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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Doctors' smartphones and iPads may be distracting.

Gold J. Kaiser Health News and National Public Radio. March 26, 2012.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Safe practice environment chapter proposed by USP.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. December 4, 2008;13:1-3.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Patients taking their own medications while in the hospital.

PA-PSRS Patient Saf Advis. June 2012;9:50-57.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

"Near injury" alters procedures at Virginia Mason.

Ostrom CM. The Seattle Times. May 21, 2005.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Are you a great diagnostician?

Yasgur BS. Medscape Business of Medicine. March 27, 2013.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Does your patient really understand?

Huff C. Hosp Health Netw. October 2011;85:34-35,37-38,2.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Is your patient ready to go home?

Hoenig LJ. Med Econ. 2006 Jun 2;83:45-46.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Rapid response team activation by patients can mitigate errors.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. June 1, 2006:1-2.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Medical malpractice: why is it so hard for doctors to apologize?

Sanghavi D. Boston Globe Magazine. January 27, 2013.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Why don't doctors wash their hands more?

Chen PW. New York Times. September 17, 2009.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

JCAHO views medication reconciliation as adverse-event prevention.

Thompson CA. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2005;62:1528-1532.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

How we cut drug errors.

Nicol N, Huminski L. Mod Healthc. August 28, 2006;36:38.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Fixing America's hospitals.

Newsweek. October 16, 2006:44-68, 72.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

SWIFT: a new tool for identifying prospective hazards.

Joint Commission: The Source. September 2012;10:1-19.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

The 'second victims' of medication errors begin to gain support.

Blum K. Pharm Pract News. November 2011.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

To protect against drug errors, ask questions.

Brody JE. New York Times. January 2, 2007:F7.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

IOM panel reviews lessons for medication safety.

Young D. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2005;62:1340-1342.

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As doctors use more devices, potential for distraction grows.

Richtel M. New York Times. December 14, 2011.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Fixing relationships, preventing errors.

McGinn P, Chabon R. HHN Magazine Online. November 25, 2008.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Computer viruses are "rampant" on medical devices in hospitals.

Talbot D. MIT Technology Review. October 17, 2012.

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