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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Approved: no new National Patient Safety Goals, only minor revisions for 2011.
Jt Comm Perspect. August 2010;30:6-7.
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Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; July 2008. AHRQ Publication Nos. 080034 (1-4).
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Preventing fatal errors.
Bailey B, Sevrens Lyons J. The Mercury News. November 27, 2005.
BOOK/REPORT
Adverse Health Events in Minnesota: Ninth Annual Public Report.
St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Department of Health; January 2013.
BOOK/REPORT
The Patient Safety Initiative at America’s Public Hospitals: The Year One Overview.
Research Brief. Washington, DC: National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems; January 2011.
PRESS RELEASE/ANNOUNCEMENT
Patient safety: healthcare acquired conditions and serious reportable events.
Washington, DC: National Quality Forum; September 2009.
BOOK/REPORT
Improving Communication During Transitions of Care.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: Joint Commission Resources; 2010. ISBN: 9781599404097.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
USP initiatives for the safe use of medical gases.
Zaidi K, Curry PD Jr, Becker SC. Pharmaceutical Technology. November 2, 2005;29:102-103.
BOOK/REPORT
MHA Keystone Center for Patient Safety & Quality 2010 Annual Report.
Lansing, MI: Michigan Health & Hospital Association; October 2010.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Technological methods used to prevent errors aren't infallible.
Santell JP. Mater Manage Health Care. December 19, 2006;15:26-28, 30.
STUDY
Health care–associated invasive MRSA infections, 2005–2008.
Kallen AJ, Mu Y, Bulens S, et al; Active Bacterial Core surveillance (ABCs) MRSA Investigators of the Emerging Infections Program. JAMA. 2010;304:641-648.
COMMENTARY
Moving beyond readmission penalties: creating an ideal process to improve transitional care.
Burke RE, Kripalani S, Vasilevskis EE, Schnipper JL. J Hosp Med. 2013;8:102-109.
BOOK/REPORT
Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2012.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; September 2012.
BOOK/REPORT
Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2010.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; September 2010.
COMMENTARY
A new frontier in patient safety.
McCannon J, Berwick DM. JAMA. 2011;305:2221-2222.
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Healthcare in a land called PeoplePower: nothing about me without me.
Delbanco T, Berwick DM, Boufford JI, et al. Health Expect. 2001;4:144-150.
AWARD RECIPIENT
Announcing 2009 Leapfrog top hospitals.
Washington, DC: Leapfrog Group; December 4, 2009.
BOOK/REPORT
Tennessee Center for Patient Safety Annual Report 2010.
Nashville, TN: Tennessee Center for Patient Safety; August 2011.
SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE
Patient Safety Papers 4.
Baker GR, ed. Healthc Q. 2009;12:1-198.
STUDY
Association between Leapfrog safe practices score and hospital mortality in major surgery.
Qian F, Lustik SJ, Diachun CA, Wissler RN, Zollo RA, Glance LG. Med Care. 2011;49:1082-1088.
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