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STUDY
Insufficient communication about medication use at the interface between hospital and primary care.
Glintborg B, Andersen SE, Dalhoff K. Qual Saf Health Care. 2007;16:34-39.
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Missed and delayed diagnoses in the emergency department: a study of closed malpractice claims from 4 liability insurers.
Kachalia A, Gandhi TK, Puopolo AL, et al. Ann Emerg Med. Ann Emerg Med. 2007;49:196-205.
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Regional surveillance of emergency-department visits for outpatient adverse drug events.
Capuano A, Irpino A, Gallo M, et al. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2009;65:721-728.
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'Tempos' management in primary care: a key factor for classifying adverse events, and improving quality and safety.
Amalberti R, Brami J. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:729-736.
CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY
Oversight hearing on recent patient safety issues.
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 109th Cong, 2nd Sess (June 15, 2006). (Testimony of James P. Bagian, MD, PE; John D. Daigh, Jr., MD; Daniel Schultz, MD; Laurie Ekstrand).
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Factors associated with medication errors in the pediatric emergency department.
Vilà-de-Muga M, Colom-Ferrer L, Gonzàlez-Herrero M, Luaces-Cubells C. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2011;27:290-294.
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Unscheduled returns to the emergency department: an outcome of medical errors?
Nuñez S, Hexdall A, Aguirre-Jaime A. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15:102-108.
REVIEW
Nature of human error: implications for surgical practice.
Cuschieri A. Ann Surg. 2006;244:642-648.
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The effect of the fit between organizational culture and structure on medication errors in medical group practices.
Kaissi A, Kralewski J, Dowd B, Heaton A. Health Care Manage Rev. 2007;32:12-21.
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Doctors' thinking about 'the system' as a threat to patient safety.
Waring JJ. Health (London). 2007;11:29-46.
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Preventable deaths in patients admitted from emergency department.
Lu T-C, Tsai C-L, Lee C-C, et al. Emerg Med J. 2006;23:452-455.
REVIEW
Interruptions during nurses' work: a state-of-the-science review.
Hopkinson SG, Jennings BM. Res Nurs Health. 2013;36:38-53.
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Using system analysis to build a safety culture: improving the reliability of epidural analgesia.
Garnerin P, Huchet-Belouard A, Diby M, Clergue F. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2006;50:1114-1119.
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Factors associated with adverse events resulting from medical errors in the emergency department: two work better than one.
Freund Y, Goulet H, Bokobza J, et al. J Emerg Med. 2013 Feb 20; [Epub ahead of print].
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System weaknesses as contributing causes of accidents in health care.
Ternov S, Akselsson R. Int J Qual Health Care. 2005;17:5-13.
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Adverse events following an emergency department visit.
Forster AJ, Rose NGW, van Walraven C, Stiell I. Qual Saf Health Care 2007;16:17-22.
MULTI-USE WEBSITE
Maryland Patient Safety Center Emergency Department Collaborative.
Maryland Patient Safety Center.
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Costs and benefits of an early-alert surveillance system for hospital inpatients.
Marchetti A, Jacobs J, Young M, Martin J, Rossiter R. Curr Med Res Opin. 2007;23:9-16.
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Challenges and opportunities to prevent transfusion errors: a Qualitative Evaluation for Safer Transfusion (QUEST).
Heddle NM, Fung M, Hervig T, et al; BEST Collaborative. Transfusion. 2012;52:1687-1695.
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The effects of electrode misplacement on clinicians' interpretation of the standard 12-lead electrocardiogram.
Bond RR, Finlay DD, Nugent CD, Breen C, Guldenring D, Daly MJ. Eur J Intern Med. 2012;23:610-615.
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