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Safety of using a computerized rounding and sign-out system to reduce resident duty hours.

Van Eaton EG, McDonough K, Lober WB, Johnson EA, Pellegrini CA, Horvath KD. Acad Med. 2010;85:1189-1195.

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Why patient summaries in electronic health records do not provide the cognitive support necessary for nurses' handoffs on medical and surgical units: insights from interviews and observations.

Staggers N, Clark L, Blaz JW, Kapsandoy S. Health Informatics J. 2011;17:209-223.

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Multi-professional patterns and methods of communication during patient handoffs.

Benham-Hutchins MM, Effken JA. Int J Med Inform. 2010;79:252-267.

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Effect of bar-code technology on the safety of medication administration.

Poon EG, Keohane CA, Yoon CS, et al. N Engl J Med. 2010;362:1698-1707.

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Systematically improving physician assignment during in-hospital transitions of care by enhancing a preexisting hospital electronic health record.

Zsenits B, Polashenski WA, Sterns RH, Brown DR IV, Moheet A. J Hosp Med. 2009;4:308-312.

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Lessons learned from implementation of a computerized application for pending tests at hospital discharge.

Dalal AK, Poon EG, Karson AS, Gandhi TK, Roy CL. J Hosp Med. 2011;6:16-21.

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Electronic health records and adverse drug events after patient transfer.

Boockvar KS, Livote EE, Goldstein N, Nebeker JR, Siu A, Fried T. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:e16.

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Medicines reconciliation using a shared electronic health care record.

Moore P, Armitage G, Wright J, Dobrzanski S, Ansari N, Hammond I, Scally A. J Patient Saf. 2011;7:147-153.

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What are covering doctors told about their patients? Analysis of sign-out among internal medicine house staff.

Horwitz LI, Moin T, Krumholz HM, Wang L, Bradley EH. Qual Saf Health Care. 2009;18:248-255.

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Unintended effects of a computerized physician order entry nearly hard-stop alert to prevent a drug interaction: a randomized controlled trial.

Strom BL, Schinnar R, Aberra F, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2010;170:1578-1583.

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Fall prevention in acute care hospitals: a randomized trial.

Dykes PC, Carroll DL, Hurley A, et al. JAMA. 2010;304:1912-1918.

COMMENTARY

Ten years after the IOM report: engaging residents in quality and patient safety by creating a house staff quality council.

Fleischut PM, Evans AS, Nugent WC, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2011;26:89-94.

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Exploring emergency physician–hospitalist handoff interactions: development of the Handoff Communication Assessment.

Apker J, Mallak LA, Applegate EB 3rd, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2010;55:161-170.

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Effect of admission medication reconciliation on adverse drug events from admission medication changes.

Boockvar KS, Blum S, Kugler A, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2011;171:860-861.

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Hospital readmissions: physician awareness and communication practices.

Roy CL, Kachalia A, Woolf S, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2009;24:374-380.

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Evaluating the medication process in the context of CPOE use: the significance of working around the system.

Niazkhani Z, Pirnejad H, van der Sijs H, Aarts J. Int J Med Inform. 2011;80:490-506.

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Wristbands as aids to reduce misidentification: an ethnographically guided task analysis.

Smith AF, Casey K, Wilson J, Fischbacher-Smith D. Int J Qual Health Care. 2011;23:590-599.

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Effects of resident duty hour reform on surgical and procedural patient safety indicators among hospitalized Veterans Health Administration and Medicare patients.

Rosen AK, Loveland SA, Romano PS, et al. Med Care. 2009;47:723-731.

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Standardizing hospital discharge planning at the Mayo Clinic.

Holland DE, Hemann MA. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:29-36.

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Patient whiteboards as a communication tool in the hospital setting: A survey of practices and recommendations.

Sehgal NL, Green A, Vidyarthi AR, Blegen MA, Wachter RM. J Hosp Med. 2010;5:234-239.

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