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•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (38)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (6)

•Medication Safety (89)

•Medical Complications (32)

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•Asia (5)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (54)

•Active Errors (34)

•Latent Errors (21)

•Near Miss (1)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (55)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (18)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (65)

•Communication Improvement (72)

•Human Factors Engineering (46)

•Teamwork (35)

•Specialization of Care (20)

•Logistical Approaches (18)

•Culture of Safety (20)

•Technologic Approaches (74)

•Education and Training (47)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (1)

•Medicine (196)

•Nursing (21)

•Pharmacy (27)

Target Audience

•Health Care Providers (218)

•Health Care Executives and Administrators (241)

•Non-Health Care Professionals (136)

•Patients (2)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (149)

•Psychiatric Facilities (1)

•Residential Facilities (4)

•Ambulatory Care (22)

•Outpatient Surgery (3)

•Patient Transport (3)

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Year in review: medication mishaps in the elderly.

Peron EP, Marcum ZA, Boyce R, Hanlon JT, Handler SM. Am J Geriatr Pharmacother. 2011;9:1-10.

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Can we make postoperative patient handovers safer? A systematic review of the literature.

Segall N, Bonifacio AS, Schroeder RA, et al; Durham VA Patient Safety Center of Inquiry. Anesth Analg. 2012;115:102-115.

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The effect of computerized physician order entry on medication prescription errors and clinical outcome in pediatric and intensive care: a systematic review.

van Rosse F, Maat B, Rademaker CMA, van Vught AJ, Egberts ACG, Bollen CW. Pediatrics. 2009;123:1184-1190.

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Interventions to reduce medication errors in adult intensive care: a systematic review.

Manias E, Williams A, Liew D. Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2012;74:411-423.

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Medication errors in critical care: risk factors, prevention and disclosure.

Camiré E, Moyen E, Stelfox HT. CMAJ. 2009;180:936-943.

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Developing a patient safety surveillance system to identify adverse events in the intensive care unit.

Stockwell DC, Kane-Gill SL. Crit Care Med. 2010;38(suppl 6):S117-S125.

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Decision support and patient safety: the time has come.

Hasley SK. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2011;204:461-465.

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Exploring the concept of medication discrepancy within the context of patient safety to improve population health.

Murphy CR, Corbett CL, Setter SM, Dupler A. ANS Adv Nurs Sci. 2009;32:338-350.

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Quality and safety in the intensive care unit.

Stockwell DC, Slonim AD. J Intensive Care Med. 2006;21:199-210.

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Informatics confronts drug–drug interactions.

Percha B, Altman RB. Trends Pharmacol Sci. 2013;34:178-184.

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Patient safety in the NICU: a comprehensive review.

Samra HA, McGrath JM, Rollins W. J Perinat Neonatal Nurs. 2011;25:123-132.

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Reviewing the impact of computerized provider order entry on clinical outcomes: the quality of systematic reviews.

Weir CR, Staggers N, Laukert T. Int J Med Inform. 2012;81:219-231.

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Automated detection of harm in healthcare with information technology: a systematic review.

Govindan M, Van Citters AD, Nelson EC, Kelly-Cummings J, Suresh G. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:e11.

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Patient safety in dermatology: a review of the literature.

Cao LY, Taylor JS, Vidimos A. Dermatol Online J. 2010;16:3.

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Incidence of medication errors and adverse drug events in the ICU: a systematic review.

Wilmer A, Louie K, Dodek P, Wong H, Ayas N. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:e7.

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New perspectives on error in critical care.

Patel VL, Cohen T. Curr Opin Crit Care. 2008;14:456-459.

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Effects of rapid response systems on clinical outcomes: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Ranji SR, Auerbach AD, Hurd CJ, O'Rourke K, Shojania KG. J Hosp Med. 2007;2:422-432.

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E-prescribing: a focused review and new approach to addressing safety in pharmacies and primary care.

Odukoya OK, Chui MA. Res Social Adm Pharm. 2012 Oct 10; [Epub ahead of print].

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What is the value and impact of quality and safety teams? A scoping review.

White DE, Straus SE, Stelfox HT, et al. Implement Sci. 2011;6:97.

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Navigating the information technology highway: computer solutions to reduce errors and enhance patient safety.

Koshy R. Transfusion. 2005;45(suppl 4):189S-205S.

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