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BOOK/REPORT
Tennessee Center for Patient Safety Annual Report 2010.
Nashville, TN: Tennessee Center for Patient Safety; August 2011.
BOOK/REPORT
Patient Safety Authority Annual Reports.
Harrisburg, PA: Patient Safety Authority; April 2012.
BOOK/REPORT
Eliminating CLABSI: A National Patient Safety Imperative.
Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; September 2011. AHRQ Publication No. 11-0037-1-EF.
BOOK/REPORT
IBEAS: A Pioneer Study on Patient Safety in Latin America: Towards Safer Hospital Care.
Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2011.
NEWSLETTER/JOURNAL
Global Patient Safety Challenge NewsAlert.
World Health Organization.
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.
BOOK/REPORT
Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2010.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; September 2010.
STUDY
Effect of nonpayment for hospital-acquired, catheter–associated urinary tract infection: a statewide analysis.
Meddings JA, Reichert H, Rogers MA, Saint S, Stephansky J, McMahon LF. Ann Intern Med. 2012;157:305-312.
GOVERNMENT RESOURCE
Partnership for Patients.
Washington, DC: US Department of Health and Human Services.
BOOK/REPORT
MHA Keystone Center for Patient Safety & Quality 2010 Annual Report.
Lansing, MI: Michigan Health & Hospital Association; October 2010.
REVIEW
Inpatient fall prevention programs as a patient safety strategy: a systematic review.
Miake-Lye IM, Hempel S, Ganz DA, Shekelle PG. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158(5 Pt 2):390-396.
COMMENTARY
Moving beyond readmission penalties: creating an ideal process to improve transitional care.
Burke RE, Kripalani S, Vasilevskis EE, Schnipper JL. J Hosp Med. 2013;8:102-109.
BOOK/REPORT
Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2012.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; September 2012.
STUDY
Health care–associated invasive MRSA infections, 2005–2008.
Kallen AJ, Mu Y, Bulens S, et al; Active Bacterial Core surveillance (ABCs) MRSA Investigators of the Emerging Infections Program. JAMA. 2010;304:641-648.
BOOK/REPORT
Health-Care-Associated Infections in Hospitals: An Overview of State Reporting Programs and Individual Hospital Initiatives to Reduce Certain Infections.
Washington, DC: United States Government Accountability Office; September 2008. Publication GAO-08-808.
STUDY
The incidence of adverse events in Swedish hospitals: a retrospective medical record review study.
Soop M, Fryksmark U, Koster M, Haglund B. Int J Qual Health Care. 2009;21:285-291.
AWARD RECIPIENT
Announcing 2009 Leapfrog top hospitals.
Washington, DC: Leapfrog Group; December 4, 2009.
COMMENTARY
A new frontier in patient safety.
McCannon J, Berwick DM. JAMA
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2011;305:2221-2222.
MULTI-USE WEBSITE
HAC Posting on Hospital Compare.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
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Safety First: Top of Your Board's Agenda: 100 Day Challenge Survey Report.
The Patients Association. Harrow, Middlesex, UK: The Patients Association; June 2009.
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