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•Device-related Complications (34)

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•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (133)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (72)

•Medication Safety (289)

•Medical Complications (36)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (21)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (213)

•Active Errors (162)

•Latent Errors (53)

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Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (247)

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•Human Factors Engineering (96)

•Teamwork (75)

•Specialization of Care (47)

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•Culture of Safety (92)

•Technologic Approaches (179)

•Education and Training (264)

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•Allied Health Services (2)

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Setting of Care

•Hospitals (566)

•Residential Facilities (6)

•Ambulatory Care (98)

•Outpatient Surgery (14)

•Patient Transport (3)

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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Dose of technology helps Shands at UF avoid drug errors.

Chun D. Gainsville Sun. August 21, 2006.

STUDY

The American College of Surgeons' closed claims study: new insights for improving care.

Griffen FD, Stephens LS, Alexander JB, et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2007;204:561-569.

STUDY

Surgical specimen identification errors: a new measure of quality in surgical care.

Makary MA, Epstein J, Pronovost PJ, Millman EA, Hartmann EC, Freischlag JA. Surgery. 2007;141:450-455.

COMMENTARY

Critical diagnoses (critical values) in anatomic pathology.

Association of Directors of Anatomic and Surgical Pathology. Hum Pathol. 2006;37:982-984.

STUDY

Comparison and interpretation of urinalysis performed by a nephrologist versus a hospital-based clinical laboratory.

Tsai JJ, Yeun JY, Kumar VA, Don BR. Am J Kidney Dis. 2005;46:820-829.

STUDY

"It's not our ass": medical resident sense-making regarding lawsuits.

Noland C, Carl WJ. Health Commun. 2006;20:81-89.

STUDY

Adopting National Quality Forum medication safe practices: progress and barriers to hospital implementation.

Rask K, Culler S, Scott T, et al. J Hosp Med. 2007;2:212-218.

STUDY

Patterns of communication breakdowns resulting in injury to surgical patients.

Greenberg CC, Regenbogen SE, Studdert DM, et al. J Am Coll Surg. 2007;204:533-540.

COMMENTARY

"Just like EKGs!" Should EEGs undergo a confirmatory interpretation by a clinical neurophysiologist?

Benbadis SR. Neurology. 2013;80(suppl 1):S47-S51.

COMMENTARY

The 80-hour duty week: rationale, early attitudes, and future questions.

Friedlaender GE. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2006;449:138-142.

STUDY

Work-hour restrictions as an ethical dilemma for residents.

Carpenter RO, Austin MT, Tarpley JL, Griffin MR, Lomis KD. Amer J Surg. 2006;191:527-532.

STUDY

Use of a standardized protocol to decrease medication errors and adverse events related to sliding scale insulin.

Donihi AC, DiNardo MM, DeVita MA, Korytkowski MT. Qual Saf Health Care. 2006;15:89-91.

BOOK/REPORT

Why Current Breast Pathology Practices Must Be Evaluated.

Dallas, TX: Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation; June 2006.

STUDY

A randomized, controlled trial evaluating the impact of a computerized rounding and sign-out system on continuity of care and resident work hours.

Van Eaton EG, Horvath KD, Lober WB, Rossini AJ, Pellegrini CA. J Am Coll Surg. 2005;200:538-545.

COMMENTARY

Passing the "Yo' Mama" test.

Blair R. Health Manage Tech. June 2006;27:16.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Surgical Care Improvement Project.

National SCIP Partnership, Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality, 14000 Quail Springs Parkway, Suite 400, Oklahoma City, OK, 73134.

COMMENTARY

Constitutional arguments in favor of modifying the HCQIA to allow the dissemination of physician information to healthcare consumers.

Chernitsky LA. Wash Lee Law Rev. Spring 2006;63:737-776.

AUDIOVISUAL

Chasing Zero: Winning the War on Healthcare Harm.

Austin, TX: Texas Medical Institute for Technology and the Quaid Foundation; 2010.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

The Final Check: Say it Out Loud.

Plano, TX: Outcome Engenuity; July 2012.

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