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•Device-related Complications (116)

•Diagnostic Errors (69)

•Identification Errors (64)

•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (281)

•Fatigue and Sleep Deprivation (81)

•Medication Safety (664)

•Medical Complications (335)

•Nonsurgical Procedural Complications (53)

•Surgical Complications (188)

•Transfusion Complications (15)

•Psychological and Social Complications (103)

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•Africa (2)

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•Europe (171)

•North America (2446)

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•Clinical Guideline (1)

•Journal Article (1780)

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•Newspaper/Magazine Article (347)

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•Special or Theme Issue (56)

•Tools/Toolkit (45)

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Error Types

•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (462)

•Active Errors (235)

•Latent Errors (163)

•Near Miss (37)

Approach to Improving Safety

•Quality Improvement Strategies (946)

•Legal and Policy Approaches (401)

•Error Reporting and Analysis (802)

•Communication Improvement (572)

•Human Factors Engineering (284)

•Teamwork (214)

•Specialization of Care (206)

•Logistical Approaches (217)

•Culture of Safety (550)

•Technologic Approaches (454)

•Education and Training (479)

Clinical Areas

•Allied Health Services (8)

•Medicine (1596)

•Nursing (216)

•Pharmacy (248)

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Health Care Executives and Administrators

•Facility and Group Administrators (168)

•Nurse Managers (191)

•Risk Managers (164)

•Quality and Safety Professionals (650)

Setting of Care

•Hospitals (1925)

•Psychiatric Facilities (10)

•Residential Facilities (41)

•Ambulatory Care (158)

•Outpatient Surgery (26)

•Patient Transport (11)

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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

'Never' land.

Carpenter D. Hosp Health Netw. November 2007;81:34-38.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospital takes a page from Toyota.

Connolly C. MSNBC News. June 3, 2005.

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

Hospitals move to cut dangerous lab errors.

Landro L. Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition). June 14, 2006:D1. [Reprinted on Post-gazette.com].

COMMENTARY

Financial incentives to promote health care quality: the hospital acquired conditions nonpayment policy.

Kavanagh KT. Soc Work Public Health. 2011;26:524-541.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospital safety records, CEO pay increasingly linked.

Wilson B. Am Med News. November 26, 2007:50:16.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospitals' bid to heal selves saves thousands.

P-I Staff and News Services. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. June 15, 2006:A1.

BOOK/REPORT

Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2010.

Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; September 2010.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Fixing America's hospitals.

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

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospitals boost patients' power as advisers.

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

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Health for life. Keys to safer hospitals.

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

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].

COMMENTARY

The economics of health care quality and medical errors.

Andel C, Davidow SL, Hollander M, Moreno DA. J Health Care Finance. 2012;39:39-50.

BOOK/REPORT

To Err Is Human — To Delay Is Deadly.

Jewell K, McGiffert L. Austin, TX: Consumers Union; 2009.

COMMENTARY

As she lay dying: how I fought to stop medical errors from killing my mom.

Welch JR. Health Aff (Millwood). 2012;31:2817-2820.

BOOK/REPORT classic

Partnering with Patients and Families to Design a Patient- and Family-Centered Health Care System: Recommendations and Promising Practices.

Johnson B, Abraham M, Conway J, et al. Bethesda, MD: Institute for Family-Centered Care; April 2008.

BOOK/REPORT

HealthGrades Sixth Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.

Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; April 2009.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospitals combat errors at the 'hand-off.'

Landro L. Wall Street Journal (Eastern edition). June 28, 2006:D1. [reprinted on Post-gazette.com].

STUDY

Does the patient's payer matter in hospital patient safety?: a study of urban hospitals.

Clement JP, Lindrooth RC, Chukmaitov AS, Chen HF. Med Care. 2007;45:131-138.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Strengthening the core. Middle managers play a vital role in improving safety.

Federico F, Bonacum D. Healthc Exec. January/February 2010;25:68-70.

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