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BOOK/REPORT
Tennessee Center for Patient Safety Annual Report 2010.
Nashville, TN: Tennessee Center for Patient Safety; August 2011.
COMMENTARY
Learning accountability for patient outcomes.
Pronovost PJ. JAMA. 2010;304:204-205.
STUDY
Health care workers as second victims of medical errors.
Edrees HH, Paine LA, Feroli ER, Wu AW. Pol Arch Med Wewn. 2011;121:101-108.
MULTI-USE WEBSITE
BOOSTing Care Transitions Resource Room.
Project BOOST (Better Outcomes for Older adults through Safe Transitions), Society of Hospital Medicine.
BOOK/REPORT
Achieving an Exceptional Patient and Family Experience of Inpatient Hospital Care.
Balik B, Conway J, Zipperer L, Watson J. Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2011.
STUDY
Safety leadership: a meta-analytic review of transformational and transactional leadership styles as antecedents of safety behaviours.
Clarke S. J Occup Organ Psychol. 2013;86:22-49.
STUDY
Professionalism: a necessary ingredient in a culture of safety.
DuPree E, Anderson R, McEvoy MD, Brodman M. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2011;37:447-455.
SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE
Front-Line Ownership: Generating a Cure Mindset for Patient Safety.
Kitts J, ed. Healthcare Papers. 2013;13:1-82.
STUDY
Improving safety culture on adult medical units through multidisciplinary teamwork and communication interventions: the TOPS Project.
Blegen MA, Sehgal NL, Alldredge BK, Gearhart S, Auerbach AD, Wachter RM. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:346-350.
STUDY
The importance of leadership in preventing healthcare–associated infection: results of a multisite qualitative study.
Saint S, Kowalski CP, Banaszak-Holl J, Forman J, Damschroder L, Krein SL. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2010;31:901-907.
STUDY
Analysis of staff safety concerns.
Davidson J, Lamontagne G, Burnell L, et al. J Nurs Care Qual. 2013;28:147-152.
BOOK/REPORT
Safer Hospital Care: Strategies for Continuous Innovation.
Raheja D. New York, NY: Productivity Press; 2011. ISBN: 9781439821022.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Raising the index of suspicion: red flags that represent credible threats to patient safety.
ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. July 26, 2012;17:1-3.
BOOK/REPORT
Safe Patients, Smart Hospitals: How One Doctor's Checklist Can Help Us Change Health Care from the Inside Out.
Pronovost P, Vohr E. New York, NY: Hudson Street Press; 2010. ISBN: 9781594630644.
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First, Do Less Harm: Confronting the Inconvenient Problems of Patient Safety.
Koppel R, Gordon S, ed. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press; 2012. ISBN: 9780801450778.
STUDY
Evaluation of organizational culture among different levels of healthcare staff participating in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement's 100,000 Lives Campaign.
Sinkowitz-Cochran RL, Garcia-Williams A, Hackbarth AD, et al. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2012;33:135-143.
COMMENTARY
Frontline hospital workers and the worker safety/patient safety nexus.
Sokas R, Braun B, Chenven L, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2013;39:185-192.
STUDY
Measurement for improvement: a survey of current practice in Australian public hospitals.
Brand CA, Tropea J, Ibrahim JE, et al. Med J Aust. 2008;189:35-40.
STUDY
Attitude is everything?: The impact of workload, safety climate, and safety tools on medical errors: a study of intensive care units.
Steyrer J, Schiffinger M, Huber C, Valentin A, Strunk G. Health Care Manage Rev. 2012 Oct 18; [Epub ahead of print].
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Why Hospitals Should Fly: The Ultimate Flight Plan to Patient Safety and Quality Care.
Nance JJ. Boseman, MT: Second River Healthcare Press; 2008. ISBN: 9780974386058.
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