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| 1. |  Commentary: Balancing "no blame" with accountability in patient safety. |
| | Wachter RM, Pronovost PJ. N Engl J Med. 2009;361:1401-1406. |
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| 2. | Multi-use Website: National Surgical Quality Improvement Program. |
| | American College of Surgeons. |
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| 3. | Multi-use Website: Patient Safety Organizations. |
| | Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. |
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| 4. | Government Resource: Partnership for Patients. |
| | Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services. |
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| 5. | Study: Intervention to reduce transmission of resistant bacteria in intensive care. |
| | Huskins WC, Huckabee CM, O'Grady NP, et al; STAR*ICU Trial Investigators. N Engl J Med. 2011;364:1407-1418. |
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| 6. | Study: Emergency hospitalizations for adverse drug events in older Americans. |
| | Budnitz DS, Lovegrove MC, Shehab N, Richards CL. N Engl J Med. 2011;365:2002-2012. |
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| 7. | Review: "July Effect": impact of the academic year-end changeover on patient outcomes. A systematic review. |
| | Young JQ, Ranji SR, Wachter RM, Lee CM, Niehaus B, Auerbach AD. Ann Intern Med. 2011;155:309-315. |
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| 8. | Study: Association between waiting times and short term mortality and hospital admission after departure from emergency department: population based cohort study from Ontario, Canada. |
| | Guttmann A, Schull MJ, Vermeulen MJ, Stukel TA. BMJ. 2011;342:d2983. |
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| 9. | Study: Can we rely on patients' reports of adverse events? |
| | Zhu J, Stuver SO, Epstein AM, Schneider EC, Weissman JS, Weingart SN. Med Care. 2011;49:948-955. |
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| 10. | Study: Potentially inappropriate medications defined by STOPP criteria and the risk of adverse drug events in older hospitalized patients. |
| | Hamilton H, Gallagher P, Ryan C, Byrne S, O’Mahony D. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:1013-1019. |
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| 11. | Commentary: Principles of conservative prescribing. |
| | Schiff GD, Galanter WL, Duhig J, Lodolce AE, Koronkowski MJ, Lambert BL. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:1433-1440. |
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| 12. | Study: Adverse drug events in U.S. adult ambulatory medical care. |
| | Sarkar U, López A, Maselli JH, Gonzales R. Health Serv Res. 2011;46:1517-1533. |
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| 13. | Commentary: Advancing the science of patient safety. |
| | Shekelle PG, Pronovost PJ, Wachter RM, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2011;154:693-696. |
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| 14. | Study: Racial disparities in the frequency of patient safety events: results from the National Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System. |
| | Metersky ML, Hunt DR, Kliman R, et al. Med Care. 2011;49:504-510. |
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| 15. | Study: Veterans Affairs initiative to prevent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections. |
| | Jain R, Kralovic SM, Evans ME, et al. N Engl J Med. 2011;364:1419-1430. |
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| 16. | Book/Report: Error Reduction in Health Care: A Systems Approach to Improving Patient Safety, 2nd Edition. |
| | Spath PL, ed. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass; 2011. ISBN: 9780470502402. |
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| 17. | Commentary: Strategies for learning from failure. |
| | Edmondson AC. Harv Bus Rev. April 2011;89:48-55. |
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| 18. | Study: The $17.1 billion problem: the annual cost of measurable medical errors. |
| | Van Den Bos J, Rustagi K, Gray T, Halford M, Ziemkiewicz E, Shreve J. Health Aff (Millwood). 2011;30:596-603. |
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| 19. | Study: 'Global Trigger Tool' shows that adverse events in hospitals may be ten times greater than previously measured. |
| | Classen DC, Resar R, Griffin F, et al. Health Aff (Millwood). 2011;30:581-589. |
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| 20. | Study: Structured interdisciplinary rounds in a medical teaching unit: improving patient safety. |
| | O’Leary KJ, Buck R, Fligiel HM, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:678-684. |
