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Patient Safety Organizations.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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National Surgical Quality Improvement Program.
American College of Surgeons.
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Partnership for Patients.
Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services.
BOOK/REPORTclassic
Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2011.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; September 2011.
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Balancing "no blame" with accountability in patient safety.
Wachter RM, Pronovost PJ. N Engl J Med. 2009;361:1401-1406.
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Making Health Care Safer II: An Updated Critical Analysis of the Evidence for Patient Safety Practices.
Shekelle PG, Wachter RM, Pronovost PJ, eds. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; March 2013. AHRQ Publication No. 13-E001-EF.
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Making Health Care Safer: A Critical Review of Modern Evidence Supporting Strategies to Improve Patient Safety.
Shekelle PG, Pronovost PJ, Wachter RM, Rao JK, Mulrow CD, eds. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158(5 Pt 2):365-440.
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Relationship between occurrence of surgical complications and hospital finances.
Eappen S, Lane BH, Rosenberg B, et al. JAMA. 2013;309:1599-1606.
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Effect of nonpayment for preventable infections in U.S. hospitals.
Lee GM, Kleinman K, Soumerai SB, et al. N Engl J Med. 2012;367:1428-1437.
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Disclosure-and-resolution programs that include generous compensation offers may prompt a complex patient response.
Murtagh L, Gallagher TH, Andrew P, Mello MM. Health Aff (Millwood). 2012;31:2681-2689.
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Factors contributing to all-cause 30-day readmissions: a structured case series across 18 hospitals.
Feigenbaum P, Neuwirth E, Trowbridge L, et al. Med Care. 2012;50:599-605.
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Best Care at Lower Cost: The Path to Continuously Learning Health Care in America.
Smith M, Saunders R, Stuckhardt L, McGinnis JM, eds. Committee on the Learning Health Care System in America, Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2012. ISBN: 9780309260732.
TOOLKITclassic
CUSP Toolkit.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 10, 2012.
PRESS RELEASE/ANNOUNCEMENTclassic
AHRQ Patient Safety Project Reduces Bloodstream Infections by 40 Percent.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 10, 2012.
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Burnout and satisfaction with work-life balance among US physicians relative to the general US population.
Shanafelt TD, Boone S, Tan L, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2012;172:1377-1385.
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Effect of a pharmacist intervention on clinically important medication errors after hospital discharge: a randomized trial.
Kripalani S, Roumie CL, Dalal AK, et al; PILL-CVD (Pharmacist Intervention for Low Literacy in Cardiovascular Disease) Study Group. Ann Intern Med. 2012;157:1-10.
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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.
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Preventable deaths due to problems in care in English acute hospitals: a retrospective case record review study.
Hogan H, Healey F, Neale G, Thomson R, Vincent C, Black N. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:737-745.
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Hospital-based medication reconciliation practices: a systematic review.
Mueller SK, Sponsler KC, Kripalani S, Schnipper JL. Arch Intern Med. 2012;172:1057-1069.
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