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STUDY
Slow progress on meeting hospital safety standards: learning from the Leapfrog Group's efforts.
Moran J, Scanlon D. Health Aff (Millwood). 2013;32:27-35.
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.
BOOK/REPORT
Improving America's Hospitals: The Joint Commission's Annual Report on Quality and Safety 2009.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL: The Joint Commission; January 2010.
BOOK/REPORT
Patient Safety Authority Annual Reports.
Harrisburg, PA: Patient Safety Authority; April 2012.
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Venous thromboembolism after trauma: a never event?
Thorson CM, Ryan ML, Van Haren RM, et al. Crit Care Med. 2012;40:2967-2973.
MULTI-USE WEBSITE
HAC Posting on Hospital Compare.
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
COMMENTARY
Revisiting duty-hour limits — IOM recommendations for patient safety and resident education.
Iglehart JK. N Engl J Med. 2008;359:2633-2635.
STUDY
How do black-serving hospitals perform on patient safety indicators?: Implications for national public reporting and pay-for-performance.
Ly DP, Lopez L, Isaac T, Jha AK. Med Care. 2010;48:1133-1137.
AWARD RECIPIENT
Announcing 2009 Leapfrog top hospitals.
Washington, DC: Leapfrog Group; December 4, 2009.
BOOK/REPORT
IBEAS: A Pioneer Study on Patient Safety in Latin America: Towards Safer Hospital Care.
Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2011.
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Tennessee Center for Patient Safety Annual Report 2010.
Nashville, TN: Tennessee Center for Patient Safety; August 2011.
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Thirty-day, all-cause readmissions for elderly patients who have an injury-related inpatient stay.
Spector WD, Mutter R, Owens P, Limcangco R. Med Care. 2012;50:863-869.
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.
BOOK/REPORT
HealthGrades Seventh Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.
Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; March 2010.
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.
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.
COMMENTARY
A new frontier in patient safety.
McCannon J, Berwick DM. JAMA
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2011;305:2221-2222.
COMMENTARY
The economics of health care quality and medical errors.
Andel C, Davidow SL, Hollander M, Moreno DA. J Health Care Finance. 2012;39:39-50.
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HealthGrades Sixth Annual Patient Safety in American Hospitals Study.
Golden, CO: HealthGrades, Inc.; April 2009.
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