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COMMENTARY

Right? Left? Neither!

Howell EA, Chassin MR. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. May 2006.

STUDY

Building a simulation-based crisis resource management course for emergency medicine, phase 1: results from an interdisciplinary needs assessment survey.

Hicks CM, Bandiera GW, Denny CJ. Acad Emerg Med. 2008 2008 Nov 1; 15: 1136-1143.

COMMENTARY

PCA Overdose

Doyle DJ. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July/August 2005.

COMMENTARY

Hold the tPA.

Fagan SC. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. April 2005.

COMMENTARY

Enhancing patient safety in the pediatric emergency department: teams, communication, and lessons from crew resource management.

Pruitt CM, Liebelt EL. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2010;26:942-948.

STUDY

Healthcare provider complaints to the emergency department: a preliminary report on a new quality improvement instrument.

Griffey RT, Bohan JS. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15:344-346.

COMMENTARY

Pregnant with Danger.

Pearlman MD, Desmond JS. WebM&M [serial online]. May 2005.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Patient safety in the ED.

Scalise D, Lazar C. Hosp Health Netw. May 2006:80:5,48,2.

STUDY

Profiles in patient safety: medication errors in the emergency department.

Croskerry P, Shapiro M, Campbell S, et al. Acad Emerg Med. 2004;11:289-299.

STUDY

Interruptions in a level one trauma center: a case study.

Brixey JJ, Tang Z, Robinson DJ, et al. Int J Med Inform. 2008;77:235-241.

STUDY

Decreasing clinically significant adverse events using feedback to emergency physicians of telephone follow-up outcomes.

Chern CH, How CK, Wang LM, Lee CH, Graff L. Ann Emerg Med 2005;45:15-23.

STUDY

Design and trial of a new ambulance-to-emergency department handover protocol: 'IMIST-AMBO.'

Iedema R, Ball C, Daly B, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:627-633.

STUDY

Emergency department visits for outpatient adverse drug events: demonstration for a national surveillance system.

Budnitz DS, Pollock DA, Mendelsohn AB, Weidenbach KN, McDonald AK, Annest JL. Ann Emerg Med. 2005;45:197-206.

REVIEW

Ethical and practical aspects of disclosing adverse events in the emergency department.

Stokes SL, Wu AW, Pronovost PJ. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2006;24:703-714.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Maryland Patient Safety Center Emergency Department Collaborative.

Maryland Patient Safety Center.

STUDY

Evaluation of a Web-based education program on reducing medication dosing error: a multicenter, randomized controlled trial.

Frush K, Hohenhaus S, Luo X, Gerardi M, Wiebe RA. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2006;22:62-70.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

A case that shook medicine.

Lerner BH. The Washington Post. November 28, 2006:HE01.

STUDY

Patient concerns about medical errors in emergency departments.

Burroughs TE, Waterman AD, Gallagher TH, et al. Acad Emerg Med. 2005;12:57-64.

STUDY

Characteristics of patient care management problems identified in emergency department morbidity and mortality investigations during 15 years.

Cosby KS, Roberts R, Palivos L, et al. Ann Emerg Med. 2008;51:251-61, 261.e1.

COMMENTARY

Lost in Transition

Beach C. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. Febuary 2006.

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