. Changing cardiac arrest and hospital mortality rates through a medical emergency team takes time and constant review. Santamaria J, Tobin A, Holmes J. Crit Care Med. 2010;38:445-450. Organization-wide adoption of computerized provider order entry systems: a study based on diffusion of innovations theory. Rahimi B, Timpka T, Vimarlund V, Uppugunduri S, Svensson M. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2009;9:52. Intensive care unit alarms—how many do we need? Siebig S, Kuhls S, Imhoff M, Gather U, Schölmerich J, Wrede CE. Crit Care Med. 2010;38:451-456. Patient safety and diagnostic error: tips for your next shift. Sinclair D, Croskerry P. Can Fam Physician. 2010;56:28-30. Meetings/Conferences Sixth Annual Patient Safety Conference. The Maryland Patient Safety Center, Inc. March 19, 2010; Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore, MD. Reducing Medication Safety Risks: Closing the Gap with the ISMP Self Assessment for Automated Dispensing Cabinets. Institute for Safe Medication Practices. February 18, 2010; 1:30-3:00 PM (Eastern). AHA-NPSF Patient Safety Leadership Fellowship. American Hospital Association, National Patient Safety Foundation. Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation (APSF) Grant Program. Indianapolis, IN: Anesthesia Patient Safety Foundation. Medication Reconciliation, Error Disclosure, Never Events, Rapid Response Systems, More... Browse by Resource Type Journal articles, Books and reports, Tools and toolkits, Upcoming meetings, More... Browse by Origin/Sponsor Federal Government, Department of Health and Human Services, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, United Kingdom, More... Browse by Subject Safety Target Medication errors, Diagnostic errors, Nosocomial infections, Post-operative surgical complications, More... Approach to Improving Safety Human factors engineering, Error reporting, Teamwork training, Culture of safety, Nurse staffing ratios, Regulation, More... Error Types Cognitive errors ("mistakes"), Non-cognitive errors ("slips & lapses"), Latent errors, More... Clinical Area Anesthesiology, Emergency medicine, Critical care nursing, Community pharmacy, More... Target Audience Physicians, Nurses, Risk managers, Educators, Policymakers, More... Setting of Care Intensive care units, Operating room, Children's hospitals, Ambulatory clinic or office, Residential facilities, More... Did You Know? View All DYKs Source Produced for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality by a team of editors at the University of California, San Francisco with guidance from a prominent Editorial Board. This site was designed and implemented by Silverchair. Contact AHRQ PSNet | Copyright | AHRQ PSNet Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions | Help
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