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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

Right? Left? Neither!

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

STUDY

Missed and delayed diagnoses in the emergency department: a study of closed malpractice claims from 4 liability insurers.

Kachalia A, Gandhi TK, Puopolo AL, et al. Ann Emerg Med. Ann Emerg Med. 2007;49:196-205.

COMMENTARY

Patient safety and diagnostic error: tips for your next shift.

Sinclair D, Croskerry P. Can Fam Physician. 2010;56:28-30.

STUDY

Using a preprinted order sheet to reduce prescription errors in a pediatric emergency department: a randomized, controlled trial.

Kozer E, Scolnik D, MacPherson A, Rauchwerger D, Koren G. Pediatrics. 2005;116:1299-1302.

STUDY

Medical error identification, disclosure, and reporting: do emergency medicine provider groups differ?

Hobgood C, Weiner B, Tamayo-Sarver JH. Acad Emerg Med. 2006;13:443-451.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Safety in EMS.

Brice JH, Patterson PD, eds. Prehosp Emerg Care. 2012;16:1-108.

STUDY

ED handoffs: observed practices and communication errors.

Maughan BC, Lei L, Cydulka RK. Am J Emerg Med. 2011;29:502-511.

STUDY

Pediatric rapid response teams in the academic medical center.

Mistry KP, Turi J, Hueckel R, Mericle JM, Meliones JN. Clin Ped Emerg Med. 2006;7:241-247.

COMMENTARY

PCA Overdose

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

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Ding-a-ling-a-ling: ambulances can be dangerous places.

Meisel Z. Slate. November 8, 2005.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

A case that shook medicine.

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

STUDY

The multitasking clinician: decision-making and cognitive demand during and after team handoffs in emergency care.

Laxmisan A, Hakimzada F, Sayan OR, et al. Int J Med Inform. 2007;76:801-811.

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.

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

Unscheduled returns to the emergency department: an outcome of medical errors?

Nuñez S, Hexdall A, Aguirre-Jaime A. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15:102-108.

COMMENTARY

Profiles in patient safety: misplaced femoral line guidewire and multiple failures to detect the foreign body on chest radiography.

Lum TE, Fairbanks RJ, Pennington EC, Zwemer FL. Acad Emerg Med. 2005;12:658-662.

STUDY

Surgeon commitment to trauma care decreases missed injuries.

Lin YK, Lin CJ, Chan HM, et al. Injury. 2012 Nov 3; [Epub ahead of print].

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Patient Safety in Pediatric Emergency Medicine.

Frush KS, Hohenhaus SM, eds. Clin Ped Emerg Med. 2006;7:213-277.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Fallible medicine: responding to errors in emergency care.

Whitehead S. Emergency Medical Services. July 2007.

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