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BOOK/REPORT
National Healthcare Quality Reports.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; May 2013. AHRQ Publication No. 13-0002.
BOOK/REPORT
MHA Keystone Center for Patient Safety & Quality 2010 Annual Report.
Lansing, MI: Michigan Health & Hospital Association; October 2010.
COMMENTARY
Learning accountability for patient outcomes.
Pronovost PJ. JAMA. 2010;304:204-205.
BOOK/REPORT
Patient Safety Authority Annual Reports.
Harrisburg, PA: Patient Safety Authority; April 2013.
MULTI-USE WEBSITE
African Partnerships for Patient Safety.
Geneva, Switzerland: WHO Patient Safety, World Health Organization.
BOOK/REPORT
Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2009.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; January 2010.
COMMENTARY
Integrating CUSP and TRIP to improve patient safety.
Romig M, Goeschel C, Pronovost P, Berenholtz SM. Hosp Pract (Minneap). 2010;38:114-121.
AUDIOVISUAL
Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm.
Austin, TX: Texas Medical Institute for Technology and the Quaid Foundation; 2010.
STUDY
Practically speaking: rethinking hand hygiene improvement programs in health care settings.
Son C, Chuck T, Childers T, et al. Am J Infect Control. 2011;39:716-724.
AWARD RECIPIENT
Announcing 2009 Leapfrog top hospitals.
Washington, DC: Leapfrog Group; December 4, 2009.
BOOK/REPORT
IBEAS: A Pioneer Study on Patient Safety in Latin America: Towards Safer Hospital Care.
Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2011.
BOOK/REPORT
Eliminating CLABSI: A National Patient Safety Imperative.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2011. AHRQ Publication No. 11-0037-1-EF.
COMMENTARY
A new frontier in patient safety.
McCannon J, Berwick DM. JAMA
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2011;305:2221-2222.
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.
STUDY
A multidisciplinary approach to reduce central line–associated bloodstream infections.
McMullan C, Propper G, Schuhmacher C, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2013;39:61-69.
BOOK/REPORT
Safer Hospital Care: Strategies for Continuous Innovation.
Raheja D. New York, NY: Productivity Press; 2011. ISBN: 9781439821022.
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.
COMMENTARY
Hospital board checklist to improve culture and reduce central line–associated bloodstream infections.
Goeschel CA, Holzmueller CG, Pronovost PJ. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2010;36:525-528.
BOOK/REPORT
Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals: How One Doctor's Checklist Can Help Us Change Health Care from the Inside Out.
Pronovost P, Vohr E. New York, NY: Hudson Street Press; 2010. ISBN: 9781594630644.
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.
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