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Safety Target

•Device-related Complications (104)

•Diagnostic Errors (73)

•Identification Errors (63)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (274)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (58)

•Medication Safety (692)

•Medical Complications (302)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (42)

•Surgical Complications (198)

•Transfusion Complications (14)

•Psychological and Social Complications (96)

Origin/Sponsor

•Africa (5)

•Asia (31)

•Australia and New Zealand (98)

•Central and South America (4)

•Europe (521)

•North America (1799)

Resource Types

•Clinical Guideline (2)

•Journal Article (1628)

•Legislation/Regulation (39)

•Meeting/Conference (34)

•Newsletter/Journal (10)

•Newspaper/Magazine Article (285)

•Press Release/Announcement (33)

•Special or Theme Issue (50)

•Tools/Toolkit (50)

•Web Resource (101)

•Grant (9)

Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (502)

•Active Errors (294)

•Latent Errors (183)

•Near Miss (42)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (734)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (360)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (798)

•Communication Improvement (653)

•Human Factors Engineering (288)

•Teamwork (195)

•Specialization of Care (174)

•Logistical Approaches (165)

•Culture of Safety (454)

•Technologic Approaches (440)

•Education and Training (450)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (13)

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Health Care Executives and Administrators

•Facility and Group Administrators (128)

•Nurse Managers (46)

•Risk Managers (169)

•Quality and Safety Professionals (592)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (1713)

•Psychiatric Facilities (13)

•Residential Facilities (45)

•Ambulatory Care (200)

•Outpatient Surgery (21)

•Patient Transport (14)

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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Fixing America's hospitals.

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

AUDIOVISUAL

Avoiding medical error.

Colvin G. "The Colvin Interview." CNN. February 5, 2007.

BOOK/REPORT

Adverse Health Events in Minnesota: Ninth Annual Public Report.

St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Department of Health; January 2013.

COMMENTARY

The Role of the Patient in Improving Patient Safety

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

BOOK/REPORT

State of Healthcare 2006.

The Healthcare Commission. London, England: Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection; 2006. ISBN: 1845621182.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

The best medical care in the U.S.

Arnst C. Business Week. July 17, 2006.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

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

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

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Simple mistakes, serious consequences: positive ID is no laughing matter.

Edozien L. Saferhealthcare. June 2, 2006.

BOOK/REPORT

Consumer Guide to Adverse Health Events.

St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Department of Health; January 2009.

STUDY

Can incident reporting improve safety? Healthcare practitioners' views of the effectiveness of incident reporting.

Anderson JE, Kodate N, Walters R, Dodds A. Int J Qual Health Care. 2013;25:141-150.

MULTI-USE WEBSITE

National Patient Safety Awareness Week.

National Patient Safety Foundation.

COMMENTARY

Establishing a culture for patient safety - the role of education.

Milligan FJ. Nurse Educ Today. 2007;27:95-102.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Perfect is possible.

Berwick DM, Leape LL. Newsweek. October 16, 2006:70-71.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Health for life. Keys to safer hospitals.

Berwick DM. Newsweek. December 12, 2005;46:75-78.

COMMENTARY

Language Barrier

Flores G. AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. April 2006.

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.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Get me out alive.

Feldman R. The Washington Post. May 2, 2006:HE01.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Health-care industry agrees on patient safety rules.

Landro L. Wall Street Journal (Eastern Edition). November 1, 2006:D1. [reprinted on Post-gazette.com].

BOOK/REPORT

Safety First: Top of Your Board's Agenda: 100 Day Challenge Survey Report.

The Patients Association. Harrow, Middlesex, UK: The Patients Association; June 2009.

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