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NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
The best medical care in the U.S.
Arnst C. Business Week. July 17, 2006.
BOOK/REPORT
Adverse Health Events in Minnesota: Ninth Annual Public Report.
St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Department of Health; January 2013.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Technology has transformed the VA.
Stires D. Fortune Magazine. May 15, 2006:130-132, 134, 136.
AUDIOVISUAL
Health agency: drug errors still common.
Knox R. "All Things Considered." National Public Radio. July 20, 2006.
AUDIOVISUAL
Hospital Medication Errors Commonplace.
Palca J. National Public Radio. July 28, 2006.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
10 things your hospital won't tell you.
Kapadia R. Smart Money. October 2006;15:112-114.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Wrist tag 'offers drug warning.'
BBC News. August 9, 2005.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Fixing America's hospitals.
Newsweek. October 16, 2006:44-68, 72.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Get me out alive.
Feldman R. The Washington Post. May 2, 2006:HE01.
BOOK/REPORT
Consumer Guide to Adverse Health Events.
St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Department of Health; January 2009.
MULTI-USE WEBSITE
National Patient Safety Awareness Week.
National Patient Safety Foundation.
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].
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Perfect is possible.
Berwick DM, Leape LL. Newsweek. October 16, 2006:70-71.
COMMENTARY
In Conversation with…Eric G. Poon, MD, MPH
AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2008.
BOOK/REPORT
Preventing Medication Errors: Quality Chasm Series.
Committee on Identifying and Preventing Medication Errors, Aspden P, Wolcott J, Bootman JL, Cronenwett LR, eds. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2007.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Hospitals' bid to heal selves saves thousands.
P-I Staff and News Services. Seattle Post-Intelligencer. June 15, 2006:A1.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
How we cut drug errors.
Nicol N, Huminski L. Mod Healthc. August 28, 2006;36:38.
COMMENTARY
Safe use of cellular telephones in hospitals: fundamental principles and case studies.
Cohen T, Ellis WS, Morrissey JJ, Bakuzonis C, David Y, Paperman WD. J Healthc Inf Manag. Fall 2005;19:38-48.
COMMENTARY
The Role of Bar Coding and Smart Pumps in Safety
Jeffrey M. Rothschild, MD, MPH; Carol Keohane, RN, BSN AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. September 2008.
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