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COMMENTARY

Chemotherapy in home care: one team's performance improvement journey toward reducing medication errors.

Ewen BM, Combs R, Popelas C, Faraone GM. Home Healthc Nurse. 2012;30:28-37.

COMMENTARY

HomeNet: ensuring patient safety with medical device use in the home.

Kaufman D, Weick-Brady M. Home Healthc Nurse. 2009;27:300-307.

STUDY

Safety for home care: the use of Internet video calls to double-check interventions.

Bradford N, Armfield NR, Young J, Ehmer M, Smith AC. J Telemed Telecare. 2012;18:434-437.

STUDY

Challenges in posthospital care: nurses as coaches for medication management.

Costa LL, Poe SS, Lee MC. J Nurs Care Qual. 2011;26:243-251.

STUDY

Managing the care of patients discharged from home health: a quiet threat to patient safety?

Flynn L. Home Healthc Nurse. 2007;25:184-190.

COMMENTARY

Keeping safety a priority in home care and hospice: one agency's journey.

Mullin L. Home Healthc Nurse. 2010;28:63-70.

COMMENTARY

The development of a patient safety program across the continuum of care.

Wertenberger S, Wilson J. Nurs Adm Q. 2005;29:303-307.

COMMENTARY

ISMP medication error report analysis.

Cohen MR. Hosp Pharm. 2008;43:696–698.

STUDY

Safer care at home: use of simulation training to improve standards.

Unsworth J, Tuffnell C, Platt A. Br J Community Nurs. 2011;16:334-339.

STUDY

Patient safety culture in home care: experiences of home-care nurses.

Berland A, Holm AL, Gundersen D, Bentsen SB. J Nurs Manag. 2012;20:794-801.

STUDY

Delineation of risk through the exploration of a culture of safety in community home health.

Stevenson L, McRae C, Mughal WA. Home Health Care Manag Pract. 2007;19:460-463.

COMMENTARY

Disease management: a mid-decade evolution toward patient safety.

Heckinger E, Chappell H, Downes D, Fitzner K. Home Health Care Manage Pract. 2006;18:178-185.

COMMENTARY

Strategies to improve the patient safety outcome indicator: preventing or reducing falls.

Bright L. Home Healthc Nurse. 2005;23:29-36.

BOOK/REPORT

Focus on Patient Safety.

Fitzpatrick J, Stone P, Hinton-Walker P, eds. Annual Review of Nursing Research. New York, NY: Springer; 2006. ISBN: 0826141366.

STUDY

Caregiver perspectives on safety in home dementia care.

Lach HW, Chang YP. West J Nurs Res. 2007;29:993-1014.

STUDY

Insulin treatment as a tracer for identifying latent patient safety risks in home-based diabetes care.

Odegard S, Andersson DK. J Nurs Manag. March 2006;14:116-127.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Improving Patient Safety.

Home Healthc Nurse. 2007;25:145-224.

COMMENTARY

Medication safety: look-alike/sound-alike drugs in home care.

Friedman MM. Home Healthc Nurse. 2005;23:243-253.

FACT SHEET/FAQS

Making Medical Devices Safer at Home.

Consumer Updates. Silver Spring, MD: US Food and Drug Administration; December 12, 2012.

STUDY

Therapeutic errors among children in the community setting: nature, causes and outcomes.

McD Taylor D, Robinson J, Macleod D, Macbean CE, Braitberg G. J Paediatr Child Health. 2009;45:304-309.

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