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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Empowering families in emergencies.

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

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Inquiry into reporter's death finds multiple failures in care.

Stout D. New York Times. June 17, 2006;National desk:9.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospitals combat errors at the 'hand-off.'

Landro L. Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition). June 28, 2006:D1. [reprinted on Post-gazette.com].

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Fixing America's hospitals.

Newsweek. October 16, 2006:44-68, 72.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Get me out alive.

Feldman R. The Washington Post. May 2, 2006:HE01.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Can high tech save your life?

Fischman J. US News and World Report. August 1, 2005;139:45,49-50,52.

STUDY

The care transitions intervention: translating from efficacy to effectiveness.

Voss R, Gardner R, Baier R, Butterfield K, Lehrman S, Gravenstein S. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:1232-1237.

COMMENTARY

Do Not Disturb!

Duffy FD, Cassel CK. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. October 2007.

STUDY

Impact of attending physician workload on patient care: a survey of hospitalists.

Michtalik HJ, Yeh H, Pronovost PJ, Brotman DJ. JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173:375-377.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Standards, audits, and saying I'm sorry: an engineer's family proposes solutions.

Wojcieszak D. Patient Safety Qual Healthc. May/June 2005;2:6, 8-9.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

JCAHO tightens leash on medication reconciliation.

Perry LE. Drug Topics: Health-System Edition. March 20, 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Maternity ward at Highland under fire from patients.

Vesely R. Inside Bay Area. December 28, 2006.

STUDY

Residents' perspectives on ACGME regulation of supervision and duty hours—a national survey.

Drolet BC, Spalluto LB, Fischer SA. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:e34.

COMMENTARY classic

Fixing healthcare from the inside, today.

Spear SJ. Harv Bus Rev. September 2005;83:78-91.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

A hospital races to learn lessons of Ferrari pit stop.

Naik G. Wall Street Journal. November 14, 2006:A1. [reprinted on Post-gazette.com].

STUDY

Patients' concerns about medical errors during hospitalization.

Burroughs TE, Waterman AD, Gallagher TH, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2007;33:5-14.

STUDY

Cost implications of ACGME's 2011 changes to resident duty hours and the training environment.

Nuckols TK, Escarce JJ. J Gen Intern Med. 2012;27:241-249.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Patient Safety Papers.

Baker GE, ed. Healthc Q. 2006;9:1-140.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

How safe do patients feel?

Wolosin R, Vercler L, Matthews J. Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare. November/December 2005;2:40-44.

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.

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