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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Have you M.E.T. the future of better patient safety?

Larson L. Trustee. September 2005;58:6-10.

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

Patients get power of fast response.

Landro L. Wall Street Journal. September 1, 2009:D2.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Saving lives: hospitals have signed on to a six-part plan to avoid a multitude of unnecessary deaths.

Comarow A. US News & World Report. July 18, 2005;139:74,76,79.

STUDY

A 5-year analysis of rapid response system activation at an in-hospital haemodialysis unit.

Galhotra S, Devita MA, Dew MA, Simmons RL. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:e38.

REVIEW

Rapid response teams: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Chan PS, Jain R, Nallmothu BK, Berg RA, Sasson C. Arch Intern Med. 2010;170:18-26.

COMMENTARY

Findings of the first consensus conference on medical emergency teams.

Devita MA, Bellomo R, Hillman K, et al. Crit Care Med. 2006;34;2463-2478.

STUDY

Developing and evaluating a trigger response system.

Cherry K, Martinek J, Esleck S, Ivory A, Logan R, Ward J. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2009;35:331-338.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Empowering families in emergencies.

Spath PL. Hospital & Health Networks. February 20, 2007.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospitals try to break a deadly 'code.'

Kowalczyk L. The Boston Globe. November 27, 2005:A1.

COMMENTARY

Evolution of a rapid response system from voluntary to mandatory activation.

Jones CM, Bleyer AJ, Petree B. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2010;36:266-270.

COMMENTARY

Rapid response systems: from implementation to evidence base.

Sarani B, Scott S. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2010;36:514-517.

COMMENTARY

Rethinking rapid response teams.

Litvak E, Pronovost PJ. JAMA. 2010;304:1375-1376.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Beware of basal opioid infusions with PCA therapy.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. March 12, 2009;14:1-3.

COMMENTARY

Rolling out the rapid response team.

Gallagher-Ford L, Fineout-Overholt E, Melnyk BM, Stillwell SB. Am J Nurs. 2011;111:42-47.

COMMENTARY

Using an advanced practice nursing model for a rapid response team.

Benson L, Mitchell C, Link M, Carlson G, Fisher J. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34:743-747.

STUDY

Rapid response systems in the Netherlands.

Ludikhuize J, Hamming A, de Jonge E, Fikkers BG. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:138-149.

TOOLKIT

Making Strides in Safety.

Chicago, IL: American Medical Association.

REVIEW

Rapid-response teams.

Jones DA, DeVita MA, Bellomo R. N Engl J Med. 2011;365:139-146.

STUDY

Uncovering system errors using a rapid response team: cross-coverage caught in the crossfire.

Kaplan LJ, Maerz LL, Schuster K, et al. J Trauma. 2009;67:173-179.

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