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Safety Target

•Device-related Complications (123)

•Diagnostic Errors (157)

•Identification Errors (86)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (374)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (74)

•Medication Safety (933)

•Medical Complications (333)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (74)

•Surgical Complications (282)

•Transfusion Complications (14)

•Psychological and Social Complications (117)

Origin/Sponsor

•Africa (2)

•Asia (17)

•Australia and New Zealand (58)

•Central and South America (3)

•Europe (183)

•North America (2719)

Resource Types

•Clinical Guideline (8)

•Journal Article (2069)

•Legislation/Regulation (58)

•Meeting/Conference (23)

•Newsletter/Journal (13)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (325)

•Press Release/Announcement (36)

•Special or Theme Issue (48)

•Tools/Toolkit (57)

•Web Resource (121)

•Grant (5)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (609)

•Active Errors (486)

•Latent Errors (206)

•Near Miss (55)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (733)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (295)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (791)

•Communication Improvement (908)

•Human Factors Engineering (372)

•Teamwork (229)

•Specialization of Care (223)

•Logistical Approaches (222)

•Culture of Safety (377)

•Technologic Approaches (500)

•Education and Training (612)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (11)

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Health Care Providers

•Allied Health Professionals (7)

•Clinical Technologists (14)

Setting of Care

•Psychiatric Facilities (15)

•Residential Facilities (55)

•Ambulatory Care (339)

•Outpatient Surgery (35)

•Patient Transport (19)

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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

What drugs do you take? Hospitals seek to collect better data and prevent errors.

Landro L. Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition). May 23, 2006:D1. [reprinted on Post-Gazette.com]

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Fixing America's hospitals.

Newsweek. October 16, 2006:44-68, 72.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Noah's story: please listen.

Lord T. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. March/April 2012;9:38-41,44.

COMMENTARY

Poor Prognosis.

Lamont EB. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2004.

COMMENTARY classic

Healthcare in a land called PeoplePower: nothing about me without me.

Delbanco T, Berwick DM, Boufford JI, et al. Health Expect. 2001;4:144-150.

STUDY

The many faces of error disclosure: a common set of elements and a definition.

Fein SP, Hilborne LH, Spiritus EM, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2007;22:755-761.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospitals boost patients' power as advisers.

Landro L. Wall Street Journal. August 8, 2007:D1.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Medical device alarm safety in hospitals.

Sentinel Event Alert. April 8, 2013;(50):1-3.

COMMENTARY

A framework for encouraging patient engagement in medical decision making.

Holzmueller CG, Wu AW, Pronovost PJ. J Patient Saf. 2012;8:161-164.

COMMENTARY

Ask me if I cleaned my hands.

Gordon SC. JAMA. 2012;307:1591-1592.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

NHS drug error 'crackdown' urged.

BBC News. August 11, 2006.

COMMENTARY

The Role of the Patient in Improving Patient Safety

Gibson R. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. March 2007.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Standards, audits, and saying I'm sorry: an engineer's family proposes solutions.

Wojcieszak D. Patient Safety Qual Healthc. May/June 2005;2:6, 8-9.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

JCAHO tightens leash on medication reconciliation.

Perry LE. Drug Topics: Health-System Edition. March 20, 2006.

BOOK/REPORT

How Doctors Think.

Groopman J. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin; 2007. ISBN: 0618610030.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

How safe do patients feel?

Wolosin R, Vercler L, Matthews J. Patient Safety & Quality Healthcare. November/December 2005;2:40-44.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

The best medical care in the U.S.

Arnst C. Business Week. July 17, 2006.

STUDY

Am I safe here? Improving patients' perceptions of safety in hospitals.

Wolosin RJ, Vercler L, Matthews JL. J Nurs Care Qual. 2006;21:30-38.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

What a new doctor learned about medical mistakes from her Mom's death.

Allen M. ProPublica. January 9, 2013.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Q: What scares doctors? A: Being the patient.

Gibbs N, Bower A. Time Magazine. May 1, 2006.

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