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STUDY
Exploring the causes of adverse events in hospitals and potential prevention strategies.
Smits M, Zegers M, Groenewegen PP, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2010;19:e5.
COMMENTARY
Activating knowledge for patient safety practices: a Canadian academic-policy partnership.
Harrison MB, Nicklin W, Owen M, Godfrey C, McVeety J, Angus V. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2012;9:49-58.
BOOK/REPORT
Resident Duty Hours: Enhancing Sleep, Supervision, and Safety.
Ulmer C, Wolman DM, Johns MME, eds. Committee on Optimizing Graduate Medical Trainee (Resident) Hours and Work Schedule to Improve Patient Safety, Institute of Medicine. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 2008. ISBN: 9780309127721.
REVIEW
Improving patient safety through the systematic evaluation of patient outcomes.
Forster AJ, Dervin G, Martin C, Papp S. Can J Surg. 2012;55:418-425.
COMMENTARY
The response of the APPD, CoPS and AAP to the Institute of Medicine report on resident duty hours.
Guralnick S, Rushton J, Bale JF Jr, Norwood V, Trimm F, Schumacher D. Pediatrics. 2010;125:786-790.
COMMENTARY
Making inpatient medication reconciliation patient centered, clinically relevant and implementable: a consensus statement on key principles and necessary first steps.
Greenwald JL, Halasyamani L, Greene J, et al. J Hosp Med. 2010;5:477-485.
STUDY
Stories from the sharp end: case studies in safety improvement.
McCarthy D, Blumenthal D. Milbank Q. 2006;84:165-200.
MULTI-USE WEBSITE
Improving Care Search Centre.
Canadian Patient Safety Institute.
BOOK/REPORT
The Patient Safety Initiative at America’s Public Hospitals: The Year One Overview.
Research Brief. Washington, DC: National Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems; January 2011.
GOVERNMENT RESOURCE
Partnership for Patients.
Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services.
STUDY
Effect of the 2011 vs 2003 duty hour regulation-compliant models on sleep duration, trainee education, and continuity of patient care among internal medicine house staff: a randomized trial.
Desai SV, Feldman L, Brown L, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173:649-655.
REVIEW
Duty-hour limits and patient care and resident outcomes: can high-quality studies offer insight into complex relationships?
Philibert I, Nasca T, Brigham T, Shapiro J. Annu Rev Med. 2013;64:467-483.
STUDY
National and local medication error reporting systems—a survey of practices in 16 countries.
Holmström AR, Airaksinen M, Weiss M, Wuliji T, Chan XH, Laaksonen R. J Patient Saf. 2012;8:165-176.
COMMENTARY
A new frontier in patient safety.
McCannon J, Berwick DM. JAMA
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2011;305:2221-2222.
BOOK/REPORT
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
The economic burden of patient safety targets in acute care: a systematic review.
Mittmann N, Koo M, Daneman N, et al. Drug Healthc Patient Saf. 2012;4:141-165.
COMMENTARY
From good intentions to successful implementation: the case of patient safety in Canada.
Thomas PG. Can Public Adm. 2006;49:415-426.
MULTI-USE WEBSITE
Patient Safety Reporting Initiative.
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services.
BOOK/REPORT
Learning from Bristol: The Report of the Public Inquiry into Children's Heart Surgery at the Bristol Royal Infirmary 1984–1995.
London, England: The Stationery Office; July 2001.
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.
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