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STUDY

Medication errors with the use of allopurinol and colchicine: a retrospective study of a national, anonymous Internet-accessible error reporting system.

Mikuls TR, Curtis JF, Allison JJ, Hicks RW, Saag KG. J Rheumatol. 2006;33:562-566.

DATABASE/DIRECTORY

MEDMARX®.

Rockville, MD: U.S. Pharmacopeia; 2011.

COMMENTARY

Health information technology is a vehicle, not a destination: a conversation with David J. Brailer.

Milstein A. Health Aff (Millwood). 2007;26:w236-w241.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

How business intelligence can improve patient safety.

Wanless S, McManaway J. Business Intelligence Network. August 30, 2005.

NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Still hard to share. PSOs making progress but still face tech hurdles.

DerGurahian J. Mod Healthc. October 12, 2009;39:30.

REVIEW

Pediatric aspects of inpatient health information technology systems.

Kim GR, Lehmann CU, and the Council on Clinical Information Technology. Pediatrics. 2008;122:e1287-e1296.

REVIEW

Informatics confronts drug–drug interactions.

Percha B, Altman RB. Trends Pharmacol Sci. 2013;34:178-184.

COMMENTARY

Health care information technology vendors' "hold harmless" clause: implications for patients and clinicians.

Koppel R, Kreda D. JAMA. 2009;301:1276-1278.

COMMENTARY

Meaningful use and certification of health information technology: what about safety?

Hoffman S, Podgurski A. J Law Med Ethics. 2011;39(suppl 1):77-80.

COMMENTARY

Smart pumps: advanced capabilities and continuous quality improvement.

Vanderveen T. Patient Saf Quality Healthc. January/February 2007.

COMMENTARY

From tasks to processes: the case for changing health information technology to improve health care.

Walker JM, Carayon P. Health Aff. 2009;28:467-477.

ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY/GUIDELINES

Challenges in ethics, safety, best practices, and oversight regarding HIT vendors, their customers, and patients: a report of an AMIA special task force.

Goodman KW, Berner ES, Dente MA, et al; AMIA Board of Directors. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2011;18:77-81.

STUDY

Is the availability of hospital IT applications associated with a hospital's risk adjusted incidence rate for patient safety indicators: results from 66 Georgia hospitals.

Culler SD, Hawley JN, Naylor V, Rask KJ. J Med Syst. 2007;31:319-327.

STUDY

Smartphone use during inpatient attending rounds: prevalence, patterns and potential for distraction.

Katz-Sidlow RJ, Ludwig A, Miller S, Sidlow R. J Hosp Med. 2012;7:595-599.

COMMENTARY

Connectivity to improve patient safety.

Whitehead SF, Goldman JM. Patient Saf Qual Healthcare. January/February 2010;7:26-30.

STUDY

Targeted chart review of pediatric patient safety events identified by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Patient Safety Indicators methodology.

Scanlon MC, Miller M, Harris JM II, Schulz K, Sedman A. J Patient Saf. 2006;2:191-197.

BOOK/REPORT

Maximizing the Use of State Adverse Event Data to Improve Patient Safety.

Rosenthal J, Booth M. Portland, ME: National Academy for State Health Policy; 2005.

STUDY

Evaluation of the contributions of an electronic web-based reporting system: enabling action.

Levtzion-Korach O, Alcalai H, Orav EJ, et al. J Patient Saf. 2009;5:9-15.

COMMENTARY

Knowledge-based information to improve the quality of patient care.

Garcia JL, Wells KK. J Healthc Qual. 2009;31:30-35.

STUDY

Effect of an electronic medication reconciliation application and process redesign on potential adverse drug events: a cluster-randomized trial.

Schnipper JL, Hamann C, Ndumele CD, et al. Arch Intern Med. 2009;169:771-780.

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