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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Leveraging technical and managerial changes to improve safety.
Pronovost P, Heifetz RA. Hosp Health Netw. March 27, 2007.
STUDY
Using system analysis to build a safety culture: improving the reliability of epidural analgesia.
Garnerin P, Huchet-Belouard A, Diby M, Clergue F. Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2006;50:1114-1119.
STUDY
An intervention to decrease catheter-related bloodstream infections in the ICU.
Pronovost P, Needham D, Berenholtz S, et al. N Engl J Med. 2006;355:2725-2732.
COMMENTARY
Using incident reporting to improve patient safety: a conceptual model.
Pronovost PJ, Holzmueller CG, Young J, et al. J Patient Saf. 2007;3:27-33.
CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY
Oversight hearing on recent patient safety issues.
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 109th Cong, 2nd Sess (June 15, 2006). (Testimony of James P. Bagian, MD, PE; John D. Daigh, Jr., MD; Daniel Schultz, MD; Laurie Ekstrand).
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Soaring to new safety heights.
Ketter P. T&D. January 2006;60:51-54.
STUDY
A web-based incident reporting system and multidisciplinary collaborative projects for patient safety in a Japanese hospital.
Nakajima K, Kurata Y, Takeda H. Qual Saf Health Care. 2005;14:123-129.
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The association between hospital characteristics and rates of preventable complications and adverse events.
Thornlow DK, Stukenborg GJ. Med Care. 2006;44:265-269.
COMMENTARY
Relationships among teams, culture, safety, and cost outcomes.
Brewer BB. West J Nurs Res. 2006;28:641-653.
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The nurses' experience of barriers to safe practice in the neonatal intensive care unit in Thailand.
Jirapaet V, Jirapaet K, Sopajaree C. J Obstet Gynecol Neonatal Nurs. 2006;35:746-754.
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Nature, causes and consequences of unintended events in surgical units.
van Wagtendonk I, Smits M, Merten H, Heetveld MJ, Wagner C. Br J Surg. 2010;97:1730-1740.
COMMENTARY
Passing the "Yo' Mama" test.
Blair R. Health Manage Tech. June 2006;27:16.
STUDY
An observational study of changes to long-term medication after admission to an intensive care unit.
Campbell AJ, Bloomfield R, Noble DW. Anaesthesia.
2006;61:1087-1092.
COMMENTARY
Transition of care for hospitalized elderly patients—development of a discharge checklist for hospitalists.
Halasyamani L, Kripalani S, Coleman E, et al. J Hosp Med. 2006;1:354-360.
STUDY
Risk of medication errors at hospital discharge and barriers to problem resolution.
Enguidanos SM, Brumley RD. Home Health Care Serv Q. 2005;24:123-135.
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Discontinuity of chronic medications in patients discharged from the intensive care unit.
Bell CM, Rahimi-Darabad P, Orner AI. J Gen Intern Med. 2006;21:937-941.
STUDY
How reliable are clinical systems in the UK NHS? A study of seven NHS organisations.
Burnett S, Franklin BD, Moorthy K, Cooke MW, Vincent C. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012;21:466-472.
COMMENTARY
What went right: lessons for the intensivist from the crew of US Airways Flight 1549.
Eisen LA, Savel RH. Chest. 2009;136:910-917.
MULTI-USE WEBSITE
Surgical Care Improvement Project.
National SCIP Partnership, Oklahoma Foundation for Medical Quality, 14000 Quail Springs Parkway, Suite 400, Oklahoma City, OK, 73134.
COMMENTARY
In Conversation with...Allan Frankel, MD
AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July 2006.
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