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BOOK/REPORT

Safer Hospital Care: Strategies for Continuous Innovation.

Raheja D. New York, NY: Productivity Press; 2011. ISBN: 9781439821022.

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

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.

BOOK/REPORT

The Patient Safety Initiative at America’s Public Hospitals: The Year One Overview.

Research Brief. Washington, DC: National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems; January 2011.

MEETING/CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

The Role of HR in Quality and Patient Safety.

The American Society for Healthcare Human Resources Administration. San Diego, CA: July 24, 2008.

BOOK/REPORT

Patient-Centered Care Improvement Guide.

Frampton S, Guastello S, Brady C, et al. Derby, CT: Planetree; Camden, ME: Picker Institute; 2008.

STUDY

Hospital governance and the quality of care.

Jha AK, Epstein AM. Health Aff (Millwood). 2010;29:182-187.

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.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

BOOSTing Care Transitions Resource Room.

Project BOOST (Better Outcomes for Older adults through Safe Transitions), Society of Hospital Medicine.

BOOK/REPORT

Tennessee Center for Patient Safety Annual Report 2010.

Nashville, TN: Tennessee Center for Patient Safety; August 2011.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospitals boost patients' power as advisers.

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

COMMENTARY

Learning accountability for patient outcomes.

Pronovost PJ. JAMA. 2010;304:204-205.

REVIEW

Interdisciplinary teamwork in hospitals: a review and practical recommendations for improvement.

O'Leary KJ, Sehgal NL, Terrell G, Williams MV; High Performance Teams and the Hospital of the Future Project Team. J Hosp Med. 2011 Oct 31; [Epub ahead of print].

BOOK/REPORT

A Randomized Field Study of a Leadership WalkRounds-Based Intervention.

Tucker AL, Singer SJ. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Business School; June 25, 2012. HBS Working Paper No. 12-113.

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.

COMMENTARY

A new frontier in patient safety.

McCannon J, Berwick DM. JAMA. 2011;305:2221-2222.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Survey shows recession has weakened patient safety net.

ISMP Medication Safety Alert! Acute Care Edition. January 14, 2010;15:1-4.

COMMENTARY

Assessing hospital safety on nights and weekends: the SWAN tool.

Shulkin DJ. J Patient Saf. 2009;5:75-78.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

The role of the chief executive officer in maximizing patient safety.

Shorr AS. Healthc Exec. March-April 2007;22:19, 21-22, 24, 26.

STUDY

Organisational culture: variation across hospitals and connection to patient safety climate.

Speroff T, Nwosu S, Greevy R, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:592-596.

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