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BOOK/REPORT
Patient Safety in Primary Care.
Kingston-Riechers J, Ospina M, Jonsson E, Childs P, McLeod L, Maxted JM. Edmondton, AB, Canada: Canadian Patient Safety Institute; 2010. ISBN: 9781926541273.
BOOK/REPORT
Patient Safety: A Human Factors Approach.
Dekker S. New York, NY: CRC Press; 2011. ISBN: 1439852251.
COMMENTARY
The partnership with patients: a call to action for leaders.
Denham CR. J Patient Saf. 2011;7:113-121.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Approved: 2010 National Patient Safety Goals.
Jt Comm Perspect. October 2009;29:1, 20-31.
MEETING/CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS
AHRQ 2007 Annual Conference.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; August 2008.  
COMMENTARY
Medication safety technologies: what is and is not working.
Bates DW, Wachter RM, Vanderveen T. Patient Saf Qual Healthc. July/August 2009;6:22-27.
COMMENTARY
A new frontier in patient safety.
McCannon J, Berwick DM. JAMA. 2011;305:2221-2222.
BOOK/REPORT
Advancing Patient Safety: A Decade of Evidence, Design, and Implementation.
Rockville, MD; Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; November 2009. AHRQ Publication No. 09(10)-0084.
STUDY
Multi-professional patterns and methods of communication during patient handoffs.
Benham-Hutchins MM, Effken JA. Int J Med Inform. 2010;79:252-267.
REVIEW
Intimidation: a concept analysis.
Lamontagne C. Nurs Forum. 2010;45:54-65.
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"To Err Is Human" Report Retrospective and the Decade Ahead.
2009 NPSF Congress: Lucian Leape Institute Plenary. Boston, MA: National Patient Safety Foundation; May 21, 2009.
PRESS RELEASE/ANNOUNCEMENT
Patient Safety: Serious Reportable Events in Healthcare.
Washington, DC: National Quality Forum; June 13, 2011.
GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT
AHRQ Health Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Grants (R18).
US Department of Health and Human Services. Program Announcement No. PA-09-071.
GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT
AHRQ Health Services Research Projects (R01).
US Department of Health and Human Services. Program Announcement No. PA-09-070.
COMMENTARYclassic
Computerization can create safety hazards: a bar-coding near miss.
McDonald CJ. Ann Intern Med. 2006;144:510-516.
COMMENTARY
Viewing health care delivery as science: challenges, benefits, and policy implications.
Pronovost PJ, Goeschel CA. Health Serv Res. 2010;45:1508-1522.
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Advances in Patient Safety: New Directions and Alternative Approaches.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; July 2008. AHRQ Publication Nos. 080034 (1-4).
REVIEW
Reduction in medication errors in hospitals due to adoption of computerized provider order entry systems.
Radley DC, Wasserman MR, Olsho LE, Shoemaker SJ, Spranca MD, Bradshaw B. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2013;20:470-476.
NEWSPAPER/MAGAZINE ARTICLE
Technological methods used to prevent errors aren't infallible.
Santell JP. Mater Manage Health Care. December 19, 2006;15:26-28, 30.
COMMENTARY
Improving handoffs in the emergency department.
Cheung DS, Kelly JJ, Beach C, et al; American College of Emergency Physicians Section of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety. Ann Emerg Med. 2010;55:171-180.
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