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•Device-related Complications (164)

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•Discontinuities, Gaps, and Hand-Off Problems (445)

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•Epidemiology of Errors and Adverse Events (818)

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•Quality Improvement Strategies (1218)

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Health Care Executives and Administrators

•Facility and Group Administrators (320)

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•Risk Managers (387)

•Quality and Safety Professionals (1478)

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•Hospitals (2661)

•Psychiatric Facilities (17)

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REVIEW

Responsibility for quality improvement and patient safety: hospital board and medical staff leadership challenges.

Goeschel CA, Wachter RM, Pronovost PJ. Chest. 2010;138:171-178.

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.

BOOK/REPORT

Safer Hospital Care: Strategies for Continuous Innovation.

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

STUDY

Lack of patient knowledge regarding hospital medications.

Cumbler E, Wald H, Kutner J. J Hosp Med. 2010;5-83-86.

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

Health Care Leader Action Guide to Reduce Avoidable Readmissions.

Osei-Anto A, Joshi M, Audet AJ, Berman A, Jencks SF. New York, NY: The Commonwealth Fund, The John Hartford Foundation, Health Research and Educational Trust; January 25, 2010.

AWARD RECIPIENT

2006 Quest for Quality Prize.

Runy LA. Hosp Health Netw. September 2006.

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.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Hospitals boost patients' power as advisers.

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

BOOK/REPORT

Tennessee Center for Patient Safety Annual Report 2010.

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

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Survey shows recession has weakened patient safety net.

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

STUDY

A reengineered hospital discharge program to decrease rehospitalization: a randomized trial.

Jack BW, Chetty VK, Anthony D, et al. Ann Intern Med. 2009;150:178-187.

COMMENTARY

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

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

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.

COMMENTARY

Learning accountability for patient outcomes.

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

STUDY

Hospital discharge documentation and risk of rehospitalisation.

Hansen LO, Strater A, Smith L, et al. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:773-778.

BOOK/REPORT

Achieving an Exceptional Patient and Family Experience of Inpatient Hospital Care.

Balik B, Conway J, Zipperer L, Watson J. Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement; 2011.

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.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Top 10 ways to improve patient safety now.

O'Reilly KB. American Medical News. April 15, 2013.

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