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•Device-related Complications (157)

•Diagnostic Errors (219)

•Identification Errors (111)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (466)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (96)

•Medication Safety (1218)

•Medical Complications (412)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (92)

•Surgical Complications (396)

•Transfusion Complications (16)

•Psychological and Social Complications (137)

Origin/Sponsor

•Africa (6)

•Asia (40)

•Australia and New Zealand (105)

•Central and South America (9)

•Europe (416)

•North America (3157)

Resource Types

•Clinical Guideline (9)

•Journal Article (2761)

•Legislation/Regulation (61)

•Meeting/Conference (34)

•Newsletter/Journal (13)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (331)

•Press Release/Announcement (32)

•Special or Theme Issue (64)

•Tools/Toolkit (66)

•Web Resource (121)

•Grant (10)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (1074)

•Active Errors (619)

•Latent Errors (256)

•Near Miss (68)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (945)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (349)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (1052)

•Communication Improvement (975)

•Human Factors Engineering (463)

•Teamwork (293)

•Specialization of Care (294)

•Logistical Approaches (288)

•Culture of Safety (482)

•Technologic Approaches (678)

•Education and Training (725)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (13)

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Health Care Providers

•Allied Health Professionals (7)

•Clinical Technologists (41)

Setting of Care

•Psychiatric Facilities (18)

•Residential Facilities (68)

•Ambulatory Care (443)

•Outpatient Surgery (41)

•Patient Transport (35)

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STUDY

Temporal trends in rates of patient harm resulting from medical care.

Landrigan CP, Parry GJ, Bones CB, Hackbarth AD, Goldmann DA, Sharek PJ. N Engl J Med. 2010;363:2124-2134.

BOOK/REPORT

Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2012.

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; September 2012.

STUDY

Is patient safety improving? National trends in patient safety indicators: 1998–2007.

Downey JR, Hernandez-Boussard T, Banka G, Morton JM. Health Serv Res. 2012;47:414-430.

STUDY

Integrating incident data from five reporting systems to assess patient safety: making sense of the elephant.

Levtzion-Korach O, Frankel A, Alcalai H, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2010;36:402-410.

STUDY

National estimates of adverse events during nonpsychiatric hospitalizations for persons with schizophrenia.

Khaykin E, Ford DE, Pronovost PJ, Dixon L, Daumit GL. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2010;32:419-425.

BOOK/REPORT

HealthGrades Quality Study: Fourth Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.

Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; April 2007.

STUDY

Hospital performance trends on national quality measures and the association with Joint Commission accreditation.

Schmaltz SP, Williams SC, Chassin MR, Loeb JM, Wachter RM. J Hosp Med. 2011;6:458-465.

STUDY

Improvement in the detection of adverse drug events by the use of electronic health and prescription records: an evaluation of two trigger tools.

Nwulu U, Nirantharakumar K, Odesanya R, McDowell SE, Coleman JJ. Eur J Clin Pharmacol. 2013;69:255-259.

STUDY

Patient safety reporting systems: sustained quality improvement using a multidisciplinary team and "Good Catch" awards.

Herzer KR, Mirrer M, Xie Y, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2012;38:339-347.

COMMENTARY

Quality improvement through implementation of discharge order reconciliation.

Lu Y, Clifford P, Bjorneby A, et al. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2013;70:815-820.

STUDY

Analysis of staff safety concerns.

Davidson J, Lamontagne G, Burnell L, et al. J Nurs Care Qual. 2013;28:147-152.

STUDY

Impact of a statewide intensive care unit quality improvement initiative on hospital mortality and length of stay: retrospective comparative analysis.

Lipitz-Snyderman A, Steinwachs D, Needham DM, Colantuoni E, Morlock LL, Pronovost PJ. BMJ. 2011;342:d219.

STUDY

Thirty-day, all-cause readmissions for elderly patients who have an injury-related inpatient stay.

Spector WD, Mutter R, Owens P, Limcangco R. Med Care. 2012;50:863-869.

STUDY

Hospital discharge documentation and risk of rehospitalisation.

Hansen LO, Strater A, Smith L, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:773-778.

BOOK/REPORT

Patient Safety in Canada: An Update.

Ottawa, ON, Canada: Canadian Institute for Health Information; August 14, 2007.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

HAC Posting on Hospital Compare.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

BOOK/REPORT

Hospital Reporting Program.

Portland, OR: Oregon Patient Safety Commission.

STUDY

The relationship between patients' perception of care and measures of hospital quality and safety.

Isaac T, Zaslavsky AM, Cleary PD, Landon BE. Health Serv Res. 2010;45:1024-1040.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Washington Hospital Center safety program seeks to catch 'near-misses.'

Sun LH. Washington Post. August 2, 2011.

BOOK/REPORT

Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2009.

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; January 2010.

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