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MULTI-USE WEBSITE
HAC Posting on Hospital Compare.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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.
BOOK/REPORT
Patient Safety in Canada: An Update.
Ottawa, ON, Canada: Canadian Institute for Health Information; August 14, 2007.
BOOK/REPORT
Patient Safety Authority Annual Reports.
Harrisburg, PA: Patient Safety Authority; April 2013.
BOOK/REPORT
To Err Is Human—But Don't Expect to Get Paid For It.
ASQ Quarterly Quality Report. Milwaukee, WI: American Society of Quality; October 2008.
BOOK/REPORT
HealthGrades Seventh Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.
Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; March 2010.
STUDY
How do black-serving hospitals perform on patient safety indicators?: Implications for national public reporting and pay-for-performance.
Ly DP, Lopez L, Isaac T, Jha AK. Med Care. 2010;48:1133-1137.
STUDY
National estimates of adverse events during nonpsychiatric hospitalizations for persons with schizophrenia.
Khaykin E, Ford DE, Pronovost PJ, Dixon L, Daumit GL. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2010;32:419-425.
BOOK/REPORT
HealthGrades Quality Study: Fourth Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.
Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; April 2007.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Medicare releases patient safety ratings for hospitals.
Rau J. Kaiser Health News. October 17, 2011.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
As industry automates, adverse events continue to haunt caregivers.
Wetzel TG. Health Data Manage. 2011 Feb;19:86, 88, 90 passim.
BOOK/REPORT
HealthGrades Eighth Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.
Reed K, May R. Denver, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; March 2011.
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The $17.1 billion problem: the annual cost of measurable medical errors.
Van Den Bos J, Rustagi K, Gray T, Halford M, Ziemkiewicz E, Shreve J. Health Aff (Millwood). 2011;30:596-603.
BOOK/REPORT
The First Annual HealthGrades Pediatric Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.
Reed K, May R. Golden, CO: Health Grades, Inc; 2010.
BOOK/REPORT
2009 National Healthcare Quality Report.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; March 2010. AHRQ Publication No. 10-0003.
BOOK/REPORT
Meeting the Joint Commission's 2013 National Patient Safety Goals.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; September 2012. ISBN: 9781599407555.
STUDY
Saving lives by studying deaths: using standardized mortality reviews to improve inpatient safety.
Lau H, Litman KC. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:400-408.
BOOK/REPORT
Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2011.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; September 2011.
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.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
New York City puts hospital error data online.
Kershaw S. New York Times. Sepember 7, 2007;Metro Desk section:B1.
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