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STUDY

Patient report on information given, consultation time and safety in primary care.

Mira JJ, Nebot C, Lorenzo S, Pérez-Jover V. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:e33.

STUDY

Clinical outcomes from the use of Medication Report when elderly patients are discharged from hospital.

Midlöv P, Deierborg E, Holmdahl L, Höglund P, Eriksson T. Pharm World Sci. 2008;30:840-845.

AUDIOVISUAL

Healthcare 411: Making hospital discharges safer for seniors.

Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. June 3, 2009.

COMMENTARY

Lethal Cap.

Schillinger D. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2004.

STUDY

Creating a better discharge summary: improvement in quality and timeliness using an electronic discharge summary.

O'Leary KJ, Liebovitz SM, Feinglass J, et al. J Hosp Med. 2009;4:219-225.

REVIEW

Safety learning system development—incident reporting component for family practice.

O'Beirne M, Sterling P, Reid R, Tink W, Hohman S, Norton P. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:252-257.

STUDY

Electronic health record-based surveillance of diagnostic errors in primary care.

Singh H, Giardina TD, Forjuoh SN, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;22:93-100.

STUDY

Reasons for not reporting patient safety incidents in general practice: a qualitative study.

Kousgaard MB, Joensen AS, Thorsen T. Scand J Prim Health Care. 2012;30:199-205.

COMMENTARY

Safer out of hours primary care.

Cosford PA, Thomas JM. BMJ. 2010;340:c3194.

STUDY

Transitioning between electronic health records: effects on ambulatory prescribing safety.

Abramson EL, Malhotra S, Fischer K, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2011;26:868-874.

BOOK/REPORT

Safety First: Top of Your Board's Agenda: 100 Day Challenge Survey Report.

The Patients Association. Harrow, Middlesex, UK: The Patients Association; June 2009.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Patient safety records: silent witness.

Gould M. Health Service Journal. September 15, 2008:22-24.

BOOK/REPORT

Coordination Between Emergency and Primary Care Physicians.

Carrier E, Yee T, Holtzwart RA. Washington, DC: National Institute for Health Care Reform; 2011.

STUDY

The relationship of self-report of quality to practice size and health information technology.

Gorman PN, O'Malley JP, Fagnan LJ. J Am Board Fam Med. 2012;25:614-624.

COMMENTARY

Medication errors in family practice, in hospitals and after discharge from the hospital: an ethical analysis.

Clark PA. J Law Med Ethics. 2004;32:349-357.

STUDY

Preanalytical errors in primary healthcare: a questionnaire study of information search procedures, test request management and test tube labelling.

Söderberg J, Brulin C, Grankvist K, Wallin O. Clin Chem Lab Med. 2009;47:195-201.

STUDY

Impact of implementing alerts about medication black-box warnings in electronic health records.

Yu DT, Seger DL, Lasser KE, et al. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2011;20:192-202.

STUDY

The quality, safety and content of telephone and face-to-face consultations: a comparative study.

McKinstry B, Hammersley V, Burton C, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:298-303.

STUDY

'Tempos' management in primary care: a key factor for classifying adverse events, and improving quality and safety.

Amalberti R, Brami J. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:729-736.

COMMENTARY

Simple strategies to avoid medication errors.

Jenkins RH, Vaida AJ. Fam Pract Manag. 2007;14:41-47.

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